Almost American

• So nice to know that the Post Office cares! 1 month ago The US Post Office is in financial trouble and in an attempt to save money is hoping to end certain Saturday deliveries. I have had my issues with them - letters from the other side of the state taking 10 days or more to arrive here for example. (Yet small packages marked 'Surface Mail' regularly...
• Stay Dench! 2 months ago I was watching the Graham Norton show last night and heard the phrase "Stay Dench!" for the first . . . no . . . second time. The first time I heard it was on the same show last week when someone in The Red Chair was wearing a Stay Dench shirt. Graham asked him what it meant, and the bloke wearing...
• Lockdown 6 months ago I don't think school children in the UK practice 'lockdowns' the way they do over here. Just like we practice evacuating the building in case of a fire, we practice what we would do in case some loony with a gun came into the building. Of course, in the case of a real fire things are never so...
• Thanksgiving survivors 6 months ago I see this flock of wild turkeys regularly on my drive to work. I'm often halfway past before I even notice them. Occasionally I have to slow down or even stop to let them cross the road. This morning they caught my attention a little sooner because the one nearest the camera was up in that small...
• Black Friday 6 months ago

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