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peter may

03-22-2003, 08:12 PM

this is not just a suck up technique to the people on the board, but you american guys seen really open minded about stuff and when i went to america, i found americans really great and friendly people to talk to.

AMERICAN'S ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moonlight Lady

03-22-2003, 08:22 PM

Thank you :)

I love this country and yours too, I would love to visit it if I ever can afford to.

Yes, you should come to visit us again. There's alot to see and do here. Especially in Florida, one of my favorite warm weather states.

Mijada

03-22-2003, 08:23 PM

Aw Thanks for the compliment. Where in America did you visit?
I've always wanted to visit the U.K.

peter may

03-22-2003, 08:25 PM

well i am a total Los angeles fan i love that place i am serioulsy considering about moving there next year.

peter may

03-22-2003, 08:27 PM

in 1998 i did a round trip of vegas/l.a/arizona etc and in 1999 i visited the west coast nyc/nj/washington etc

all great

GOD BLESS AMERICA --- and that is coming from an English person

Fleet

03-22-2003, 08:28 PM

Thank you.

You will find a wide variety of Americans over here. There was a National Geographic article printed years ago about a man who walked from the east coast to the west coast. He was pleased as to the friendliness throughout the country. People offered him money, rides into the next town, and one couple even invited him to their home for dinner and to sleep the night (which he accepted).
Remember, though, "Americans" are really many different people. You know, from Europe, Asia, the Far East, Africa, Central & South America, and people who migrated from Asia thousands of years ago (Indians/Native Americans).
And, of course, the diversity- Southerners, Northerners, New Englanders, the Mid-Westerners, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mtn. region, Pacific Northwest and West Coast (and Alaska & Hawaii).

I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. Come on back sometime!

Fleet

03-22-2003, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by peter may
well i am a total Los angeles fan i love that place i am serioulsy considering about moving there next year.
A lot worthwhile. Mild weather, beaches and mountains within 30 miles of each other. In the valleys, nice, wide streets, plenty of shopping areas and entertainment. Many parks (Griffith Park is the biggest park within a city in the entire country). Although it is more crowded than it was 20 or 30 years ago, there is still a lot of undeloped land in the suburbs.

Moonlight Lady

03-22-2003, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by peter may
in 1998 i did a round trip of vegas/l.a/arizona etc and in 1999 i visited the west coast nyc/nj/washington etc

all great

GOD BLESS AMERICA --- and that is coming from an English person

I love NJ... I have a good time whenever I go there, same with NYC and Washington. I like all of the East coast.

*Pleasant Tomorrow*

03-22-2003, 08:41 PM

Thanks! The UK is great, too!:wave:

Czas na Zywiec

03-22-2003, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by Fleet
the Rocky Mtn. region

Go us! :D

LucyFan

03-22-2003, 10:17 PM

Thanks! :D God Bless Americans and others! :clap:

Fleet

03-22-2003, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by Original Prankster
Go us! :D
The magazine "Country" has nice photos of Colorado in practically every issue. The mag. website is:
http://www.country-magazine.com

Montana Ponine

03-22-2003, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by peter may
well i am a total Los angeles fan i love that place i am serioulsy considering about moving there next year.
That would be me. ;) It's great here...I'm thankful to live here really.

I :heart: LA.

I have always wanted to visit the UK! Hopefully one of these summers....

Brad Russ

03-23-2003, 07:07 AM

Hey thanks Peter, you really made my day.:) With all this anti American talk going on lately I was starting to get a little sad. It's encouraging to know that some people still like us. I think the UK is great too! Some of my best friends come from there.

Jimbo

03-23-2003, 01:20 PM

Thank you Peter! The United States could not ask for a better friend and ally in this world than the United Kingdom. The people of the British Isles have excelled in every field you could name - literature, art, music, expolration, science, just to name a few. The United States, and the entire world, have been enriched by the contributions that the U.K. has made throughout history.

Czas na Zywiec

03-23-2003, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

The magazine "Country" has nice photos of Colorado in practically every issue. The mag. website is:
http://www.country-magazine.com

Yep, I've seen that website. I live in a valley in the Southwest of the state, so I have mountains to the east and south and mesas and plateaus to the north and west. It's not that bad, but the winds are horrible. Every year from March to May, we get like 40 - 50 MPH winds. It's horrible.

AnaheimPMWitch

03-23-2003, 03:11 PM

AHH THANKS You Rock to :) and so do all the other British people :)
I'm a huge fan of California as well I go there every year because I live in Oregon which is a few hours away by plane I prefer California over my own home state

Born2HaveOwnSitcom

03-23-2003, 03:26 PM

I have been in love with america and its culture since I went there in 1988. It really is the best country (soooooooo much better than the U.K, sorry fellow brits). My last trip was to NYC in November to see SNL (met jmmy fallon etc). I,m also thinking of heading out to LA next year to work in TV.

God Bless the land of K-mart,Vanilla Coke,I-hop and the best TV in the world. lol.

http://www.nbc.com/photos/Late_Night/Saturday_Night_Live/1SNLaw02.jpg

My future workplace

Fleet

03-23-2003, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Original Prankster
Yep, I've seen that website. I live in a valley in the Southwest of the state, so I have mountains to the east and south and mesas and plateaus to the north and west. It's not that bad, but the winds are horrible. Every year from March to May, we get like 40 - 50 MPH winds. It's horrible.
Are those winds cold? I don't mind warm winds, but I don't like cold winds.
Yeah, I like an area where there are mountains near by.

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 04:46 PM

Peter May is a 1st class arse-kisser! :lol: ;)
C'mon man, saying Americans are all amazing people is a huge generalisation. America is a vast country and it has more then it's fair share of creeps and b*st*rds.
I went on holiday to Wales a few years ago and everyone I encountered on my trip was very nice and friendly but it doesn't automatically follow that everyone in Wales is really nice and friendly.
America interests me because life there - in general - is so much more different from my own. I have spent my entire life in a crappy little village which has no diversity whatsoever. America is a vast country with so many different kinds of people and so many different environments that I cannot help but be interested in what life there is like.
But I would never be a total kiss-a$$ and say that all Americans are cool. For all it's ethnic diversity, America is one of the most corrupt, violent, predudiced and screwed-up countries in the world.
Thanks to TV and the movies, I think a lot of people in the UK have some kind of romantacised vision of life in the USA but most of it is untrue.

Fleet

03-23-2003, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
For all it's ethnic diversity, America is one of the most corrupt, violent, predudiced and screwed-up countries in the world.
You're very wrong about that. Very wrong.

patriot:

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

You're very wrong about that. Very wrong.

patriot:

Oh, really?

Fleet

03-23-2003, 05:14 PM

Yeah, really.

Prejudiced? :lol: There was a civil war (1861-65) which was fought to free the slaves.
Today, among the highest-paid celebrities are Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson (well, he used to be; probably not anymore).
Americans go by the thousands to watch basketball games, of which most of the players are black. I don't see anybody look inside and if they see some black players/fans turn around and leave!
This country also donates far more in foreign aid than any other country in the world.

I see a hint of jealously here. :D

°Bubbly Blonde°

03-23-2003, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by Fleet
Yeah, really.

Prejudiced? :lol: There was a civil war (1861-65) which was fought to free the slaves.
Today, among the highest-paid celebrities are Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson (well, he used to be; probably not anymore).
Americans go by the thousands to watch basketball games, of which most of the players are black. I don't see anybody look inside and if they see some black players/fans turn around and leave!
This country also donates far more in foreign aid than any other country in the world.

I see a hint of jealously here. :D that doesnt really prove anything.....most ppl in america in prison and the worser off sections of america are black ppl and hispanic ppl

Fleet

03-23-2003, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by BubbleLuvGrl026
that doesnt really prove anything.....most ppl in america in prison and the worser off sections of america are black ppl and hispanic ppl
That's because more of them, percentage-wise, commit crimes. If a higher percentage commit crimes, then a higher percentage would be in prison.
A lot of blacks/hispanics started off in the poor sections of America and became successful. They have a much greater opportunity here than in other countries.

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by Fleet
Yeah, really.
I see a hint of jealously here. :D

Let's make this perfectly clear from the get-go -
I am not jealous of your country!!!!! :mad:
I am Scottish and I am proud of that fact so stop acting like a smug b*st*rd!

When I said that America was predudiced I wasn't talking about racism. I am more than willing to concede that racism is far more prolific in Scotland than in America. Although that's not to say that racism doesn't exist in the USA - what about the KKK, I'm glad we dont have nutters like that in Scotland - don't fool yourself.
While I know that racism is a disgusting thing, I am not affected by it cos I am a white person living in a predominantly white area.
However, I am gay. Even though I live in tiny little village, people in general accept me for the way I am. True, I get abuse from some people but if I lived in America - even a large city in America - I would get more abuse for being gay than I do living in my little village.
It doesn't matter what you say, or what the young people on this board say, America is a very homophobic country.
The USA is also a much more violent country. It's totally unheard of for kids in the UK to bring guns to school - yet this happens all the time in America.
Don't try'n tell me that the country in which you live isn't screwed-up!

Fleet

03-23-2003, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
Let's make this perfectly clear from the get-go -
I am not jealous of your country!!!!! :mad:

Sure you're not. ;)

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 06:41 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

Sure you're not. ;)

Open your eyes you blinkered smug wanker!
F*ck you!!!!!
You completely ignored the main part of my post!
What's the matter? Can't think of a smart-arse answer???

Mijada

03-23-2003, 06:52 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mossopp
Thanks to TV and the movies, I think a lot of people in the UK have some kind of romantacised vision of life in the USA but most of it is untrue. [/B][/QUOTE

I can't help but agree with you there. When I was in Germany a few years ago some of the people I met there would watch shows like Baywatch and Beverly Hills 90210 and think that all Americans lived like that.

Kay Scarpetta

03-23-2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

Prejudiced? :lol: There was a civil war (1861-65) which was fought to free the slaves.

Then in the 60's, America turned right around and kissed the Black's asses again! That war freed the slaves, but as far as extinguishing racism and being prejudiced? Please! There is quite a malange of racism in America still today, on Blacks, Hispanics, Gays, Whites even.

Now as far as Peter May, he has his own views. How in the hell he found our country to be some kind, benignant country is far past me, because half the pricks in this part of my state are about as racist as you can get. For Christ's sake, I have the KKK practically in my backyard!

Just because America is the most rich, powerful country in the world doesn't mean all of us are "little angels". Please remember that.

Fleet

03-23-2003, 06:58 PM

Gun Banned England has the one of the worst crime rates.
Form the Telegraph (U.K.) 1-12-02 By David Bamber, Home Affairs Correspondent www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main

"England and Wales have the highest crime rate among the world's leading economies, according to the U.N. People are more likely to be mugged, burgled, robbed or assaulted than in America, Germany, Russia and S. Africa. Only the Dominican Republic, New Zealand and Finland have higher crime rates than England/Wales. According to the comparison of international crime statistics produced by the U.N.'s office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, England/Wales had 9,766 crimes/100,000 people. The United States had 8,517; S. Africa 7,997 and Germany 7,621."

Going by your last post, you seen to be a very polite person. Such a sweetie! :lol:

Fleet

03-23-2003, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Then in the 60's, America turned right around and kissed the Black's asses again! That war freed the slaves, but as far as extinguishing racism and being prejudiced? Please! There is quite a malange of racism in America still today, on Blacks, Hispanics, Gays, Whites even.

As I said, they have more of an opportunity here than anywhere else in the world.

Fleet

03-23-2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
However, I am gay. Even though I live in tiny little village, people in general accept me for the way I am. True, I get abuse from some people but if I lived in America - even a large city in America - I would get more abuse for being gay than I do living in my little village.

You would have no problem in some big cities- just move to the liberal parts of San Francisco, and you would get no abuse at all. They even have gay parades.

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 07:07 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

"England and Wales have the highest crime rate among the world's leading economies, according to the U.N. People are more likely to be mugged, burgled, robbed or assaulted than in America, Germany, Russia and S. Africa. Only the Dominican Republic, New Zealand and Finland have higher crime rates than England/Wales. According to the comparison of international crime statistics produced by the U.N.'s office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, England/Wales had 9,766 crimes/100,000 people. The United States had 8,517; S. Africa 7,997 and Germany 7,621."
Going by your last post, you seen to be a very polite person. Such a sweetie! :lol:

Fine. Whatever.
I know that nothing I say to you will make any difference cos you're obviously one of those smug c**ts who refuses to see all the things that are so wrong and f**ked-up with your country.
I've met so many Americans on here and most of them - whether they are in favour of this war or not - are willing to at least try to see the flip-side of things.
You are blinkered and ignorant of other people's opinions and you are making your country look bad.
You set a bad example and I hope you're f**king proud of yourself cos you're letting your people down.

Kay Scarpetta

03-23-2003, 07:13 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

As I said, they have more of an opportunity here than anywhere else in the world.

Of course they do, but my point was, don't let that fool you.

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

"England and Wales have the highest crime rate among the world's leading economies, according to the U.N.

And incase it escaped your attention - I DON'T LIVE IN ENGLAND OR WALES!!!!!
I live in Scotland.
I believe I have mentioned this fact many times over the course of the many years I have been a member of this board.
Just a heads-up - don't quote facts and statistics about England to a Scottish person cos we don't f*cking like it very much!!!!

Fleet

03-23-2003, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by Miss Karly
Of course they do, but my point was, don't let that fool you.
Okay, I won't. :)

Fleet

03-23-2003, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
The USA is also a much more violent country. It's totally unheard of for kids in the UK to bring guns to school - yet this happens all the time in America.
And, America does not have the highest crime rate. England does (yes, I realize it's not part of Scotland).

Fleet

03-23-2003, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

And, America does not have the highest crime rate. England does.

Mossopp

03-23-2003, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by Fleet

And, America does not have the highest crime rate. England does (yes, I realize it's not part of Scotland).

Good. I'm glad you can open your myopic little eyes and be aware of something outside of your own country!
Congratulations!
Now perhaps you better go'n lie down - afterall, you wouldn't want to strain yourself too much in one day.

TJL

03-23-2003, 08:24 PM

Sorry you have such strong feelings against the U.S.A. Mossopp.

We're not perfect over here, but we're trying.

Fleet

03-23-2003, 09:00 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
Now perhaps you better go'n lie down - afterall, you wouldn't want to strain yourself too much in one day.
Okay, I will. Right after you take your tranquilizer. :)

dawsongirl

03-23-2003, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by peter may
well i am a total Los angeles fan i love that place i am serioulsy considering about moving there next year.

I love LA too! I wanna visit so bad!

dawsongirl

03-23-2003, 11:47 PM

Originally posted by Mossopp
Peter May is a 1st class arse-kisser! :lol: ;)
C'mon man, saying Americans are all amazing people is a huge generalisation. America is a vast country and it has more then it's fair share of creeps and b*st*rds.

And most of them run the companies or the country. The nice people must this their asses.

Thanks to TV and the movies, I think a lot of people in the UK have some kind of romantacised vision of life in the USA but most of it is untrue.

It's flipped too. I think the UK is really cool, but I've never been there and maybe I'd hate it.

Brad Russ

03-24-2003, 12:49 AM

Ha ha ha ha, oh I knew this post was going to turn negative. I was actually making bets as to who would be the first to turn this thoughtful, and encouraging post into an anti American post. I'm not trying to be a smart ass or anything, but Mossop you were my first choice. It's kind of sad to see how a person's kind words can turn into such negativity. Oh well, it just shows the kind of world we live in.