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12 days in london, do I need a new liver?

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guzzi jon

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Just got back from 12 days in London, I'm 54 years old and I cant recall drinking so much, so often in my life, them brits likes em a drink. Seems odd as its also seems to have become a police state with the filth arresting or citing anyone for anything to make make revenue.... The pubs were great, don't know about the veding machines in the toilets, though, sell everthing from viagra to inflatable pigs.... I'm off to rehab now.....

great pub food and cheap london pride
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my co-worker took to drinking very quickly...
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WTF? no wonder the brits think we're cretins, even roper wouldn't wear the shit from this place
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Commie Nick's kind of place, lots of animals hanging from everywhere, great food too
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Cheapest pints we found, 2 pounds each
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another place to stagger out of
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Oldest pub in England, but not to my liking
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Muslims running american fried chicken
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Wasn't all pub crawling...

Here's trafalgar square, pics dont do it justice
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Big ben from trafalgar square
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big ben
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buckinham palace, with lots of guards and security now
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Harrods, 5 stories, 1 square block, Bren's dream
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The tower of London, and home of the crown jewels, they did some really nasty stuff inside
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Re:12 days in london, do I need a new liver?r

Nice Jon, thanks for the post. Fun to see the world virtually. I'm surprised in seeing anything advertised as "American" there... quite funny actually. Did you buy any fried chicken?
 
Todd,
Nope, stayed away from the fried chicken, the colonel sanders are everywhere too. but the indian, lebanese, chinese and italian food were far better than anything I've found in so cal, pub food was great too. England had a bad rep for food, I found it far superior to what I've been able to find in so cal.... the most entertaining thing was the level of diversity, we are so similar here that the variety in their culture really impressed us. Rich folks here dress and act the similar, middle class the same, poor folks the same, they are soup to nuts over there... nothing in common and anything goes, and every thing is on CCTV being watched by the cops for some way to make money
 
Looks like you had a good time, sorry about the rain, its all sunny now! :laugh:
London Pride is a good choice of brew, nice full flavour and no headache in the morning.
The spanish galleon isn't the oldest pub, i drink in one dating from 1500, its just one of the oldest brewing chains in the uk.
Yeah, nobody buys clothes from the american apparel shop, we leave that for the tourists, just in case they haven't packed their plaid pants :unsure:
come back soon, because of our cock eyed government we need your yanky dollars!!!
we love you looong time..:laugh:
 
londonrob,
I'll be back many times over the next 8 months, we've opened a new division in Slough and I have to get it up and running, so many trips planned. Currently, we're staying near the M4/J4 because we got a great hotel rate, so the bus and tube are the only way into town, but we're looking at other arrangements. Perhaps next trip over we could tip a pint.
Cheers,
 
lucky man i used to live in London town grate place if your billionaire now days really cars clubs restaurants are off the hook and all the lovely polish girls.. i do miss the old king rd days with all the old punks mostly just rich shops nowadays hopefully the dallor exchange is better now as a couple years back i took a beating i mean 5 quid 4 a pint in glasgow .. no more 80p thanks 4 posting ps get me a job their
 
"The tower of London, and home of the crown jewels, they did some really nasty stuff inside"


Ah, the good days are over. :silly: :silly: now we only waterboard.
 
Thanks for the memories buddy, I left London (Stanmore,Middlesex) in 1984 straight to the great state of Arizona never had a days regret.England is now not the place I grew up in. After the initial experience you'll start missing the USA I'm sure.
 
I been goin to the UK since the ealry 90's, worked for Lucas Aeriospace and I have a good undestanding of the cultural differences. I have lived here, Puerto Rico and the UK for a bit, dig em all. but I choose to live right outside Los Angeles. I like other cultures, but I embrace my so cal culture
 
Slough eh! I used to work there, 7 miles from my home town & of course it's the Scranton of Great Britain - fantastic. Enjoy your travels Jon.
 
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