I did write a book a few years ago and it opens with this tale of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The book is still available at Amazon and a few other online stores. Even WH Smith in the UK used to have it! I was six years old; the year was 1953 and
Siamese twins walk into a bar and park themselves on a bar stool. Al says to the bartender, “Two beers please!” The bartender, feeling slightly awkward, tries to make polite conversation while pouring the beers. “Been on holiday yet?” “Off to England next month,” says Al. “We go to England every year, rent a car
It was 1978, I was in my early thirties, and I was working for Varian Associates as Canadian Sales Manager for their electron device group. I got a chance to go to England with one of our customers to visit one of Varian’s factories and attend a broadcast conference in Wembley. Remember, I’m a British
Driving in the UK is not easy for someone accustomed to driving on the right with a left-hand drive car. I had a couple of driving experiences in England that nearly maimed me or an innocent British driver or two. Luckily in my many trips no harm was done. I will recount here my first
In 1989, Cheryl and I took a trip to England and France. Part of the trip was business and part was pleasure. We arrived in London, rented a car and headed north to Lincoln to Richardson’s UK headquarters for a couple of meetings. A lot of the journey was on the A46. Some of you
It was a while back when Jody our younger daughter attended OU (Ohio University) in Athens Ohio. Athens is a university town in south eastern ohio. Jody was an undergrad with an interest in speech therapy. One of her assignments was to do a study of speech patterns and dialects within the state of Ohio.
I'm sure that you get emails from time to time, many of which you simply find uninteresting and you're so happy that you have a delete key! And then every now and again, one arrives to make you smile or simply think. This email did a little of each. I realize that the original author