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Thanksgiving anarchy in the UK

11/24/09 2:51am by microchasms
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We don’t have Thanksgiving in the UK. It’s not that we disapprove of saying thank you, or that we disapprove of US traditions. We just don’t particularly like being told what to do. Historically, the only people we’ve ever had to say thank you to are the AA man and anyone handing over a bumper box of Quality Street chocolates. (These references will be lost on anyone not familiar with 1980s British TV ads, but you can see the sample of gratitude is small.)  Read more >

Holding it together

11/9/09 11:23am by microchasms
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Our cat just left home. Not entirely of her own volition, but she was purring. She’s been rehoused, repackaged and relocated to her country retirement estate. No longer is she mistress of a Georgian town house with a garden smaller than the bathroom. She’s got land, a chocolate box cottage and cows to play with. And a new mummy who will actually seek her out for comfort.   Read more >

Nothing trivial I hope?

9/30/09 2:11am by microchasms
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A friend of mine was updating me this weekend on the progress of her American niece who’s just started High School. Being 15, she has to come home on the school bus, unlike almost everyone else in the school who has turned 16 and owns a car. In America, significant age markers are sensibly spaced. Unlike in Britain, where coming of age to legally drive, drink Southern Comfort and take the most important academic exams of your life happens within 12 months – something generally considered nothing more than a happy coincidence.  Read more >

Happy (and) in bed?

9/21/09 1:03am by microchasms
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My husband and I have a little game that we play in bed. I’m not clever enough yet to write blog-listings teasers, so that’s just a literal statement. And we have a name for our game: ‘The Gin and Tonic Question.’ It’s very easy to play, mainly because it involves absolutely no action or reaction, and everyone’s a winner. The basic premise is to illustrate how happy you are to be lying in bed by naming your minimum price for getting  Read more >

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nicola longfoot
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I live in London and I write a weekly blog about all the other stuff.
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