flipflop wrote:Suckers for punishment, it's the Presbyterian in them. I remember driving to Dunedin in south NZ with the wife a few years ago, it was winter. I suddenly realised this was the furthest I'd ever been geographically from home, and probably ever will be. I said to the missus "Wheres does this remind you of?" as the wind and rain lashed the little car, "It looks like your Mum's place". I'm right the other side of the Earth from Ulster and Scotland, and here I am driving to "Edinburgh" along a winding road with grass, wind bent trees and sheep everywhere. In a right-hand drive car. It was a weird experience.
Fucking Presbyterian Jocks/Ulstermen sail around the world, could have settled in hot & sunny Oz, or the warmer north island. But no, in the words of the Billy Connolly skit: "Head south brothers, I know an even colder place!". A bit of sun would be too much of an indulgence, Catholic even.
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flipflop wrote:I met some Dublin blokes when I was in NYC/New Jersey in 1997, they spent the whole holiday looking for 'Irish Bars' - once they saw that electric green shamrock above the Bud sign in the window there was no stopping them. Inside was always full of more of the daft cunts, all sat listening to the diddly-diddly with damp eyes. I was honourary "Orange Bastard" until my patience ran out and I went looking for "American Bars" - a difficult mission in New Jersey.
So, I guess most people want a home from home no matter when or where they're from
flipflop wrote:I met some Dublin blokes when I was in NYC/New Jersey in 1997, they spent the whole holiday looking for 'Irish Bars' - once they saw that electric green shamrock above the Bud sign in the window there was no stopping them. Inside was always full of more of the daft cunts, all sat listening to the diddly-diddly with damp eyes. I was honourary "Orange Bastard" until my patience ran out and I went looking for "American Bars" - a difficult mission in New Jersey.
So, I guess most people want a home from home no matter when or where they're from
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Kurt wrote:No use looking for a Wisconsin bar because it has to have an electric pizza oven for Tombstone Pizza and a deep fryer for cheese curds and have lots of dead animals on the wall, let kids in to play video games and have a large friendly dog that just hangs around and greets everyone.
flipflop wrote:I've got that gig in Kandahar confirmed, flying out tomorrow
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rickshaw92 wrote:flipflop wrote:I've got that gig in Kandahar confirmed, flying out tomorrow
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Congrats dude. Stay safe and post pics!
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