Urgent - Calling Supacon....

There's some things missing from this map;
1. Where is the penal colony?
2. Where do the Aussie Fast Bowlers come from?
3. Where is the Warne-ing about gobby Aussies?

 

Sorry Wize, I missed that bit. Apologies.

 

My favourite song at the cricket is "Get your **** stars off our flag"

 

G'day Wiz

I was born in the fine old city of Bristol in the year of 72. Never lived any of my formative or adult years in the City though as my parents moved and then I joined the Army. I came to be a City fan as the boys football club I played for in Axbridge was run by a guy called Dave Callow (I think that was his name) and he was on the board during the clubs dark days in the early 80's and he used to take us to watch them. I now live in Brisbane after emigrating in October last year.

 

My uncle lives near Brisbane do you know him ??


Don't you find that funny when Americans say that to you, when you say where your from. Along with the lines Wales is that a place in London everywhere to them is a place in London

 

Americans are arrogant, But don't judge them all like that, Granted most are. When I went there and said im from Bristol they hadn't a clue

 

Of course they don't know where Bristol is. And a very large percentage of them haven't the faintest idea where Europe is let alone Britain.

Shiny did you know that 95% of Americans have never held a passport; Their population is approx 315 million so 95% is 297 million never having a passport.
And of those 297 million 95% of them (282 million) have never even travelled outside their own state. They watch mostly only local TV which rarely if ever mentions international news. A very insular society.

Yet here in the region of Portugal where we live, a very significant proportion of the population are very elderly and those are mostly illiterate. But they are well up to speed with events around Europe and the world because they all watch the news programmes which like all of European TV have a good balance of national, European and World news. In fact they came to tell us of the July 7th 2007 bombings in London because they were worried that we might have relatives involved.

 

I've spent a lot of time in America over the past 13 years both working and for pleasure and I have made a lot of American friends.

Granted a lot of people there dont hold passports and have never been abroad. It could also be said that they also aren't particularly interested in what happens outside of the 50 states, or even their own in terms of news and events, but in 10 years time the English idea of 'abroad' will be limited to Spain, Portugal or Greece and will be just for holidays, stag nights or hen nights.

For a country that helped map and colonise the world along with France, Spain, Portugal, Holland and others over the centuries, it shocking how inward looking and un-travelled/un-world wise we're becoming as a nation.

It's also different for us living in Europe as news events are captured and relayed throughout all of the EU countries via TV and the press, but unless it's a major event or catastrophe the American's wont even get to hear about it unless they watch Sky News, as the newspapers such as USA Today (dreadful publication) wont cover it.

America and neighbours such as Mexico and Canada, plus places like the US Virgin Islands and Dutch Antilles, and such locations, means that Americans dont have to travel great distances to get to holiday destinations and get a little bit of culture too.

I do find it amusing when American's say stuff such as, do you know Mrs Andrews who lives in Blackpool...?? !!

Where I go in the States, there is a town called Bristol very close by and there is even a Bristol Bridge

 

There is about 12 Bristols in the USA MOST OF THEM LIVE IN CALIFIRNIA............LOL

I have actully spoken with someone in each of 9 different states who reside in "Bristol" and they had done a bit a bit of home work regarding our fair city!

 

John - The one close to where I go is actually in Pennsylvania

 

But there is only one Bristol City (Football Club) !

As for the Bristols in the USA. Try California where there are many thousands of them usually in pairs.

 

I like the Americans granted the ones that come here are big and bulshy, but when ever I have been there they are pleasent company.
I can always we were by a pool in Florida and one was asking what we did for a living and he then said he imported cranberries to shops around the world, he said he deals with shops in Britain and said we might know them trying hard to remember the name of it, then he said TESCO'S that's it have you heard of them. And he was deadly serious

 

There are quite a few in the New England states, and generally the N E /lakes .Plymouth is another place name quite common...as you travel west more "european" names are prevailant and the names adopted became more to the nature of the place..



Dodge City...............where you dodged bullets..............lol

 

There is evidence of the British every where I've been on the East Cost. As an example, the three counties/shires which make up the state of Delaware are Kent, Sussex and New Castle.

On my travels, I have also found many other amusing place names in Pennsylvania such as Little Britain, Intercourse, Bird In Hand, Lititz and many more.

Then there is Portsmouth in New Hampshire, and Bangor in Maine.

 

As it appens I do know a Mrs Andrews who lives in Blackpool but then I'm not American so it doesn't count, but it would confude the hell out of them If they asked me that question.