The TPU UK Clubhouse

[InnocentCriminal]

Why is TMM gatecrashing? Has he finally decided that being an American is no longer worth his time and wants asylum?

He's a lot like ceiling cat but with an alien head. He's always watching, waiting.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

...........always.

:d

 

[cheesy999]

+ Most words in the American language are longer then the British equivalent Car > Automobile

 

[scaminatrix]

+ Most words in the American language are longer then the British equivalent Car > Automobile

Manual - Stickshift

 

[kurosagi01]

automatic= lazy fat americans.

 

[MilkyWay]

Mailman u jelly?
EDIT: English is only the de facto language in the USA, they could speak Spanish.

 

[kurosagi01]

Whats it like having the SNP elected in your country Kieran??

 

[TheMailMan78]

+ Most words in the American language are longer then the British equivalent Car > Automobile

lol no one says Automobile.

automatic= lazy fat americans.

Ya see you take some friendly banter and you turn it mean. I guess there is one in every crowd.

Manual - Stickshift

We just say "Stick" or "Auto". Trust me we shorten all words to the point they don't even mean the same thing anymore lol

 

[cheesy999]

lol no one says Automobile.

what do you say then?, Cruise liner fits well because of the size of most of your cars

then again so does 'cool' on the pre 1980 cars...

Did any of you guys watch the 24 hours?

 

[TheMailMan78]

what do you say then?, Cruise liner fits well because of the size of most of your cars

then again so does 'cool' on the pre 1980 cars...

Did any of you guys watch the 24 hours?

We just call them cars, trucks or SUV. Now there is a bunch of slag words to them....

Whip
Cage
Wheels
Ride
Cruiser
Pimp Mobile

Stuff like that. I'm sure I missed a ton also.

 

[cheesy999]

Pimp Mobile

i think we UK users have to steal that word

 

[TheMailMan78]

i think we UK users have to steal that word

You can also call them a "Pimp Sled" which is old school and usually something from the 70's.

 

[kurosagi01]

Pimp mobile thats such a classic.

I got one..Chav mobile:

Do you get these crappy Citroen Saxo in america Mailman??

 

[TheMailMan78]

Pimp mobile thats such a classic.

I got one..Chav mobile:
http://www.carcarediscounts.co.uk/images/saxo scorpion_side's.jpg
Do you get these crappy Citroen Saxo in america Mailman??

WTF is that? Looks girly.

 

[cheesy999]

You can also call them a "Pimp Sled" which is old school and usually something from the 70's.

we call those 'huggy bear mobiles' in the UK

what i think you americans call 'ricers' we call those 'Chav cars'/POS

 

[scaminatrix]

The US has cars kinda like the one featured in this vid (1 of 2)

Actually, skip straight to part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzDot_xULg&feature=related

 

[MilkyWay]

Whats it like having the SNP elected in your country Kieran??

Scotland as a whole is or was generally a Labour supporting nation but i guess 60 years of non stop Labour people got fed up. Glasgow is a predominately Labour held city so the SNP previously only had 1 seat in Glasgow. The SNP won a lot of seats at the Scottish elections this year, certainly people see them as a real alternative to Labour. My local MSP changed from Labour to SNP so we will see if they turn out to be any better.

Over the time that SNP has run the Scottish Parliament they did these things.
They got us the Commonwealth games in Glasgow.
The M74 extension which is going to be finished months early and millions of pounds under budget!
They kept the free University fees going.
Froze council tax.
Removed some tolls on bridges.
Free travel for over 65s.
No prescription fees.
Building a new Southern General hospital in Glasgow but they are fucking stupid they gave the contract to the people who built Wembley Stadium who are Australian and knocked back a UK firm who had built hospital extensions before.

They need to get the unemployment rate down, they slashed business rates and did some sort of scheme but that's due to end soon. They said they are introducing more modern apprenticeships but i dont think that will mean instant jobs for people our age who have fuck all apart from supermarkets and take away places to work in.

Its easy to keep up with politics here because nothing much else is in the news apart from football, Andy Murry and murders.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Scotland as a whole is or was generally a Labour supporting nation but i guess 60 years of non stop Labour people got fed up. Glasgow is a predominately Labour held city so the SNP previously only had 1 seat in Glasgow. The SNP won a lot of seats at the Scottish elections this year, certainly people see them as a real alternative to Labour. My local MSP changed from Labour to SNP so we will see if they turn out to be any better.

Over the time that SNP has run the Scottish Parliament they did these things.
They got us the Commonwealth games in Glasgow.
The M74 extension which is going to be finished months early and millions of pounds under budget!
They kept the free University fees going.
Froze council tax.
Removed some tolls on bridges.
Free travel for over 65s.
No prescription fees.
Building a new Southern General hospital in Glasgow but they are fucking stupid they gave the contract to the people who built Wembley Stadium who are Australian and knocked back a UK firm who had built hospital extensions before.

They need to get the unemployment rate down, they slashed business rates and did some sort of scheme but that's due to end soon. They said they are introducing more modern apprenticeships but i dont think that will mean instant jobs for people our age who have fuck all apart from supermarkets and take away places to work in.

Its easy to keep up with politics here because nothing much else is in the news apart from football, Andy Murry and murders.

I haven't heard much from this. Are you guys independent now? Will you still be using the pound?

 

[MilkyWay]

Ive heard of the term "ricer" but over here its like morons who just think having amazing rims on their beamer gets them credit or like what we term in Scotland as "boy racers" who think they can drive at 100mph in their Vauxhall Corsa from 2002 or Peugeot or something like that.

 

[cheesy999]

Are you guys independent now? Will you still be using the pound?

1) their still attached to us
2)only other option they've got is euro and thats not really a good economic choice

 

[TheMailMan78]

1) their still attached to us
2)only other option they've got is euro and thats not really a good economic choice

Yeah well Haiti is attached to the DR but they are two different nations. Thats why I asked if its independent now.

As for the Euro well........I would stick with the pound. But that didn't answer my question.

 

[cheesy999]

Yeah well Haiti is attached to the DR but they are two different nations. Thats why I asked if its independent now.

i meant politicly not geographicly

 

[TheMailMan78]

i meant politicly not geographicly

So they are not independent like Ireland yet.

 

[cheesy999]

So they are not independent like Ireland yet.

they are not independent like the south part of Ireland (actually both parts i was wrong)

 

[MilkyWay]

I haven't heard much from this. Are you guys independent now? Will you still be using the pound?

We have a devolved parliament but the SNP want a referendum on independence and more powers granted. They should be able to push one through now as they have a majority of seats which they didn't last term.

The SNP didn't totally think through independence though like how would the armed forces be split up or what currency would we use? What about the Nuclear subs at Faslane Naval Base? Didn't explain the the economic balances either like if its actually good for us to leave the union.

Only about 35% of people want independence.

Its surprising to hear someone ask me about it never mind an American! I thought you might be more interested in things like the tea party and that.

EDIT: We dont have to be tied to the pound if we went independent, we could make a new currency or tie a new currency to the US dollar like a lot of countries do.