Dear England, why is your country so pretty?

[Suu]

I'm not even entirely sure I know what "splizzen my mainbrace" means, but it sounds erotic.

[BadBeast]

I'm not even entirely sure I know what "splizzen my mainbrace" means, but it sounds erotic.

You'd have to ask our Sailor friend there. They're a strange lot, with their own ways of doing things.

That puts me in mind of a filthy Maritime Limerick I just made up.   

The Captain, disgracefully drunk,
crept into the Cabin Boy's bunk,
threw the lad on the floor,
like a cheap dockside whore,
and filled up his scuppers, with spunk.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

We have rocks too!



I don't even have a mainmast to splizzen. 

[BadBeast]

Yeah, we got rocks that really rock too.

[BadBeast]

For all you Portland Yankspags, (Or just Nigel) here's the rock your Town was named for.  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT9GrwCAPw&feature=related

[Don Coyote]

I love how the neopagans seemed to go absolutely apeshit when archaeologists proved that they were cut in the 16-17th century.

wait...really?



OMFG

THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[BadBeast]

Uffington Horse is 4500 years old.
And I think English Heritage is planning on replacing Stonehenge with a Concrete replica, and keeping the original bluestones inside somewhere nice and safe. When they build the planned, controversial  A36 road tunnel right underneath the site.

[Don Coyote]

Uffington Horse is 4500 years old.
And I think English Heritage is planning on replacing Stonehenge with a Concrete replica, and keeping the original bluestones inside somewhere nice and safe. When they build the planned, controversial  A36 road tunnel right underneath the site.

That is fucking horrible.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I haven't read this whole thread yet, but, from what travels I have made in Britain (the island as a whole), it is gorgeous. I liked Wales (yes, Wales), the Lake District and Scotland as a whole. I spent only a few hours in London, and a week and a half in Liverpool, so that was pretty eh. But just seeing the country, even while on a train, was awe inspiring. I was particularly fond of Salisbury, where I stayed for a few nights. And it wasn't just because of proximity to Stonehenge. Out of all my favorite places in the UK though, I would have to say Inverness, Scotland (so far). It reminded me of Connemara, except that there was the occasional crossdressing busker playing the bagpipes instead of wearing pants and playing some sort of string instrument, usually harp or guitar. And it was one of those rare times that I celebrated my birthday outside of the US.

[BadBeast]

Uffington Horse is 4500 years old.
And I think English Heritage is planning on replacing Stonehenge with a Concrete replica, and keeping the original bluestones inside somewhere nice and safe. When they build the planned, controversial  A36 road tunnel right underneath the site.

That is fucking horrible.

OK, I lied about the concrete replacements, but they are planning to build a road tunnel right underneath it. because like, you can never have enough roads, can you?  

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Are you technically closer to Mt. Hood or Mt. St. Helen's?

I know neither of them are actually "close" but they're so huge both are visible.


I go outside and see this.


(Literally, that's my work/school building)
(Historic landmark)
(That's a job fair at the Foxy Lady, another historic landmark strip club. Yes, I said job fair.)

Boston has its share of ugly, and its share of beauty. Sure, it ain't ancient, but it's nice. It's refreshing to see those spatters of colonial and post-revolution spots, and I imagine Providence is the same. Hell, I get off a bus and walk past a cemetary where veterans of the Revolution are interred every work day. Sure, it's next to a fucking Walgreens and a cell phone store, but it's there, just to remind you of where you live, and what happened there. Fuck, I know that Providence has it. My times there have been short and intermittent, but I've seen there what I appreciate in Boston.


Westerly Burial Ground looks better in person:

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Uffington Horse is 4500 years old.
And I think English Heritage is planning on replacing Stonehenge with a Concrete replica, and keeping the original bluestones inside somewhere nice and safe. When they build the planned, controversial  A36 road tunnel right underneath the site.

That is fucking horrible.

OK, I lied about the concrete replacements, but they are planning to build a road tunnel right underneath it. because like, you can never have enough roads, can you?  

Still makes me mad. And still haven't read the whole thread. Also, aren't they still doing archaeology in the area? And how much traffic does the area need? I found the roads in and out of the area satisfactory when I was there, admittedly when I still had long hair.

[BadBeast]

I think they're going to re-route the A360, so that it goes underneath the A303, because that inconvenient little triangle of the A303, A344, and A360 slows the traffic down too much, because the A303 is the main trunk road from London, all the way down to Cornwall, and has a really high volume of traffic. Which all has to slow down, because of the rubberneckers gawking at Stonehenge on the other two roads.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Obligatory Stonehenge photo:

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I think they're going to re-route the A360, so that it goes underneath the A303, because that inconvenient little triangle of the A303, A344, and A360 slows the traffic down too much, because the A303 is the main trunk road from London, all the way down to Cornwall, and has a really high volume of traffic. Which all has to slow down, because of the rubberneckers gawking at Stonehenge on the other two roads.

That sucks dude.