It’s surprising how many neighbours don’t open their windows in hot weather.
@hazardwarning I thought theme parks were an exciting idea when I was a kid. Then I went to one (Lightwater Valley) and saw the biblical queuing and never had any interest ever again. Although strangely enough, Flamingo Land wasn’t too bad if you stuck to the animals and the go-karting.
'Takes a sock in the puss to make you sentimental doesn’t it?' [said to a man]
‘I’ll clock you a fourpenny one.'
Some of the arcane dialogue heard in old films.
@matigo No, Japanese cities wouldn’t be my cup of tea. Although one thing I do like about them, based on pictures I’ve seen is the lack of cars parked at the side of the road.
// @sumudu
I edited out a building site idiom (an exclamation) from my last post. Not because I’m not prepared to swear but because some of the rawest lingo might come across badly when you don’t hear the tone of voice. You can risk it with some things but not with the crudest ones.
@sumudu If Jason is ‘mostly quiet’ then the rest of us are more or less extinct.
// @matigo