Worcester (UK) to be twinned with Gaza City

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I'm glad to see they've got nothing better to do with my ever-increasing Council Tax

I'm glad to see they've got nothing better to do with my ever-increasing Council Tax

On a positive note, they probably won't be so eager to spend tax payers money on a 'fact finding mission' (aka a free holiday)

Obviously these folks have been either sheltered for most of their lives and aren't dealing with reality, Of unsound mental state and not dealing with reality, simply daft, or all of the aforementioned. But we seem to see this with most politicians these days. By the way Can I still come back to land of me forefathers and run for PM?

Where I lived in brooklyn in the 80s (Redhook) should have been twinned with Berlin, c. 1945. They actually blew up my building (fortunately after we moved out) for a Miami Vice episode so it would match the rest of the neighborhood. It's probably high rent these days, tho.

So skip Liverpool on my next trip to England? Any other cities to add to the must miss list or should I just do Scotland?

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AT I haven't been to Liverpool or Manc in many years... so even to me it's changed I bet.. depends what your interests are..e.g. if you want to go to "strawberry fields" then you'll have to visit Liverpool.. Manchester might be a place to go if your a big fan of the smiths / new order etc.. although the hacienda club is long gone..

tricky really, even with London.. there are so many fake touristy things about.. which I bet aren't exactly 100% geniune.

you could even take a tour / walk of graveyards here.. I mean a lot of famous people are in some of the London ones.

it depends where your interests lies. I've never been to Scotland though myself. I guess a lot of people use England , well London as a base, as it's sort of a midway point between europe / states etc.

ORIGINAL: Doc_Hollingsworth

Got the Anglican thing covered. I've asked about the whole prerequisite thing before but no one could tell me. Can't find any resources on line.

Just tell 'em you're the new coach of the UK IBS Bobsleigh team and you'll probably get a knighthood too mate!!

Doc, thats more appropriate if you were going for the job as king..hehe
trust me you'd not want the job of PM at the moment.

well you'd have to turn up in the UK.. become a local MP.. then work your way up the ranks.... although the common theme is a lot of PM's have gone to Eton etc.. jobs for the old boys network

Steve thats funny, bit like Bob Kiley the transport bloke for London who creamed it in for 6+ years.. and he's gone back to the states now.. ah well I believe theres a brit in the states who owes the odd billions of so of others money.

We even made tonight's Midlands Today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/midlandstoday/latest_stories/

Click on the 'Watch now' link under Worcester bids to twin Gaza

We even made tonight's Midlands Today

Is Alan Towers still going? Haven't seen Midlands Today in years - I get Look East.

As far as the twinning is concerned, there's some good news and some bad news...


The good news is that it was a typo...




The bad news is we're getting twinned with Gazza - why-aye man

ORIGINAL: AT

So skip Liverpool on my next trip to England? Any other cities to add to the must miss list or should I just do Scotland?

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AT No, go to Liverpool, you have to take into account the self deprecating humour which is prevalent in the UK and even more so up North !!! Liverpool is my home town and I will personally vouch for it as a mecca for popular music fans the world over. (I'm not even going to mention The Beatles...) On top of that, Liverpool has the most Grade 2 listed (Historical architecturally significant government protected) buildings in the UK outside London, a magnificent waterfront and some of the friendliest, funniest natives of any city anywhere. The UK is so much more than London and Stratford - Upon - Avon and I would recommend the Scottish lochs, highlands and isles also to get a broader picture (and have a great time) of what these Isles are all about..........

Hey AT, you sound like my sort of guy, anywhere I travel to in the world I always leave the tourist trail immediately and go where the locals hang out, if its down and dirty, so much the better, especially if the music's live and half decent.

I visited Houston in your part of the world for a week last year for the first time, never been there or Texas before. I had only been there one day and one of the women I met who worked for a company I was dealing with invited me to friday night out at her local bar with her husband and grown up family. When I arrived there in my cab, it was a huge bar on the end of an industrial estate, the sort of place I never would have stumbled upon on my own. They had two live bands on, the house PA system and lighting setup, as I always find in the USA, were far better than most of the bars we have in the UK. I ended up having one of the best nights I have had for years, got up to play a couple of numbers with one of the bands, and made some new friends I am still in contact with. Travel is great but yes, you have to go with the right attitude. Sure you can stay at my place, but it's about 200 miles away from Liverpool !!! I'm a 1980's economic migrant..........

ORIGINAL: Jonbouy

I'm a 1980's economic migrant..........

Did you borrow Norman Tebbit's bike?

I sure did Jonbouy, I was thinking of Tebbit's (in)famous quote as I was writing that post............ Much as I hate to admit it, he was right, but then in 1987 I was in a position to be lucky enough to have age, health and choice on my side. It was also a typically heartless way to express a basic socio-economic mechanism, and totally ignored those didn't have as much flexibility, old, sick relatives to take care of etc (Phew that was serious for me !!!)

EDIT; Actually after posting this, I look up The Chingford Skinhead's original statement on Wikiquote, and it's less incendiary than history has deemed it, but the troubles the UK was having at the time made it seem heartless in the context of the times.
His actual statement was "I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it."