Remember that case of the sniffles I mentioned? Well, today I feel like a piece of microwaved dog dookie. Friday my darling and I met up in the city to attend the first ever New York Comic Con, she after working all night (such is the life of

here's a quote that says most of it for me, from Intervention: Reviewed by Penny Stone "There's a scene early in Martin Scorcese's The Aviator where Howard Hughes takes Katharine Hepburn for a ride in a small prop plane which

It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One meaning ... tie back to the footpads, which are highwaymen, you see. So I've just discovered. Is that widely used? It's the only meaning of 'bushwhacking' that I grew up with. I thought it

It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One meaning of 'bushwhacking' in America and the UK is 'engaging in guerilla warfare, ambush'. To tie back to the footpads, which are highwaymen, you see. So I've just discovered. Is that

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. It was a mild form of humour, Michael. One

I don't understand why it should be so, but every English-speaking nation seems to have a different word for walking in the wilderness: hiking, bushwalking, hill-walking, tramping, trekking, etc. Yes, strange, isn't it? I wondered if it

The ones on the sidewalks are pretty scary, too. Do you have sidewalks in Hertfordshire, Doc? In Oxfordshire we have pavements. I know, I know, Prof. I was trying my best not to confuse the Americans by using the word 'pavements', because

Per R=F8nne) typed thus: =20 obAUE - "driver's license" is American English. The UK ... - I point this out in a spirit of=20 helpfulness). driving (or driver's) licence. =3D=3D=3D It says nothing about a difference between UK and

But you may use bikes and rollerskates without a driver's licence :-). obAUE - "driver's license" is American English. The UK version is "driving licence" - you've conflated the two to make "driver's

Per R=F8nne) typed thus: =20 =20 It was 16 for motorcycles and 17 for cars (in the UK) when I passed my tests. Well, I do think that the low age for driving cars has been standardized in Europe. To 18. Nope. The age for driving a car in the UK is