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Re: UK vs. US attitudes
> I've been reading alt.music.who again, and it looks to me like the residents
> are considering an activity for after the RAH concerts. Looks like the
> invitation is for a bare-knuckle encounter
Is this before or after they burn an effigy of Jon Astley?
> Regarding recent comments about audiophiles, I suspect that O&S is no longer
> a fun place to conduct this kind of disucssion, so it's moved to
> alt.music.who.
They write the same old posts with a few new lines, & everybody wants to
read 'em. They write the......same old posts.
> Meanwhile, I seem to recall someone detailing a difference
> between UK and US attitudes in such things. Was it to the effect that UK
> residents tend to be very polite in written correspondence, and less polite
> face-to-face, and that the opposite is true of Americans?
I thought UK residents were always polite, even in face-to-face situations.
It's the Americans who are loud, boorish, & overblown. And we all have
Southern accents & cowboy hats, too. Atleast that's the way we're pre-
sented in Britcoms. Yee-haw!!! Get on, little doggies!!!
- SCHRADE in Akron