Sensible manOriginally Posted by raynaputi
I don't know what will be the reaction of the members here if I say I want to go to Paris just to see the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre. Keith hates the place too..
Sensible man
I don't know what will be the reaction of the members here if I say I want to go to Paris just to see the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre. Keith hates the place too..
Oh I sort of get it now. Your right it is a church but to some it's a church with over a thousand years of history, It's the Coronation Church, it's the church of countless Royal weddings it's also the final resting place of a lot of Royals and other Great Britains like Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin as well as the home to the tomb of The Unknown Warrior.Westminster Abbey charges £18 each, its a bloody church... they are supposed to be free.
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You were looking for a funfair
What's your problem Marco??? I can't get what you are trying to accomplish hereOh I sort of get it now. Your right it is a church but to some it's a church with over a thousand years of history, It's the Coronation Church, it's the church of countless Royal weddings it's also the final resting place of a lot of Royals and other Great Britains like Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin as well as the home to the tomb of The Unknown Warrior.
You were looking for a funfairYou are rich who can live and treat your wife lavishly in London, we aren't. We want our money to spend in Manila, not London. Yeah Keith hates London, but he took me there and I saw the things I wanted to see..So what if we are cheap?!?!??! We don't care!
-=rayna.keith=-
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
Sorry for any offence Rayna it was a tongue in cheek defence of my home town. BTW I wish I was richWhat's your problem Marco??? I can't get what you are trying to accomplish here
I like you Rayna, you talk sense!What's your problem Marco??? I can't get what you are trying to accomplish here
Blimey, Rayna makes it sound like we live in the gutter
Keith - Administrator
Hahahaha..
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
...and YOU'RE the one with the nerves ? Poor Keith !
He has said the word "STOP" plenty of times! Hahahaha...and YOU'RE the one with the nerves ? Poor Keith !
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
... 'fraid... it IS, indeed, a church ... FIRST and FOREMOST, for Christ's sake!
... they are supposed to be free... Christians supposedly believe they "pay" for their "sins" in the so~called "Afterlife"
... as opposed to their being compelled to "fork out"
in order to "confess" them
in the "here and now"!
Entry to Westminster Abbey certainly used to be FREE ...... least it WAS last time I visited it ... in 1966!
Listen to this Rayna, and you will learn everything you need to know....from a professional.He has said the word "STOP" plenty of times! Hahahaha
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Very commendable Marco..Sorry for any offence Rayna it was a tongue in cheek defence of my home town. BTW I wish I was rich
Can never forget my old man taking me up west when I was a kid for my birthday.. We would spend the whole day visiting historical sights like the tower and seeing the Armour displays and the crown jewels,then Westminster abbey,parliament,Trafalgar square to see our hero Nelson and then a boat trip on the Thames,then the London dungeon and of course Madame tussauds before going to the pictures..
To be honest,I was in awe.. I took my eldest son up there for his 8th birthday too..
Best birthday present either of us ever had!
London is bloody fantastic IMO.
Exactly. ..I remember a school trip to the tower of London. ..plus the numerous fun filled weekends spent going there over 20 odd years. ..so much to see. ..I've spent a good half day in the natural history alone. ...no other place comes close to the good old smoke....I think Marco's response was damage limitation
Btw Thanks for the rep Marco. ..fully appreciated
Agreed..Exactly. ..I remember a school trip to the tower of London. ..plus the numerous fun filled weekends spent going there over 20 odd years. ..so much to see. ..I've spent a good half day in the natural history alone. ...no other place comes close to the good old smoke....I think Marco's response was damage limitation
Btw Thanks for the rep Marco. ..fully appreciated
Another thing I cant understand.. Why do people still drive into town unless its essential??
Bloody crazy IMO and people that do it deserve all the aggravation and expense they get!!
I used to park my motor for free near Cockfosters tube station and get a couple of daily`s..
Cheap,fast, no traffic,no wardens and pain free.
Brilliant recommendation Graham, hope Rayna takes your advice!Listen to this Rayna, and you will learn everything you need to know....from a professional.
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That's exactly the way I see it.Agreed..
Another thing I cant understand.. Why do people still drive into town unless its essential??
Bloody crazy IMO and people that do it deserve all the aggravation and expense they get!!
I used to park my motor for free near Cockfosters tube station and get a couple of daily`s..
Cheap,fast, no traffic,no wardens and pain free.
I think some people must simply enjoy the pain. They're also selfish IMO, blocking the roads for people who absolutely NEED to be in vehicles, like those delivering, emergency services, the disabled, buses,etc.
From Swindon we take the train for the 45mins run in then the tubes. Piece of cakeAgreed..
Another thing I cant understand.. Why do people still drive into town unless its essential??
Bloody crazy IMO and people that do it deserve all the aggravation and expense they get!!
I used to park my motor for free near Cockfosters tube station and get a couple of daily`s..
Cheap,fast, no traffic,no wardens and pain free.
The Tower Hill Hotel is a great base and you can get some good deals there at weekends.
In between tubes you can use the hop on, hop off double deck buses.
Marco mentioned funfair because it was implied the LondonEye wasn't as exciting as a roller coaster..the point of the LondonEye was missed.
Well, Keith has a blue badge, hence he drove into town.That's exactly the way I see it.
I think some people must simply enjoy the pain. They're also selfish IMO, blocking the roads for people who absolutely NEED to be in vehicles, like those delivering, emergency services, the disabled, buses,etc.
Anyway, I don't think Keith would change his mind about London even if the Londoners or the ones who love London would tell him how great it is there. It would be like telling Dedworth to like the benefit scroungers.
As for me, I didn't say I didn't like London. I had a nice time even if it's just half a day. I've seen the Buckingham Palace and Big Ben which I wanted to see ever since (and after seeing the palace which was our last stop, I wanted to go home immediately). The fumes and traffic, I'm used to it (I grew up in Manila so nothing different to me other than now I can recognise the fumes after living in the country side for almost 2 years). But I would rather be in the beach in the Philippines than extend another day in London.
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
having read this forum made me realize that my bf treated me like a queen!! We stayed in Chancerey Court in Holborn for a week, went mostly to parks and pub hopping because we couldn't be bother queuing to get to a museum though we went to V&A of which they featured David Bowie. Bf was a gentleman to take me to Harrods-twas funny that his hands were cold and clammy on the way!! And so we went inside Harrods mainly because I was really enjoying making fun of his reactions whenever I go pick up something. Bf and I are people watchers hence we enjoy sitting in a pub or park watching people. We've met a few cool people in London but one interracial couple really struck us-an English woman with her Kenyan fella. It was nice one morning when Bf and I were looking at our map and a business looking guy approached us saying "you two seems lost" with a smile. We've encountered pompous stares too from an posh old couple when we went to eat lunch in an italian resto in Knightsbridge, I'm a feisty Pinay so I reciprocated of course!! One thing I noticed though, there were so many Frenchies!!! So I mimicked Prince Philip and asked my boyfriend "France must be half empty now, who's guarding the Louvre?"
I lived and worked in London for a couple of years (aged 18-20).
It was exciting and a fun...if rather weird place for me then, but it's just changed so much over the years that the attraction has worn off.
My first job there involved driving all over the city every day, so I know my way around .
I did take my ex and the children there to see all the sights and look around the museums and parks though, when they were younger.
We stayed with my (posh) brother and his family in Tunbridge Wells.
Blimey, you'd need a mortgage to do that nowadays.
Sounds like Westminster Abbey is the same as York Minster now, used to be free, but now there's a big charge.
Some would say "the church" is the rich landowner who can afford not to have charges, but then when you analyse the books, a lot of it is paper riches tied up in unsellable properties, and they have to keep these buildings standing somehow. If they have debts, they can hardly flog off St Pauls to be turned into a Wetherspoons
Why not?
Keith - Administrator
hahahhaa How can i missed this thread??..... traffic, traffic lights every 50 metres, stupid cyclists and motorbikes, fumes, idiot pedestrians, excessive charges.
I hadn't been to the center of London since the 80's, but had to go yesterday to take the wife to the Philippine embassy.
5 Hours of driving there. Now I do 70-75mph, and I must have overtaken about 5 Audi's, and yet over 100 overtook me... that says a lot about Audi drivers
I was expecting a difficult journey on the motorways, but they were pretty clear, and from the M25 to inner London it was empty as 11:30am
Parking was easy, as I'd booked a spot in a car park next to the Ritz, for £22.50 for 24hrs, mind you, I am used to paying £0
The Chinese buffet was crap as the food was cold, and I'm not sure they were happy with me telling them, and then telling a group of tourists outside not to bother going in
We managed to do a flying visit of all the main attractions, so hopefully the other half will realise of great Las Vegas is when I take her in March.
I love London , but my husband said it is also crap !! been there five times already...I dont care, just dont let me ride the tube
Can I also join the Las Vegas trip??..I'd love to see the Grand Canyon
''Don't be serious..Be Sincere''
London was beautiful on Saturday, we walked from Notting Hill Gate past where the P.I. embassy used to be in Kensington Palace Gardens, on past Kensington Palace, Albert Memorial to Piccadilly and our first stop at Pret opposite The Ritz.
Then we walked into the Pink Parade with all the roads closed,and just caught the `mince` past down Haymarket, on to Trafalgar Square and watched the Pride concert for a while.
From there we walked down the Strand and Fleet street and arrived at St Pauls where there was an ordination ceremony going on for about 50 priests. Just before 3pm the bells were ringing and all the great and good paraded into the church in all their finery. Although I am not that religious it was a wonderful sight.
Then it was back to our walk, quick drink down Cheapside, on to Liverpool St and home. A really nice day.
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The RitZ!! That brings back memories!!Albert Memorial to Piccadilly and our first stop at Pret opposite The Ritz.
I decorated 4 suites at the Ritz and did such a good job that they asked me to decorate the lobby and lift area..
The paper was a 50" wide flock that we had never hung before.. It looked really good when we finished but the seams stretched half an inch by next morning and once we saw the problem we got in the car and quickly vanished!!
A huge mistake that we never made again!!
Very embarrassing though.
You should read about The Brick Lane Chapel.Why not?
"In 1742, La Neuve Eglise, a Huguenot chapel, was built on the corner of Brick Lane and Fournier Street. By 1809, it was used by missionaries as The Jews’ Chapel, where they promoted Christianity to the expanding Jewish population. It was adapted as a Methodist Chapel in 1819 for Protestant residents.
Reflecting the changing demographics of the area, in 1898, the building was consecrated as the Machzikei HaDath, or Spitalfields Great Synagogue. After decades of change in the area, with Jews moving out and Bangladeshis moving in, in 1976 it was adapted again as the London Jamme Masjid (Great London Mosque) to serve the expanding Bangladeshi community.[11][dead link] The building is Grade II* listed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Lane_Mosque
Funny story that Fred.The RitZ!! That brings back memories!!
I decorated 4 suites at the Ritz and did such a good job that they asked me to decorate the lobby and lift area..
The paper was a 50" wide flock that we had never hung before.. It looked really good when we finished but the seams stretched half an inch by next morning and once we saw the problem we got in the car and quickly vanished!!
A huge mistake that we never made again!!
Very embarrassing though.
Reminds me of some fun moments too.
a nice church very near to the ritz, great food they sell
You found a church that sells food?a nice church very near to the ritz, great food they sell
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