wixman1884

That Uncle Derek had a pet snake that spat at you if you stroked it too much.
 

I believed in god until I was 14.

This is something that I still am a bitter about. When I was a kid I was told in the history class that the good thing about the WWII was that if some crazy person tried to start the same kind of war that Hitler did it would not be possible because the other countries would interfere and stop that. 
Then the 90's started and the war of Yugoslavia started and people got massacred. Now it is happening in Ukraine and Russians are already thinking of making it worse.
As a kid I believed that we were going to be safe from all of this. Although I also believed when I was told that Pluto was a planet.🙄

oh wow thanks for all the info guys - gonna show my wife and discuss. excited to get pissed with you all one day. i've been posting on some incarnation of this forum for well over 15 years now

Sounds wicked mate would love that

Interesting article that suggests that Xitter is little more than a bot farm now...
ABC article

I'm on Xr every day and it's really seriously deteriorated. Of the main platforms, it's easily the worst IMHO, and I now only use it to follow a handful of people, mostly comedians and people who talk about Derby.
Any halfway decent post there gets spammed to death with clickbait videos that have nothing to do with the OP, just people desperate for clicks.
I used to love Twitter, but now it's the playground for anybody with an extreme opinion who wants to spew their bile.

Areas like Balsall Common and where I live are blighted by construction work on the HS2 for the next few years, local roads are forever being closed then moved or altered, plus dust blowing in from the construction can be a problem when we get a dry spell, so beware of this when selecting your location.
Personally, unless I was good friends with someone local, I would rent somewhere for a few months and get a feel for the area, before buying a property.

The Fox and Vivian, Matt is a massive Drrby fan

Been trying to get a table at that place for ages. I'm going to book under the name of Bobby Davison next time.

For clarity purposes, is that nice, or nonce?
 
 

A lot of Americanism are old English words that persisted in the US as the Puritans wanted things to stay the same. In the UK, we were less precious over this and the language changed more. Trash, for example, was in a Shakespeare play.
Read Melvyn's Bragg's Adventures of English Language for more!
Like when kids say "Aks" instead of "Ask", they are picking it up from America, where it came from slave traders from the West Country.

My mate is a Derby fan and runs a really nice pub in Leam, I'll happily meet you for a drink....i may call you Lasso for a while though 🙂

Hahaha these replies made me chuckle.
I'm expecting to get absolutely rinsed about my accent and americanisms for the next few years 

I think we're just ready for a bit of a change. I honestly love it here so much, but the weather is getting brutal, film industry here is collapsing and our dogs can't even go outside without fear of being eaten by coyotes.

i love the idea of a little barn conversion in the countryside

East LA!

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

god that was exhausting

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here 

watched it with my neighbors. they've both got derby shirts now. spreading the gospel on the west coast over here