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Good man.

In seriousness.... it just seems that people in the UK are more stressed by automation than in any other country I've been to. Maybe I just notice it more.

When we want to get from A-B we just flag down the nearest passing goat.

When I come home, nothing says "back in UK" more than witnessing the general public struggling with automated machines in supermarkets and train stations.

Paxman vs Brand. Paxman doing his usual grumpy uncle routine, Brand very much the sixth-form politician. Smugness overload. And we're supposed to give a shit.

There have been scare stories about Gypsies stealing babies for years and years and it never happens. Like you said, far more common for unwanted babies to be given away. My Gran used to tell me she'd "sell me to the Gypsies" when I misbehaved, not very p.c.!

Very addictive!

Off to watch CSKA vs Levski Sofia today. Should be tasty.

ffs I had just recently managed to get over that. You're the Kay Burley of foxestalk!

Conga rats Mr Kemp. All the best to your family!

I make my own rakia (plum brandy type stuff popular in Eastern Europe). You can make it from just about anything, plums and grapes are the best. Once made foul potato vodka with my Dad but we nearly killed my Gran.

This is what I genuinely love about this forum. Opened up a Madelaine McCann thread to find people were debating chippies.

Baklava and sweet tea on a warm autumn day.

Went to a shopping mall. Civilization is a failure. Girlfriend got in a strop when I left to watch Leicester. I got in a strop while watching Leicester.

Yep. If you think it's bad in the UK then you should never move abroad!

I know someone who works in a film studio who saw Patrick Swayze taking a piss outside a church in Sofia at 2am. The smelly bugger.

I've never been but met quite a few Bulgarians and English who have and it never sounded that insane. I think BBC like a bit of scandal abroad porn.

'Proper football' stopped being proper when they introduced huge financial incentives to finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th, or just survive near the bottom of the Premier League. NFL has all the razmatazz and nonsense but the sport has been less tainted by money than in the Premiershit.

Maybe I was being a bit harsh in my original post. Most people I know who have spent time trying to get into it actually really enjoy it.

That's exactly it - I don't understand something so I'm going to sit here and slag it off. Does my head in.

Twats when the NFL is on at Wembley spouting the usual cliches like they're the first to ever say them. "Rugby for pansies!" "Why is it called football when you don't use your feet?!" "It's not soccer it's called football!" (unaware that soccer is a British English word) Wankers, if you don't like it just shut up and let those of us that do enjoy it.

Sooner than that I'd say. I once found a pack of sausages that I'd left outside from a previous day's bbq and thought.... ehhhhhh why not. It literally took about 10 minutes.

Geat! Must be a very proud moment for you. Best of luck to him.

Abso-bloody-lutely.