"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it"

Karmacat

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I really did laugh out loud at that! They'd both stick to the roof after all, wouldn't they!

gilligansyle

Strange, all these people years ago, going to and fro across the Atlantic - but the reverse was never true. Americans, except rich ones, don't *pop* over to Europe and back. Or maybe that's just my perception.

Happy shopping - don't have the pesto and the peanut butter together though, I'm not sure its a good combination.

Karmacat

I think you're right about that, Gill - of course, most of them were emigrants, glad to shake the dust of wherever they were from off their feet. My ancestor, Patrick, for instance - once he considered himself an immigrant to America, he never came back, even tho his sons came back to fight in World War One. Which reminds me, since its free weekend, to look them up on ancestry.co.uk.

**makes faces at the thought of peanut butter and pesto together**

ZTD

gilligansyle wrote: »

Strange, all these people years ago, going to and fro across the Atlantic - but the reverse was never true. Americans, except rich ones, don't *pop* over to Europe and back. Or maybe that's just my perception.

Only 37% of Americans have passports.

And my favourite quote on the matter: “I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.”
― Britney Spears

gilligansyle

ZTD wrote: »

Only 37% of Americans have passports.

And my favourite quote on the matter: “I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.”
― Britney Spears

'War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" Ambrose Bierce

ZTD

gilligansyle wrote: »

'War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" Ambrose Bierce

Geography...

Pippilongstocking

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Thought for a second there you were hoping to repair the shed with pesto and peanut butter! I guess Peanut butter would be a pretty good glue And pesto might make it look like you had a grass roof?!

:T:rotfl::T:rotfl::T:rotfl::T:rotfl:

Karmacat

Gill, and particularly, most particularly, Z, that is **priceless** :j:j:j

But Z, you are norty too - I followed your link (as I always do, to see what on earth you've found on the web now ) and that figure is *issued* - the figure for "in circulation" is quite a lot bigger. But its still less than a third of the US population, and most of those are for travel to Mexico or Canada, I'm sure.

Well, I had somewhat of a catastrophe at Asda :eek: any reader of this thread will know that I like pesto and Asda didn't have any of my smart price pesto :eek::eek::eek: I'm going to have to do what Pippi does next year, start up a whole area devoted to basil growing meantime, I need to cut down anyway (the level of fat was upsetting my stomach :o:o) so, hmmm, more chili, I think - which will also have an area devoted to it next year.

Much too early for anything listy, so I'm wandering about for now ...

gilligansyle

Morning KC
I have mixed luck with basil growing, it grows happily in pots in the kitchen, but I've never been able to successfully grow it anywhere else. In the amounts I use, that's fine, but at the moment its looking a bit lost as it doesn't get enough sunlight.

Will pop back later to see your list.

Triciaxx

Karmacat wrote: »

Well, I had somewhat of a catastrophe at Asda :eek: any reader of this thread will know that I like pesto and Asda didn't have any of my smart price pesto :eek::eek::eek:

It's my favourite bought pesto as well and they haven't had it in for over a month. I've got a little of my own make in the freezer but not enough to see me through the winter.