If you get the chance to visit the States again, and would be interested in doing so, I’d love to show you around some parts of the Appalachians—I’m not from there, but I used to spend a fair amount of time in the area so I have some familiarity. It would be interesting to see your perspective on how it compares with the Norf.
Elon now owns Twitter so you don't need volunteers running that account for you. And I can't think of any other reason females aged 19 and 22 would be of use.
I’m sure Rishi Sunak hears their pleas for help in his Brahmin bones.
OTOH; one of the inevitable consequences of war is Reindustrialization and a move towards self sufficient economies if not Autarky.
It will be difficult for Rishi to relate as none of his bloodline has done manual labor in over 2000 years, they don’t fight either BTW. The warrior caste is Rajput, far superior and they can actually run things competently.
Britain next time pick a Rajput, Enoch’s ghost will actually approve.
My wife and I took a bike ride yesterday on a newly-finished bike path that ends near the ocean north of Boston at the still gritty city of Lynn.
Lynn, Lynn, city of sin
You never come out the way you came in
You ask for water, but they give you gin
The girls say no, yet they always give in
It is like those cities in the Norf still reeling from the loss of manufacturing and, while close to Boston, has been able to avoid the White Collar Plus updraft of hospitals, universities, and tech.
But. as you say of the Norf: the people!
We wandered into a bar for a beer and a bite to eat. The aging but cheerful barkeep said to go to the deli next door and order food, and it would be passed through a hole in the wall and brought to us at the bar. I got a lamb shank the size of Mike Tyson's upper arm with potatoes and cabbage for 15 bucks, and that was more than enough for the two of us. A pint of Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap was three bucks. All the while we were being chatted up by the regulars, already a few drinks in a little after noon. Where were we from? Did you know this is the oldest bar in Lynn? Come back later when you don't have to bike home and order a *real* drink here--Betty basically fills a tumbler with booze, thinks vaguely of a mixer, and that is that.
Indeed, at mid-day, Betty already had two handles out on the bar--scotch and vodka--so as to be easily accessible for the needs of the regular customers.
It was like Cheers., where everybody knows your name, except that Cheers was of course essentially fake and this was the real thing. Meaning, among other things, that along with the honest good cheer there was the unmistakable aroma of desperation, too. Look closely and you see that many of the friendly locals have seen their share of hard times.
Foucault would have added cash to the local economy by cruising the Noft's rent boys. He'd have gone back to Paris and written coy essays about being fisted by dole-fueled Norfern hands lacking the hot callouses of their forefathers who worked for a living in tough conditions.
London to Manchester was like New York to Boston. The secondary city is slower and not as cool but it's more the real people of that country. The big city people are smarter but more narcissistic and pretentious. So there's a choice there.....
It's sad to see where England is now, at least from my own, American perspective and someone who married a Brit. When we first visited my husband's home there were *very few* overweight or obese people. You had a sense of those habits and values that rallied against indulgence. What is to become of 'Ol Blighty now with Sunak? Knowing Brits the way I do, this has got to feel a bit like the takeover is complete.
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If you get the chance to visit the States again, and would be interested in doing so, I’d love to show you around some parts of the Appalachians—I’m not from there, but I used to spend a fair amount of time in the area so I have some familiarity. It would be interesting to see your perspective on how it compares with the Norf.
Elon now owns Twitter so you don't need volunteers running that account for you. And I can't think of any other reason females aged 19 and 22 would be of use.
I’m sure Rishi Sunak hears their pleas for help in his Brahmin bones.
OTOH; one of the inevitable consequences of war is Reindustrialization and a move towards self sufficient economies if not Autarky.
It will be difficult for Rishi to relate as none of his bloodline has done manual labor in over 2000 years, they don’t fight either BTW. The warrior caste is Rajput, far superior and they can actually run things competently.
Britain next time pick a Rajput, Enoch’s ghost will actually approve.
Brighton is always quite fun - you can get the train to Hastings from there (1066), that’s if you’re ever heading south of course
My wife and I took a bike ride yesterday on a newly-finished bike path that ends near the ocean north of Boston at the still gritty city of Lynn.
Lynn, Lynn, city of sin
You never come out the way you came in
You ask for water, but they give you gin
The girls say no, yet they always give in
It is like those cities in the Norf still reeling from the loss of manufacturing and, while close to Boston, has been able to avoid the White Collar Plus updraft of hospitals, universities, and tech.
But. as you say of the Norf: the people!
We wandered into a bar for a beer and a bite to eat. The aging but cheerful barkeep said to go to the deli next door and order food, and it would be passed through a hole in the wall and brought to us at the bar. I got a lamb shank the size of Mike Tyson's upper arm with potatoes and cabbage for 15 bucks, and that was more than enough for the two of us. A pint of Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap was three bucks. All the while we were being chatted up by the regulars, already a few drinks in a little after noon. Where were we from? Did you know this is the oldest bar in Lynn? Come back later when you don't have to bike home and order a *real* drink here--Betty basically fills a tumbler with booze, thinks vaguely of a mixer, and that is that.
Indeed, at mid-day, Betty already had two handles out on the bar--scotch and vodka--so as to be easily accessible for the needs of the regular customers.
It was like Cheers., where everybody knows your name, except that Cheers was of course essentially fake and this was the real thing. Meaning, among other things, that along with the honest good cheer there was the unmistakable aroma of desperation, too. Look closely and you see that many of the friendly locals have seen their share of hard times.
Foucault would have added cash to the local economy by cruising the Noft's rent boys. He'd have gone back to Paris and written coy essays about being fisted by dole-fueled Norfern hands lacking the hot callouses of their forefathers who worked for a living in tough conditions.
^ damn ^
I don’t know about the Norf
But in my Norf Appalachian foothills
We could use a political party that steals elections for Us ! for a change.
We can’t take America back but maybe we can steal it back.
Pardon the Orthogonal Thread.
I’ll check how it ages Nov 9
Or Dec 9
Or January 2023, the 9th-
London to Manchester was like New York to Boston. The secondary city is slower and not as cool but it's more the real people of that country. The big city people are smarter but more narcissistic and pretentious. So there's a choice there.....
Excellent post, Niccolo, and thanks for writing it. I look forward to your further observations/thoughts.
💬 should be executed on live TV
...not before you add ‘Sic transit gloria mundi’ to take a shot at triple whammy 😝
It's sad to see where England is now, at least from my own, American perspective and someone who married a Brit. When we first visited my husband's home there were *very few* overweight or obese people. You had a sense of those habits and values that rallied against indulgence. What is to become of 'Ol Blighty now with Sunak? Knowing Brits the way I do, this has got to feel a bit like the takeover is complete.
Benedictine nuns built church in Kansas with BTC
Found next trip Sr. Soldo
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Wonderful TV series from 1990/2000s Our Friends in the North.