England VS. Texas (which is better thread)

[Angus]

UK:
British pubs
Flyable Spitfires
England:
Nice bitter
Duxford
IWM
Strong mustard
English accent
Little distance to France.
Most virile women in the world. (statistics).
Proper soccer.
Britpop
Wales:
Many sheep make good food.
Many odd places
Good te
Nice pubs in the countryside
Scotland:
Kilts (no chance with cowboy boots)
Bagpipes
Haggis
Castles
Good strong ales
Angus beef
The finest Whisky

Texas
Fat ladies
Rattlesnakes
Fake boobs
Deaths by stray bullets
Stinking feedlots
Funny language (JR Ewing)
Bush
Beaners (male)
Twisters
Caravan parks
My X lives there (or was it an XXXX)

There's more. But good about Texas is HTC and lots of P51's....

[Airscrew]

Originally posted by Toad
Never been to a decent Mexican restaurant in Germany either. Kinda strange; it's not that hard a cuisine to do.

Actually I did find a very decent mexican restarurant in Germany.  On Kaiserstrass  between Vogleweh and Landstul,  in Einsiedlerof.  I dont know if its still there, last time I ate there was Fall 1998.

[beet1e]

Shifty! You're qualified! Where in England did you live?

Angus -

[Angus]

Hehe, Beetle, do you live in the UK?
Go there often you see

[Jackal1]

If you ever happen to find yourself in the Amarillo area of Texas and you think you are very, very hungry, you can find out just how hungry you are by going to The Big Texan . 72 ounces of steak with all the trimmings. Eat it and the trimmings within one hour and it`s free.

[Stringer]

Best single place on the planet that has the best available from all cultures.......Hong Kong.

You simply cannot beat that place for it's amount of outstanding choices of ethnic restaurants, run by ex-pats.

[Angus]

How about Manhattan?

[beet1e]

Angus - yes, ~60km west of London - handy for LHR. As for Manhattan restaurants, there are plenty - all good. Anyone here ever go to Fred's at 83rd & Amsterdam? Excellent steaks (but less than 72oz LOL) I did a great deal of hanging out on the upper west side in the 90s. Many informal restaurants. The east side tended to be for business customers, white linen tablecloths etc.

Jackal - 72oz AND the trimmings? You'd be the size of a house after eating that! Oh wait.... erm... no, I can't say it!

Stringer - you're just the person to ask - why do some Italian restaurants (by which I mean restaurants that are actually located in the country of Italy) serve the salad after the main course?

[Angus]

Many good places to eat in Soho as well, - and of course the London Chinatown.
The best Chinese food I ever had was in Soho....awesome.

[Stringer]

Beet,
To help with digestion of the meal (or at least that's what they've told me).

My wife and her family serve the salad the same way (after the meal).

I've actually come to prefer that way as well.


Angus,
Manhattan is good no doubt, but I'd still give the nod to Hong Kong.

[Shifty]

Originally posted by beet1e
Shifty! You're qualified! Where in England did you live?

Angus -

I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. While there I lived in the city of Towciester, Bandbury, and for a while in the little village of Hook Norton.

[Skuzzy]

You cannot compare England to Texas and vice-versa.  It is a moot point as to which is best.  People like thier comfort zones.

I have been to England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, and parts of the Carribean.  I have enjoyed every place I have been to so far.  Every place on this planet has something different to offer and to experience.

I am a Texan.  I have lived here all my life and will die here.  For me, it is my comfort zone.  It has everything I need and want for my lifestyle.  But I do enjoy traveling and experiencing other cultures and places.

England is not better than Texas.  Texas is not better than England.  By the very essence of the two places, they are mutually exclusive, as they are so very different from each other.

It would be ignorant to accept one is better than the other.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Shifty
I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford. While there I lived in the city of Towciester, Bandbury, and for a while in the little village of Hook Norton.

No kidding!!! USAF Upper Heyford? I used to fly out of Enstone! Enstone was entirely within the Upper Heyford Mandatory Radio Area (UHMRA), so whatever direction traffic was headed from Enstone, we'd have to request a clearance from you guys on 128.55MHz to transit the UHMRA. Your officers were always very polite, and would always address us as "Sir", even if we were to be flying a lowly Grob 109 motor glider! Oddly enough, I do believe the first time this ever happened, the ATC officer was a Texan! It was the way he pronounced the 55 in 128.55 that gave that away. The USAF F-111s formed the bulk of the movements at Upper Heyford as I recall, but they did not use that frequency, and I assume they used instead a UHF channel. Must have been a while ago, as Upper Heyford has been closed since about 1991.

Skuzzy, I agree with what you said 100%.

[Shifty]

Beet1e

Yes I heard the base was closed. I was a Crew Chief on F-111E , tail number 68-005. It was assigned to the 55th TFS.

I still hope to go back and visit someday. I'd like to take my wife to see Upper Heyford, and the surrounding area. I'd also love to visit London, and Scotland, again before I get too much older.

If you see  Phaser11 in the main arena or AvA . He was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford from 1988, until 1991. He was a crew chief on the EF-111s. They came there long after I left.

If you ever come to Texas, be sure and let me know.

Cheers ya'll.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
I have been to England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, and parts of the Carribean.  

I am a Texan.  I have lived here all my life and will die here.

How can you lived your whole life in Texas and yet travelled elsewhere?