Heh heh - guess who's gone 'a travellin?

*National Health Service
*People who actually walk once in a while
*No one says "Have a nice day"
*Better music all round
*Shit "instant microwave/ oven" meals (uergh just ate one)
*Hershey's chocolate tastes like dog crap
*Most people in Brit can name some other country/ have a passport
*Social Security people in America actually seriously want to know if you intend to blow up buildings
*Customs people in America actually seriously want to know if you intend to blow up buildings
*We have not yet sunk to the level of having huge tacky billboards advertising strip joints

And the things LA has better than the UK

*Disneyland
*Other funky theme parks
*Hot chicks down at Santa Monica Pavillion

But LA is way cooler than the other parts I've been to.

why'd they call it that, then?

this is what is wrong with the world.

Social Security issue you with some kind of legal calling card (like an NI number). The prick with the tash in the office when I went was an obnoxious asshole. "I already have a Social Security number" I informed the ill informed "big macs and apple pic" home boy. "Yeah but I dunno if I should just read it out to you... you might be here to blow up one of our buildings" (exactly what this has to do with a social security number I have no fucking idea). So I asked the arse if he had ever left his back yard (i.e. gone abroad) and he went a bit red and said no. Then he gave me the damn thing.

What a prick.

The idea of Calum in my country scares me.

And why do you talk to a flag? That's so funny, but in a really sad, deluded and ridiculous sorta way.

"two weeks."

its good, because any friendships/connections you have forged in your time on ilx, show a real concrete benefit right about now, and, unless you've really failed to connect with anyone, they tend to go out of their way to show you around. nows about the time to chase up those connections!

I love how no one knows where the street behind them actually is because everyone drives and seems trapped in a bubble. I went up to this guy (I was a bit lost, but had a map and knew my house was on one of the four streets facing me, but not knowing which and having walked for 70 minutes as people gave me increasingly dumbass directions to a street about 4 yards away from them that they never knew existed I wanted help) and asked where my street was. "Uh... I dunno" he says, as every American replies when you are forced to ask them directions. "Well... it's definately down one of these streets, no more than a 1 minute walk away - surely you can help?"... "Uh.. I really dunno". So I kindly said "Oh that's helpful then, thanks" and got on my way. Turns out the dumb fuck was standing with his back to my street. Literally. And the scary thing is that this is so not uniquq. One guy insisted my street doesn't exist - and it was about a 2 minute walk from him.

This says to me that thinking must be illegal over here.

anyway there are a lot of ilxors in LA, i'm not entirely sure which are the ones you get on with online (i'm afraid i must admit i have only really seen the threads where you were chatting with people like martin, ally and blount, but i'm sure you get on much better with some of the others, so just email the ones you like)

Gareth in Los Angeles

here are some la people

Just a thot.

RJG still developing his style at this point, but the makings of a good poster were there.

I found a locked one (so couldn't be revived) where Calum and RJG were organising a FAP together. Did this ever happen?

yes

Do you wnat to publish the minutes?

yes.