bodleingGreater Manchester, England UK13,810 posts
darren9030: It's actually in a very beautiful area close to Bassenthwaite in the Lake District. I remember it well because i almost had an accident there once trying to avoid a red squirrel that ran into the road. ( yes the squirrel lived )
I didn't know that, I do know Great Cockup near Bassenthwaite.
It's a fell which is accessible via Little Cockup, (I kid you not) I've been up there many times.
don't piss me off or I'll dress up like an indian and dump tea into the harbor! ...I tried that joke on some brits in Iraq and got blank stares in return. Do you know what it means/
LittleKing: don't piss me off or I'll dress up like an indian and dump tea into the harbor! ...I tried that joke on some brits in Iraq and got blank stares in return. Do you know what it means/
Maybe they were still hurting from the loss of their colonies?
invinciblemuse: Maybe they were still hurting from the loss of their colonies?
No Mam. The subjects were protesting the Motherlands taxing the colonies without our having a representative for us in England so they dressed up like Indians and dumped tea (heavily taxed) into the bay. although IMHO they had every right to tax us. This was indeed their property,They were investing their money into it.
That my friends is what gave birth to these modern day "Tea Parties"
darren9030: It's actually in a very beautiful area close to Bassenthwaite in the Lake District. I remember it well because i almost had an accident there once trying to avoid a red squirrel that ran into the road. ( yes the squirrel lived )
wow..poor darren..two close encounters with accidents involving animals..im glad you came out of it ok and so did the animals.
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I used to live in Adelaide. Morphett Vale and then Aldinga. Nice places.