Scooterscot, is it always you who starts the threads about the cost of 'stuff' in various places?
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Anyone else been to the US lately? What did you think about price of stuff?
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Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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Food I found not too bad, cheaper than here in diners, etc. Hotels were the real shocker - finding even a nasty motel in Boston was $200/night and double for somewhere nice - that's more than London!
Cheap petrol thoughOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostScooterscot, is it always you who starts the threads about the cost of 'stuff' in various places?Comment
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostScooterscot, is it always you who starts the threads about the cost of 'stuff' in various places?
now I'm away to bed."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostHe is a Scot, they're like Yorkshiremen with all the generosity wrung out of them.
YYawn."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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I was there in April and couldn't say I noticed it was overly expensive (but I then had a summer break in Europe which was expensive ( bonus meant the low rent Brits weren't there) so depends what your point of reference is)
I don't really go on holiday to compare the cost of things - they cost what they cost and you either put up with them or go elsewhere.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThat stereotype has long since been consigned to the history books if anything I find the reveres is true with those from the south of the border.
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