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for the record, i believe a gesture would be ideal.  voice your protest, and move on.  don't chase a person down and hit their car.  There was a time when I would have done the same thing but I've had some close calls with people becoming incredibly militant with something as simple as flashing a d...

Going up to Alton Towers for sure..  And was "possibly" looking at day trips to Paris.  They seemed to be really cheap. Alton Towers....business or pleasure?  There is lot's to see in that area and a long the way.  You going to experiment with driving on the left? Paris is a great day tri...

Mine is England.  Seeing the best players -- the superstars -- from one of the world's most famous leagues with some of the world's most famous teams is pretty incredible.  Not a single player on that team is unknown, and when players like Aaron Lennon and Theo Walcott, who are 17 years old, get ca...

British cuisine isn't nearly as bad as its reputation.  Traditional stuff like fish and chips or the full English breakfast can be quite good when done right.  Pub food can be very good.  And especially in London there is an awesome international influence on British cuisine, in addition to the pre...

What about just general hostility towards Americans?  Is London fairly neutral? Paddington area has always seemed to be fine at night to me.    Don't worry about hostility towards Americans.  Not an issue in London or anywhere else in the UK or Europe.  I've lived in Europe for 8 years and travelle...

KCMax wrote: You don't tip your bartender or your server.

Tipping has become more common here....not for the bartender but most brits do leave between 5-10% for the server.....generally just by rounding up the bill. 

These are great stories. Hi Roanoker. I have a question... my first guess is that you are Jewish?  2nd guess Italian? Michael...how about yourself.  Italian?  Just wondering because the NE connection.  I did not grow up in the NE but spent tons of time in what was known as Little Italy growing up. ...

Hello from the UK. I have been to London many times over the last ten years, mostly on business but a few times for pleasure.  As Bahua says, Earls Court is not a bad place but a bit dreary.  The Ibis Hotel there offers one of the better deals in London.  Another place is the area around the Padding...

19th.... http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/columnists/14643827.htm And that's the turnover date...I wouldn't expect 500 workers putting up 3 story buildings on Monday.  This is really weighing on you, isn't it? I'm really impatient.  I was hoping this would be somewhat finished next...

Yesterday was the 16th of June, the date Cordish was supposed to begin work in earnest on the project.  Any signs of activity?  The only life I have seen via the photos here and the webcam are still on the city sponsered garages north of the President and west of the arena.  Be interesting to see wh...

All we need is for Chastain to get the signatures and the referendum. Can we stop the Chastain bashing already? If any of you want to beat Chastain to the punch and knock him out just start collecting signatures and do it yourself. It's not that I am bashing Chastain.  The problem I have with Chast...

Have any movie theaters in the metro gone to reserved seating? (I have not been to a movie in the US in about 4 years).  Over here, they nearly all have reserved seating.  I kind of like it as you can reserve early and assure yourself a good seat plus, in sold out settings, you can sit with the rest...

I saw a part of it, why is that show so damn joco biased, it's drives me nuts, get rose out of there. The new Star is great IMO and chastain is more of a leader than 95% of our elected officials. I have no doubt that Chastain has nothing but good intentions for the KC area.  Unfortunately, he no lo...

Husker Do opened for them, they were pretty good I'll have to check out their album. NO. Not really. But it sounded better than the story about my dad taking me to see Star Wars at the Midland. You had me going, Carlos.  Is there really a band called Husker Do (Du)?  Just wondering cause that means...

My family lived at about 50th and Prospect when I was born and I lived there until I was around 10.  We moved out to 89th and Wornall where I spent the rest of my years through high school and then some.  When I was very young, my grandfather owned a restaurant in NE KC that capitalized on the indus...

really makes downtown & the plaza look a lot closer together than they really are.  :-k Yea, and it makes downtown and Crown Center appear to be a single entity (which is the way I consider them already). Never noticed what a nice anchor Twin Oaks to the east side of the plaza urban environment...

No offense, Highlander, but I don't understand the ill-will to the so-called "wall" Bartle creates.  Sure, it's a wall, but there isn't really anything on the other (western) side of it but Quality Hill, a mostly residential neighborhood.  I'd love to see 4 or even 8 more pillars put up f...

I would propose that our city should take a long, hard look at why it wants to be in the BIG convention business to begin with. What value does it really add to our city, and at what cost? It is a game of ever-increasing facilities (capital and operating expenses), which leads to buildings that obl...

Something tells there aren't too many environmentalists living in a place that looks like Denver. Go to Oregon, parts of Montana, parts of Colorado, Washington if you want to find real progressives or environmentalists. I'm pretty sure they'd have a good laugh at Denver's expense also. You'd be sur...

I am not sure I am that excited about this I would rather they would build more were their current location is. Next thing would be move from there to OP. I can see that happening, you see Quintiles is now doing that. I have to agree.  I know this may sound like anethema to some but I'd rather our ...