Americans Don't Know Why They Celebrate 4th of July!

[symyjym]

Wasn't Gage one of those soldiers of ours that helped us lose America? Is it the same family?

His wife was sympathetic to the yanks and informed them of our battle plans. We still got most of Canada though, so it wasn't a complete disaster.

 

[daveinprague]

Having seen a video of Americans unable to find the USA on a map...my favourite being a member of the public who decided it must be Africa as it looks the biggest...im not surprised.

 

[daveinprague]

More importantly...half of British kids surveyed didnt know where Brighton was!

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13372010.Is_Brighton_in_Norfolk_/?ref=mr&lp=9

 

[Simster]

I wouldn't mind betting there are as many ignorant, badly educated people in this country as there are in the USA.

There is still a significant rump of kids who arrive at secondary school unable to read. And not just in inner cities either.

 

[symyjym]

More importantly...half of British kids surveyed didnt know where Brighton was!

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13372010.Is_Brighton_in_Norfolk_/?ref=mr&lp=9

It quizzed 2,000 British children aged between eight and 15 years old.

 

[daveinprague]

It quizzed 2,000 British children aged between eight and 15 years old.

I dont care. They should be taught from 1 year old where Brighton is!!!

 

[Captain Sensible]

I have to say that this time around in America I see more of a determination to avoid calories and eat right. Hardees restaurants maybe selling the thickburger but they are selling less and less of them as time goes on.

It was actually from Carl's Jnr. A brand new burger. They sell loads.

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

It was actually from Carl's Jnr. A brand new burger. They sell loads.

They sell loads for a while and then the novelty of the new burger wears off.

BTW, Carl Jr's is Hardees. It depends on what part of the states you live as to what name is used,

http://www.hardees.com/

http://www.carlsjr.com/

 

[Triggaaar]

Had a lovely weekend in Rhode Island last week, most buildings a good couple of hundred years older than anything in brighton, where we were.

The oldest building in Brighton is about 1100 AD, so most buildings in Rhode Island are a couple of hundred years older than that?

Agreed, but what is the average age of the buildings in Rhode Island? There's over a million people living there now, more than double the population of 1900, so I'd guess that the average property there is newer than 1900. Ignoring the average for a minute, I'm sure there are plenty of old houses there - I'd be interested to know what sort of age, and how many there are. I imagine they have many more pre 1800 buildings than we do. But we do have some very old ones. St Andrew's Church on Church Road in Hove is about 12th century, and St Nicholas' Church near the clock tower is mid 1300s. There are a few other old churches too I think. Hangleton Manor pub is 15th century, the main part of which was rebuilt in the 16th century. I think there are a few old 16th and 17th century buildings in the lanes. Has Rhodes Island really got a shed load of buildings 200 years older than all of that lot?

By the lack of reply, I guess The Spanish was just talking nonsense then.

 

[Captain Sensible]

They sell loads for a while and then the novelty of the new burger wears off.

BTW, Carl Jr's is Hardees. It depends on what part of the states you live as to what name is used,

http://www.hardees.com/

http://www.carlsjr.com/

Wow, I've been going to the states regularly on and off for the past 18 years and I've never heard of Hardees. Anyway I really like Carl's Jnr burgers, I was actually buying a six dollar burger when I saw this grotesque monster for the 4th of July.

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

Wow, I've been going to the states regularly on and off for the past 18 years and I've never heard of Hardees. Anyway I really like Carl's Jnr burgers, I was actually buying a six dollar burger when I saw this grotesque monster for the 4th of July.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardee's

Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., is an American fast-food restaurant chain, which predominantly operates in the Southern and Midwestern states. It has evolved through several corporate ownerships since its establishment in 1960. It is now owned and operated by CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr., which is slowly amalgamating the chains.

In 2012, Nation's Restaurant News rated Hardee's as the #28 foodservice chain in the United States based on sales through 2011. Carl's Jr. was listed at #37. If the two chains sales were combined, they would have been at #15.[2] In 2013, QSR listed Hardee's at #20 and Carl's Jr. at #24; if combined they would have been listed at #14.[3]

It seems CKE Restaurants which is the owner of Carl's Jr bought Hardees and has been slowly changing them into the same restaurants that are Carl's Jr (wiki called it amalgamating).

The other detectives tell me there are some Carl's Jr in the Chicago area but there are mostly Hardees.

 

[BN9 BHA]

By the lack of reply, I guess The Spanish was just talking nonsense then.

Nothing new there

He didn't reply to my question either.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

They sell loads for a while and then the novelty of the new burger wears off.

BTW, Carl Jr's is Hardees. It depends on what part of the states you live as to what name is used,

http://www.hardees.com/

http://www.carlsjr.com/

Five Guys runs rings around Hardees and Carl’s Jnr, with Wendys the best of the big chains

 

[Captain Sensible]

Five Guys runs rings around Hardees and Carl’s Jnr, with Wendys the best of the big chains

In n out Burger is still the king in my eyes, or should I say bloated stomach!