Eliza_Nightvoice: Did I hear that there is going to be a run on the banks now? Ooooooooooops! A bank holiday, with all the bank's doors locked tight for one week?
I think that that did happen once upon a time when rumors could be engineered by some groups somewhere. It could NEVER happen now.... surely?
Ninerism
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Hi,
I'm not very near Devon so I wouldn't know i'm afraid! There are lots of tiny farming villages that are fairly cut off down there... I'm in Liverpool which is a city in NW england so its a lot more active where i live! the SW and N England, Wales and most of Scotland are all very rugged and sparcely populated.
LA is generally a pretty dangerous place to live with earthquakes, floods, fires etc! and that smog sounds nasty! The weather although extremely dull is a lot kinder here! I wish we had temp fluctuations like that Eliza, we have such boring weather at the moment and again some small villages in that area arent on any maps so i cant help with that!
I'm not very near Devon so I wouldn't know i'm afraid! There are lots of tiny farming villages that are fairly cut off down there... I'm in Liverpool which is a city in NW england so its a lot more active where i live! the SW and N England, Wales and most of Scotland are all very rugged and sparcely populated.
LA is generally a pretty dangerous place to live with earthquakes, floods, fires etc! and that smog sounds nasty! The weather although extremely dull is a lot kinder here! I wish we had temp fluctuations like that Eliza, we have such boring weather at the moment and again some small villages in that area arent on any maps so i cant help with that!
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Our British cousins have a verry civilized custom of having 2 holidays a year, just to have a holiday. Each is called a "Bank Holiday". It's so eligantly simple. The banks ARE closed, and everyone has the day off.<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ninerism:
Eliza_Nightvoice: Did I hear that there is going to be a run on the banks now? Ooooooooooops! A bank holiday, with all the bank's doors locked tight for one week?
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Oh yes i love bank holidays! Our next bank holiday is actually next Monday and its to celebrate the queen's golden jubilee. In fact i think we get 2 days off!! But a normal bank holiday is just one day as you said. Traditionally absolutely everything is closed but nowadays the big supermarkets are open for a couple of hours.