"= . . = (EastneyEnder)" > wrote
in message eddie.starr...
> Charles Gifford wrote:
> > You must not get out much. the spice mix is easily available in the U.K.
In
> > the U.S. cider is the same as in the U.K. There is cider and hard cider.
You
> > are either very sheltered or an idiot.
>
> Well thanks, mate.... I'm neither.

I am gratified to hear it!

> I grew up in Somerset

Somerset eh? I like Somerset. I've only been there a couple of times, but,
as I remember, it is difficult to get a decent pint of Yorkshire Bitter
there.

> where cider - what YOU call HARD cider - is made.

Cider is made everywhere there are apples. Two kinds: fresh (sometimes
called sweet) and hard (alcoholic). When I order a pint of cider in a pub I
ask for cider knowing it will be alcoholic. You must have heard someone else
call for hard cider. T'weren't me lad. <blush> I didn't know we had met
before. <blushing prettily>

> Same
> place where Cheddar cheese originated, but I guess you didn't know that.

Why wouldn't I know about Cheddar? I've been to Cheddar; I've drunk cider
there; et Cheddar there. But what does cheese have to do with my post?
While we are on the subject though, I do love a wonderful unpasturized
farmhouse Cheddar. It is too expensive to purchase often here in San Diego
though.

> What you eat in the USA bears no relation to what has ever been made
there.

Now....let me get this straight. What I eat in the US bears no relation to
what has ever been made in the U.S. I see....... But actually I was talking
about cider mix, not something to eat.

> 10% of Americans have passports, so I am told.

Who told you that? It is very interesting. Personally, I travel on an Irish
passport.

> Considering I have travelled
> in most of Europe, India and South East Asia, plus a lot of the US states,
> so how much have you got out lately....?

No much lately. I've seen some of Europe, Asia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and
South-East Asia. Oh, and Canada and Mexico too! I've not visited India, but
I have seen Greenland from an airliner window! Although I spend most of my
travel time in the U.K. and Ireland, I have seen a lot of the U.S. too. All
in all it looks like you have out pointed me here.

> I do know the difference. And it is not available here. Tell me where,
> exactly, and I might listen.

You have lost me here. You know the difference concerning what exactly? If
you want the mix, try Tesco or Aldi, I've seen it at Harrods and F&M's. I've
even seen it home-made for sale at some market days....especially during the
winter.

> Sorry to come across as bolshy, but if you want to have a poke at me, I'm
> allowed to have a poke back.

Bolshy? That's my territory comrade. You may feel free to poke me as needed.
I was a little rash in my assesment of your intelectual achievments perhaps,
so we can overlook the slight mis-steps in your recent poke. I cannot deny
that you were provoked without cause; which may have resulted such a
convoluted pokery on your part.

Charlie