Posted Nov 19, 2011, 1:59 AM
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I Like Turtles!
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 168
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The more things change (here) the more they remain the same (there)
"Welcome to the thread Pompeyuk. I spent a summer in Portsmouth many years ago.
I stayed at the YMCA across from the bombed out Royal Garrison Church. My cohorts and I would go to a pub called 'Still & West'."
I know its off topic, but I had to let ethereal_reality and PompeyUK know I stayed at the Felton House (aka The Buckingham House) in Portsmouth in August. Supposed to be haunted, although the creepiest thing there was a guest from Belgium who smelled of old cheese and sauerkraut. Still & West is still there, as popular as ever. Had many (too many) enjoyable evenings there. There's no connection to Los Angeles, but more of an astonishing contrast. In LA the landscape seems to mostly change with every generation, while in most of the UK there is a quiet, dignified permanence to buildings that can be several hundred years old.
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