An American take on Britain

[GwenRaiden]

It's been a very long time since I was in England, 45 years, in fact, but the thing that stands out in my memory, aside from them for some reason driving on the wrong side of the road, was that beer and soft drinks were served at room temperature, and, even if you ordered a Coke with ice, you got one little cube floating in the class just for the amount of time that it took for the warm Coke to melt it.

Calling french fries "chips," and potato chips "crisps," even calling soccer "football," I could adjust to, but warm drinks, not so much.

I've never been served a warm soda here! But I'm from Scotland, not England.

 

[Skanky Vamp]

I don't ever remember getting warm drinks over there.. except of course tea. I think alot has changed in 45 years Whitey.

 

[gite63]

was that beer and soft drinks were served at room temperature

I don't ever remember getting warm drinks over there.. except of course tea. I think alot has changed in 45 years Whitey.

I see that a lot... on TV. Warm beer is something unthinkable here, it has to be cold, almost freezing in the summer. I don't like beer.
 

I've never been served a warm soda here! But I'm from Scotland, not England.

Do you know the Greyfriars Bobby statue in Edinburgh? 🙂

 

[white avenger]

I've never been served a warm soda here!

I don't ever remember getting warm drinks over there.. except of course tea. I think a lot has changed in 45 years Whitey.

I see that a lot... on TV. Warm beer is something unthinkable here, it has to be cold, almost freezing in the summer. I don't like beer.

Well, I can only say that I must have complained so much while I was there that they started refrigerating the drinks, tried them, and realized how much better they were that way.

 

[GwenRaiden]

Do you know the Greyfriars Bobby statue in Edinburgh? 🙂

Yes, I do! I used to live in Edinburgh (I'm from Glasgow originally) and would pass Greyfriars Bobby on my way home from work. There was also a pretty amazing art supply shop next to it too. I was in that area a lot. Edinburgh and Glasgow are like the equivalent of New York and L.A. in America.