Thursday, July 14, 2005
Christopher’s Manchester Weblog - Summer 2005 - Days 14-18 - Fanta Orange, British Accents and Chine
More on life in Manchester in the summer of 2005.
Well, its been almost a week since I wrote to you all, and its finally time to catch up on what has been going on here.
For the most part with me, being sick, resting, watching the rain fall (in torrents sometimes), revising my thesis, photocopying articles, and reading have been what I have been doing. Not too exciting huh? Now you know why I have not written before now. That having been said, a few things I noticed in the course of daily life here this week…
Food Products – The UK must have become the repository for all those old food products we used to have in the US, but no longer do (because they are hideous, ineffective, etc.). There are times when I have expect to see a Woolco’s and a Shakey’s Pizzareia over here. But, given the, em, British taste on things, there are a few products you might recognize:
