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Default Get a plumber next time....

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:04:02 +0100
"ARWadsworth" wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
ARWadsworth wrote:
Ever been abroad? It's natural to haggle over prices in many
countries.


And when in Rome....


But it's frowned upon - called 'going native'. By the English.


On the olden days we just shot foreigners and pinched their country.


The GOOD old days.

Now we elect (or not, it's a moot point) governments who plan (and I
use the term loosely) to concrete over ours.

R.