Day 19: What do they think of us?

Here is another picture from yesterday. I'm not sure what it suggests about the girls, but I like it. Today we finally received some firm-ish delivery dates for our household goods shipments. This has prompted some back-of-the-envelope calculations. The airfreight shipment will have taken 22 days door-to-door when it arrives on Wednesday. The distance it will have travelled (direct) is 3400 miles. That means it has averaged 6.4 miles per hour. The sea shipment, when it arrives next Monday will have managed 5.2 miles per hour. I conclude that the invention of air travel has speeded up mankind's exploration of the globe by approximately 20%. Pretty impressive I'm sure you'll agree.

Despite this less-than-impressive average speed, we are not alone in our world-travel and there is enough of a market for Britishness over here for the BBC to make a channel especially: BBC America. This channel, I imagine, represents or forms the American view of all that is great about Britain. So, let's review the offerings. At least two hours a day dedicated to antique shows (Cash in the Attic etc.) At least two hours a day of Whose Line Is It Anyway? A collection of dramas from UK TV (mostly non-BBC all with plenty of sex in the trailers): Hollyoaks in the City (rebranded as In The City), Mile High etc. But do not despair - there is always the mainstay of British-excellence: comedy. Who could doubt that here at least we can export greatness? And we do.

Benny Hill.

What do they think of us?