🆕 blog! “Who said "Brits think 100 miles is a long distance - Americans think 100 years is a long time"?”
It's one of those pithy little quotes which reveals so much about our two cultures. The average Briton considers anything more than a 45 minute trip a bit of a schelp, whereas Americans will seemingly drive half a day jus…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/09/who-said-brits-think-100-miles-is-a-long-distance-americans-think-100-years-is-a-long-time/
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