Being that England is a completely different country, you probably would not be shocked to learn that they have different "things" over there. And given that some "things" make it "big" over there that don't make it "big" over here, there are a fair number of interesting "things" to talk about.

The Spice Girls are apparently the hottest thing since sliced bread in England. Little children see posters of them and go "Oooh, mommy, mommy, mommy! Spice Girls! Spice Girls! Spice Girls!" They really do. Hanson is also becoming "big" in England too. Well, okay, I guess some "things" are exactly the same.

English Candy is different. Not surprising I guess, but I think I like their's better. Flakes. The absoulte best. I'm getting other favorites too, though. Wispas & Aeros. I just finished my last Aero. I need to go forward with booking that return trip. You also can't find "Rock candy" anywhere else but Great Yarmouth.

Cricket '97. Seriously. Following in the footsteps of other great EA Sports titles, such as Madden '97 & NBA Live '97 comes this exciting new piece of software. Exciting if you are English, that is. The only thing more boring than watching a cricket match on TV is playing one on your PC. [Click. Click. Click. What happened? Why am I out?]

One thing I do like about computing in England: Every single computing magazine has at least one CD inside it that has tons (or is that tonnes?) of shareware on it. Sometimes, there are multiple CD's. No extra cost. This is where I should say "American magazine publishers: Get a clue!"

Slot machines are much more complex overseas. I've never really been gambling in the US, but from what I have seen, the English slot machines are much more complicated than their American counterparts. Over here, we get three "hold" buttons and a "Start" button. (Sorry, Microsoft. :) ) Over there, you have the standard "hold" and "start" buttons, but you have nudges and hi lo buttons and cancel buttons and collect buttons and all these extra lights and gadgets and opportunities that you just don't get over here. I'm going to write one of these in Visual Basic so you can see what I mean. When I get it done I'll upload it.