not fishing related

 needed a hair cut wife needed to go shopping so decided go back to Bentley s/centre next to where mother in law use to live ,hair cut cost was 16.00 plus always offered a short black or bottled water no cost ,if there is a que or after the hair cut difference this time was i walked out wife was waiting for me just outside their door owner came out with another short black and in his  his broken english / lebanese accent said for you madame , pretty sure these people have assimulated and want us to experience their tradition or custon , strange how one simple act can change the percetion and makes you feel that in amongst all this doom and gloom there are down to earth people  


Jackfrost80's picture

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Date Joined: 07/05/12

I went to school with

Fri, 2017-04-21 07:52

I went to school with lebanese and bosnian kids who practiced Ramadan  etc and we didn't see them as any different to the many other ethnic groups at Morley High in the 90s. If anything we used to hang around them more than others. 9/11 changed everything IMO.

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Date Joined: 09/02/10

 My barber's a Iraqi bloke

Fri, 2017-04-21 08:56

 My barber's a Iraqi bloke clean shop ,fair price and does a good job ..don't get a coffee though  

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