Dude, I love the pneumatic tubes....you put something in a little canister thingy and they whooosh them over to you. I giggle and clap my hands when they do that!
And when you're a kid, they magically generate DumDum suckers for you in only the best flavors!
I don't use the drive-thru bank very often because it's usually easier to just run in (add banking complications to the pet peeves about the UK; my little Credit Union knows me by site so few limits on what I can do). The pharmacy, however, pure genius!
Haha that's great! I remember a girl once seeing a photoshop I did of myself and John when I was in my teens and she asked me "Is that your dad?" I wanted to say yes but I am too honest! 
Oh yes, my wife was a little freaked out about the eggs not being refrigerated in Britain and one of the things I noticed when I was over here was all the eggs are white. Where have all the brown eggs gone?! haha
I will admit, the amount of time people spend in their cars over here does alarm me. My mother in law treats hers like it's an office and dining room. Drive thru banks! That was another eye opener! haha
So where are you in the UK? It all depends on where you are with regard to easy access to things. If you live in London the tube is extremely handy for a lot.
Should have just said yes and claimed him as your father. I bet she'd still be telling people that she met John Lennon's son!
Fear not, we have loads of colorful eggs in Ohio. Our local grocery store stocks all it's produce from a nearby farm so the eggs are from a mixture of breeds. Still not quite as good as our free range eggs from when we had chickens (you've never tasted anything so good until you have a monstrous double yolker from a Barred Rock Hen
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I'm out in Essex towards Southend-on-Sea, not too far from Rayleigh if you are familiar with the area. I do like having the trains and buses around (if you want a bus service where I live, you have to call ahead and arrange it) but I do miss my car! Perhaps what I miss is being able to have the freedom to decide when and where I am going without having to rely on the schedules of other people.
