Strange things you're not used to

[Reba 2]

that's my biggest complaint. I don't mind the seat up so much as getting in there and stepping in a puddle

[Marilyn. 340]

that's my biggest complaint. I don't mind the seat up so much as getting in there and stepping in a puddle

yeah that is the worst...

[TBoneTX 46,261]

one thing I have never figured out though is how they sometimes manage to miss the bowl...

(Sigh, man) This is why women will never understand men, si man. The reason we miss the bowl is intentional and obvious: we're trying to hit a fly or a bug! We earn points for stunning or soaking it, and the jackpot for causing it to fall into the bowl, whereupon we continue to nail it until we are finished with our business. This is the natural hunting instinct within All Guys, si man.

And, we make you step in the puddle so that you will be motivated to clean it up (so that we don't have to), si man.

Also, to rectify my own booboo of getting us off the topic, the title of this thread is "strange things we're not used to." Because nothing could possibly be strange about missing because we're nailing bugs, what else can we talk about that's on topic, si man?

[Tarumba 9]

- not having bakeries everywhere with fresh bread and yummy pastries

- not having people filling up the gas for me (i hate having to leave my car for that)

- not having alcohol at the same aisle as the beverages, I have to go to a different store for that

- having to see 1 doctor to get a referal to another doctor and having to wait months for the 1st appointment

- not being able to schedule my therapy weekly for several weird reasons

- pay taxes, the price you see on the product isn't the price you pay to the cashier

- clothing sizes, not being able to find my size cuz they just don't have more than 1 pair of pants that size (if they sell all size 2 on the day it arrives, just order twice as much instead of having a whole bunch of size 18 nobody buys)

- not being able to air the house by opening the windows cuz there's A/C and heating so we're always closed like in a prison

- trying to figure out how many gallons/mile when I'm used to liters/km

- no metric system

- even though i was causasian in brazil here they have a special race if you're white and not born in america but I still haven't figured out which one am I

- tipping everybody

- not finding a seamstress (we would find one every corner in Brazil) to fix my clothes and the one I found is highly expensive

- the absurdly high prices they charge for services that are cheap like manicure, pedicure

I could go on and on with weird things here

When I go to the store, I can never find my size no matter what size I am. Could never find 6s when was a 6, now I'm a 10 and I can't find that.

Though, when I worked retail, there were far less people who needed the size 2s and far more people who needed the in between sizes - even the larger sizes, we got very few of. While there may only be 2 size 2s, it may take 2 months for those to sell as opposed to 2 weeks for the size 8s and 10s and 12s. This is in general, of course. Now, in the juniors section it makes more sense to have more smaller sizes, so we got more in of those, usually. It's just more cost effective MOST of the time. (We got very few 18s if it helps )

As for the special race thing - Hispanic is made up by the US government, I have an issue with that. My husband would just call himself mestizo if he had the choice, but puts Hispanic because he's obviously not "white". If you're white and that's what you consider yourself, I'd just put that

If you are white but from latin america and mark down white in the form, they'll scratch it and mark "hispanic". You just can't be white and latinamerican at the same time!!

[Tarumba 9]

The fruit is so expensive! Specially tropical ones. Mangoes, papayas, they are like 30 cents a kilo in Peru. And in th eUS they are like ten times the price and they are TINY and insipid. They look prettier, though!

[mkg265 2]

The thing that I will never get used to is that "Iced tea' is actually tea, cold, and not the sweet sugary thing that we call it up here in Canada.

You must live in the north, no one would dare serve tea without sugar in the south without at least a doctor's note staying you have diabetes. It can take out teeth it's so sweet in Georgia.

[justashooter 430]

As for the special race thing - Hispanic is made up by the US government, I have an issue with that. My husband would just call himself mestizo if he had the choice, but puts Hispanic because he's obviously not "white". If you're white and that's what you consider yourself, I'd just put that

If you are white but from latin america and mark down white in the form, they'll scratch it and mark "hispanic". You just can't be white and latinamerican at the same time!!

hispanic is a term that indicates a combination of spanish, indian, and occasionally black genetic background. it's a special combination of characteristics that is not truely european or amerind in nature, but common enoug to deserve it's own classification.

[English Muffin 59]

You must live in the north, no one would dare serve tea without sugar in the south without at least a doctor's note staying you have diabetes. It can take out teeth it's so sweet in Georgia.

Same here in NC. I've only been here a couple of weeks and I can't get enough of the stuff - I love it. I now ration myself to just one glass and only if I'm eating out.

[Reba 2]

disgusting stuff, Southern Sweet Tea bleah

[English Muffin 59]

disgusting stuff, Southern Sweet Tea bleah

You take that back, right now!!

[govols 0]

Although I understand the reason for it I find it very amusing being asked for ID when I go to a bar after all I'm sure I look young for my age but I'm 50 years old and I don't think I really look under age.

Tony

[Ontarkie 14,535]

disgusting stuff, Southern Sweet Tea bleah

Oh i agree and that unsweatened Ice tea is yukky too

[*julez* 124]

Although I understand the reason for it I find it very amusing being asked for ID when I go to a bar after all I'm sure I look young for my age but I'm 50 years old and I don't think I really look under age.

Tony

My husband is amused that at Wegmans grocery store he can't buy beer unless he has his passport. And the policy is for everyone. I've seen them turn away people in their 70's if they don't have ID. What a crazy policy.

disgusting stuff, Southern Sweet Tea bleah

I agree. Way too sweet.

Sorry Muffin.

[Krikit 1,165]

disgusting stuff, Southern Sweet Tea bleah

You take that back, right now!!

My husband is amused that at Wegmans grocery store he can't buy beer unless he has his passport. And the policy is for everyone. I've seen them turn away people in their 70's if they don't have ID. What a crazy policy.

I want a Wegmans.

[*julez* 124]

My husband is amused that at Wegmans grocery store he can't buy beer unless he has his passport. And the policy is for everyone. I've seen them turn away people in their 70's if they don't have ID. What a crazy policy.

I want a Wegmans.

Did you manage to get to Wegman's when you were in the area, Krikit? The Wegman's that is close to my new house is FAB!! Twice the size of my "old" location and just lots and lots of yummy stuff.