British Expats - Pet Peeves?

Back to the weather, this is a map of the 8pm (as in eight at night after the sun has set) temperatures in the Phoenix metro.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHl36jMUEAAT-Q1.png

My eyeballs almost melted while walking the dog.

I'm in Phoenix right now, and I honestly find it almost unbearable. My sixteen month old son seems to have absolutely no problem with it, nor my wife.

I've been taking regular trips to Sedona just to escape.
Tomorrow I'm back out to San Diego, and as much as I like Phoenix in the winter, summers are deeply uncomfortable.

joto	Jun 19th 2015 8:20 am

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I can't remember which store I saw those freezer can holders in. If I take a bottle of water in the car, I maybe get a couple of mouthfuls from it before it becomes almost hand washing warm. It's 90+ almost 100F here. I'm trying to hibernate and not go out too much.

Pulaski

Jun 19th 2015 8:31 am

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Originally Posted by joto (Post 11679798)

..... I'm trying to ~~hibernate~~ aestivate and not go out too much.

FIFY :)

lansbury

Jun 19th 2015 8:44 am

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Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 11675768)

...and you have demonstrated that it is acceptable to heckle the umpire - well done you.

Yes when an umpire is especially bad, and clearly not making consistent calls between teams, it is acceptable to bring it to their attention. I thought we did it well too. He had an opportunity to stop what he was doing, instead he tried to berate us and continued in his favoritism.

When an umpire subsequently admits he is cheating it requires reporting to the League officials, which is was.

lansbury

Jun 19th 2015 8:49 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11675990)

I agree with almost all your posts, but IMO that approach is akin to punishing the victim. :unsure:

I take your point, but that sort of thing only gets printed on bills with the acquiescence of the staff. So not quite sure the victim in this case is wholly innocent.

lansbury

Jun 19th 2015 9:01 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11675775)

I did wonder about that. When I reffed soccer, we pretty much had a zero tolerance policy for parents (and, indeed coaches) who excessively heckled, questioned calles in a raised voice,

So do we, but when an umpire has a different set of rules he is applying to one team and not the other then polite dissent is the least he should expect. All he got were shouts of bad call, or that bounced on the plate. It was he who came over and berated the parents, perhaps as he was cheating he should have kept his mouth shut.

As it was the kids were left wondering what was going to be called a strike and what wasn't. Then heard him admit he had a larger strike zone for one team than the other. Makes it very difficult to instil the don't argue with the umpire rule in the kids, or anyone else, when the umpire is and admits he was breaking the rules.

SultanOfSwing

Jun 19th 2015 9:28 am

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Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 11679845)

If it is genuinely bad calls, or overly one-sided calls, then that is, as you say, OK to bring up. That being said, it's best to leave that to the coaches to bring to the ref's attention, or to the organisation's attention after the game.

Calling out 'come on ref' or similar is one thing, I nearly lost my voice doing that at a high school game myself. I don't know if it progressed beyond that in this case of course, because I wasn't there, but I suppose one has to remember that it is, when all's said and done, only a game.

scrubbedexpat091

Jun 20th 2015 4:06 pm

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People who are unreasonable under circumstances nobody can control like a building fire.

username.exe

Jun 24th 2015 7:41 am

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Just saw someone has used the term 'worriment' in a document.

Cringed so hard I put a cramp in my neck.
Then I looked it up and it indeed exists as a word.
Now I'm worried I had a substandard education. :confused:

Anian

Jun 24th 2015 8:20 am

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Just lesson yourself with some readification.

Nutek

Jun 24th 2015 8:55 am

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Originally Posted by username.exe (Post 11683914)

So, it's causing some worriment?

Bob	Jun 24th 2015 9:03 am

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When you're in a cinema and it's almost empty....and someone decides to sit a spot beside you.

Bugger off to that empty row in front you shit.

These $1 summer movies might turn into quite a rant of irritants if this keeps up...

zargof

Jun 24th 2015 9:24 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 11683972)

Bit harsh Bob. Maybe next time don't take the kids with you if you want to be left alone.

Bob	Jun 24th 2015 10:05 am

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Originally Posted by zargof (Post 11683988)

Bit harsh Bob. Maybe next time don't take the kids with you if you want to be left alone.

Advantage of those folding chairs, you can squish them underneath.

Other people though, that just gets awkward.

zzrmark

Jun 24th 2015 2:33 pm

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Quitclaim deeds and the bloody idiot legal system that means my wife has great credit but can't buy a house because her ex-husband didn't refinance the house prior to the finalisation of their divorce - meaning that she could still be liable to pay the mortgage on his house if he defaults????:thumbdown:

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