Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11158131)
Similar thing - I was always surprised that private mail was delivered to an unlocked box at the end of the drive. In Britain, that would never work!
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11158131)
Similar thing - I was always surprised that private mail was delivered to an unlocked box at the end of the drive. In Britain, that would never work!
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11158136)
I STILL don't understand this.
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11158139)
Similarly, pick-up trucks would never catch on in the UK the way they did here. There is a reason why tradesmen in the UK all drive transit vans not pick-ups. I have left tools and equipment in my truck while shopping at Lowes and for groceries, but would never have dreamt of being able to do that in the UK. :unsure:
The Royal Mail doesn't have its own police force with powers of arrest though. |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11158139)
Similarly, pick-up trucks would never catch on in the UK the way they did here. There is a reason why tradesmen in the UK all drive transit vans not pick-ups. I have left tools and equipment in my truck while shopping at Lowes and for groceries, but would never have dreamt of being able to do that in the UK. :unsure:
Weird - over there you are much more likely to get shot dead but there is much less petty pilfering, vandalism, and discourtesy. Here, you are more likely to get vandalised, told to f*** off or have your car badge nicked, but highly unlikely to get shot dead. Can't remember what all that has to do with the thread title ... |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11158149)
It's actually pretty interesting. Petty crime (around here) seems considerably lower than I was used to in the UK (theft from yard, pickup bed, mailbox type stuff), whilst more serious crime seems more prevalent.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11158151)
I knew there was something similar I was trying to think of - diminishing grey matter and 8 years since I lived there mean I couldn't remember. But yes, I remember going on shopping trips to Lowe's, Sam's Club, and just leaving stuff in the back while I popped from one to the other.
Weird - over there you are much more likely to get shot dead but there is much less petty pilfering, vandalism, and discourtesy. Here, you are more likely to get vandalised, told to f*** off or have your car badge nicked, but highly unlikely to get shot dead. Can't remember what all that has to do with the thread title ... |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11158151)
..... Weird - over there you are much more likely to get shot dead but there is much less petty pilfering, vandalism, and discourtesy. ....
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11158151)
I knew there was something similar I was trying to think of - diminishing grey matter and 8 years since I lived there mean I couldn't remember. But yes, I remember going on shopping trips to Lowe's, Sam's Club, and just leaving stuff in the back while I popped from one to the other.
Weird - over there you are much more likely to get shot dead but there is much less petty pilfering, vandalism, and discourtesy. Here, you are more likely to get vandalised, told to f*** off or have your car badge nicked, but highly unlikely to get shot dead. Can't remember what all that has to do with the thread title ... |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11158149)
It's actually pretty interesting. Petty crime (around here) seems considerably lower than I was used to in the UK (theft from yard, pickup bed, mailbox type stuff), whilst more serious crime seems more prevalent.
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11158173)
My working theory is that these things are connected. :nod:
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by CelticRover
(Post 11158044)
Have you checked your bargain mattress lately?
http://www.furniturenews.net/news/ar...tress-van-scam "Don't buy supposedly 'cheap' mattresses from the back of a van" ....no shit, Sherlock....:unsure: Nor will I buy a tv from the guy cruising the HEB car park, nor allow the other guys cruising the same car park to repair that minor dent in the back of my wife's car, even if they do work for the Mazda dealer and will do a great job for me.....:rolleyes: |
Re: WTF in America
Nor will I become a Mormon even though, apparently, I am unhappy with my life even though I feel happy with my life.
(Or is that Jehova's Witnesses?) What do I know... |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by rpjs
(Post 11157682)
Leaving money on the table at a restaurant to pay for thr meal and/or tip the server in cash. I know they usually bring the check in a cover you can put the cash in but whenever we leave I always half-expect them to come running after us because someone has swiped it between us leaving and the server/busser picking it up. I'd never leave money on a table in the UK.
Though I did see someone going around the bar picking up peoples tips to buy drinks with at the bar which put me off a bit. One weird one is our kids school doing a candle sale fund raiser and I've also seen a flower/plant seed sale. |
Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by rpjs
(Post 11157682)
Leaving money on the table at a restaurant to pay for thr meal and/or tip the server in cash. I know they usually bring the check in a cover you can put the cash in but whenever we leave I always half-expect them to come running after us because someone has swiped it between us leaving and the server/busser picking it up. I'd never leave money on a table in the UK.
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by hotscot
(Post 11157972)
I don't know if it's specifically a Southern California thing but I've often noticed an unusually frequent occurrence of old beat up trucks, about 30 years old, traveling up and down on the freeway piled wobbly high with mattresses.
Of course said mattresses commonly end up on the shoulder at some point. |
Re: WTF in America
Hey Limey...where you at? :)
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