I wear shorts all year, I had a rather rude lady making some kind of pointed comment when she saw me in Sainsbury's in January wearing shorts, I wasn't expecting it and she deserved a rather better put-down from me than she got, judgemental nosy cow that I decided she was, but even in this time of elevated bills my house is warm enough in the winter. I will admit, though, that I never wore shorts to work and part of my de-stressing from getting home from work was to ditch the long trousers in favour of shorts.
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Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you
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Don't postmen have a bet with each other to see who can keep wearing shorts the longest going into the winter?
I have seen posties in shorts late in November, but I am sure someone else can top that.
I think you're probably right.
The thing for me is that I wasn't allowed to wear long trousers to school until the age of 11, and now I've got (relatively) hairy legs, so if I was OK wearing shorts in winter at the age of 9, why should it be a problem today? Well, I don't think it is anyway!
Bletchleyite
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I tend to get "are you a postie", "are you a PE teacher" or "do you play rugby".
Though recently I got "are you an ex rugby player" - er, thanks, I know I have put a bit of weight on but that is harsh.
I worked on a site with chemistry laboratories. Come summer, a male (random) would arrive for work in shorts. Manager would object, 'health and safety'. Male would note females with the same, or shorter, 'hemline'. Manager would mutter and mumble. After a few cycles of this the dress code (if it previously existed) was updated to allow males to wear shorts.
As for the H&S concern, in the labs, everybody wore white coats considerably longer than the clothing in dispute.
Techniquest
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Wearing anything but shorts in summer time feels wrong to me, with exception for, say, going into an evening when it's known it'll be a bit chilly before getting back for the night kind of thing. If I could wear shorts at work, I would. Only very limited parts of my workplace are allowed shorts, and some have to fight for said right every time there's a heatwave.
One from the other day for me would be banning awful music being blasted out of a car with windows wide open in hot weather. If I wanted to hear that stupid dance monkey song, I would have taken action to do so. Hopefully whatever she was in Aldi for, the stuff she wanted was out of stock!
One from the other day for me would be banning awful music being blasted out of a car with windows wide open in hot weather. If I wanted to hear that stupid dance monkey song, I would have taken action to do so. Hopefully whatever she was in Aldi for, the stuff she wanted was out of stock!
Busaholic
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There are postmen and postwomen in Penzance (at least three) who never wear anything but shorts, and they've all been around for at least the last ten years. Mind, it hardly ever freezes here.
Is Texas Homecare still a thing ?
Gloster
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It will be soon for any woman in the state if the GOP get half a chance.
Long since replaced by Homebase/Sainsburys.
Ooh, that's dark (but whitty !)
I thought I couldn't remember seeing it for a while !
krus_aragon
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During the snowy Christmas of 2009, I saw a man walking the ice-coated pavement of City Road, Cardiff, in shorts, t-shirt, and flip-flops. (Unlike @jfollows ' acquaintance I just cycled by without comment.)
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I would like to ban people using weird greetings.
Someone I know, rather than "Hello" or "Good morning", goes with "Felicitations". Just don't.
Someone I know, rather than "Hello" or "Good morning", goes with "Felicitations". Just don't.
Techniquest
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As long as they only do it with people that appreciate it, then I see no harm in it. If they insist on doing so with people who have politely expressed their displeasure with being greeted in such a way, then that's completely different.
Personally, if someone greeted me by saying 'Felicitations' I would likely find it at least funny. Quite, I like it so much I might use it at work tomorrow!
61653 HTAFC
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One that gets under my skin for some reason is when people use "see you later" as a synonym for "goodbye". Particularly supermarket checkout workers: I'm always tempted to reply "Oh... What have I forgotten this time?"
Felicitations may have been resurrected by The Good Life. Margo would ring up people who were on the Christmas card list but who weren't proper friends and say 'and yuletide felicitations to you too'. Totally insincere but funny. I say similar to friends who also watched said programme. Stuff like 'birthday felicitations'. Probably wouldn't work with anyone who didn't watch TGL though.
Spamcan81
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One of our local posties would wear shorts and short sleeved shirt every day no matter time of year or weather conditions. He may still do but moved to another round so don't see hime any more. Having said that, can't recall our current post dressing any different.
What about Sankeys Homecentre?
Is that Shrewsbury, looking towards Wolverhampton?
I get annoyed when I see confusing headlines such as "UK weather: extreme heat warning in place for England and Wales as near 500% increase in wildfires reported" (https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...er-forecast-extreme-heat-england-drought-fire).
Isn't it much more concise, clearer, and better to say "nearly six times as many reported wildfires" than it is to say "near 500% increase in wildfires reported"?
I see this percentage plague everywhere, for some reason it gets used a lot, "100% increase" used rather than "doubling".
Why?
Is it because the writers want to impress the audience with their brilliance in their understanding of percentages?
Or is it because the authors don't really understand what they're writing and simply copy the text from someone else who also doesn't really understand what they're writing?
It really annoys me because it always seems that there's a simpler way of writing the headline which will be more comprehensible but for some reason it's not used.
Isn't it much more concise, clearer, and better to say "nearly six times as many reported wildfires" than it is to say "near 500% increase in wildfires reported"?
I see this percentage plague everywhere, for some reason it gets used a lot, "100% increase" used rather than "doubling".
Why?
Is it because the writers want to impress the audience with their brilliance in their understanding of percentages?
Or is it because the authors don't really understand what they're writing and simply copy the text from someone else who also doesn't really understand what they're writing?
It really annoys me because it always seems that there's a simpler way of writing the headline which will be more comprehensible but for some reason it's not used.
D821
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I think a lot of the time it's the sub-editors who write the headlines trying to make the article sound more edgy than it actually is.
gg1
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In those specific nstances I would agree but conversely there are other circumstances where the media really should use percentages but don't. The prime example atm is energy prices where then media constantly quote an utterly meaningless price the 'average household' will pay. I'd rather they stated something more useful like "energy bills to rise by X%", or better still "gas bills to rise by X%, electricity bills by X%".
It also bugs me when the government and media insist on using fractions rather than percentages for smaller numbers, e.g saying '3 in 5' rather than 60%.
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Should have been banned as a cruel and unusual punishment - I feel your pain!
