Things that frustrate us all
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I'd rather see that. There's a store here (not Hallmark) that is themed Christmas all year round.
Another frustration. This author. Let’s intentionally make the first 100 pages ridiculously difficult. He says it himself. That’s the worse bit. And his editor was cool with it.
I’m about 200 pages in, and the book does become easier to read.
And one more. This was adapted into a series in 2019. It’s supposed to be on one of those obscure streaming services like Sundance Now, or I can import it from Germany. Really?
Media companies frustrate me.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/14/books/how-i-wrote-the-name-of-the-rose.html
I’m about 200 pages in, and the book does become easier to read.
And one more. This was adapted into a series in 2019. It’s supposed to be on one of those obscure streaming services like Sundance Now, or I can import it from Germany. Really?
Media companies frustrate me.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/14/books/how-i-wrote-the-name-of-the-rose.html
I walked to a local thrift store and they are already decorated for Halloween as well.So is my own store.
It's coming quickly, apparently.
Fall doesn’t even start until Sep 22nd.
You're funny if you think retail respects arbitrary things like calendars
Easter buns are out mid to late January in some parts of Australia
oh dear! Good point. I haven't looked out for ginger bread and chocolate santas yet as in the current heat wave I haven't been out much, but both are certainly overdue as they usually are on sale from mid-August on.
One day the sellers will overtake themselves and sell Christmas stuff at Christmas - only a year ahead.
One day the sellers will overtake themselves and sell Christmas stuff at Christmas - only a year ahead.
Yep, Autumn as we call it. But what frustrates me is people now seem to think it starts 1st September.
Depends where you are from. When and where I grew up start if September was when the weather started to change and you had to switch from summer to fall clothes. Even get random sprinkles of snow.
Now we're getting 20+ days into November followed by snow storms.
And Spring starts in March.
Again, calendars are a bit arbitrary at times in terms of seasons.
Or you live in places where seasons basically don't exist, like in South Florida. We essentially have two seasons... summer and hurricane. Winter doesn't really exist because we'll get maybe 3 or 4 cold days in the year... leaves don't change color so no fall/autumn... spring is so damn hot that it might as well be summer.
Whereas summer I'm the UK could have been late winter it's been that poor
People calling Autumn Fall 
You, uh, might need a time machine to make that stop:People calling Autumn Fall
The older of the two words is autumn, which first came into English in the 1300s from the Latin word autumnus. (Etymologists aren't sure where the Latin word came from.) It had extensive use right from its first appearance in English writing, and with good reason: the common name for this intermediary season prior to the arrival of autumn was harvest, which was potentially confusing, since harvest can refer to both the time when harvesting crops usually happens (autumn) as well as the actual harvesting of crops (harvest). The word autumn was, then, a big hit.
Names for the season didn't just end with autumn, however. Poets continued to be wowed by the changes autumn brought, and in time, the phrase "the fall of the leaves" came to be associated with the season. This was shortened in the 1600s to fall. (emphasis added).
Link.
To be fair Spring Forward Autumn Back doesn't work
Although I enjoy my 'holidays' all year round.
I drink pumpkin tea year round. Hoard it when it comes out, so I have enough for a year.