Things that frustrate us all

[rhubarbodendron]

reissues are always great The other day I found one of a book I had when I was 3. It's a book teaching you how to draw. I was delighted that I remembered almost all of the text correctly (but I keep forgetting my shopping list LOL!)
Here's part of the book as an online version. It starts with drawing stick figures and then gives them items to hold, vessels to travel in, houses, gardens etc. If you happen to speak German, you'll notice the old-fashioned language. The original was printed in the late 20s or early 30s. The one I had was my dad's, originally.

Which directly leads me to something annoying/frustrating: we had a spelling reform, 20 years ago, and the reprint uses the new spelling which looks and feels horribly wrong

 

[Butters]

reissues are always great The other day I found one of a book I had when I was 3. It's a book teaching you how to draw. I was delighted that I remembered almost all of the text correctly (but I keep forgetting my shopping list LOL!)
Here's part of the book as an online version. It starts with drawing stick figures and then gives them items to hold, vessels to travel in, houses, gardens etc. If you happen to speak German, you'll notice the old-fashioned language. The original was printed in the late 20s or early 30s. The one I had was my dad's, originally.

Which directly leads me to something annoying/frustrating: we had a spelling reform, 20 years ago, and the reprint uses the new spelling which looks and feels horribly wrong

That looks brilliant.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

It's a lot of fun, even for adults Which is why I couldn't resist to buy the reprint. My dad's copy vanished in the family-owned Bermuda Triangle in our basement..

 

[Discofan]

Turns out I am gonna pay a bit more of income tax than I thought...

 

[Doom Shepherd]

When I got to the office this morning, it was 62 degrees (16.6 for you metric bastards) and it took until after lunch to warm up to 70 (21.1, sheesh, get a grip).

Facilities has been sleeping on the job.

 

[Butters]

When I got to the office this morning, it was 62 degrees (16.6 for you metric bastards) and it took until after lunch to warm up to 70 (21.1, sheesh, get a grip).

Facilities has been sleeping on the job.

I’m a metric (temperature) bastard, but they’ll have to claw the pint and mile from my cold dead hands.

 

[John Clark]

When I got to the office this morning, it was 62 degrees (16.6 for you metric bastards) and it took until after lunch to warm up to 70 (21.1, sheesh, get a grip).

Facilities has been sleeping on the job.

Under UK law (at least for offices and not manual work), it's supposed to be a minimum of 16c. Thanks to a few people in our office, the minimum tends to be 25c (77f), but usually higher.

(@Butternut Squash Agree on pints and miles ).

My irritation of the day is certain types of spambots

 

[Doom Shepherd]

Under UK law (at least for offices and not manual work), it's supposed to be a minimum of 16c. Thanks to a few people in our office, the minimum tends to be 25c (77f), but usually higher.

My wife prefers 75f or higher (poor circulation means she's always cold), while I'm generally tolerant down to about 65f or so. At 62, especially since everything in the office has been even colder all weekend - the coldness in my fingers is too distracting.

Fortunately, escalating the call by getting my supervisor to call in proved sufficient and the office air is now a balmy 72, even if the furniture and keyboards and such have a bit to go before they hold heat. Too bad I leave for the day in 20 minutes...

 

[MacLeod]

I’m a metric (temperature) bastard, but they’ll have to claw the pint and mile from my cold dead hands.

Got to love the UK's mish-match of both systems. You buy fuel by the litre but talk about fuel consumption by the gallon.

 

[DimesDan]

When I got to the office this morning, it was 62 degrees (16.6 for you metric bastards) and it took until after lunch to warm up to 70 (21.1, sheesh, get a grip).

Facilities has been sleeping on the job.

I'm perfectly warm enough in shorts at 16°C.

 

[Discofan]

When I got to the office this morning, it was 62 degrees (16.6 for you metric bastards) and it took until after lunch to warm up to 70 (21.1, sheesh, get a grip).

Facilities has been sleeping on the job.

I am a metric bastard too and it always makes me laugh when one of you guys say "The temperature hit three digits today." I mean, the day the temperature hits three digits, we'll die!!!

 

[Butters]

I am a metric bastard too and it always makes me laugh when one of you guys say "The temperature hit three digits today." I mean, the day the temperature hits three digits, we'll die!!!

I’m in my forties, I was taught metric since nursery and there are those half my age that talk temperature in Fahrenheit as if Celsius is some crazy new fangled thing. Come off it, the curriculum has been metric for decades.

 

[Butters]

Except when it’s cold. It was -5 this morning, they say. Fahrenheit?! I say. No, centigrade. But surely, you don’t get centigrade, or is that just in the summer?

 

[MacLeod]

I am a metric bastard too and it always makes me laugh when one of you guys say "The temperature hit three digits today." I mean, the day the temperature hits three digits, we'll die!!!

I don't mind which temp scale people use just specify the system C or F (or even K).

 

[Sibyl]

I would LOVE to use only the metric system.

Stupid Americans are too stupid (or afraid of...*GASP* socialism). I wonder how many of them know our numbers are Arabic?

 

[Avro Arrow]

Thanks to a few people in our office, the minimum tends to be 25c (77f), but usually higher.

Really? So... do you have any openings?

Except when it’s cold. It was -5 this morning, they say. Fahrenheit?! I say. No, centigrade. But surely, you don’t get centigrade, or is that just in the summer?

Perhaps they observe Daylight Savings Temperature?

 

[Discofan]

I would LOVE to use only the metric system.

Stupid Americans are too stupid (or afraid of...*GASP* socialism). I wonder how many of them know our numbers are Arabic?

Or that a great many of the visible stars have Arabic names.

 

[John Clark]

Really? So... do you have any openings?

Yeah, no - well, we're kind of in flux at the moment so we haven't a clue exactly what's happening

(On the other hand, someone was mentioning that we were expecting snow soon, so more heat will be welcome )

 

[Random_Spock]

I would LOVE to use only the metric system.

Stupid Americans are too stupid (or afraid of...*GASP* socialism). I wonder how many of them know our numbers are Arabic?

I like using the non metric system for the most part. But I use the metric system in Pokemon Go for egg hatching. Took a bit of getting used to.

Not a stupid American myself. Just used to using non metric measurements .

 

[Sibyl]

Sorry, not saying those that are used to the Imperial system are stupid. I'm saying the ones that REFUSE to go any with any other system, especially Metric, and those that have the power to prevent us from going are the stupid ones.

Metric, once used to it, is sooooo much easier to figure out than Imperial.

I'm still not completely used to it, but I'm trying.