RE Hap Why can't you guys just talk in metric like the rest of us. Fran, I think about our non-US readers when I post. I don't always do the conversions.
Most of the cars and trucks parts are stated in metric. All of the food items have a metric weight or volume printed on the label along with the US/hangover from the colonial past.
Some of the speed signs had KPH and MPH (as do the car's speed indicator/speedometer) on them but the KPH/MPH speed limit signs were removed.
When I rebuild toner cartridges, I use grams instead of ounces. I am half way there.
Should I have a pint of iced tea for lunch or 1/2L? Oh, that is right, I hear iced tea is not popular in the UK. Leave it to the colonies to mess up a good thing. I have seen the High-Tea gatherings on TV. History of English High Tea, 2004 by Linda Stradley
GEL has it right though, without being disrespectful you can tell her that you don't wish to listen because it wears you out Good point and way to express it.
Just walking away on it's own plainly isn't getting through I suppose BB sees me walking away as me being moody, and not so much as I want to escape some of her very opinionated talk.
BTW: in Brit-speak cow is a very mild term of abuse to a female, girlfriends say it to each other all the time as in "you mad cow", it may be stronger in the US It is stronger in the U.S. It's almost like saying a woman is fat, not very intelligent, property, mostly good for what she can do for someone else, in it's worst usage.
I couldn't say "morning love" to my female neighbors w/o someone thinking I am in love/lust with them and they might be offended too. It is definitely a no-no if a man says it to a woman.
girlfriends say it to each other all the time as in "you mad cow", Maybe this is different, but in some motorcycle groups where couples ride double, it is sort of expected the man introduce his W as his b!tch. If a motorcycle has two places on it, the back spot is referred to as the b!tch spot. Some women object to the term. Some women seem to want to be called "the b!tch" or they don't feel like they are part of the "biker" group. I think the ones that like it, want the name so they feel tougher, stronger, and accepted by the group.
It's common for some guys to ride in a pick-up truck on the passenger's side and call that spot "riding shot-gun."
Another recent thing is for some of the younger people to say "Oh shut up" which now means "that is difficult to believe or that is news" or is said instead of the common come back "really." It used to used when someone was annoying another person. FWIW from a different age or cultural POV.
