Topic: Things you find..weird

[redbyrdz]

Here's one I recently come across: In the UK, distance signs on roads are in miles. But distance sings on footpaths/walking are in km.

[Elzar]

I find it weird that Edinburgh, on the east coast of Scotland, is actually situated further west than Liverpool.

There is lots of weird things like this when you actually look at maps and country sizes. The world is nothing like a normal flat map would have you believe.

[Nitramdorf]

There is lots of weird things like this when you actually look at maps and country sizes. The world is nothing like a normal flat map would have you believe.

One I've always thought a bit wierd is if you are travelling from the Caribbean to the Pacific on the Panama canal you have to go in a south easterly direction.

[ianburns252]

I moved to Plymouth over twenty years ago and I always find it weird that although most of the blokes I work with support Argyle they all have a Prem team , how can you support two teams , weirdo’s 

I get that to be fair - especially as the odds are that the team's paths won't cross.

There is a huge difference between being a fan(atic) of Argyle and supporting/following a Prem team - with how much of office/workplace chat is around football too you can be almost left out if you aren't up to date on the prem so eventually you will just have one that you prefer.

Pep era Barce and Klopp era Dortmund were a bit like that for me - Liverpool would always be my team but those two teams were so iconic that I couldn't help but appreciate them and want to keep on top of what they were doing in their own leagues.

[Ghost Town]

Here's one I recently come across: In the UK, distance signs on roads are in miles. But distance sings on footpaths/walking are in km.

Really? Do you have a definite source for that?

[redbyrdz]

Really? Do you have a definite source for that?

I don't know if its all of them, but I was recently in the Peak, and noticed the walking signpost was in km.


...just had a quick google, and apparently its down to the local authority. That is even more weird.

Here's an article from the UK metric society (didn't know that exists): https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/metric-road-signs/

[I've been a good boy]

I live in Yorkshire and I always find it weird when I see planes from LHR enroute to USA flying directly over my house. You'd think they would go West but the Earth curvature is strange

[Mumm-Ra]

I live in Yorkshire and I always find it weird when I see planes from LHR enroute to USA flying directly over my house. You'd think they would go West but the Earth curvature is strange

how on earth do you know where they going/coming from?

[I've been a good boy]

how on earth do you know where they going/coming from?

Flightradar24

[bradders1011]

The best app on the internet.

[Ghost Town]

I don't know if its all of them, but I was recently in the Peak, and noticed the walking signpost was in km.


...just had a quick google, and apparently its down to the local authority. That is even more weird.

Here's an article from the UK metric society (didn't know that exists): https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/metric-road-signs/

Thanks. A very measured article

I'm comfortable with both miles and kilometers but never really stopped to think about where they are variously used

[John C]

I live in Yorkshire and I always find it weird when I see planes from LHR enroute to USA flying directly over my house. You'd think they would go West but the Earth curvature is strange

Hence why the tragic Pan Am 103 flight from London to NY was downed over Lockerbie.

[Crosby Nick]

Hence why the tragic Pan Am 103 flight from London to NY was downed over Lockerbie.

I was going to post that.

[redbyrdz]

Thanks. A very measured article

I'm comfortable with both miles and kilometers but never really stopped to think about where they are variously used

Yep, there's a ton of examples if metric signs I didn't think of before.

[SamLad]

iguys who wear necklaces.  any kind of necklaces.

I just don't get it -- 99.999999% of them (imo) look like idiots with them.

[sattapaartridge]

Women who are single on dating apps, over 45 and looking to have babies.

[Ghost Town]

Women who are single on dating apps, over 45 and looking to have babies.

Come on bro, don't judge. You don't know what their life stories and struggles might be

Never used a dating app, mind.

[sattapaartridge]

Come on bro, don't judge. You don't know what their life stories and struggles might be

Never used a dating app, mind.

True. I just find it weird. I usually talk to them anyway, if they are interested.

[KillieRed]

People who feel the need to put their countries flag up in their garden. Do they forget where they live sometimes?

[Elzar]

Star signs. Never understood how they became so popular and why people believe the shite related to them. It's a load of rubbish in my opinion.

But I suppose that's just typical of a virgo like me.

[Crosby Nick]

Star signs. Never understood how they became so popular and why people believe the shite related to them. It's a load of rubbish in my opinion.

But I suppose that's just typical of a virgo like me.

What an apt star sign you have.

[Son of Spion]

Star signs. Never understood how they became so popular and why people believe the shite related to them. It's a load of rubbish in my opinion.

But I suppose that's just typical of a virgo like me.

Yes, because human vanity seems to think that the stars and planets are only in the positions they are in in order to predict the futures of some primitive life on a spec of cosmic dust we call Earth. 

I just don't really care if the Moon is in Uranus tonight.

As a Scorpio, I'm rather sceptical.

[reddebs]

Men who don't eat!  What's all that about 🤷

[Drinks Sangria]

Men who don't eat!  What's all that about 🤷

I find it bizarre the reasonable amount of people who just aren’t all that arsed about food in general. To some it is only eaten because they have to.

One of my ex’s wasn’t quite like that but she didn’t like virtually any food, only got joy from McDonald’s and Dominos, that kind of junk food. I found it weird and she just generally wasn’t that fussed about food. It’s one of the great pleasures of life in my opinion.

[reddebs]

I find it bizarre the reasonable amount of people who just aren’t all that arsed about food in general. To some it is only eaten because they have to.

One of my ex’s wasn’t quite like that but she didn’t like virtually any food, only got joy from McDonald’s and Dominos, that kind of junk food. I found it weird and she just generally wasn’t that fussed about food. It’s one of the great pleasures of life in my opinion.

We've got one of Paul's mates staying for the weekend and he's skin and bone haggered looking as he just doesn't eat. 

I'd cooked bacon and sausages on a bap for breakfast and he only ate half of it.  Even when we used to go to Silverstone for the Grand Prix he'd barely eat or drink.

He's done heavy, manual type jobs all his life and I've no idea how he has the energy to do anything.

As a family we've always been big foodies, it's a social thing for us so I do find it weird when others don't join in 🤷

[SamLad]

I find it bizarre the reasonable amount of people who just aren’t all that arsed about food in general. To some it is only eaten because they have to.

One of my ex’s wasn’t quite like that but she didn’t like virtually any food, only got joy from McDonald’s and Dominos, that kind of junk food. I found it weird and she just generally wasn’t that fussed about food. It’s one of the great pleasures of life in my opinion.

my wife really couldn't care less about eating. many days I have to remind her that it's mealtime and get an "oh, yeah I forgot" reply. food holds very little interest and it's purely eat to live not live to eat.

her mother was the same.

[Elmo!]

We've got one of Paul's mates staying for the weekend and he's skin and bone haggered looking as he just doesn't eat. 

I'd cooked bacon and sausages on a bap for breakfast and he only ate half of it.  Even when we used to go to Silverstone for the Grand Prix he'd barely eat or drink.

He's done heavy, manual type jobs all his life and I've no idea how he has the energy to do anything.

As a family we've always been big foodies, it's a social thing for us so I do find it weird when others don't join in 🤷

I'm cursed in that I'm really into food but I just don't have a big appetite. When eating out I always want to get a starter, main, sides etc but I just don't anymore because I know I won't finish it.

I empathise with the guy staying with you - I hate eating breakfast after getting up - at home I usually wait a couple of hours after getting up before eating. It's always really awkward staying with someone else because they go to all this effort to make a cooked breakfast and it really is a struggle to eat it, and it's impossible to just say no.

[SamLad]

player loans ....

one is loaning the guy, the other club is borrowing him. 

but people say "the club loaned [name]" to describe BOTH clubs involved.

[reddebs]

I'm cursed in that I'm really into food but I just don't have a big appetite. When eating out I always want to get a starter, main, sides etc but I just don't anymore because I know I won't finish it.

I empathise with the guy staying with you - I hate eating breakfast after getting up - at home I usually wait a couple of hours after getting up before eating. It's always really awkward staying with someone else because they go to all this effort to make a cooked breakfast and it really is a struggle to eat it, and it's impossible to just say no.

I get that mate and I'm used to him being like it as I've known him for long enough and I did ask him if he wanted something.

I'm not a big eater, I'll have a starter and a pud rather than a main or just a main if we eat out.

My other weird thing of the day is how stupid so many people are when it comes to their own and a there's safety.

There's been an unusually high spate of near misses and RNLI rescues on the island.  Mainly kids on paddle boards or kayaks without bouyancy aids or lifejackets being taken out to sea on tides or strong winds.

There's been warnings all summer about the dangers on social media and on the beaches themselves but they're ignored.

Only yesterday a 4yr old on an inflatable and oblivious parents who were on the beach was rescued and when the coastguard tried to explain the dangers to the parents was told he'd have been ok and they shouldn't have stopped him having fun 😯

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Men who don't eat!  What's all that about 🤷

When my missus goes on holiday with her mates, I quite often don't eat for 2 or 3 days.

Can't usually be arsed. Might plump for a big curry then tho

[Stubbins]

That standing on the beach, the horizon on the sea is only about 3 miles away.

I thought I saw Denmark once on a clear day looking out from Whitley Bay. Apparently not.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

That standing on the beach, the horizon on the sea is only about 3 miles away.

I thought I saw Denmark once on a clear day looking out from Whitley Bay. Apparently not.

You can see way, way, way further if the conditions are right.

Refraction of some sort (Alan X put an explanation in the Gullsuckers thread recently)

[Stubbins]

You can see way, way, way further if the conditions are right.

Refraction of some sort (Alan X put an explanation in the Gullsuckers thread recently)

Right. Thanks.

Perhaps it was Denmark !

[mikeb58]

Men who don't eat!  What's all that about 🤷

Haha..I eat because I have to, but I find the whole process a pain in the arse. Luckily on County Road, there is a Maccies a KFC and lots of burger /Pizza food outlets to choose from. I never use an oven, so if I fancy something different, I just buy a ready made meal for a quid from Iceland and chuck it into the microwave for 5 minutes.

My way, means very little shopping, no preparing or cooking food and hardly any washing up (other than my brekky plates after my weetabix and toast)

My Thai girlfriend is the opposite, she loves her food and is forever cooking. This means me getting dragged to Chung Wah in Town or down by Evertons new ground to Thai Pan to buy ton weights of sticky rice etc.

The flat constantly smells of hot chillies and other spicy stuff which actually takes my breath away, also she's leaves my spotless kitchen in a mess, and won't wash the dishes for hours, knowing I'll do them first to preserve my pristine kitchen!

However, she is nearly 20 years my junior....so I put up with it!

[reddebs]

Haha..I eat because I have to, but I find the whole process a pain in the arse. Luckily on County Road, there is a Maccies a KFC and lots of burger /Pizza food outlets to choose from. I never use an oven, so if I fancy something different, I just buy a ready made meal for a quid from Iceland and chuck it into the microwave for 5 minutes.

My way, means very little shopping, no preparing or cooking food and hardly any washing up (other than my brekky plates after my weetabix and toast)

My Thai girlfriend is the opposite, she loves her food and is forever cooking. This means me getting dragged to Chung Wah in Town or down by Evertons new ground to Thai Pan to buy ton weights of sticky rice etc.

The flat constantly smells of hot chillies and other spicy stuff which actually takes my breath away, also she's leaves my spotless kitchen in a mess, and won't wash the dishes for hours, knowing I'll do them first to preserve my pristine kitchen!

However, she is nearly 20 years my junior....so I put up with it!

Isn't that more to with the planning, shopping, prepping and cooking rather than eating though?

Fair play to your missus too but I agree, the chef never cleans down although I've no idea why her age should be mentioned 🤷

[Crosby Nick]

Isn't that more to with the planning, shopping, prepping and cooking rather than eating though?

Fair play to your missus too but I agree, the chef never cleans down although I've no idea why her age should be mentioned 🤷

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Haha..I eat because I have to, but I find the whole process a pain in the arse. Luckily on County Road, there is a Maccies a KFC and lots of burger /Pizza food outlets to choose from. I never use an oven, so if I fancy something different, I just buy a ready made meal for a quid from Iceland and chuck it into the microwave for 5 minutes.

My way, means very little shopping, no preparing or cooking food and hardly any washing up (other than my brekky plates after my weetabix and toast)

No offence intended, but it also sounds like your way means that you have a pretty awful diet! You should try your best to clean that shit up.

[Barneylfc∗]

That standing on the beach, the horizon on the sea is only about 3 miles away.

I thought I saw Denmark once on a clear day looking out from Whitley Bay. Apparently not.

From about 15 feet away from my front door, I can see Scotland if the conditions are right. Not sure on the distance but I guess about 50 miles or so.

[Riquende]

From about 15 feet away from my front door, I can see Scotland if the conditions are right. Not sure on the distance but I guess about 50 miles or so.

I can see Scotland out of every window here. Can't get away from it:



Basically what Fife is like 24/7.

However, she is nearly 20 years my junior....so I put up with it!

She sounds like a lucky lady!

[mikeb58]

Haha...good one, anything to see a Partrige clip, even if it is at my expense!

Regarding my poor diet I have tried to improve it and cut down on the crap but end up just going back to my old ways. I worked permanent nights for 25 years and I think it stemmed from that, I ate junk food in the night, slept all day and never got iinto the routine of eating a balanced diet.

I have tried eating more greens on doctors orders lately though, I was due a total knee replacement op earlier this year, but it was delayed due to a lack of folic acid in my system. So I have made the effort to eat more green veg etc to get the levels of folic acid up.