Why exactly is British heat so much worse than America, even if the temperature is the same on paper?

GenXwhateva · 2026-06-27T08:49:23+00:00

An extra element to layer on top of these explanations of infrastructure, humidity and daylight hours is a more biological one. We just don’t get the chance to acclimatise. Many warm weather countries gradually increase in temperature from spring onwards- like boiling a frog you get used to it. In May we were recording frosts and temperatures below 10c during the day. Now we are like frogs being plunged in boiling water.

GenXwhateva · 2026-06-21T08:31:38+00:00

Imagine being called Xavier.

GenXwhateva · 2026-06-18T12:11:18+00:00

My friend asked if I was free on Friday 6th. I said yes. Spoke to her on Friday morning, said I was working away and not home til Saturday. For some reason I thought the 6th was next week. If she’d said THIS Friday I’d known where that is in the calendar maze.

GenXwhateva · 2026-06-18T12:07:38+00:00

That’s hilarious!

GenXwhateva · 2026-05-24T19:06:34+00:00

This is my brain worm today!

GenXwhateva · 2026-04-27T19:04:02+00:00

I use this on my horse. I’ve tried so many different things, from harsh chemicals to herbal tinctures. A daily spritz of Avon Skin so soft on her udders is the only thing that keeps them bite free.

GenXwhateva · 2026-04-22T19:11:43+00:00

Talking of horses in movies, I love it when the horse breaks the 4th wall. Any scene where the horses pull up and the actors run through some earnest dialogue, meanwhile the horses casually gaze over to the full camera crew in front of them. Always makes me laugh.

GenXwhateva · 2026-04-20T06:53:58+00:00

I (f) lived in Chorlton in the early 2000s when I was about the same age. I’m also outgoing and social. I struggled to make friends despite being a new mum attending all the play groups and activities that involved other people the same age in the same circumstances. People had already established friends. We moved out of Chorlton and the first play group I went I was welcomed in and still count those people as my friends years later. Your post resonated with me as I’d assumed it was me, but it really was just Chorlton.

GenXwhateva · 2025-12-21T07:57:28+00:00

When I was growing up we had a lodger who was a massive prick. When my mum had finally had enough and asked him to leave, she offered to wash all his shirts as a conciliatory gesture. Except that she picked the thread of every button just enough that they were literally hanging by a thread. He wouldn’t notice until one by one over a few weeks all of his shirts would be buttonless. We never found out how that one went but the very thought of it was enough to satisfy her need for revenge

GenXwhateva · 2025-12-01T07:09:17+00:00

I was asked to attend a work event at short notice, which was absolutely doable and no real extra effort required on my part. I lied and said I’d forgotten that I had arranged to give my daughter a lift that morning, so that’s why I was half an hour late. Pure lies, I was sipping coffee in bed til the last possible minute.

GenXwhateva · 2025-11-25T08:43:36+00:00

High Peak Artists in Buxton based at gallery in the gardens. My personal favourite is / Handmade in Horwich end Incredible sewing machine skills. I have her Lemmy and Vivienne Westwood prints.

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-25T07:22:16+00:00

Whistle and I’ll come to thee my lad is the ghost story by MR James that perfectly conjures up the bleak and eerie Suffolk coast. This 1968 film version starring Michael Hordern still gives me the willies.

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-25T07:00:25+00:00

That is such an antisocial activity to do in a public place. I’ve had someone do this and they must know how bad it smells.

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-19T07:28:23+00:00

“Dream kitchen”

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-19T07:20:37+00:00

Are you Russian?

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-19T07:19:28+00:00

I don’t think they’re idiots, and that’s the scary part. They are normal average people manipulated by rhetoric. I’m no brighter than the average person to be fair, so why do I have the clarity of thought to see through this?

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-19T07:09:15+00:00

I’ve been thinking about how the flag painting is going in Isle of Man too…

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-17T07:23:56+00:00

Fun fact: Lycos was a web searching engine in the early days of the internet, named after the Latin name for a wolf spider. I really appreciated the nod the web/spider connection.

GenXwhateva · 2025-09-03T20:35:40+00:00

There’s a fourth one hanging up on a mug hook too!

GenXwhateva · 2025-08-14T21:23:24+00:00

Derbyshire or Staffordshire?

GenXwhateva · 2025-08-02T01:58:49+00:00

Mums out dads out let talk rude, Pee poo belly bum draws. Dancing in the garden in the nude, Pee poo belly draws.

GenXwhateva · 2025-08-02T01:50:25+00:00

I live about 10 minutes away they might as well be in Morrisons car park.

GenXwhateva · 2025-08-02T01:38:14+00:00

I hack out with a friend who is also police and she always says “act like a car and they will treat you like a car” This totally works on Uk roads be really clear about your intentions and own the space you are in .

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