Differences between UK and USA

happydaze

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DLax69 said:
I watched a cricket match once. Pitcher rolled a ball in, no one on either team moved, and everyone in the stadium absolutely lost their minds. I still don't know what happened there.

A friend who was born in India tried to explain it to me, thusly: "it's just like Murican baseball, except sometimes the batter and the pitcher are on the same team, and..." I just stopped him there, as that's not at all like Murican baseball...
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Maybe it was this? :)

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midlifecrisis

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The thing with cricket is that they have laws on how to play but there's also the spirit of cricket or fair play. Bowling (pitching) a rolled ball goes against the spirit of cricket and those who participate in such underhand practises shall be excommunicated.

As for Designated Hitter,there's nothing funnier than a Bowler in cricket staying at the crease for longer than usual, defending every ball , lashing out at a loose one and basically confounding and frustrating the opposite team's attack. Especially if they were a nightwatchman and it's the next day. They are basically a pinch hitter before a real batsman comes in.
 
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midlifecrisis said:
The thing with cricket is that they have laws on how to play but there's also the spirit of cricket or fair play. Bowling (pitching) a rolled ball goes against the spirit of cricket and those who participate in such underhand practises shall be excommunicated.
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Underarm bowling has not been permitted in cricket since 2000.

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Wack61

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Just got back from seville

In/on a pavement restaraunt, couple sat next to us about our age, noticed we were speaking English but not American English so asked where we were from

Friendly enough but within 2 minutes they told us they were retired from the aero industry, got paid very well and were now enjoying being retired

She kept steering the conversation back to money, saying she'd been offered a lot of money to go back to work but they didn't need it, dying for us to ask what she did (we didn't) so they could ask what we did.

It appears to me wealthy Americans only judge social standing on your job whereas in Britain you can be upper class without a pot to pee in

The only other time I've experienced it was in a cigar shop in LA, again a guy heard me talking, 2 questions, where I was from and what I did

When I told him I drove a truck it was like I'd just farted in his face, a look of disgust and turned away from me

I should have said company director so we could be mates
 
DLax69

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Wack61 said:
Just got back from seville

In/on a pavement restaraunt, couple sat next to us about our age, noticed we were speaking English but not American English so asked where we were from

Friendly enough but within 2 minutes they told us they were retired from the aero industry, got paid very well and were now enjoying being retired

She kept steering the conversation back to money, saying she'd been offered a lot of money to go back to work but they didn't need it, dying for us to ask what she did (we didn't) so they could ask what we did.

It appears to me wealthy Americans only judge social standing on your job whereas in Britain you can be upper class without a pot to pee in

The only other time I've experienced it was in a cigar shop in LA, again a guy heard me talking, 2 questions, where I was from and what I did

When I told him I drove a truck it was like I'd just farted in his face, a look of disgust and turned away from me

I should have said company director so we could be mates
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Sadly, it's the way of this land. You are what you do. No matter where or when, upon being introduced to someone "what do you do for a living?" is...if not the first question asked, one of the first three. It may or may not be member-measuring, as context matters...but it's a primary topic of conversation whenever ice needs to be broken.

There are elitists everywhere, to be sure...but net worth and self worth are socialized here as being equivalent.
 
midlifecrisis

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DLax69 said:
Sadly, it's the way of this land. You are what you do. No matter where or when, upon being introduced to someone "what do you do for a living?" is...if not the first question asked, one of the first three. It may or may not be member-measuring, as context matters...but it's a primary topic of conversation whenever ice needs to be broken.

There are elitists everywhere, to be sure...but net worth and self worth are socialized here as being equivalent.
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Ask me what I do for a living....Go on go on...

Answer: I drive a Maserati....
 
DLax69

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Think I remember some golf broadcast where the presenter said, "if you can see the mountain, it's about to rain...if you can't see the mountain, it's already raining!"
 
doodlebug

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DLax69 said:
I watched a cricket match once. Pitcher rolled a ball in, no one on either team moved, and everyone in the stadium absolutely lost their minds. I still don't know what happened there.

A friend who was born in India tried to explain it to me, thusly: "it's just like Murican baseball, except sometimes the batter and the pitcher are on the same team, and..." I just stopped him there, as that's not at all like Murican baseball...
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You are absolutely right. Cricket is nothing like Murican baseball. One of them is a brilliant game and Murican baseball isn't.
 
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