tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post1883754948671908139..comments2023-09-11T13:56:56.236+01:00Comments on Postcards From Across the Pond: When the Brits Get It WrongMikeHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-87187616710301909412013-05-07T12:13:05.337+01:002013-05-07T12:13:05.337+01:00Hmmm...we'll have to agree to disagree about t...Hmmm...we'll have to agree to disagree about the fork. But glad you can see the truth about the binders. Forks are a matter of preference, but the binder, that's a matter of physics ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-27391638750013502262013-05-07T11:52:25.097+01:002013-05-07T11:52:25.097+01:00I staunchly refuse to use a fork like a shovel - s...I staunchly refuse to use a fork like a shovel - should always be in the left hand with prongs (that's not the correct word but I can't remember the right one for now) downwards i.e. facing the plate. Shovelling food seems to encourage speaking with the mouth full, not coming up for breath and food eaten at breakneck speed. But that's easy for me to say - I'm left handed.<br /><br />Couldn't agree with you more though about the ring-binder thingy - though will not begin to pretend that it was the equation which pursuaded me. I've not met you but I'll believe you anyway. Ha!debiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218049959165514277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-42755577910085335962013-04-13T07:03:45.014+01:002013-04-13T07:03:45.014+01:00Hi Leon! I admit, I didn't think about you lef...Hi Leon! I admit, I didn't think about you lefties...but then, none us right-handed people do ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-2648201881367889702013-04-13T07:01:06.684+01:002013-04-13T07:01:06.684+01:00I sometimes eat the British way, but don't tel...I sometimes eat the British way, but don't tell anyone.<br /><br />And American telly! Every time I go back for a visit it just boggles my mind how rubbish it is!MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-56378055347642909682013-04-13T04:31:29.807+01:002013-04-13T04:31:29.807+01:00Speaking as a left-handed person, I would have lik...Speaking as a left-handed person, I would have liked the two hole system and if we had it here in the US, today my handwriting would be legible. Bending my hand around that top clip on the paper in order to get ink on the page gave a permanent tilt to my handwriting. It has also caused me (and most of the lefties here) to hold a pen like it's a poorly engineered medieval gardening tool.Leon Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-24953565193866161802013-04-13T00:04:28.172+01:002013-04-13T00:04:28.172+01:00No, you just have one less hole to save you. You u...No, you just have one less hole to save you. You use fewer reinforcers but you still use 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-78955081444550280602013-04-12T23:32:02.584+01:002013-04-12T23:32:02.584+01:00I quite agree about the binders, though you used t...I quite agree about the binders, though you used to be able to get ones with four holes here. They were fine too.<br />I often use cutlery the American way, as I prefer to eat with just a fork. If I'm eating a piece of meat or something else that requires lots of cutting up, though, I just do the British way. I can't be doing with swapping all the time.<br /><br />Maybe I'm a closet American, though I couldn't stand all those adverts on TV, so on second thoughts, maybe not. Mrs Baumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-60317156127384440572013-04-12T22:01:43.697+01:002013-04-12T22:01:43.697+01:00Thanks for buying my book! And glad you like it......Thanks for buying my book! And glad you like it...so far ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-49732681159349293982013-04-12T20:42:01.426+01:002013-04-12T20:42:01.426+01:00I can't help but wonder how the two-hole binde...I can't help but wonder how the two-hole binder system got started. It is so obviously unsatisfactory! I also wonder how the fork-switching style of cutlery got started. It is a nuisance. I got your book ordered on my online Kindle. I love it!Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-46206810104606894362013-04-12T15:06:20.154+01:002013-04-12T15:06:20.154+01:00I'd forgotten about those little gummed circle...I'd forgotten about those little gummed circles; many a torn paper was saved by those diminutive white donuts ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671665.post-47000130765182501802013-04-12T14:03:20.269+01:002013-04-12T14:03:20.269+01:00Ah yes but you save a fortune in those little roun...Ah yes but you save a fortune in those little round reinforcers!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.com