Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Exchange

[MsMarjorie]

At 271 pages big, it seems to me that this topic needs to become its own folder with sub folders.  Suggestions for sub folders before I make this happen?

Can we just start "Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Exchange Part 2" and lock this one?

Or if it were to become its own folder perhaps the sub folders could be country names?  or Food, Shopping, Family, Traffic, Travel etc

[iridaceae]

From the thread in family and children - we in the UK (ok, two of us) seem to be happy with a seamless morph of environments in restaurants - see below - with time. Is it just us??

I'm not sure if this is a me or a UK type thing, but we go to a lot of places where the time we go is the important thing - i.e. we'd happily take our children there for dinner at 5, but not at 7. I know people have to eat earlier sometime because of medical issues (my nana is one), but in general, if I was invited out for an adult dinner, I would expect it to be after 7pm - if we went earlier to these places (prob gastro-pub is the best term - more relaxed environment than formal dining, but extremely good/well presented food) I would expect there to be littles there. I would also expect those children to go between 7-7.30, and would be shocked if there were littles after 8.

I'm in the UK too, but I definitely know what you mean.  There are lots of places near me where you'll see families in jeans leaving around the time couples in shirts and dresses are arriving!

That's exactly what I'm talking about!

*heads over to trans-atlantic and culture-shock threads*

I think it really depends on where you are in the US. Here in Tucson because of the high temperatures for much of the year and the fact that Tucson likes to think of itself as a small town almost no restaurants have a fancy dress code. 

I went out to eat with my dad tonight at one of the fancier restaurants in town- the prices are high for Tucson- $34 for a petite filet mignon without any sides, $9 for a simple dinner salad and a fancy wine selection- and felt perfectly comfortable in casual pants and a polo shirt and they were seating people without any hassle (and not sticking them in far away corners, either) who were wearing tee-shirts and shorts.

It's something I love about Tucson. Casual dress rules.

[Gabrielle]

At 271 pages big, it seems to me that this topic needs to become its own folder with sub folders.  Suggestions for sub folders before I make this happen?

How about continents/large cultural areas? USA, Europe, Britain, North/South Asia, Australia & NZ & Pacific.

[sweetgirl]

mrs j wine theres a documentary about big babies filmed in the u.k and I believe they said the biggest baby was 14pounds, born in the 90's I think.

[Betelnut]

At 271 pages big, it seems to me that this topic needs to become its own folder with sub folders.  Suggestions for sub folders before I make this happen?

How about continents/large cultural areas? USA, Europe, Britain, North/South Asia, Australia & NZ & Pacific.

But the whole point of the thread to to learn about other cultures and the differences.  It just seems odd to split it like that.

[iridaceae]

At 271 pages big, it seems to me that this topic needs to become its own folder with sub folders.  Suggestions for sub folders before I make this happen?

How about continents/large cultural areas? USA, Europe, Britain, North/South Asia, Australia & NZ & Pacific.

But the whole point of the thread to to learn about other cultures and the differences.  It just seems odd to split it like that.

Subjexts: food, vocabulary, etc would work better.

[hot_shaker]

At 271 pages big, it seems to me that this topic needs to become its own folder with sub folders.  Suggestions for sub folders before I make this happen?

I don't think it needs subfolders right away.

I really like the idea of an "International Understanding" (or whatever) folder but I agree that sub-folders may not be necessary yet.  If you do add folders, I wouldn't do it by country/continent but by topic (i.e., family, work, everyday life, etc.).

[Luci45]

I agree that subfolders aren't really needed, but if it happens, do it by topics, not geography. Food, wedding customs, education and the like are what I mean.

Comparisons will be much easier.