Dang phobia

Eh?

 

Heights of Abraham, maybe?

 

Take off, to the Great White North. It's a beauty way to go.

 

I was referring to this.
Talk like a Canadian 1: how to use 'eh' | DexterousTongue

This reference may have been more appropriate and is likely better understood by British since the written language is a mix of US & UK.

Canadian English - Wikipedia

 

Very true, as Cockney Londoners use 'eh' in exactly the same way. Such as:

We're from London ain't we, eh.

 

I have a phobia, or reflex if you prefer, to the cold water in SF bay. I have no problem swimming in an 80 degree pool, but get into the 60 degree water of the bay (with wetsuit) and I tend to hyperventilate. I breath too fast, and my heart rate goes 15-20 bpm faster than the same effort would cause in the pool. Nobody else seems to have the same problem, so it's something about my personal demons or whatever.

Which leads me to this guy who teaches people to tolerate cold water. Wim Hof easily enters freezing water without so much as a gasp, and maintains his core temperature for at least a half hour. I did some of his exercises last year and got up to tolerating 10 minutes of a 60 degree shower. Just tried it again and 70 degrees was too much. So the adaption isn't permanent. But it does show that a phobia/reflex can be retrained.

Here's his Christmas greeting/advertisement. Notice his total comfort in getting into 37 degree water...

 

B? C? D?

 

all the way to Zed.

One of the small matters is the name of the last letter of the alphabet. 'Z' is called "zed" everywhere in the world, not only in English but also in French, German, and most other languages, except in the United States, where it is called "zee". Hence "zee" is an American shibboleth.

http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~chambers/zed.html

 

Watched this a while back on Netflix:

Kilo Two Bravo (2014) - IMDb

And it single-handedly motivated me, to dive into settings and activate sub-titles, for any-and-all movies, regardless if they're in English or not. Between the accents, fast banter and obscure terms, I was completely asea.

 

I find myself using captions more and more, simply because of the outrageous dynamic range of most movies these days. The music and effects are about 50 times louder than the dialogue, even when they are simultaneous.

Boy! Did we ever digress!!

 

Almost anything is on topic in FHOP except Prius & politics.

 

Funny. Just before I read your post, I was thinking, "If you're going to digress, FHOP is the place to do it."

 

This time of day. I prefer IHOP

Welcome to IHOP

 

An explanation for those International folks here.
The original name for IHOP was "International House of Pancakes".

 

I'm still waiting for a delivery slot this year!

 

Visual aid:


(Looks like our first car on the left end.)

 

What, no fins?

 

A Civic is newer than any fins.

 

That was before he moved so close to the coast.

 

Notice the similarity with the original style restaurant.