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My American boyfriend is visiting the UK in 2 weeks, how do I give him the true UK experience?
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My American boyfriend is visiting the UK in 2 weeks, how do I give him the true UK experience?

Take him to Greggs and tell him it’s considered fine dining? Spoons during the day? Dip in the Thames? Lasso a swan?

1 week in London (where I live) and 1 week on the east coast of Scotland with my family (god save his soul).



What new technology or innovation has actually made things worse?
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What new technology or innovation has actually made things worse?

I drive a 12 year old Fiesta and recently drove two new cars; Tesla and a BMW 2 Series. I appreciate some of these issues I'm going to name can be solved by simply getting used to the new mechanics, but I felt a lot more comfortable in my old car.

Everything is on the screen. Even opening the glove box. For the lift of me, couldn't not get used to adjusting the temperature in the car, or at least feel it was a better solution that a button (or better yet knob/wheel). On the BMW, the car is literally steering me back in lane when I want to switch lanes or trying to avoid a pit hole or something.

My other issue is delivery services like Uber. They've made getting a Mcdonald's drive through a very long wait, so long that I don't bother use it anymore. When it comes to delivery, items are priced a lot more expensive and that even takes longer.

I was ordering from Deliveroo a local takeaway. Prices were more expensive but also there's all these dripped in additional cost like service fees and minimum order fees. To make thing even worse, there is now an option for priority delivery which means your delivery driver doesn't deliver other food before coming to you. This was the case BEFORE all these apps.