I’ve only been abroad one time, and there were little gecko/lizard things everywhere, climbing up walls and scurrying across roads, and nobody cared. I was constantly fascinated but to the locals they’re just kinda there.

Bonus question to anyone who visited the UK - was there anything that fascinated you but I’d be taking for granted?

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  • AlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    17 days ago

    It’s not just that, they wash and reuse the bottles (without melting them down or anything)! Amazing stuff.

    They’re finally starting to put more stuff in them here opposed to plastic bottles, and I’m so glad for it.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      17 days ago

      The US used to do that before the plastics industry (oil company derivatives) squashed it.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      they wash and reuse the bottles (without melting them down or anything)

      Idk where you’re talking about, but in Finland… That used to be the system, and the bottles which were actually washable were far sturdier than what we have now. Now it’s all flimsy PET bottles which just get shredded and “recycled”.

      I used to work in a bottle room back when most deposits were glass bottles and sturdy plastics and only the cans got crushed not reused.

      I was the guy in the backroom piling the bottles from a huge conveyor belt (glass bottles) to be organised in pallets. Could manage like 7 beers bottles in one hand, but that was pushing it and the most effective speed was 3-4 bottles per hand per move.

      I liked the job but the employer was a massive cunt.