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What seemed weird when I visited your country
Akima:
--- Quote from: J on 05 Nov 2013, 22:49 ---hey now, a nice cup of spiced chai is one of the great joys in life.
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Props for not employing the redundant "chai tea".
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Nov 2013, 22:24 ---A Marine Corps uniform means a lot in the South. I know someone who asked for directions in a swamp. The person he asked pointed at the uniform in the back of the car and said "Is that yours?". Said person then personally led the Marine through dozens of mysterious twists and turns to get him where he was going.
It's not completely bizarre to think of the South as being a country of its own. I've known some experienced travelers who said they got the same feeling crossing the Mason-Dixon line as they did when crossing a national border.
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To paraphrase someone who wrote into the Richmond Dispatch many, many, many moons ago. "North, west and east are directions. The South is a place."
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 04 Nov 2013, 11:59 ---Here in the US you can really do either. Most cities/towns have ordinances saying that if you are on a bike to maintain the speed limit and are treated as a vehicle, but they can also bike on the side walk. They are treated pretty much like both pedestrian and motor vehicle.
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Most cities and towns I've lived in have ordinances against riding on the sidewalk, because of the pedestrians. It's usually different in the suburbs.
Of course, most places don't have bike lanes, either. You're expected to share with the cars.
They rarely share back. :x
ev4n:
Vegas: ugh. Yes it's bizarre.
Alcohol in Canada: Ontario only I'm guessing. Certainly Quebec is normal.
School buses: I went to grade school with kids who lived more than 60km down the Trans- Can. Public transportation is not the answer
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Jimmy the Squid:
On my way to Vienna I passed through Amsterdam airport. I was deeply alarmed at police officers walking around with machine guns. I mean I'm still getting used to Australian cops carrying guns and I'm pretty sure they've had those for a while. I don't want this to turn into a gun debate but man, that was probably the oddest thing I've seen in my travels.
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