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We can turn right on a red light too ironclad Send a noteboard - 07/11/2011 09:48:38 PM
If there is a green arrow next to it and you checked if no one's coming. Seems like that UK guy didn't get that.

Personally, I was surprised about the disappointingly low variety of decent chocolate in the US, and the incredible amount of commercials during shows or movies. Most other things were pretty much like I actually anticipated.

Like that other guy from the UK living in LA I also have the impression (from TV, not my experience) that you really have to fear the cops. They are not there to help or be asked for directions but to be nervous you could have a gun and ticket you for ridiculous crap like jaywalking.
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America's Quirks noticed by Non-Americans mapthis - 07/11/2011 06:55:22 PM 2530 Views
Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 08:25:33 PM 1607 Views
It's very regional. They always do that in that other country where they are insane. Like denmark. *NM* jh - 07/11/2011 09:18:26 PM 795 Views
Don't the dishes taste funny, then? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:31:17 PM 1248 Views
I had to ask one of the Brits I worked with about that one random thoughts - 08/11/2011 04:48:11 PM 1469 Views
I can't even imagine not rinsing them. Like you, I didn't realize anyone did that? *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 04:55:33 PM 777 Views
Yeah it's weird isn't it. *NM* Aviendha - 08/11/2011 06:00:11 PM 812 Views
That's gross *NM* ßelals Girl - 08/11/2011 07:56:48 PM 832 Views
Depends on how much soap was in the water ironclad - 08/11/2011 10:54:28 PM 1290 Views
Ah ha! Perhaps this explains my mother-in-law's behavior! Avendesora - 08/11/2011 11:11:12 PM 1456 Views
Not that I ever heard of... *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:05 PM 819 Views
Re: Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? unstuckman - 09/11/2011 02:52:14 AM 1990 Views
Depends on how much washing-up liquid you put in the water. Rebekah - 09/11/2011 08:13:51 AM 1178 Views
I don't think it's different. Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 04:30:58 PM 1331 Views
It isn't. I was going to say exactly the same thing about the laziness and "soap." nossy - 09/11/2011 05:42:44 PM 1421 Views
Thanks both. *NM* Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:58 PM 831 Views
We are talking about washing dishes by hand, right? beetnemesis - 09/11/2011 06:50:09 PM 1263 Views
Yes. And here's the difference between what you do and what I do: Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:06 PM 1265 Views
Yes Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 07:13:54 PM 1519 Views
EWIE!!! I can't imagine eating soap with every meal... That can't be good for you. *NM* alanna aes sedai - 10/11/2011 01:48:16 AM 810 Views
Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? Tom - 07/11/2011 08:27:24 PM 1487 Views
The problem with these things is that you always get the entire US answering them beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:32:07 PM 1347 Views
I'm guessing everybody who's been to the US outside NYC, then. Legolas - 07/11/2011 09:42:10 PM 1297 Views
No pretty much everywhere in the US people use plastic 99% of the time *NM* random thoughts - 08/11/2011 12:31:49 AM 828 Views
This totally depends where you are. nossy - 08/11/2011 12:57:11 AM 1500 Views
Once again, that isn't what they were talking about Tom - 08/11/2011 01:29:19 PM 1460 Views
You know I worked in a store, right? nossy - 08/11/2011 01:49:36 PM 1367 Views
I repeat: I have NEVER seen someone pay by check in a store since 1989. *NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 01:56:59 PM 810 Views
I know you travel quite frequently, but I'll refer you to Paul's comment above re: New York. *NM* nossy - 08/11/2011 02:10:36 PM 863 Views
I spent 1990-1999 in the South, you know. *NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 02:46:19 PM 734 Views
I knew you'd gotten around. nossy - 08/11/2011 03:06:20 PM 1439 Views
I would call one to two checks a week pretty rare random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:28:59 PM 1279 Views
Which is still more often than places that never use them. snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:58:30 PM 1436 Views
Oops. This is Jen. Don't start attacking! Eep. *NM* snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:59:09 PM 797 Views
Always good to see couples know each other's passwords ironclad - 08/11/2011 07:19:18 PM 1385 Views
I think I know it, but I actually was accidentally in his account. He put the computer down. nossy - 08/11/2011 08:08:45 PM 1332 Views
yes *NM* random thoughts - 08/11/2011 08:12:45 PM 717 Views
Yeah but I think I've seen maybe two in my LIFE Floffe - 08/11/2011 07:44:10 PM 1354 Views
I guess it is all relative random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:27:17 PM 1252 Views
It still depends on where you are. Like she said... Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 02:02:09 PM 1533 Views
*I* at least was mostly thinking about rent checks. But yes, I've seen it in stores too. Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:47:58 PM 1345 Views
so paper checks are history in ??? random thoughts - 08/11/2011 10:51:01 PM 1275 Views
Belgium. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:22 PM 740 Views
That is part of France right? random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:24:24 PM 1255 Views
They wish. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:01:22 PM 827 Views
that is true random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:27:13 PM 1223 Views
Rent checks. Utility checks. *NM* Aeryn - 07/11/2011 10:47:58 PM 977 Views
Exactly - instead of automated bank transfers. *NM* Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:39 PM 789 Views
They still do this in Britain too. Morgawse - 08/11/2011 01:13:52 AM 1357 Views
What's weirdest about British rent... Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:48:43 PM 1501 Views
Well... Morgawse - 08/11/2011 09:53:56 PM 1331 Views
Fair enough, I've only seen it on sites with rent rates. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:57:31 PM 709 Views
That wasn't what they were talking about on that website. Tom - 08/11/2011 01:28:28 PM 1341 Views
Re: Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? James - 08/11/2011 05:52:19 PM 1289 Views
I pay the chiropractor with a check. He doesn't have a card reader and I never have cash. Avendesora - 08/11/2011 10:56:47 PM 1228 Views
Can you buy alcohol in the US at any time? kHz1000 - 07/11/2011 08:41:41 PM 1366 Views
Oh, I can explain beer pong to you. jh - 07/11/2011 09:19:46 PM 1311 Views
mapthis - 07/11/2011 09:52:48 PM 1376 Views
Like Button. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 10/11/2011 11:29:12 PM 769 Views
In my experience, if the store is open, you can buy it beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:33:22 PM 1339 Views
In most countries of Europe you can too, to my knowledge... as long as the store is open. Legolas - 07/11/2011 09:43:47 PM 1337 Views
it depends on the state LadyLorraine - 07/11/2011 11:16:40 PM 1285 Views
I t varies ste to state or even county to county and city to city random thoughts - 08/11/2011 12:35:27 AM 1370 Views
The variety of the "blue laws" is a bit nuts. Avendesora - 08/11/2011 02:39:55 PM 1311 Views
We can turn right on a red light too ironclad - 07/11/2011 09:48:38 PM 1509 Views
Really? I thought that was unique to the US. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:34:14 PM 1617 Views
The French can do it too. Tim - 08/11/2011 03:34:39 PM 1278 Views
The French are shameless; first they stole our national colors, now this. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:19:47 PM 1346 Views
That's mostly Italy, France is not so bad. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:02:51 PM 1208 Views
That makes sense, but I have heard horrible tales about French farmers in trucks. Joel - 09/11/2011 10:24:01 PM 1164 Views
Hm. Never noticed that. Legolas - 09/11/2011 10:31:23 PM 1271 Views
Sounds like you did, actually. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:23:16 PM 1577 Views
Heh, I was so confused by this when I moved to western NY. Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 03:59:43 PM 1323 Views
Ah, yes, good point. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:24:03 PM 1209 Views
Cops ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:31:08 PM 1283 Views
It is important to distinguish between cautious and combative attitudes. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:24:43 PM 1492 Views
If there's a green right-turn filter light, then you aren't turning right on a red at all . *NM* Tim - 08/11/2011 03:33:36 PM 754 Views
It's not a light. It's a sign of a green arrow ironclad - 08/11/2011 03:47:22 PM 1275 Views
But it's a light that goes on and off. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:02:48 PM 1244 Views
Yes, a permanent sign. ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:18:26 PM 1239 Views
Ah, I see. We don't have those, so I thought you meant something different. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:47:23 PM 1216 Views
For me, the strangest thing is the phrase "could care less" Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 10:43:54 PM 1424 Views
In fairness... Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:13 PM 1471 Views
It's true. Nate - 07/11/2011 11:06:42 PM 1277 Views
Exactly Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 11:08:53 PM 1402 Views
I've had one person get angry, and another thank me. nossy - 08/11/2011 01:01:05 AM 1295 Views
Well, Great Lord of Chaos - 08/11/2011 04:43:31 AM 1388 Views
I think that's just a case of it being said too quickly and slurred too much A Deathwatch Guard - 08/11/2011 02:14:14 AM 1289 Views
"you have another thing coming" and "it all goes well" grrrrrrrrrrr Two Wongs - 08/11/2011 10:19:27 AM 1438 Views
Your last question, and a variation of it, was my recurrent thought while reading the list. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:38:53 PM 1354 Views
that is really what stood out to you the most going from Australia to the US? random thoughts - 08/11/2011 04:45:21 PM 1283 Views
It didn't stand out the most, I said it was the strangest thing Colonel Logain - 08/11/2011 10:33:48 PM 1294 Views
you have a good point I guess random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:31:41 PM 1172 Views
It's "couldn't care less" in America, or at least it is in the part where I live. *NM* Vodalus - 08/11/2011 06:01:50 PM 694 Views
It's couldn't care less everywhere- some people just say it incorrectly. *NM* beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 06:09:08 PM 747 Views
*NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 06:26:54 PM 810 Views
Interesting about the flag. Dannymac - 08/11/2011 04:16:12 AM 1316 Views
I wonder how much of that is American and how much is European culture. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:53:15 PM 1307 Views
More like "we tend to equate respecting a flag with liking a country" beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 01:57:26 PM 1420 Views
Part of it is, as Joel notes, a general European trauma that isn't shared by some. Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:56:22 PM 1443 Views
Because my husband lived in England and has family there, I knew some of these. BUT... Avendesora - 08/11/2011 12:42:07 PM 1425 Views
I can't say I really noticed a difference but I wonder if Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 04:52:05 PM 1239 Views
It varies here, it's certainly not unusual to have a space between. Legolas - 08/11/2011 10:00:38 PM 1438 Views
I've heard stories. *NM* Avendesora - 08/11/2011 10:51:03 PM 827 Views
Huh. Only ever saw those holes in the ground in Belgium. and had to pay to use them. jh - 09/11/2011 03:28:35 PM 1354 Views
I've never seen them in Belgium - nor in France outside highway parkings, to be fair. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:05:09 PM 1313 Views
OK now you are being redundant *NM* random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:47:52 PM 791 Views
When I was in England we saw way more flags than we typically see in the US. Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 01:32:47 PM 1410 Views
Ooh... TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 12:50:02 AM 1459 Views
So many fat people. Burr - 09/11/2011 01:19:24 AM 1478 Views
We do have high calorie intake and low inclination to exercise. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 01:26:40 AM 763 Views
That's half-true ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:09:48 AM 1311 Views
I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:27:07 PM 1386 Views
Re: I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:33:18 PM 1393 Views
Ah, that makes a difference. Joel - 09/11/2011 03:05:44 PM 1305 Views
You would find it much different at Gruene Hall random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:46:53 PM 1183 Views
Perhaps; never been, nor am I likey to ever go. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:00:13 PM 1744 Views
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