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Ah, yes, good point. Joel Send a noteboard - 09/11/2011 01:24:03 PM
What surprised him was something that surprised me when I heard about it, and that I think most Americans do not know: Assuming you are in a state where right on red is legal, LEFT on red is legal onto a one way street (because no traffic can (legally) come from the left.)


There was an intersection near my house that had a "No Left Turn on Red" sign and I wondered a) why you'd need a sign to tell people that and b) why there weren't signs everywhere else then :D

There it was only legal from a one-way street onto another one-way street though (unless otherwise posted). Dunno if that's the standard or not.

Funny the things we take for granted but, though I have not checked, I am 95% certain making a left on red across oncoming traffic is illegal in TX, even onto a one way street. Most places I have been in the US it only comes up downtown, where one way streets in alternating directions are common, so, except on main thoroughfares, people will generally be turning from one way streets to other one way streets. Next time I am in Austin maybe I will try a left on red from Guadalupe or Congress onto a one way street and see. :P
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America's Quirks noticed by Non-Americans mapthis - 07/11/2011 06:55:22 PM 2465 Views
Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 08:25:33 PM 1529 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 754 Views
Don't the dishes taste funny, then? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:31:17 PM 1187 Views
I had to ask one of the Brits I worked with about that one random thoughts - 08/11/2011 04:48:11 PM 1419 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 743 Views
Yeah it's weird isn't it. *NM* Aviendha - 08/11/2011 06:00:11 PM 777 Views
That's gross *NM* ßelals Girl - 08/11/2011 07:56:48 PM 803 Views
Depends on how much soap was in the water ironclad - 08/11/2011 10:54:28 PM 1235 Views
Ah ha! Perhaps this explains my mother-in-law's behavior! Avendesora - 08/11/2011 11:11:12 PM 1392 Views
Not that I ever heard of... *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:05 PM 784 Views
Re: Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? unstuckman - 09/11/2011 02:52:14 AM 1935 Views
Depends on how much washing-up liquid you put in the water. Rebekah - 09/11/2011 08:13:51 AM 1133 Views
I don't think it's different. Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 04:30:58 PM 1272 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 1355 Views
Thanks both. *NM* Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:58 PM 774 Views
We are talking about washing dishes by hand, right? beetnemesis - 09/11/2011 06:50:09 PM 1194 Views
Yes. And here's the difference between what you do and what I do: Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:06 PM 1212 Views
Yes Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 07:13:54 PM 1455 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 783 Views
Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? Tom - 07/11/2011 08:27:24 PM 1442 Views
The problem with these things is that you always get the entire US answering them beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:32:07 PM 1282 Views
I'm guessing everybody who's been to the US outside NYC, then. Legolas - 07/11/2011 09:42:10 PM 1251 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 796 Views
This totally depends where you are. nossy - 08/11/2011 12:57:11 AM 1434 Views
Once again, that isn't what they were talking about Tom - 08/11/2011 01:29:19 PM 1393 Views
You know I worked in a store, right? nossy - 08/11/2011 01:49:36 PM 1318 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 785 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 819 Views
I spent 1990-1999 in the South, you know. *NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 02:46:19 PM 695 Views
I knew you'd gotten around. nossy - 08/11/2011 03:06:20 PM 1370 Views
I would call one to two checks a week pretty rare random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:28:59 PM 1220 Views
Which is still more often than places that never use them. snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:58:30 PM 1370 Views
Oops. This is Jen. Don't start attacking! Eep. *NM* snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:59:09 PM 756 Views
Always good to see couples know each other's passwords ironclad - 08/11/2011 07:19:18 PM 1335 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 1267 Views
yes *NM* random thoughts - 08/11/2011 08:12:45 PM 692 Views
Yeah but I think I've seen maybe two in my LIFE Floffe - 08/11/2011 07:44:10 PM 1291 Views
I guess it is all relative random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:27:17 PM 1191 Views
It still depends on where you are. Like she said... Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 02:02:09 PM 1490 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 1301 Views
so paper checks are history in ??? random thoughts - 08/11/2011 10:51:01 PM 1225 Views
Belgium. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:22 PM 691 Views
That is part of France right? random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:24:24 PM 1207 Views
They wish. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:01:22 PM 792 Views
that is true random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:27:13 PM 1179 Views
Rent checks. Utility checks. *NM* Aeryn - 07/11/2011 10:47:58 PM 936 Views
Exactly - instead of automated bank transfers. *NM* Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:39 PM 761 Views
They still do this in Britain too. Morgawse - 08/11/2011 01:13:52 AM 1310 Views
What's weirdest about British rent... Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:48:43 PM 1455 Views
Well... Morgawse - 08/11/2011 09:53:56 PM 1287 Views
Fair enough, I've only seen it on sites with rent rates. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:57:31 PM 686 Views
That wasn't what they were talking about on that website. Tom - 08/11/2011 01:28:28 PM 1272 Views
Re: Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? James - 08/11/2011 05:52:19 PM 1242 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 1174 Views
Can you buy alcohol in the US at any time? kHz1000 - 07/11/2011 08:41:41 PM 1315 Views
Oh, I can explain beer pong to you. jh - 07/11/2011 09:19:46 PM 1261 Views
mapthis - 07/11/2011 09:52:48 PM 1319 Views
Like Button. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 10/11/2011 11:29:12 PM 731 Views
In my experience, if the store is open, you can buy it beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:33:22 PM 1289 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 1290 Views
it depends on the state LadyLorraine - 07/11/2011 11:16:40 PM 1241 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 1321 Views
The variety of the "blue laws" is a bit nuts. Avendesora - 08/11/2011 02:39:55 PM 1234 Views
We can turn right on a red light too ironclad - 07/11/2011 09:48:38 PM 1460 Views
Really? I thought that was unique to the US. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:34:14 PM 1564 Views
The French can do it too. Tim - 08/11/2011 03:34:39 PM 1231 Views
The French are shameless; first they stole our national colors, now this. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:19:47 PM 1262 Views
That's mostly Italy, France is not so bad. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:02:51 PM 1134 Views
That makes sense, but I have heard horrible tales about French farmers in trucks. Joel - 09/11/2011 10:24:01 PM 1111 Views
Hm. Never noticed that. Legolas - 09/11/2011 10:31:23 PM 1224 Views
Sounds like you did, actually. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:23:16 PM 1512 Views
Heh, I was so confused by this when I moved to western NY. Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 03:59:43 PM 1273 Views
Ah, yes, good point. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:24:03 PM 1142 Views
Cops ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:31:08 PM 1236 Views
It is important to distinguish between cautious and combative attitudes. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:24:43 PM 1439 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 710 Views
It's not a light. It's a sign of a green arrow ironclad - 08/11/2011 03:47:22 PM 1213 Views
But it's a light that goes on and off. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:02:48 PM 1185 Views
Yes, a permanent sign. ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:18:26 PM 1193 Views
Ah, I see. We don't have those, so I thought you meant something different. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:47:23 PM 1151 Views
For me, the strangest thing is the phrase "could care less" Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 10:43:54 PM 1377 Views
In fairness... Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:13 PM 1406 Views
It's true. Nate - 07/11/2011 11:06:42 PM 1230 Views
Exactly Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 11:08:53 PM 1351 Views
I've had one person get angry, and another thank me. nossy - 08/11/2011 01:01:05 AM 1224 Views
Well, Great Lord of Chaos - 08/11/2011 04:43:31 AM 1331 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 1217 Views
"you have another thing coming" and "it all goes well" grrrrrrrrrrr Two Wongs - 08/11/2011 10:19:27 AM 1388 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 1285 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 1228 Views
It didn't stand out the most, I said it was the strangest thing Colonel Logain - 08/11/2011 10:33:48 PM 1241 Views
you have a good point I guess random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:31:41 PM 1129 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 667 Views
It's couldn't care less everywhere- some people just say it incorrectly. *NM* beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 06:09:08 PM 710 Views
*NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 06:26:54 PM 769 Views
Interesting about the flag. Dannymac - 08/11/2011 04:16:12 AM 1273 Views
I wonder how much of that is American and how much is European culture. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:53:15 PM 1243 Views
More like "we tend to equate respecting a flag with liking a country" beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 01:57:26 PM 1359 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 1388 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 1372 Views
I can't say I really noticed a difference but I wonder if Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 04:52:05 PM 1199 Views
It varies here, it's certainly not unusual to have a space between. Legolas - 08/11/2011 10:00:38 PM 1369 Views
I've heard stories. *NM* Avendesora - 08/11/2011 10:51:03 PM 800 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 1312 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 1271 Views
OK now you are being redundant *NM* random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:47:52 PM 752 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 1366 Views
Ooh... TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 12:50:02 AM 1398 Views
So many fat people. Burr - 09/11/2011 01:19:24 AM 1433 Views
We do have high calorie intake and low inclination to exercise. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 01:26:40 AM 741 Views
That's half-true ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:09:48 AM 1265 Views
I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:27:07 PM 1328 Views
Re: I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:33:18 PM 1331 Views
Ah, that makes a difference. Joel - 09/11/2011 03:05:44 PM 1245 Views
You would find it much different at Gruene Hall random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:46:53 PM 1138 Views
Perhaps; never been, nor am I likey to ever go. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:00:13 PM 1681 Views
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