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Hm. Never noticed that. Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/11/2011 10:31:23 PM
People used to driving in big cities tend to drive very differently than those who are not, which can be a terrifying experience for the latter.

Trust me, in Italy it's the big cities where you're afraid for your life. Or at least afraid for the lives of the people on scooters you see around you.
How goes the Baldur's Gate, incidentally? It has me in full nostalgia overload now; Durlags Tower was not nearly as challenging as I remembered it from a decade ago, but still a lot of fun (I used walkthroughs for the main game because the exploratory interest was no longer there, but redid Durlags on my own since it is all about puzzles and traps.) I just re-started SoA, but am unsure how much time I will spend on it since I have become a part time student again.

I'm glad you're enjoying it so much, but frankly, lacking the nostalgia, I don't think I've actually even opened the game since around the time (or possibly even before) I started talking about it with you. The game I've been playing instead these past weeks is closely related though: Neverwinter Nights (player-made modules, many of which are much better than the original game).
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America's Quirks noticed by Non-Americans mapthis - 07/11/2011 06:55:22 PM 2767 Views
Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 08:25:33 PM 1809 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 872 Views
Don't the dishes taste funny, then? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:31:17 PM 1392 Views
I had to ask one of the Brits I worked with about that one random thoughts - 08/11/2011 04:48:11 PM 1561 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 855 Views
Yeah it's weird isn't it. *NM* Aviendha - 08/11/2011 06:00:11 PM 869 Views
That's gross *NM* ßelals Girl - 08/11/2011 07:56:48 PM 882 Views
Depends on how much soap was in the water ironclad - 08/11/2011 10:54:28 PM 1442 Views
Ah ha! Perhaps this explains my mother-in-law's behavior! Avendesora - 08/11/2011 11:11:12 PM 1606 Views
Not that I ever heard of... *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:05 PM 912 Views
Re: Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? unstuckman - 09/11/2011 02:52:14 AM 2101 Views
Depends on how much washing-up liquid you put in the water. Rebekah - 09/11/2011 08:13:51 AM 1286 Views
I don't think it's different. Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 04:30:58 PM 1476 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 1561 Views
Thanks both. *NM* Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:58 PM 909 Views
We are talking about washing dishes by hand, right? beetnemesis - 09/11/2011 06:50:09 PM 1381 Views
Yes. And here's the difference between what you do and what I do: Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:06 PM 1372 Views
Yes Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 07:13:54 PM 1651 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 853 Views
Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? Tom - 07/11/2011 08:27:24 PM 1585 Views
The problem with these things is that you always get the entire US answering them beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:32:07 PM 1482 Views
I'm guessing everybody who's been to the US outside NYC, then. Legolas - 07/11/2011 09:42:10 PM 1390 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 915 Views
This totally depends where you are. nossy - 08/11/2011 12:57:11 AM 1627 Views
Once again, that isn't what they were talking about Tom - 08/11/2011 01:29:19 PM 1612 Views
You know I worked in a store, right? nossy - 08/11/2011 01:49:36 PM 1463 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 865 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 953 Views
I spent 1990-1999 in the South, you know. *NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 02:46:19 PM 803 Views
I knew you'd gotten around. nossy - 08/11/2011 03:06:20 PM 1576 Views
I would call one to two checks a week pretty rare random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:28:59 PM 1433 Views
Which is still more often than places that never use them. snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:58:30 PM 1568 Views
Oops. This is Jen. Don't start attacking! Eep. *NM* snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:59:09 PM 875 Views
Always good to see couples know each other's passwords ironclad - 08/11/2011 07:19:18 PM 1465 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 1474 Views
yes *NM* random thoughts - 08/11/2011 08:12:45 PM 771 Views
Yeah but I think I've seen maybe two in my LIFE Floffe - 08/11/2011 07:44:10 PM 1491 Views
I guess it is all relative random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:27:17 PM 1362 Views
It still depends on where you are. Like she said... Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 02:02:09 PM 1633 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 1445 Views
so paper checks are history in ??? random thoughts - 08/11/2011 10:51:01 PM 1382 Views
Belgium. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:22 PM 832 Views
That is part of France right? random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:24:24 PM 1344 Views
They wish. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:01:22 PM 909 Views
that is true random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:27:13 PM 1319 Views
Rent checks. Utility checks. *NM* Aeryn - 07/11/2011 10:47:58 PM 1073 Views
Exactly - instead of automated bank transfers. *NM* Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:39 PM 839 Views
They still do this in Britain too. Morgawse - 08/11/2011 01:13:52 AM 1444 Views
What's weirdest about British rent... Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:48:43 PM 1604 Views
Well... Morgawse - 08/11/2011 09:53:56 PM 1434 Views
Fair enough, I've only seen it on sites with rent rates. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:57:31 PM 761 Views
That wasn't what they were talking about on that website. Tom - 08/11/2011 01:28:28 PM 1472 Views
Re: Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? James - 08/11/2011 05:52:19 PM 1392 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 1343 Views
Can you buy alcohol in the US at any time? kHz1000 - 07/11/2011 08:41:41 PM 1464 Views
Oh, I can explain beer pong to you. jh - 07/11/2011 09:19:46 PM 1411 Views
mapthis - 07/11/2011 09:52:48 PM 1469 Views
Like Button. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 10/11/2011 11:29:12 PM 850 Views
In my experience, if the store is open, you can buy it beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:33:22 PM 1440 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 1431 Views
it depends on the state LadyLorraine - 07/11/2011 11:16:40 PM 1387 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 1471 Views
The variety of the "blue laws" is a bit nuts. Avendesora - 08/11/2011 02:39:55 PM 1482 Views
We can turn right on a red light too ironclad - 07/11/2011 09:48:38 PM 1612 Views
Really? I thought that was unique to the US. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:34:14 PM 1713 Views
The French can do it too. Tim - 08/11/2011 03:34:39 PM 1392 Views
The French are shameless; first they stole our national colors, now this. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:19:47 PM 1510 Views
That's mostly Italy, France is not so bad. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:02:51 PM 1363 Views
That makes sense, but I have heard horrible tales about French farmers in trucks. Joel - 09/11/2011 10:24:01 PM 1256 Views
Hm. Never noticed that. Legolas - 09/11/2011 10:31:23 PM 1373 Views
Sounds like you did, actually. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:23:16 PM 1717 Views
Heh, I was so confused by this when I moved to western NY. Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 03:59:43 PM 1462 Views
Ah, yes, good point. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:24:03 PM 1349 Views
Cops ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:31:08 PM 1388 Views
It is important to distinguish between cautious and combative attitudes. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:24:43 PM 1600 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 846 Views
It's not a light. It's a sign of a green arrow ironclad - 08/11/2011 03:47:22 PM 1402 Views
But it's a light that goes on and off. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:02:48 PM 1364 Views
Yes, a permanent sign. ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:18:26 PM 1377 Views
Ah, I see. We don't have those, so I thought you meant something different. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:47:23 PM 1369 Views
For me, the strangest thing is the phrase "could care less" Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 10:43:54 PM 1514 Views
In fairness... Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:13 PM 1619 Views
It's true. Nate - 07/11/2011 11:06:42 PM 1371 Views
Exactly Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 11:08:53 PM 1485 Views
I've had one person get angry, and another thank me. nossy - 08/11/2011 01:01:05 AM 1428 Views
Well, Great Lord of Chaos - 08/11/2011 04:43:31 AM 1484 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 1411 Views
"you have another thing coming" and "it all goes well" grrrrrrrrrrr Two Wongs - 08/11/2011 10:19:27 AM 1550 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 1509 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 1369 Views
It didn't stand out the most, I said it was the strangest thing Colonel Logain - 08/11/2011 10:33:48 PM 1431 Views
you have a good point I guess random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:31:41 PM 1249 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 747 Views
It's couldn't care less everywhere- some people just say it incorrectly. *NM* beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 06:09:08 PM 816 Views
*NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 06:26:54 PM 884 Views
Interesting about the flag. Dannymac - 08/11/2011 04:16:12 AM 1414 Views
I wonder how much of that is American and how much is European culture. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:53:15 PM 1460 Views
More like "we tend to equate respecting a flag with liking a country" beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 01:57:26 PM 1511 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 1543 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 1514 Views
I can't say I really noticed a difference but I wonder if Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 04:52:05 PM 1334 Views
It varies here, it's certainly not unusual to have a space between. Legolas - 08/11/2011 10:00:38 PM 1593 Views
I've heard stories. *NM* Avendesora - 08/11/2011 10:51:03 PM 871 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 1434 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 1414 Views
OK now you are being redundant *NM* random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:47:52 PM 891 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 1500 Views
Ooh... TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 12:50:02 AM 1612 Views
So many fat people. Burr - 09/11/2011 01:19:24 AM 1613 Views
We do have high calorie intake and low inclination to exercise. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 01:26:40 AM 807 Views
That's half-true ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:09:48 AM 1406 Views
I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:27:07 PM 1497 Views
Re: I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:33:18 PM 1518 Views
Ah, that makes a difference. Joel - 09/11/2011 03:05:44 PM 1392 Views
You would find it much different at Gruene Hall random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:46:53 PM 1285 Views
Perhaps; never been, nor am I likey to ever go. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:00:13 PM 1885 Views
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