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things that weird me out
There are ads for ambulance-chasing lawyers EVERYWHERE.
You guys flip lightswitches UP to turn them on, instead of down.
When Canadians say "this is closed for winter", what they really mean is "this will not be open until summer".
Cars only have numberplates on the back, instead of front and back.
"Sausage" means anything made of sausage meat, rather than actual sausages.
Turning right on red is something I knew about in advance, but it is still an utterly crazy concept that freaks me out whenever I do it.
Squirrels can be BLACK! I had no idea.
You guys flip lightswitches UP to turn them on, instead of down.
When Canadians say "this is closed for winter", what they really mean is "this will not be open until summer".
Cars only have numberplates on the back, instead of front and back.
"Sausage" means anything made of sausage meat, rather than actual sausages.
Turning right on red is something I knew about in advance, but it is still an utterly crazy concept that freaks me out whenever I do it.
Squirrels can be BLACK! I had no idea.
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And Texas has plates front and back. We do turn right on red unless there's a sign saying we can't, though.
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The sausage thing has confused me my entire life. Recipes typically don't specify either, and I'm like, does this mean something that's already cooked? Something that's not already cooked??? I feel like there is a code that would at least help me understand recipes, but uh I have not figured it out yet.
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Cars only have numberplates on the back, instead of front and back.
That's interesting. Hoe have you found the turn signals/indicators? We were there years ago, and I had trouble spotting the indicators on cars before they changed lanes. I don't know of I was just overwhelmed by different traffic or if the lights were less used or if I was expecting them in a different spot.
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Much easier now that I’m on day three.
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That's very good to hear.
Honestly, I spent the first day’s drive feeling like a P-plater.
I am not a natural driver. It took me three goes to get my license, so I feel like this is the universe reassuring me that overseas driving would be a bad idea for me.
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Nomenclature aside, I wish we could buy the sorts of highly spiced sausage meat you can get in the US. Making it myself is never the same.
Like ... when you get a green arrow or a "turn left any time with care" sign? But you have to assume????
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I would guess that it's functionally identical to a "turn left any time with care" sign, except that it's the default here and we instead have "no right turn on red" signs at intersections where it's not allowed.
(You can never turn left on red here. I can't speak for everyone's driving lessons but my teacher drilled it in really hard: NEVER turn left on red.)