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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 2322 Views
Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 08:25:33 PM 1377 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 657 Views
Don't the dishes taste funny, then? beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:31:17 PM 1036 Views
I had to ask one of the Brits I worked with about that one random thoughts - 08/11/2011 04:48:11 PM 1277 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 647 Views
Yeah it's weird isn't it. *NM* Aviendha - 08/11/2011 06:00:11 PM 683 Views
That's gross *NM* ßelals Girl - 08/11/2011 07:56:48 PM 707 Views
Depends on how much soap was in the water ironclad - 08/11/2011 10:54:28 PM 1098 Views
Ah ha! Perhaps this explains my mother-in-law's behavior! Avendesora - 08/11/2011 11:11:12 PM 1232 Views
Not that I ever heard of... *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:05 PM 690 Views
Re: Wait, in Europe they leave soap on dishes to dry? unstuckman - 09/11/2011 02:52:14 AM 1671 Views
Depends on how much washing-up liquid you put in the water. Rebekah - 09/11/2011 08:13:51 AM 990 Views
I don't think it's different. Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 04:30:58 PM 1112 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 1203 Views
Thanks both. *NM* Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:58 PM 673 Views
We are talking about washing dishes by hand, right? beetnemesis - 09/11/2011 06:50:09 PM 1056 Views
Yes. And here's the difference between what you do and what I do: Rebekah - 09/11/2011 07:08:06 PM 1067 Views
Yes Sareitha Sedai - 09/11/2011 07:13:54 PM 1313 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 676 Views
Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? Tom - 07/11/2011 08:27:24 PM 1298 Views
The problem with these things is that you always get the entire US answering them beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:32:07 PM 1141 Views
I'm guessing everybody who's been to the US outside NYC, then. Legolas - 07/11/2011 09:42:10 PM 1115 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 703 Views
This totally depends where you are. nossy - 08/11/2011 12:57:11 AM 1284 Views
Once again, that isn't what they were talking about Tom - 08/11/2011 01:29:19 PM 1211 Views
You know I worked in a store, right? nossy - 08/11/2011 01:49:36 PM 1176 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 692 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 722 Views
I spent 1990-1999 in the South, you know. *NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 02:46:19 PM 602 Views
I knew you'd gotten around. nossy - 08/11/2011 03:06:20 PM 1218 Views
I would call one to two checks a week pretty rare random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:28:59 PM 1082 Views
Which is still more often than places that never use them. snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:58:30 PM 1225 Views
Oops. This is Jen. Don't start attacking! Eep. *NM* snoopcester - 08/11/2011 06:59:09 PM 663 Views
Always good to see couples know each other's passwords ironclad - 08/11/2011 07:19:18 PM 1185 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 1122 Views
yes *NM* random thoughts - 08/11/2011 08:12:45 PM 601 Views
Yeah but I think I've seen maybe two in my LIFE Floffe - 08/11/2011 07:44:10 PM 1164 Views
I guess it is all relative random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:27:17 PM 1043 Views
It still depends on where you are. Like she said... Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 02:02:09 PM 1349 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 1166 Views
so paper checks are history in ??? random thoughts - 08/11/2011 10:51:01 PM 1078 Views
Belgium. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 11:13:22 PM 590 Views
That is part of France right? random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:24:24 PM 1069 Views
They wish. *NM* Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:01:22 PM 695 Views
that is true random thoughts - 08/11/2011 06:27:13 PM 1038 Views
Rent checks. Utility checks. *NM* Aeryn - 07/11/2011 10:47:58 PM 847 Views
Exactly - instead of automated bank transfers. *NM* Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:39 PM 670 Views
They still do this in Britain too. Morgawse - 08/11/2011 01:13:52 AM 1167 Views
What's weirdest about British rent... Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:48:43 PM 1316 Views
Well... Morgawse - 08/11/2011 09:53:56 PM 1155 Views
Fair enough, I've only seen it on sites with rent rates. *NM* Legolas - 08/11/2011 09:57:31 PM 599 Views
That wasn't what they were talking about on that website. Tom - 08/11/2011 01:28:28 PM 1128 Views
Re: Who are these weirdos who say Americans write checks to pay for things? James - 08/11/2011 05:52:19 PM 1102 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 1029 Views
Can you buy alcohol in the US at any time? kHz1000 - 07/11/2011 08:41:41 PM 1171 Views
Oh, I can explain beer pong to you. jh - 07/11/2011 09:19:46 PM 1124 Views
mapthis - 07/11/2011 09:52:48 PM 1184 Views
Like Button. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 10/11/2011 11:29:12 PM 630 Views
In my experience, if the store is open, you can buy it beetnemesis - 07/11/2011 09:33:22 PM 1143 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 1153 Views
it depends on the state LadyLorraine - 07/11/2011 11:16:40 PM 1091 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 1182 Views
The variety of the "blue laws" is a bit nuts. Avendesora - 08/11/2011 02:39:55 PM 1080 Views
We can turn right on a red light too ironclad - 07/11/2011 09:48:38 PM 1315 Views
Really? I thought that was unique to the US. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:34:14 PM 1426 Views
The French can do it too. Tim - 08/11/2011 03:34:39 PM 1089 Views
The French are shameless; first they stole our national colors, now this. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:19:47 PM 1106 Views
That's mostly Italy, France is not so bad. Legolas - 09/11/2011 08:02:51 PM 979 Views
That makes sense, but I have heard horrible tales about French farmers in trucks. Joel - 09/11/2011 10:24:01 PM 970 Views
Hm. Never noticed that. Legolas - 09/11/2011 10:31:23 PM 1078 Views
Sounds like you did, actually. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:23:16 PM 1371 Views
Heh, I was so confused by this when I moved to western NY. Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 03:59:43 PM 1122 Views
Ah, yes, good point. Joel - 09/11/2011 01:24:03 PM 1003 Views
Cops ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:31:08 PM 1111 Views
It is important to distinguish between cautious and combative attitudes. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:24:43 PM 1298 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 620 Views
It's not a light. It's a sign of a green arrow ironclad - 08/11/2011 03:47:22 PM 1080 Views
But it's a light that goes on and off. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:02:48 PM 1036 Views
Yes, a permanent sign. ironclad - 08/11/2011 06:18:26 PM 1047 Views
Ah, I see. We don't have those, so I thought you meant something different. Tim - 08/11/2011 06:47:23 PM 1000 Views
For me, the strangest thing is the phrase "could care less" Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 10:43:54 PM 1247 Views
In fairness... Legolas - 07/11/2011 10:50:13 PM 1263 Views
It's true. Nate - 07/11/2011 11:06:42 PM 1098 Views
Exactly Colonel Logain - 07/11/2011 11:08:53 PM 1209 Views
I've had one person get angry, and another thank me. nossy - 08/11/2011 01:01:05 AM 1077 Views
Well, Great Lord of Chaos - 08/11/2011 04:43:31 AM 1193 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 1039 Views
"you have another thing coming" and "it all goes well" grrrrrrrrrrr Two Wongs - 08/11/2011 10:19:27 AM 1246 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 1142 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 1092 Views
It didn't stand out the most, I said it was the strangest thing Colonel Logain - 08/11/2011 10:33:48 PM 1096 Views
you have a good point I guess random thoughts - 09/11/2011 06:31:41 PM 982 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 577 Views
It's couldn't care less everywhere- some people just say it incorrectly. *NM* beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 06:09:08 PM 618 Views
*NM* Tom - 08/11/2011 06:26:54 PM 681 Views
Interesting about the flag. Dannymac - 08/11/2011 04:16:12 AM 1158 Views
I wonder how much of that is American and how much is European culture. Joel - 08/11/2011 12:53:15 PM 1113 Views
More like "we tend to equate respecting a flag with liking a country" beetnemesis - 08/11/2011 01:57:26 PM 1224 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 1235 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 1222 Views
I can't say I really noticed a difference but I wonder if Sareitha Sedai - 08/11/2011 04:52:05 PM 1052 Views
It varies here, it's certainly not unusual to have a space between. Legolas - 08/11/2011 10:00:38 PM 1227 Views
I've heard stories. *NM* Avendesora - 08/11/2011 10:51:03 PM 706 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 1168 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 1140 Views
OK now you are being redundant *NM* random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:47:52 PM 660 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 1214 Views
Ooh... TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 12:50:02 AM 1258 Views
So many fat people. Burr - 09/11/2011 01:19:24 AM 1288 Views
We do have high calorie intake and low inclination to exercise. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/11/2011 01:26:40 AM 652 Views
That's half-true ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:09:48 AM 1122 Views
I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. Joel - 09/11/2011 02:27:07 PM 1185 Views
Re: I think there was a Family Guy episode about this. ironclad - 09/11/2011 02:33:18 PM 1179 Views
Ah, that makes a difference. Joel - 09/11/2011 03:05:44 PM 1108 Views
You would find it much different at Gruene Hall random thoughts - 09/11/2011 11:46:53 PM 985 Views
Perhaps; never been, nor am I likey to ever go. Joel - 11/11/2011 01:00:13 PM 1546 Views
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