Part of the problem is that if you get a green light, so can go ahead or turn right, the road to your right has a “walk” sign on at the same time. So pedestrians can start crossing. In the UK a walk-sign equivalent means that “the traffic has stopped so that you can cross”.
True. But I’d sum it up as “A roundabout is a group of T-junctions. A 4-way stop is a nightmarish hellscape that relies on people paying attention and being reasonable.” A 4-way stop near a school at drop-off time is basically Mad Max. Kids crossing at each corner holding up the vehicle that should be next, people splitting into two lanes so that they can turn right out-of-turn, buses obscuring the view, people who decided that “surely it’s my turn now”…
I noticed! That’s why my reply became a semi-crazed random stream of consciousness.
On the reality show The Amazing Race, it’s never the rock climbing or skiing or skydiving that holds back the teams. It’s driving the manual rental car from the airport.
I drive manual in the UK but have never tried a left-hand-drive manual car, I’d probably keep hitting the door with my left hand.
Only part of it.
There was a successful ad campaign based on how many people in the UK find it repulsive.
https://www.creativereview.co.uk/you-either-love-it-or-hate-it/
You can buy marmite in many stores in my area (LA).
Customs maybe be unhappy at bringing in food.
Don’t try to bring food. I’ve seen people stopped for smuggling meat. You’re probably okay with packaged sweets or chocolate, but you should declare it.
Don’t be fooled into thinking you can get tea if you see it offered. It may be some strange flavour, or very weak, or iced, or all three. And it will be hard to explain that you want milk and sugar with it.
Biscuits are good enough, but chocolate is rough.
And, of course, a “biscuit” will mean a type of savory scone.
If your shop, at most stores they will pack shopping bags for you and are a little shocked and overly grateful if you do it yourself.
Be prepared to tip in many circumstances (but not, oddly enough, for having your groceries packed).
Be prepared to be asked about football, the Beatles, the Queen, maybe even the King.
Don’t be offended is someone attempts to do a British accent at you, it’s meant as a friendly greeting.
If driving:
Four-way stops are like roundabouts without the roundabout. But with stop signs.
Pedestrians are not expected to look out for traffic, but are not allowed to just cross anywhere. So it balances out.
Someone has stolen the clutch pedals from all the cars.
How did they get it to be so perfectly vertical?
And for the 90s: Information Superhighway.
That’s, like, halfway down the list of things to try!
Are you sure that you’re remembering this right?
I find it hard to believe that the newspaper didn’t come up with a headline based on calling her “Cinders”.
Making it the one-and-a-half state area?
The Register kind-of models itself after a tabloid style so has deliberately jokey headlines. It’s been around a long time (I read it in the 90s) and seems to have quality underneath the humor.
Possibly the only remaining place where you can read the word “boffins” regularly.
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No it’s not. It’s more of a spongy consistency compared to a the dry, breadiness of an English muffin.
My pixel 7 has adaptive charging. If there’s an alarm set and I charge it at night, it paces the charging to be full near the time I’m getting up.
So it’s doing what it can to preserve battery health.
Alternate option, set up a premium number and profit!
If you’re visiting from another country, try giving them a number from there (real or fake). What are the odds that their system can cope with international codes?
a fisheye lens-style view of a plane making an air trail.
The trail emerging from the tail of the plane, as if it was a rocket.
Well, I hope this thread has also put you off being a pedestrian.