🥸 US Trade Representative Exposes 10 Dirty Tricks Used by Foreign Governments to Sabotage U.S. Exports.
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slippery slope, next thing they'll have nascar going clockwise
I had to chuckle reading this. While driving on the opposite side when traveling abroad isn't too daunting (and easier the more you do it), I still remember the first time I came upon a new rotary while abroad. My brain kind of "paused" for a moment, but fortunately there wasn't much traffic and I was able to adjust without incident. Then they put up much better signs for those of us visiting from other countries.
I've driven both right and left side steering wheels in opposite-side-driving places, not an issue (though the right-side-steering-wheel clutch-gear shift was a tad challenging at first), but the rotary brain freeze was memorable.
I had to look up "rotary" and see which foreign mystical land called a roundabout a rotary.
Massachusetts.
Interesting. To me, a rotary is the old-style phone we had before touch-tone button-type phones.
When I was stationed in England I had a couple stick-shift right-hand-drive cars and eventually an automatic. I learned to drive at home on an old Nissan Pulsar hatchback with a stick so I was fine there. When I bought my first car in England I did a test drive and didn't even think about the fact that I was shifting with my left hand until I was sitting at a light. I also didn't have any issues with the roundabouts.
I DID have an issue when I took my car to the ferry and into Calais France. Even with the numerous signs telling the Brits to get on the other side of the road when they drive off the ferry almost everyone went to the wrong side. I also almost got killed at Dulles Airport when I came home on leave. I tried to cross the street to the parking garage where my Mom was, looked the wrong way, and walked out in traffic.
You must be ambidextrous! At least to some degree. I had to think a minute with that opposite side stick. Good sleuthing on the mystical land - yes, it was Massachusetts where I first encountered rotaries, always thought they were a great idea to keep things flowing fairly smoothly and now see them in other states.
I remember the old rotary phones. I still have an old one somewhere. They must be collectors items by now.
Glad you averted disaster crossing the street at Dulles - look BOTH ways before crossing. They must have come up with that little safety tip in Massachusetts because I'm pretty sure the road system around Boston was designed around historic cow paths, a veritable maze of one-way streets. Plus, it seemed at the time that you needed to take an illegal left turn to get out of the city. They were the worst drivers in the country when I was there. New Jersey comes in second. Love both states and the people in them, but when they get behind the wheel it's a whole other story... Drivers and pedestrians beware.
"drive a little while, on the wrong side of the road..." I'm pretty sure is a lyric to a decent country music song...
And since internet searches are totally borked right now, I'll paste the sauce...
Kenny Chesney Lyrics "Be as You Are"
Man I could use a pina colada.
A little bit of sun on my skin,
A hammock, a book,
Never gonna look back once my feet hit the sand,
I've had it up to here with this rat race,
Need a smile on my face.
I wanna go where I can lighten up the load,
Drive a little while on the wrong side of the road,
Get this layin' low off to a flyin' start,
Play my guitar in the Caribbean sun,
Hang with the locals at the Quiet Mon,
Where you can be a tourist, a beach bum or a star
And be as you are.
Gettin' stuck sure would be easy
In this palm tree pradise,
Ambition fades with every wave
For the finer things in life,
Maybe I'll just hang around here,
Go home later next year.
I wanna stay down here and lighten up the load,
Drive a little while on the wrong side of the road,
Get this layin' low off to a flyin' start,
Play my guitar in the Caribbean sun,
Hang with the locals at the Quiet Mon,
Where you can be a tourist, a beach bum or a star
And be as you are.
I wanna play my guitar in the Caribbean sun,
Hang with the locals at the Quiet Mon,
Where you can be a tourist, a beach bum or a star
And be as you are.
Be as you are...
This song is from the album "Be As You Are" and "Greatest Hits II".
Thanks for that. 👍
https://youtu.be/TkTMoAlGyQU