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[Ergot]

Anyway, observations about the USA compared to Canada:
- There are a lot more left-turn priority lights, there aren't many at all here
- and other stuff is the same price or more expensive (food, electronics)
Some stuff that is different:
- We don't have "Mountain Dew Baja" -- it sucks anyways
- We don't have KFC Buffets here, but we didn't go there anyways
- We don't have Hardees -- their food is ok

- It's creepy how you Canadians stack the intersection to make the left turn after the light turns red. And that whole flashing light thing too.
- Electronics are more expensive because they don't have Fry's up there !
- I thought they stopped making Mountain Dew Baja, and yea that stuff is nasty.
- AFAIK, there are no KFC Buffets here (SF Bay Area, California) as well.
- WTF IS A HARDEES?

[Quik]

Anyway, observations about the USA compared to Canada:
- There are a lot more left-turn priority lights, there aren't many at all here
- and other stuff is the same price or more expensive (food, electronics)
Some stuff that is different:
- We don't have "Mountain Dew Baja" -- it sucks anyways
- We don't have KFC Buffets here, but we didn't go there anyways
- We don't have Hardees -- their food is ok

- It's creepy how you Canadians stack the intersection to make the left turn after the light turns red. And that whole flashing light thing too.
- Electronics are more expensive because they don't have Fry's up there !
- I thought they stopped making Mountain Dew Baja, and yea that stuff is nasty.
- AFAIK, there are no KFC Buffets here (SF Bay Area, California) as well.
- WTF IS A HARDEES?

Some lights make you stack and wait for traffic to clear.

Never seen a KFC Buffet. :?

You've never heard of Hardees? We don't have them around here, but you'd think you would have heard of them.

[Ergot]

I've seen KFC Buffet when I was in Oregon and Washington... and nope never heard of Hardees.

[Towelie]

You should come visit Southern California. I guarantee it's a lot better than minnesota

[iago]

- It's creepy how you Canadians stack the intersection to make the left turn after the light turns red. And that whole flashing light thing too.
- Electronics are more expensive because they don't have Fry's up there !
- I thought they stopped making Mountain Dew Baja, and yea that stuff is nasty.
- AFAIK, there are no KFC Buffets here (SF Bay Area, California) as well.
- WTF IS A HARDEES?

Making left turns here is the same as there, except when there's a priority (arrow) light.  And we don't have flashing lights here, but I remember seeing them in BC -- but I don't know what they mean. 

Electronics are more expensive in the US, I mean.  Actually, they're about the same.  I figured it'd be cheaper in the US, but it's not.

[Joe]

Why is aleve illegal? Why don't you have fraternities?

I was in a hurry to leave this morning and read it as "Why is aleve illegal.. don't you have fraternities?", and laughed out loud at the thought of fraternity initiation requiring aleve.

- WTF IS A HARDEES?

McDonalds, basically, plus fat and smell, under a different chain name.

And we don't have flashing lights here, but I remember seeing them in BC -- but I don't know what they mean.

Woohoo, iago is passing out the Driver's Ed exam! A flashing red light (ex: traffic lights) means to stop until it's safe to proceed. A flashing yellow light (ex: by the edges of school zones) means to look out for stuffs that would make you stop. A flashing green light would make me pull over and stop to think for a second.. yeilding until the safety to go has ended?

[rabbit]

Flashing red = stop sign
Flashing yellow = other street has a flashing red

[Killer360]

I was at Minneaplois last month, it's a neat place.

Have you ever been/stayed in Fargo or Grand Forks, iago?

[iago]

Woohoo, iago is passing out the Driver's Ed exam! A flashing red light (ex: traffic lights) means to stop until it's safe to proceed. A flashing yellow light (ex: by the edges of school zones) means to look out for stuffs that would make you stop. A flashing green light would make me pull over and stop to think for a second.. yeilding until the safety to go has ended?

Well, those two happen everywhere, don't they?  A high proportion of our intersections here go to blinking yellow/red at night. 

I was talking about blinking-green, which happens in BC (and probably elsewhere).  I believe a blinking green is an omni-directional priority light, meaning you can go in any direction without worrying about getting interrupted.  But I could be wrong. 

[iago]

I finally got around to uploading pictures: http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/show_category.php?category_id=36

I didn't take much, mostly just in the Mall of America. 

[Sidoh]

http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/show_picture.php?picture_id=265

ROFL.

[iago]

http://www.javaop.com/~ron/ospap/show_picture.php?picture_id=265

ROFL.

Haha yeah.  But isn't that the most perfect picture of that fish, though?  He's like the most photogenic thing in the aquarium, and he has to go jump into my picture!

[Sidoh]

Hahaha.  Damn him!

[disco]

I haven't had a Mountain Dew Baja or been to a KFC Buffet.  Virginia sucks.

The rest of the stuff you said is true about where I live though.  Trying to start a conversation beyond a single comment or small talk would most likely lead people around here to think you were not quite right.  The unwritten rule for walking around here is to not make eye contact, acknowledge the persons existence, and if you are with someone start a pointless conversation to justifiably perform the first two.  GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, MAN!

[iago]

The unwritten rule for walking around here is to not make eye contact, acknowledge the persons existence, and if you are with someone start a pointless conversation to justifiably perform the first two.  GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, MAN!

Haha wow, that's awful.  When I'm walking or riding my bike, I often greet strangers with "good morning/evening/afternoon" or just a simple "hi", and they almost always return it.  Frequently, others will make the first move, it's not like I'm doing something abnormal.