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FETCHER. 05-19-2010 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 869299)
Years ago my uncle went to England on business. He always tells us about the time he got lost and started driving the wrong way in one of those roundabout things (not sure if there's a proper name for it). He didn't know how it worked because we don't have those here! There was also another time when he was in Italy and was driving on one of their highways. He said that everyone seemed to be going faster than an F1 or Nascar racecar and that is normal for them! He also said people were just moving willy-nilly down the road with no lane structure or anything lol. And they don't use carseats for babies and kids there!

Yeah they're called roundabouts :), you's dont have them :eek:? Italians dont use carseats fer real?? :|

Zaqarbal 05-19-2010 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track (Post 869276)
Not a kilo then?

No. It depends of the milk, of course, but let's say there is an important deviation, which has been estimated between 2 and 5 drops. Of course, only an anglosaxon can understand the implications of this serious dairy problem.

Yes, we Europeans are a mess (but, BTW, at least our cows are not so f***ed up).

right-track 05-19-2010 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal (Post 869305)

Yes, we Europeans are a mess (but, BTW, at least our cows are not so f***ed up).

Two cows in a field. One cow says to the other; "Does this mad cow disease worry you?
The second cow replies; "I couldn't give a fuck...I'm a Parrot!"

Burning Down 05-19-2010 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 869303)
Yeah they're called roundabouts :), you's dont have them :eek:? Italians dont use carseats fer real?? :|

There's one roundabout (that I know of) in Montreal, called the Dorval circle. I think it was constructed at a time when there wasn't a lot of traffic to control so today it is a nightmare to use (according to my mom, who is from Montreal). But there are none in Toronto and I don't think there are very many in North America at all.

My mom's friend is married to an Italian man and they went to Naples and then Florence a few years ago when her daughter was a baby. She said that no stores sold any kind of carseats and that her husband kept asking people if they had some kind of child seat they could use. They finally found on that she says was probably 30 years old lol. Apparently seatbelts are rarely used there either. The cars have them but people don't use them, so I'm assuming that people just hold on for dear life to their babies when they drive on the highway/motorway!!

Zer0 05-19-2010 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 869299)
Years ago my uncle went to England on business. He always tells us about the time he got lost and started driving the wrong way in one of those roundabout things (not sure if there's a proper name for it). He didn't know how it worked because we don't have those here! There was also another time when he was in Italy and was driving on one of their highways. He said that everyone seemed to be going faster than an F1 or Nascar racecar and that is normal for them! He also said people were just moving willy-nilly down the road with no lane structure or anything lol. And they don't use carseats for babies and kids there!

You don't have roundabouts over there!!??? :yikes: There's enough roundabouts in my town to make you permanently dizzy.

Zaqarbal 05-19-2010 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 869285)
I dread being in vehicles in foreign countrys, it makes me scared.

That's why you should know the metric system. Once again, we can see the importance of it. Pay attention:



You see?

FETCHER. 05-19-2010 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986 (Post 869314)
You don't have roundabouts over there!!??? :yikes: There's enough roundabouts in my town to make you permanently dizzy.

I live very near a town nicknamed polomint city, you basically come off a roundabout and then go on one :)

NumberNineDream 05-19-2010 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track (Post 869270)
You all realise that the metre is 0.2mm short?

Great for measuring stuff, until it comes to science.

Way to piss on everyone's fire RT. Sacre bleu!

crash_override 05-19-2010 07:13 PM

Some one from Scotland, is this guy for real?


FETCHER. 05-19-2010 07:28 PM

I'd never heard of him, but I laughed, whats for "unreal"? :(


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