I'm off to North America, bai

[ForceStealer]

- says 4-way stops require concentration/attention as a contrast to roundabouts

And right on red makes perfect sense if no one's coming. It's efficient.

No argument with you on the highways, though. I envy you your countrymen's adherence to lane rules.

 

[Cthulhu]

Roundabouts > traffic lights, you don't need to wait for nothing if there's nothing coming, and shit.

 

[Jason Tandro]

Lex, you're a regular Ernest Hemingway. You should retire to Key West when this is all done and publish your stories. Can I recommend a title for the first book? The Gay Man and the Sea (of Gaynadians)?

Anyways, glad you're having fun.

Vis a vis round-abouts. One lane roundabouts are fine- preferable even. What throws me for a loop is when we hit these double-lane clover leaf Roundabout thingies... reminds me very much of the scene from Spongebob.

"The Dreaded Double-Roundabout. On your port ye yield, on your starboard they yield to you. And when you're in the middle it's every man for themselves and the Devil take the rest!"

 

[Lex]

I'm starting to see what my cousins are talking about with how people tend to respond to not understanding what you say with either pretence or ignorance XD. Like it's not rudeness, it's just that if you're having a conversation and they don't understand you, they'll just kind of assume something/ walk away. Last night I was asking this bartender a question and he was like "yeah totally!" which is an inappropriate response to "what do Canadians normally mix with southern comfort".

Went to a Chinese restaurant today called Mandarin, that was delish.

Oh I didn't hook up with the dude, he's talking to me on Grindr though. I was horrendously drunk last night so I've had a bad hangover today. Heading to some gay bars in Toronto which might be slightly awkward because my straight cousin and cousin's fiancée who live here are kinda being dragged with me. Not tonight, just some time before I leave.

I actually find the proper Canadian accent super endearing to listen to. My cousin's fiancée's cousin's boyfriend (lol) was working in Saskatchewan for four months and he was right into all the "blah blah blah, eh" chat, I was loving it. I imagine that's more of a rural/suburban thing? Being this close to New York State obviously has an effect on how some people speak here in the Niagara region.

Oh, flags everywhere, on houses, on cars.

 

[Keveh Kins]

gaynadians

This is my new favourite portmanteau

 

[Lex]

OMG guys

I've been invited to Jones Pond campground by a 6 foot American who apparently owns a 39 foot RV XD XD XD

Apparently this is a male-only all-gay campsite in the wilderness of New York State. I've never heard the like of it in my life!

 

[Channy]

He was tattood and stuff. A lot of them wear vests and have tattoos. What's that all about. I thought this was Canada not the Bronx. Hot as fuck though, boner central

Kinda drunk

Surprised you haven't come across much plaid flannel though that could just be BC/AB

I'm starting to see what my cousins are talking about with how people tend to respond to not understanding what you say with either pretence or ignorance XD. Like it's not rudeness, it's just that if you're having a conversation and they don't understand you, they'll just kind of assume something/ walk away. Last night I was asking this bartender a question and he was like "yeah totally!" which is an inappropriate response to "what do Canadians normally mix with southern comfort".

Also that's not just Canadians that's a 'partially deaf/you're too quiet but I don't want to brush you off completely' response.

 

[Carlie]

I've never heard of that either, you have to do it!

 

[Tennyo]

OMG guys

I've been invited to Jones Pond campground by a 6 foot American who apparently owns a 39 foot RV XD XD XD

Apparently this is a male-only all-gay campsite in the wilderness of New York State. I've never heard the like of it in my life!

Are you going to do it?

 

[Lex]

I'll probably meet him for a coffee, but am I going to cross the border into the US and travel hours to a stranger's "39 foot RV" and stay the night in the wilderness in a foreign country? No, that'd be really dumb. Even for me, and I've done some stupid shit for men XD.

 

[Lex]

Oh yeah, all your wall sockets/outlets are incredibly shit. Not only are plugs pretty flimsy, but it takes three times as long to charge my phone because of the voltage difference! If I'm watching something while charging it, the battery actually goes DOWN. While it's plugged in! Madness.

 

[Cthulhu]

and he was like "yeah totally!" which is an inappropriate response to "what do Canadians normally mix with southern comfort".

That's probably because you asked "Whot duu Caneediens normally mex whet sotherrn comfert?" Most people only sorta know movie!Scottish, it is known.

 

[Fangu]

^ coffee
in my nose

 

[ForceStealer]

Oh yeah, all your wall sockets/outlets are incredibly shit. Not only are plugs pretty flimsy, but it takes three times as long to charge my phone because of the voltage difference! If I'm watching something while charging it, the battery actually goes DOWN. While it's plugged in! Madness.

Japan's are even weaker. At least there's no risk of frying your stuff.

 

[Tennyo]

If I'm watching something while charging it, the battery actually goes DOWN. While it's plugged in! Madness.

If this is happening to you then you probably need a new battery.

Unless Canadian outlets are a lower voltage than Murican ones?

 

[Channy]

No, we're not THAT different.

though admittedly Joe DID ask if our outlets were the same as Murican ones

 

[Joe]

Travel the world some and you'll find a lot of countries have outlets of all shapes and sizes. I wanted to be sure the adapter I had was fine.

Or would you rather I assumed Canada and America are just the same in every way?

 

[Channy]

Everyone already does, so

 

[Cthulhu]

I don't, 'Murca doesn't apologise

 

[Tennyo]

You've never been to Minnesota, which is basically just American Canada.

 

[Channy]

Do you have maple syrup?

 

[AvecAloes]

Who doesn't, though?

 

[Channy]

Englandians.

 

[AvecAloes]

Those poor souls.

 

[Lex]

Hey! I'll have you know my polite Scottish hasn't been misunderstood once here aside from that time XD. I'm actually better at communicating than most of my family who have lived here, they don't seem to yield with their accents at all. Although there's a perpetual barrier in pubs when you ask for something like "a Jack Daniels n' coke" and they provide you with a straight jack Daniels and a pint of coke

We hired a 6-seater pickup truck today to cross the border into the US tomorrow. It has a 5.7 litre engine. Since petrol is so cheap I'm convinced the crazy/unnecessary engine sizes are just to get people to buy more of it.