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Quack, quack, quack…
Yes, gear up and gear down…
When I lived in Japan when I was in the Army you could by nice low mileage used Japanese cars really cheap because of their inspection laws which US service members were exempt from. When the cars were 4 or 5 years old it was cheaper to buy a new car than to get the 'old' one up to the inspection standards. There wasn't much of a market for used Japanese cars with the right hand drive and most of them were shipped to third world countries for resale. I bought a 4 year old Mazda SGS (Mazda 6) sedan for about $1,000.
You could always tell who the new arrivals were when they would go to their car in the parking lot and got to open the left door to get in to drive the car. They would realize the mistake and sheepishly look around to see if anyone noticed.
We all did it for a week or two when we arrived there. It was a right of passage.
After living there for 3 1/2 years when I got back to the US I had to relearn to use the left door.
First thing I drove was a 1959 Fordson Power Major, I was about 8 and it took two feet and all my bodyweight to depress the clutch, never had a problem with left or right hand drive but got caught out more than a few times walking up to the wrong side to drive.
Black Sox
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Not if you bring your blues and twos, them others will get out of your way.
Agreed, from a native RHD driver.
Bristol-Cruiser
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It was the norm for the 15 passenger minivans (Toyota Hiace and the like) to be exported to former British islands in the Caribbean when inspection time came. They were generally still in quite good shape when you rode in one in Grenada or St Vincent. After quite a few years they would be send to former British colonies in Africa (still left side driving). I rode in them numerous times when volunteering in Lesotho which is quite mountainous and poor. I remember one time with a full load (they did not start their run until full) we could not get up a steep section of road. The conductor jumped out with a rock he had and put it behind one of the tires. After a minute or so, we got going again, with the quite substantial rock left on the road for subsequent vehicles to deal with. Oh, the good times.
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My worst problem is turning on the windshield wipes every time I reach for the turn signal stalk...
Mike in Seattle
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Point Break
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I would never……in a million years…… have any prepared food delivered by anybody……I’ve seen some of those uber folks. Except pizza of course……
chester
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i saw a 7-11 add that suggested you have slurpees delivered...slurpees.
Point Break
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If you have ever seen the inside of a slurpee machine you’d skip one entirely. 😳
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New airline seating concept:
I assume this is intended for ocean crossing. Airlines already find flip times in the airport to be a rate limiting step, so I doubt they will be too keen having people swinging carry on bags to the upper deck for most travel, smashing each other in the process.New airline seating concept:
They can find a crack team of parkour enthusiasts to demonstrate evacuation to the FDA so safety won’t be a concern.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says O.J. Simpson was nearly cast in 'The Terminator' but producers didn't think he could 'be sold as a killing machine'
https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-oj-simpson-terminator-killing-machine-2023-6
https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-oj-simpson-terminator-killing-machine-2023-6
