Snowy greetings to my Aussie friends, especially - I had to grin seeing this.
In Germany the "right" side is the right lane, in Australia the left.
Stand on the escalator?
In Germany... doesn´t matter, peeps are dumb - in Australia they´re more efficient - stand to the...
.... so others in a hurry can pass by you easily, clever, eh?
Loo? Go to a loo. D'oh. The first day I always try to turn the handle the wrong way.
Same when I´m back in Germany (not that we went (!!! hello, Corinna) to pubs that often).
ALDI?! What?! Now, what, left or right?!
Right, in both countries - last time I was in Perth, maybe they´ve changed that, those stubborn Germans. Unlike all other stores... German rule!
I remember an E-mail from a Perth friend, two actually, in a straight row.
She went to ALDI.
And complained.
She had to buy a bag!!! She had to pack her grocery herself!!! (huhh, really....)
Next mail: THE TROLLEY DID COST MONEY!!!! (you don´t say)
I read the mail(s) in my lunch break and that icky, curious colleague... boy, he "died" not knowing what I´m giggling about.
So, walking through the nasty winter weather to the market yesterday....
... I smiled thinking of the craziness of left and right.
Since I broke my arm and had to do everything with my left hand for 6+ months I mix that up anyways, left and right.
And booooy, I remember first time I sat at the wheel here...
Surprisingly the left hand manages the gears quite quickly as you at least have the same system.
But at first I thought, nah. Can´t change gears with my left hand!
Fun times, coming back to Germany and turn right - yahaaa! I - it was luckily Ingo´s old village with few cars - I ended up on the wrong side of the road (oh, come on. 7 months on the "wrong" side, "right"?)
Went with a friend on a country road and there was a roundabout at a construction site (roundabouts are very rare in Germany).
No other car.
Didn´t know what to do!!!! Which direction? (Would be irrelevant as there was no other car but my friend needed to tell me - the "overly correct German"...).
When we tried to sell our car in Freo '99 there was the USS Constellation (you know, that "lille boat") open to public and we all wanted to get in from the left. The US marines got nuts... from the RIGHT!!! LOL (No they were super-friendly, but a tad tired of telling everybody: wrong direction!).
Know what I mean?
Henry 🦁? Confused...
He stays in Braunschweig and will roam the city come New Year´s on the "right" side of the road making sure everyone is home safely (pic: at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Text: 1166 erected by (Duke) Henry The Lion as symbol of his might and jurisdiction.)
Addendum: And. Weee ...
They assume winter 1977/78 might return. I remember that. The snow shoveled to the side was that high, on the way to school I could not see the street!
And yes. We.went.to.school.
What in summer was a 5-minutes-walk was a "tad longer" and many wore socks over their boots in a weird hope it won´t be as slippery.
Oh, please not again.
Even Ingo could not see the streets, and he is not really small and he was already 13 years old.
Hope this is not the beginning, but the end! They advise people to stay home and if they MUST drive, take a blanket, hot drinks, enough fuel. Don´t go into the woods, can be life-threatening... Glad Ingo has a day off tomorrow.
(00:30 a.m.: SUPER BOWL 🏈)
But, "sunny side": Corinna is a bit banned from the news due to the weather-warnings.
10:51 a.m.:
21 comments:
Snow is the best possible weather of all.
May I... kinda... disagree? 😉 🥶
Heavy snow here. For the first time in years. The whole country is disorganized, disrupted. But that was already the case because of corona
Lockdown, curfew,utterly disturbed people protesting the government's measures, snow...
Yup - and it keeps snowing!!
...after all of these years driving on the right, I would have a hard driving on the left.
Fun post. We have more snow coming today and several storms predicted for the week ahead. AUGH!!! We're on the right here but people do make a fuss on stairs if you're on the wrong side. I guess it's being efficient. Happy rest of your weekend! hugs-Erika
Tom, yes, I always check double.
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Erika, wish for fun times coming back and eeeek, it won´t stop snowing.
Glad your peeps are more efficient than the ones here - a happy Sunday, hugs!
we actually got a little bit of snow yesterday but the worse to come is very very frigid temps brrrr stay warm and safe
Yes.Dito, keeps snowing here, ugh.
Oh I remember the first time in France, I could never drive there I would have an accident for sure! The snow looks so pretty Iris but can so see how it would lose it's appeal after a while. Weather here perfect at the moment. Did you see the picture of the firefighters I shared on my home Facebook page today, or was it yesterday. I bet if you looked hard enough you would see Marty 😉
Grace, you learn, and then get used to it!!!!
Oh, I didn´t find Marty, Bro will have to make me new glasses 😉
I chuckled at your pic of the escalator. When I was in London in 1969, I stood on the left side. A man behind me said, "Make a move, looove." I finally figured out that he wanted me to stand on the right side so he could walk past me. Haha.
gigi, us tourists, huh!
Lots more snow than we have now!
I lived in heavy snow country most of my life here in the US. I don't now and don't want to ever again. LOL Stay home and stay warm.
I would have been frightened if I woke up to the wee monster with the snow head. :)
Haha, I know exactly what you mean about left and right. I never had any problems until I visited America and found they did everything "the wrong way"! But, of course, they think it is us who are back to front. What a funny world we live in :)
omg standing to the left, yes! People just don't get it here, sometimes if i'm out walking people think they go the right so you end up doing that silly dodging dance until you both get it right.
Sweet winter sights. I'm sure it's not that sweet when you have to make a run to the market. 😬 :)
I hope you are taking good care. :)
RedPat, yupp, Hubby is staying home today - we have even more snow!
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Nicole, I so understand - 1 month, 1 week and 3 days till spring!
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Bill, you should see him now. Oh, sorry, you can´t!
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Margaret, yes, LOL! Luckily the brain learns quickly, I know that IF I was in Madely and want to cross the streeet, look to the RIGHT first!
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Amy, yes, that dance! LOL, so it´s all YOU GUYS I´m doing that with here ;-)
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dee, a run it wasn´t really, LOL!
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