> You're driving along Sacramento, having passed the line that said "Welcome to Sacramento, elevation something big" hundreds of miles ago.

Actually, the elevation in Sacramento is somewhere around 52 feet above sea level, which is a small number. When I moved down here, I thought something was wrong; the idea of elevation having less than four digits was a new concept for me.

> You make a note to talk about it in a Forum post, but don't quite realise that you haven't got anything to talk about.

This reminds me: What about the first sign you saw when you entered the country? And what about the straws?

> "Do you get bands? You know, like music?"

This sounds familiar...

> More cultural differences. I've noticed that Americans tend to issue directions as orders, while normal people give them as information. Example,
>
> "Go to the traffic lights and turn left, then it's the second right and it's on the right." - British
> "You go to the traffic lights and turn left, then you take the second right and it's on the right." - New Zealanderish (ta, BG)
> "You're going to go up the the stop sign and make a left, then you're going to take the second right and you're going to stop on the right." - American

Hm. I must be British at heart, then. What about hand gesturing while giving directions? Does that vary, or is it universal?

> Tune in next week, same bat-time, same bat-URL, for more exciting adventures with

AHEM. WHAT time???

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