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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Sunday, February 26, 2006 11:47:25 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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P.S. Careful readers will note there are no questions in this FAQ file.
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Bugger.
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+!Tips for the Yankees (Americans).
+*Speaking of __tips__, __tipping__ (as in paying an extra amount of money for services rendered) is not part of our culture.
+*Electricity -
+**Mains voltage is __230 Volts @ 50Hz__.
+**Switches - __Up__ for __Off__, __Down__ for __On__.
+*Driving -
+**Vehicles are typically __right hand drive__ (Left Hand Drive vehicles used to be helpful when driving drunk).
+**You drive on the __left hand__ side of the road.
+**Usually, you give way to your __right__ (don't worry too much, that rule is usually forgotten here).
+**If you damage your car, go to a __panel beater__ (a __bodyshop__ is a shop for women's pampering stuff - you know, soaps and smelly stuff).
+**A __rotary__ is a car made by __Mazda__ (eg. RX7), the round traffic island is called a __roundabout__.
+**Oh yeah, go around the roundaboud __clockwise__ and giveway to those __on__ the roundabout.
+**Speed is measured in __kilometres per hour (KM/H)__.
+**A __garage__ is typically where cars are stored, a __petrol station__, however, is where you fill your car up, __gas__ comes in two forms, __CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)__ and __LPG (Liquified Petrolleum Gas)__, __petrol__ [OTOH] is what most cars run on. A car nowadays gets fixed at a __workshop__ (other than panelbeating).
