I've noticed there was a lot of Americans on Mumsnet lately, so I'm posting this to spook them!

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mummaof0 · 04/07/2024 22:31

Pshhht! Psshht!

I'm armed with an Ameriscram now!

I've noticed there was a lot of Americans on Mumsnet lately, so I'm posting this to spook them!

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LiterallyOnFire · 05/07/2024 09:03

logicisall · 05/07/2024 09:00

My claim to fame is that I once encountered a car coming towards me in a roundabout. I live in the UK!

DdraigGoch · 05/07/2024 09:21

WhichEllie · 05/07/2024 04:16

Don’t be ridiculous. California’s climates are vastly different from the UK’s and many of them are too dry and arid to grow many trees.

According to relatives that live there, due to the drought they have also been encouraging people to plant native plants that won’t take too much water rather than nonnative trees that will require tonnes of it.

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I don't think that the climate is the reason for that hideous mass of concrete.

Saschka · 05/07/2024 10:10

MrsCarson · 05/07/2024 06:48

I'm a Brit (well dual US/UK) those UK massive roundabouts put me in a cold sweat. I have quite happily drive through LA and San Fransisco. They are much better at road signs and don't just have a worn out sign written on the road where they can't be seen and it's a bit too late to change lanes.

Ah, but the advantage of a roundabout is that if you miss your turning you can just go round and round until you work out which exit you need. So I’m told, anyway

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 05/07/2024 12:33

Saschka · 05/07/2024 00:49

To be fair, we put a mini roundabout where you would put a four-way stop in the States or Canada.

No British person has any clue who is meant to move first at a four-way stop sign, so we just sit there politely waiting for the other three cars to go, so we can set off again without hitting anyone.

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There's a 7-way stop where my parents live in the US, somehow it works.

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