Posted: 2/26/2008 2:27:07 PM EDT
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Since I've been here a little while here are some positives and a few negatives I have noticed about the country. The Good: Mail service-your postal service puts ours to shame, it's fast, cheap and reliable Road signs-almost no stop signs, but rather "yield" signs or as you say "give way", roundabouts are good too Road construction-you have the courtesy to post signs warning of impending road closures, and you have nice automated signal devices for working road crews Grocery stores-good variety and good quality produce and meat at a decent price There are more, I'm sure they'll come to me later and I'll edit them in. The Bad: Roads-atrocious, especially here in the fens where I live, no shoulders, improperly banked turns, poorly engineered Water taps-why oh why haven't you discovered the wonders of warm water in the bathroom?  Closets-what are those?  Airfare-why is it 100 pounds more to fly from NY-London and back than from London-NY and back? (same dates and airline)  Railroad crossings with manually operated crossbars? What the hell? I'm sure it's some union protectionism at work but when I'm on my way to work and in a hurry the extra 2 minutes it takes the station guy to walk downstairs and open the gates matters. Overall it's not a bad place to live, though I do miss my guns. I'll be taking a holiday every so often to visit them and shoot all the new ones I have been buying while over here.  |
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Go on tell us, how many times have you found yourself driving on the right-hand-side of the road ? The poor road layout is probably just because its quite a rural location, but the basic layout/path of lots of roads in rural areas are can be quite ancient. Stretches of the A1 dual-carriageway actually follow the path of roads built by the Romans. |
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You know after the initial break in period I haven't had the temptation to drive on the other side. Having a right hand drive car probably helps with that. I do admit walking up to my car on the wrong side when in the carpark on many occasions, that's a harder habit to break.
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...and the last maintenance done by them 
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