[savoche]

It's warmed up! It's now -32C. It was -35C when I got up this morning.

Lucky you! I'm melting over here with around 0C!

Just wanted to append a couple of informative maps for our Brother and Sisters Up Over. Of course, if we did move Australia over here, the whole centre of the United States would be desert surrounded by brush fires but what the heck.

Hey, you're right - the US is quite big.

[Jean Poitiers]

'Baccy' is what hillbillies chew?

Nope. That's ta-backy, y'all ...

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... Talk to me about studded tyres: I've never heard of such things ...

Well ...



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... Hey, you're right - the US is quite big.

Hey ... you left out Hawaii. Not fair.

[savoche]

Hey ... you left out Hawaii. Not fair.

There was no room...

[Jean Poitiers]

There was no room...

OK ... never mind (again).

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Here's crowded for ya ... but still no Hawaii.

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[VoiceOfReason]

They forgot Alaska and Hawaii.

[savoche]

They forgot Alaska and Hawaii.

Bah, even Congo is bigger than Alaska.

I believe Hawaii may, by mistake I'm sure, have been dropped into Lake Victoria. So sorry...

[VoiceOfReason]

Hey, at least they don't have the sheer awesome of Team America! Besides, if we were to fall the Evil Hocir would have free reign, and that isn't good for Freedom.

[Racer X 69]

Both in South Africa and here in New Zealand, the usage of words around car terminology can be quite different from the USA: (I prefer the USA terminology - possibly because I've owned a number of American cars.)

What kind of American cars?

Were they converted to right hand drive?

Oh, and I have known other people who were not from the US who had American cars, but still used the terminology peculiar to their country of origin. You are unique in that you use the US lingo like you do.

UK / RSA / NZ USA
bonnet hood
hood top

Interesting how for some the hood is the roof, and for others it is the portion of the car that covers the engine compartment (when the engine is in the front).

petrol gasoline/gas

Well, gasoline is a petroleum derivative.

And in some places don't they call it benzine?

hub cap wheel cover

Actually I have used hub cap most of my days. Sure, I have used wheel cover, but very rarely. Yep, hub cap it is for me, as it usually covers the hub.

I suppose that if it is used in the center, and does not go fully to the edges of the wheel it can be just a hub cap. Conversely, if it covers the entire wheel then it would be a wheel cover.

This could actually be used universally, everywhere.

boot trunk

When I had a car (sedan) that had a trunk I would place my boots in it, rather than on the floor behind the front seat. But my current daily driver is a Subaru Legacy wagon, and it does not have a trunk.



And my Datsun 240Z doesn't have a trunk either. (Either one, red or brown)

cubby hole glove compartment

Over the course of my life I have heard both terms used. My dad used them interchangeably.

pavement sidewalk

This is an automotive term?

I would think one may have trouble with the police if they were driving on the sidewalk.

Best to keep the wheels on the pavement!

reverse back up

We place the transmission (gearbox) in reverse to back up.

It's a strange world we live in.

Indeed!

[Racer X 69]

"Bakkie" in Afrikaans can also mean small container or bowl, and I suspect that has been transferred to cars having a "bowl" in the back for carrying stuff.

And we all know about "stuff". George told us so.

You Tube

You Tube

[Racer X 69]

It's not that we don't have snow, we just have really terrible snow. Earlier this year, we had a big dump, but then it warmed up, rained, and we've since had a cold snap which means that the base is rock solid ice, currently covered by these cardboardy-windblown formations. Aaand it's currently -15-20ºC, windy and dry. Yay.

I have skied on slopes where this has happened.

It sucks.

The surface is hard like concrete. Making turns is difficult at best. It is rough and bumpy. The constant bouncing and jagged cutting of the edges of the skis as they try (often in vain) to bite the ice is extremely tiring and quite hard on the body.

Oh, and don't fall.

You won't stop until you arrive at the bottom of the hill, somewhere near the lift line where other intrepid skiers are waiting to take another grueling pass down the slopes.

[Pioneer]

Wow, geography lessons and all.

I propose we remove the current warning about satire and call this an educational thread.

:LOL

[Parallax]

This thread has ALWAYS (well, after the first few pages) been educational.

[Racer X 69]

Well ...

Nice!

Looks like the kind of tires that would go perfect with this jacket!

[Racer X 69]

Wow, geography lessons and all.

I propose we remove the current warning about satire and call this an educational thread.

:LOL

I second that motion!

[Pioneer]

Nope. That's ta-backy, y'all ...

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Well ...



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Hey ... you left out Hawaii. Not fair.

Not sure I would want to use those tires out here. One quick spin through the countryside and you would be prying dead rabbits out of those tires for weeks. Talk about road kill potential!!