An occasional series of things I love and hate about North America.

The Logging Truck. A thing that I love.

Logging trucks are ENORMOUS, HUGE trucks that are loaded with trees. Obv. Most people are freaked out by logging trucks. But not me. I LOVE them and here is why

• You can hear them from miles back so can prepare to get out of their way / hold tightly on to your handlebars.
• They are very courteous and will pull right over into the other lane unlike certain other drivers (e.g. RV drivers and the children that seem to be allowed to drive in America. How can you let 12 year olds drive?).
• When they pass, they suck and give you a little speed boost.
• Sometimes they toot, well blast, their horn (in a friendly way) and wave.
• If you are lucky and it’s raining, you get a free shower too.

Welcome to the occasional series of 10 things. Here I will tell of the 10 things I love about North America and 10 things I hate about North America

Of course, being Scottish I am naturally full of negativity and moaning (Jeez if you lived in this weather you’d be a bit down too!). So I am kicking the 10 things thing off with a thing I hate.

10 things I hate about North America

Oi! What is it with the date? I hate that, I really do and not just a little. Quite a lot actually!

I arrived at my rental apartment in Arlington last week and I looked on my rental agreement and it said I was actually arriving on the 4th of May. Feck! I booked it wrong, I am going to have to sleep on a bench in the Pentagon City Fashion Mall (no bad thing coz there’s an Apple Store and a …. but I digress).

And then I remember that Americans (and you Canadians are a bit guilty of this too) write the date wrong.

Month, Day, Year. (04/05/2008) What is that about?
It’s Day, Month, Year (05/04/2008). Obviously!
It so very very confusing for us non-North Americans.
Come on people of America and Canada.
Get with the rest of the world.
Get with all those computers. You evented the damn things (well you didn’t actually the Engerlish did that, I’ll give you that you invented the transistor but I digress yet again ….)
Where were we ?
Yes, the computers
You invented their date format dd/mm/yyyy
Get with the machines!

I feel better now that I got that off my chest. Sorry about strongish language. I was upset.