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The British Virgin Island of Tortola, whilst driving on the left, practically all drive American cars. So you have the crazy situation of left hand drive vehicles driving on the left hand side of the road. Tortola has often been dubbed the 51st State of the Union. But they would never consider changing.
Did you know that, on September 3rd 1967 at precisely five am, Sweden stopped driving on the left and started driving on the right?
I bet a lot of toilet tissue was sold that day!
 
The British Virgin Island of Tortola, whilst driving on the left, practically all drive American cars. So you have the crazy situation of left hand drive vehicles driving on the left hand side of the road. Tortola has often been dubbed the 51st State of the Union. But they would never consider changing.
Did you know that, on September 3rd 1967 at precisely five am, Sweden stopped driving on the left and started driving on the right?
I bet a lot of toilet tissue was sold that day!
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All of these countries drive on the left..

The Americas
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Falkland Islands
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • Montserrat
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • US Virgin Islands
Africa
  • Botswana
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
Oceania
  • Australia
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji
  • Kiribati
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Solomon Islands
  • Samoa
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
Asia
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Hong Kong
  • Indonesia
  • India
  • Japan
  • Macao
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Europe
    United Kingdom
    • Channel Islands (including Jersey and Guernsey)
    • Cyprus
    • Ireland
    • Isle of Man
    • Malta
Thanks for this list, Holly.

When we went with another couple to the scantly populated island of Rarotonga (part of the Cook Island chain) in the early 90s, we rented a car for a few days. Although in our early thirties (so at peak brain power), it was still quite confusing. Thank goodness there was almost nobody else on the road because we sometimes wound up in the incorrect lane when making a turn.

Based on that, when took our children for a New Zealand holiday in 1994 we did NOT rent a car. Rarotonga was a good lesson that being behind the wheel in a left driving country wasn't fully safe to us or anyone else on the road. When in the Caribbean or other left driving countries, again, no car rental for us.

Merely adjusting to unfamiliar driving laws, language and local customs (why is nobody else coming to a complete stop at that sign?) is a massive challenge. Even navigating unfamiliar towns and cities in one's own country requires maximum focus at all times.
 
What am I doing today? On the phone getting final instructions for our local elections voting polls on Tuesday. We have several new options, redistricting, and other issues to handle.
That being said, I am looking forward to another day of being a certified inspector and working with the community to have a successful turnout. It's my duty, and I respect our American ways! Turn out and vote, people!
 
The British Virgin Island of Tortola, whilst driving on the left, practically all drive American cars. So you have the crazy situation of left hand drive vehicles driving on the left hand side of the road. Tortola has often been dubbed the 51st State of the Union. But they would never consider changing.
Did you know that, on September 3rd 1967 at precisely five am, Sweden stopped driving on the left and started driving on the right?
I bet a lot of toilet tissue was sold that day!
Can't say I've ever heard of Tortola being referred to that way. Puerto Rico, yes, but Tortola? Not even once.
Other than cruisers, Tortola is barely even on most Americans' radar.
 
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Thanks for this list, Holly.

When we went with another couple to the scantly populated island of Rarotonga (part of the Cook Island chain) in the early 90s, we rented a car for a few days. Although in our early thirties (so at peak brain power), it was still quite confusing. Thank goodness there was almost nobody else on the road because we sometimes wound up in the incorrect lane when making a turn.

Based on that, when took our children for a New Zealand holiday in 1994 we did NOT rent a car. Rarotonga was a good lesson that being behind the wheel in a left driving country wasn't fully safe to us or anyone else on the road. When in the Caribbean or other left driving countries, again, no car rental for us.

Merely adjusting to unfamiliar driving laws, language and local customs (why is nobody else coming to a complete stop at that sign?) is a massive challenge. Even navigating unfamiliar towns and cities in one's own country requires maximum focus at all times.
You're welcome SS, and I so agree about the difficulty at times when changing mind set to drive on the other side of the road.. When I lived in Spain full time, I got so used to dribving on the right, that when I came back to the UK for several days every few months I had to literally tell myself to remember that the middle line in the road is on my right and not on my left... and to remember to go around a roundabout anti-clockwise, and not clockwise.. and I made a mistake oneday in town.. fortunately it was a small r/a , and my husband quickly corrected me.. but yes it's something that needs great concentration..
 
Kind of. I remember the windshield wipers are on that too so I would click the signal and my wipers would go on instead.
my car which is a manual has that same/similar indicator stick.. my left /right signals are on it (up or down)... push it forward for windscreen wash.. pull it back for the rear windscreen wash... twist the end handle for the lights.. although the full beam is on the dash..
 
It's been a busy few days. Had our baby grandson for a couple of overnights. We love having time with him, but get almost nothing else done when we're watching him. Yesterday we went to DDs to celebrate her birthday.

Along with all of this, we've been trying to train the new dog, which is a challenge. He's housebroken, yes, but not in a way that's fully workable for us because he doesn't know how to signal that he needs to go out. Also, he's quite averse to toileting in our back yard and DH & I are not interested in going for a 1/4 mile walk every time the dog needs to potty.

He's not interested in treats and is still quite shy. Praise falls on mostly deaf ears and attempting to reward him with treats is a no-go. He rarely accepts a treat - even meat - from our hands.

Poor guy has been traumatized. Our vet felt heavy scarring under the skin on his back toward his hind end, meaning he was either severely beaten ( :mad: :cry:) or in an accident. No scarring on the outside, so it wasn't a dog fight or other situation that would have broken the skin.

Given all that he's been through, it's not surprising that he's slow to warm up and is extraordinarily uncomfortable when people walk behind him. So uncomfortable that he walks sideways if one of us is next to him or in front of him, and the other is behind him. He keeps a wary eye on on all humans within, pardon the expression, striking zone. We'll work on that over time.

On the positive front, at the two week mark we're seeing clear progress. He lets us pet him and seems to increasingly enjoy it. He's also gotten used to our daughter's dog and went with us to our daughter's house yesterday and appeared to be reasonably comfortable there. He's slow to warm up to strangers but hasn't a mean or aggressive bone in his body. He veers between a little fearful and completely indifferent to strangers - both animal and human. We brought DD's dog home with us to help demonstrate the ropes to Ozzy and be a four legged companion.
 
yes and I doubt there will be any chance of you driving or even travelling to other countries, so probably widening your knowledge would indeed be boring for you..:rolleyes:
I widen my knowledge on a regular basis, just because I may not always step into another country with my feet, doesn’t mean I’m not or will not widen my knowledge…..like I mentioned…..I seldom get bored…..think I might go visit the Virgin Islands later.😊.

Thanks for the list….you put some time in constructing it……
Learned that when I was in school, many moons ago…….and I still remember.πŸ˜‰πŸ˜Š.

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Relaxing mostly. May start reading the book my DD gave me for birthday (the keyboard i'm using was an early present last week because my old one died and i couldn't get my little blue tooth one to link as i had in the past.).

The book? "Still Just a Geek, an Annotated Memoir" by Wil Wheaton. She knows how much i respect and like that kid and since this is an updated version of his original memoir that simply contains more info she thought that a good choice.

Maybe watch some movies. Yesterday the temps never got out of the 60's, but this morning dawned sunny. Which i need today. While i'll pop in on Social Media sites, don't plan on engaging in any 'heavy' discussions of any kind, any where.
 
I widen my knowledge on a regular basis, just because I may not always step into another country with my feet, doesn’t mean I’m not or will not widen my knowledge…..like I mentioned…..I seldom get bored…..think I might go visit the Virgin Islands later.😊.

Thanks for the list….you put some time in constructing it……
Learned that when I was in school, many moons ago…….and I still remember.πŸ˜‰πŸ˜Š.

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You made the point that you needed to be bored before reading the list.. which would have widened your knowledge about there being more countries other than this one who drive on the left... so ergo, if you have to be bored before learning anything , and you're by your own admission 'rarely bored''..the conclusion can only be that you know very little.. END of this Topic!! ..before I put you on ignore!
 
All of these countries drive on the left..

The Americas
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Falkland Islands
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • Montserrat
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • US Virgin Islands
Africa
  • Botswana
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
Oceania
  • Australia
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji
  • Kiribati
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Solomon Islands
  • Samoa
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
Asia
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Hong Kong
  • Indonesia
  • India
  • Japan
  • Macao
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Europe
    United Kingdom
    • Channel Islands (including Jersey and Guernsey)
    • Cyprus
    • Ireland
    • Isle of Man
    • Malta
Fascinating. Thanks for posting this list, Holly. :geek:
And that other historical relevant post, was very interesting, too.
Thank you for that one, @horseless carriage :)
 
My daughter has just got off the phone, she bought a Land Rover Ladies Mountain bike a few months ago so she could use it half the week to cycle to work rather than drive due to the cost of fuel now... and today she's offered to give the bike to me if I want it because she's bought an electric bike instead which will give her the opportunity to use it manual for exercise which she's always keen on, and use electric when there's a head wind..

I Haven't been on a bike for years, but I've always thought I should get back on for the exercise alone.. so this is an ideal opportunity to try..if it's not for me then we'll sell it, it's a good brand of bike..

I'll be going up to visit her in a few weeks time, so I'll have a little try of it then, and bring it back home in my car if I choose to have it..

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I don't store anything in my matching suitcases.. they're all in the attic, and as I usually travel often during the year it would be a real Bind to have to empty them everytime I wanted to use them
I don't travel, keep the suitcases in very large closet. They are very good for storing blankets, comforters, bedspreads when I change things out. Keeps them clean and dust free. Then when I need them they are ready to go!
 
Not much,,still recovering.
Must take longer being 80?
My mother's health was failing in her 90s and she developed a cold that kept worsening. A compassionate ER doc explained to me that our bodies are like rubber bands. When new, we typically snap back quickly from illness and injury with little or no obvious residual effects. Over the years, like rubber bands, that ability become slacker, brittler, less stretchy and visibly less resilient.

This doctor explained that after over 90 years of stretching and rebounding, my mother's body's ability to recover was almost nil. A few years earlier my (then) toddler grandson broke his leg and needed a cast for only a couple of weeks before healing completely. The difference in their respective expected ability to recover from fairly minor body insults was dramatic.

So yes, with age it takes longer for us to recover, but recover we can. We just have to bear in mind that our bodies aren't what they once were.
 
Except for Doctors' appointments, today is like every other day, my Hubby is driving me crazy. He wants to go to the supermarket. I told him I would order the food and we could just pick it up outside of the store or even have it delivered tomorrow. Of course, he said "NO". Now mind you he isn't a teenager and can't walk well and has medical conditions. Did I mention that he has a head as hard as a rock?
 

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