[Magdalen] Car quirks / was Re: Is the Pub closed?

[Marion Thompson]

Lovely reminiscences!

Marion, a pilgrim

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From: ME Michaud
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:47 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Car quirks / was Re: Is the Pub closed?

I remember accompanying a faculty wife from Dublin on an American shopping
trip.
Told her she might need an umbrella.
"Oh, it's just a little rain," she said.
"Well, it's a little rain in Ireland, but here it's more as if someone's
flinging buckets of cold water at you."

Also when we went to the department marked Career Dresses,
she took a sober look around and asked,
"What career would that be, now?"

And I remember driving out of London toward a friend's house in Burford.
Our landlady stood on the curb/kerb, wringing her handkerchief,
crying "Think Left, gells! Think Left!"
-M

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> My GPS automatically goes to night mode when it thins it should do so in
> your current
> Yes, I've found that in rental cars which are all more modern than my 2007
> Chevrolet Matiz.The first one I picked up (when coming to you, Lynn) I
> didn't know how to operate the windows when I got to the barrier after
> collecting the car and then it was "where are the wipers?" in the first
> American shower I had experienced. They are a LOT heavier than we have them
> over here. That, and missing the turn within the airport complex so needing
> to find a parking lot somewhere to recalibrate made for an interesting
> journey (and a later than planned arrival) for my first experience driving
> a car with the steering wheel on the left. I'm much more confident now and
> even managed stick-shift in Norway.
>
>