After living in the states for so long, there are few things that immediately confuse you in Canada:
We dropped off our kid at class, the teacher asked if she has her gym runners. My wife asks "those are sneakers right?". Teacher says, no, runners.
- Runners are sneakers!
Technically it makes more sense since you are wearing them to run, and not sneak. So now we have to deprogram our American kids to understand that what they have known as sneakers have been runners all along!
- The speed limit!
Driving along and seeing 60 is normal, right?
You come across the border and now it says 100! Obviously thats in km, but my brain is telling me its miles and I start to speed up!
Similarly when you see a sign that says your exit is 2km away, it seems to show up much faster. 2 miles would be 3.2km, Im still getting surprised by exits that show up faster than usual, but that could be because Im driving 100mph.
- The money!
All the bills here are different colors and made from this fancy polymer with see-through hologram parts!
These new polymer bills are said to last 5x longer then paper bills, have more security features, are easier for vending machines and more difficult to counterfeit.
Its kinda weird getting back some change and all the bills are different colors, but its pretty!
- Politics!
Nobody seems to give a shit about local politics, at least not anywhere near the levels as the states where political alignments can destroy families. The biggest story here recently was that old angry grampa Don Cherry said grampa like racist things which you would expect your grampa to say. It was a big scandal in Canadian standards and he lost his job.
In the states this would be been called a Tuesday. Here it was a huge shitfest.
- Gas prices!
Im a bit confused about the gas prices. I am used to paying around $2.xx per gallon in NC. Now its in Liters and I have no idea if its expensive or not! :D
I have only been here a few days, so Im sure there is a lot more coming soon.
We dropped off our kid at class, the teacher asked if she has her gym runners. My wife asks "those are sneakers right?". Teacher says, no, runners.
- Runners are sneakers!
Technically it makes more sense since you are wearing them to run, and not sneak. So now we have to deprogram our American kids to understand that what they have known as sneakers have been runners all along!
- The speed limit!
Driving along and seeing 60 is normal, right?
You come across the border and now it says 100! Obviously thats in km, but my brain is telling me its miles and I start to speed up!
Similarly when you see a sign that says your exit is 2km away, it seems to show up much faster. 2 miles would be 3.2km, Im still getting surprised by exits that show up faster than usual, but that could be because Im driving 100mph.
- The money!
All the bills here are different colors and made from this fancy polymer with see-through hologram parts!
These new polymer bills are said to last 5x longer then paper bills, have more security features, are easier for vending machines and more difficult to counterfeit.
Its kinda weird getting back some change and all the bills are different colors, but its pretty!
- Politics!
Nobody seems to give a shit about local politics, at least not anywhere near the levels as the states where political alignments can destroy families. The biggest story here recently was that old angry grampa Don Cherry said grampa like racist things which you would expect your grampa to say. It was a big scandal in Canadian standards and he lost his job.
In the states this would be been called a Tuesday. Here it was a huge shitfest.
- Gas prices!
Im a bit confused about the gas prices. I am used to paying around $2.xx per gallon in NC. Now its in Liters and I have no idea if its expensive or not! :D
I have only been here a few days, so Im sure there is a lot more coming soon.
