Interesting/good things that never caught on in the US

[stealthn]

Gutters

[3rd_gear_Ted]

Bidets

[pavulon]

TDIs

Everything powered by a Cosworth

DTM

Australian V8 Supercar racing

Isle of Man tt

The Flying Bulls

Pussy Riot

Dodge van racing

[Bill Douglas]

Rhd

[stealthn]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I’m sorry but Steven Tyler has earned any body he has, surviving through all the drugs and stuff throughout the years deserves respect!

https://youtu.be/zthQPe41w24

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It’s official, Bruce’s sex change was a mistake.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by TimBer

Siesta

+1 on the Siesta! That's a tradition I have tried to adopt since I sold our company.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

+1 on the Siesta! That's a tradition I have tried to adopt since I sold our company.

I spent 2 summers in southern Spain, Andalucia. It was odd.

If I went into town later than 11, I was screwed, everything was closed. It didn't open back up until 3. Dinner? The restaurants open at 10pm. It was very interesting to see the culture. I was in college and my dad was in the Navy. I worked in the officer's club doing dishes. Everyone else in the kitchen was a Spanish national. Most of them spoke decent English, but no matter what, the one thing that every one of them was guaranteed to know how to say in English even if they didn't know another phrase or word was "take it easy."

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by 72doug2,2S

If you can add a photo to your contributions, please do.

My first experience with topless beaches was in France in 1986. I'm expecting beautiful women with great tits. However, there were allot of gramdmothers with sagging ones. It was kinda a let down.

[Evans, Marv]

I have a zippered, wallet sized pouch that a fabric shopping bag unfolds from. People where I got it (either Spain or France) took them to the market to do their daily shopping. I always thought it might go over here, except people here usually buy several bags worth when they go shopping. The topless beaches in France weren't anything spectacular, since we have a nude beach right here in the S.D. area. I used to go there in the '70s. AFAIK it's still going strong.

[fxeditor]

Roundabouts! Much more sensible and efficient than 4-way stop intersections.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by fxeditor

Roundabouts! Much more sensible and efficient than 4-way stop intersections.

Argh, do you not have roundabouts. It's all about traffic flow, flow baby, flow.

[RWebb]

as funny as a topless beach in Minnesota...

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stealthn

I’m sorry but Steven Tyler has earned any body he has, surviving through all the drugs and stuff throughout the years deserves respect!

And he can, today, get more hot teen poon than any of us.

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am sensing a trend, Wayner

We had two Australian Au Pairs many years ago. I am not a candy guy but I loved these:



Do yourself a favor!

Do you want me to send you some? Do you know you can use them as straws with milk....Bite off each end and dunk one end in the milk, suck milk through other end. Kids swear by it.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Argh, do you not have roundabouts. It's all about traffic flow, flow baby, flow.

They exist in the northeast US as a semi-common installation and I’ve seen them in a few other locations as well (unusual). The problem is people in the USA don’t know what a “yield” sign means and are incapable of using circles effectively. They either slam on their brakes and treat the merge point as a stop or they just barge in, cutting off traffic already in the circle. Of course there’s never any enforcement either...

Thankfully I don’t live there anymore so I’ll take my occasional 4-way stops.

[livi]

Funny enough no one has mentioned socialism.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Do you want me to send you some? Do you know you can use them as straws with milk....Bite off each end and dunk one end in the milk, suck milk through other end. Kids swear by it.

We might need those soon. Lots of places are outlawing single use plastics like straws.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

And he can, today, get more hot teen poon than any of us.

Grandpa getting "teen poon"
Now that is something we should all look up to and admire....

[WPOZZZ]

Betamax was a much better format than VHS.