> "...Universally Barely User-Perceptable Coriolis Force" spirit
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> Heheh. We *did* talk about that while we were driving around. I don't know if they got around to checking it at their motel.
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> Brunnen-"I was more concerned about the way they kept indicating lane changes by turning on the windscreen wipers ;-)"G

Oh oh. That is of some concern. I know how for North Americans, culture shock extends to driving the cars in NZ and Australia.

All of our friends on this side of the pond considered it our impoverished (and bravely laughable) civic duty to duly warn our folks that: NZ does not have a 1¢ denomination, so don't expect red-tag sale items at $2.99; NZ uses a Direct Current electrical grid rather than AC, so don't go around plugging in a Canadian hairblower; NZ drives on the left-hand side of the road, so when at a T-intersection don't make a blind turn around a hedge directly into an oncoming tractor-trailer! Dangers lie in wait at every turn to besiege the unwary traveller...

Wolf "And my folks are going to be in your country for FIVE WEEKS! Ack" spirit