UK - US : te little differences

I figure it'd be a waste of money to do that here. 8 months out of the year, they'd be covered with snow, or worn away by studded tires.

But I have never seen (or noticed) them driving around the Lower 48. Hm.

I was in London a few years ago and some of the more noticeable differences were as follows:

-Awesome accents. In 2 weeks, I was thinking with the accent. I had to consciously suppress the urge to let it escape from my mouth.

-Drivers. Yikes. That about covers it. ("Proper side of the road" my ass)

-Funny obsession with the metric system. Yea, it makes more scientific sense and is really easy to figure out, but it's still weird.

-Friggin coins. What's with all the coinage in the currency?? (Ok, aside from saving the cost of making more paper money while being able to circulate the metal stuff forever)

-Food. Yea, I lost weight in London. The only thing that London food had going for it was Fanta, which wasn't in the US at the time and actually tasted good over there.

-Lack of American cars. There were a few, but not many. You know, I think you guys are on to something...

I was in a diner in Truckee, thinking "I love the waitress and if she wasn't half my age I'd propose and live here for ever." She gave our table some milk and I said "That's great, cheers!", and she looked at me, and said "wait, did you just say "Is that grapefruit?"?".

"No you daft cunt, GREAT!"

God, the most irritating thing was having to pay extra tax on top of what the price said! Why can't you just add it into the price so I don't forget and count out the right change and then realise i have to pay extra! grrr!

And whats the deal with jay walking! If I want to take my life into my own hands I will thanks!