Curiosities

When looking at buying a home in England/Wales, we discovered that British code for light switches in bathrooms and kitchens (where there are water sources) is different from the US. Light switches are required to be on a pull cord as an extra precaution against electrical conduction should a person have wet hands. 

We thought it was just in old-fashioned, outdated homes, but no, it's everywhere.

I've also learned that chips in England are what we call 'steak fries' in the U.S. and fries in England are what we call 'shoestring fries' (hope I got it right). 

Dale's pub meal of pie and chips

Also, what people in the U.K. regard as frigid weather, is balmy to Mainers (spot the Maine-iac in the photo below)

Country roads are so narrow (looking more like a driveway for a single home than a public road), and constricted by hedgerows as to make one feel as if you're on a luge course, with no way out till you get to the end (or an intersection).

And, unlike the U.S., the first ingredient listed in mayonnaise is rapeseed oil, NOT SOY OIL! Ah, lovely!