Well, leaf blowers are sold in South America too, but we have supermarket baggers like in the U.S.
Something odd is that gas stations over here are called "service stations", and we get our cars filled (no filling it yourself), oil checked and other niceties - it's so disconcerting for me going to an European gas station (went to one in Vienna).
Wikipedia once again surprised me with the depth of the article on Filling Stations:
Something odd is that gas stations over here are called "service stations", and we get our cars filled (no filling it yourself), oil checked and other niceties - it's so disconcerting for me going to an European gas station (went to one in Vienna).
Wikipedia once again surprised me with the depth of the article on Filling Stations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station
I guess I'd only experienced full service stations before going to Europe.