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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dosens of Babies sleeping in buggies out in the cold on Danish streets while their moms ate lunch at a cafe inside. Totally unattended. [/quote]

There was a story, about 15 years ago or so?   A couple from Europe (may have been Denmark) was living or visiting in the US, and they did that!   Left the baby in it's stroller asleep while they went into a restaurant to eat.   Of course, the police were called, and they were arrested, but I think in the end charges were dropped....anyone else remember that?  I can't remember what US city this happened in...[/quote]

It was the same in England too.  I was struck by how unwelcome babies were in establishments.  I say this as someone who worked in England as an Au Pair and later had children of my own while living there.

In England you don't necessarily have a bathroom in your hospital room but you do have a tea kettle.

People in England don't look at or greet each other (strangers) in passing.  There's also no small talk.

In Germany people smile at each other in passing.  You had also better not have to pee while driving on the Auto Ban, the rest stop is just a fence with a turnstile into the woods.

The Irish are really polite and will apologize if you accidentally bump into them.

In Canada people don't lock their car doors.

My dad worked in Mexico when I was a kid and we spent a lot of time there.  Dogs ran wild, you can't flush toilet paper, wedding receptions that go into the wee hours of the morning.  How well my  sister and I were treated as girls because I had white blond hair and my sister was a strawberry blond.  Women would often rub our heads and tell our mother how beautiful we were.[/quote]

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