We learned metric and imperial in tandem at school but i kind just moved myself to mostly metric years ago because imperial is arcane. Also the base measure for inches has been a metric value for decades so it's a complete jerk off at this point.
People in Irelands (yes I mean you but also i'm basing this on driving about 20hrs a week in this country) assumption that the idea is to drive at the speed limit at all times possible really starts to look childish after a few days cycling around the iberian peninsula. I came to the same conclusion last time as well. The portuguese, catalans, spanish, basque drive like adults, and in Ireland people drive like angry, hungry children as a baseline. Like i mean our baseline, basic general approach to driving that we think is normal is actually pretty agressive and irrational.
I've actually kinda started avoiding talking about driving in real life because in Ireland you know the conversation is gonna be essentially based around why the road isn't empty at all times therefore negating the need to interact with others and ending up being in the conversation long enough that i technically validate that doesn't represent my evaluations.
My driving got very dutch influenced a few years ago - in the absence of decent infrastructure, become the infrastructure.
People in Irelands (yes I mean you but also i'm basing this on driving about 20hrs a week in this country) assumption that the idea is to drive at the speed limit at all times possible really starts to look childish after a few days cycling around the iberian peninsula. I came to the same conclusion last time as well. The portuguese, catalans, spanish, basque drive like adults, and in Ireland people drive like angry, hungry children as a baseline. Like i mean our baseline, basic general approach to driving that we think is normal is actually pretty agressive and irrational.
I've actually kinda started avoiding talking about driving in real life because in Ireland you know the conversation is gonna be essentially based around why the road isn't empty at all times therefore negating the need to interact with others and ending up being in the conversation long enough that i technically validate that doesn't represent my evaluations.
My driving got very dutch influenced a few years ago - in the absence of decent infrastructure, become the infrastructure.