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Fundamentally we in the US are rule followers.  We form lines and expect others to do the same.  Nowhere is this more evident than on our roads and highways. Traffic rules, signage, and markings on the road all mean something and we pay attention and obey these meanings.  Sure New York city is a bit crazy, Los Angeles can be a parking lot, and Houston a speedway but in general wherever you… Read More

The first time I went to Russia was in the summer of 1998.  The transition from communism to capitalism was in full swing and the country was in a turmoil.  They even had two monetary systems, the “old” ruble and the “new” ruble, whose value differed by three zeros on the end of the bills.  (They were in the process of transitioning from the old to the new but it was all… Read More