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Off Topic Chat => The Conversation Parlor => Topic started by: Joshua Robinson on December 28, 2012, 04:56:22 AM
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I am thinking of visiting America After I finish Year 12 and was wondering a few things About America. Keep in mind I have looked online and Don't know where to look as of this point in time.
Firstly, Americans drive on the right hand side of the road and Australians drive on the left hand side.
Would I have to do American tests to get an American license just to drive on the right hand side of the road? also, if I got pulled over would I go to Jail if I was driving with my Australian license?
Thanks for the help people!
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Josh, if you have an Australian license, you do not need an American license to drive in the USA.
You need to visit LA it's absolutely awesome, go to the Magic Apple in Studio City while your there. It's the best magic shop that side of the Mississippi. Go to Las Vegas in Nevada and then head over to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. San Diego is beautiful and Chicago is pretty awesome apparently. New York is dynamic and go to Tannens (the best magic shop, that side of the Mississippi)
If you can get to the Caribbean, go!
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Well, J&T, technically the Caribbean isn't part of the United States of America, just North America!
While an Australian license is adequate for driving on the road, you do need to know the rules of the road wherever you're driving. In the US, ignorance of the law isn't considered an adequate legal defense! Fortunately for you, the laws in most states are similar enough that you don't need to know every last state's picayune differences - pick the one or two states where you plan to do the most driving and obtain a drivers' handbook for those states. Most state DMVs (Department of Motor Vehicles) will distribute them free in person and you can probably access PDFs of them online.
BTW: we don't just drive on the right, we also use the English system on the roads, with speed limits in miles per hours (MPH) instead of km/h. All road signs are in miles as well. Legally, we were supposed to switch to the metric system in the late 1980s but the law signed by President Ford was "conveniently" forgotten due to the cost of the conversion. On the plus side for you, though, is that practically all current-issue cars in the US have sub-markings on the speedometer in km/h, allowing you to use it like a conversion scale.
What exactly did you have in mind for your grand trip, in terms of what you wanted to do, where you wanted to go, what your goal (or lack thereof) may be...? Depending on your destination, it's entirely possible that a car may not even be necessary.
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Well, I'd most likely start in Manhattan, Kansas, John B and I were talking last night and I said I need to visit America after Year 12. He said visit him and we'd go on a massive road trip. don't know the details lol
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Kansas? Wow, I am from the 'midwest' and I dont even want to go to Kansas.
Are you sure you don't mean Manhattan, New York...
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No, Manhattan, Kansas. that's the town John B Lives in and he said we would start there for obvious reasons :P
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No, Manhattan, Kansas. that's the town John B Lives in and he said we would start there for obvious reasons :P
Trying out new things, new genders, I see.
In all seriousness:
NYC, Vegas, Orlando, San Diego, Los Angeles, anywhere in Texas, Grand Canyon, and then point to a random city in the midwest and go there (all identical).
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No, Manhattan, Kansas. that's the town John B Lives in and he said we would start there for obvious reasons :P
Trying out new things, new genders, I see.
In all seriousness:
NYC, Vegas, Orlando, San Diego, Los Angeles, anywhere in Texas, Grand Canyon, and then point to a random city in the midwest and go there (all identical).
How can you leave out places like San Francisco, Key West, CANADA...? Toronto's great and it's barely over the border from New York, spitting distance from Niagara Falls. Washington, DC is fine if you have a reason to go, like a good exhibit at the Smithsonian, the cherry blossom festival or something similar. And I've heard that Vancouver's an awesome place to visit, if you guys happen to work your way through Washington State to check out Seattle (another awesome place to visit, I've been told). And a trip through the US isn't complete without a visit to a blue city in a red state - Austin, Texas!
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I gotta plug home...If you like low key, good BBQ and being able to walk around with a beer, check out Savannah Georgia. Its big on tourism so there is plenty of shopping, restaurants and stuff to see. Downside is the humidity is hell but its 15min from the ocean...also no card/magic shops. (anyone wanna team up and fix this?)
If you have the means check out the book "road trip usa" by Jamie Jensen. It has some great road attractions and killer routes that go coast to coast.
http://www.roadtripusa.com/
Don is right, check out Austin. It's a hippie town surrounded by red meat and guns. It's awesome!
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Hey Josh, if we are dong a road trip then I could just drive. So its all good. and ya know guys, I am from the country. I know what to hit up. Just about everywhere. lol
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Hey Josh, if we are dong a road trip then I could just drive. So its all good. and ya know guys, I am from the country. I know what to hit up. Just about everywhere. lol
On a big-ass road trip, it's ALWAYS best to have more than one driver. Even if he is from somewhere that the water goes down the toilet backwards! :))
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I feel I missed the joke there. Though, I have a few other americans who would be joining.
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I feel I missed the joke there. Though, I have a few other americans who would be joining.
Due to the peculiarities of the Earth's rotation and gravity, water swirls down drains clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere (including Australia)... And they wonder why we're running out of scientists and scientific engineers... :))
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So its bad that I dont notice how the water in my toliet goes down? ok., And I only have a high school education. sorry.
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So its bad that I dont notice how the water in my toliet goes down? ok., And I only have a high school education. sorry.
It's not too late for college! :))
Have fun on your trip.
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no its not to late, but I am not going. I pursing magic as a career.
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no its not to late, but I am not going. I pursing magic as a career.
Well, there are b-school classes that could make the difference between a so-so career and a huge one. As well as one or two colleges here that allow you to make your own degree - recently I heard of a graduate with a BA in Magic. Or was it a BFA? I forget...
Many working magicians will tell you that having college under your belt is a smart decision.
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Well as of right now I could not do college, magic, and work full time. I am putting a 100% into magic and if it does not go well I will try college. And whats this about a degree in magic? I never heard that you could.
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Well as of right now I could not do college, magic, and work full time. I am putting a 100% into magic and if it does not go well I will try college. And whats this about a degree in magic? I never heard that you could.
I saw an article about it somewhere. Try a Google search.
There's also schooling that isn't college - investing in professional instruction through some of the more reputable schools of magic. I heard McBride operates a school in Las Vegas.
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Yea, I know of mcbrides. If I had the money to live up there and take his classes I would, but as of now I am not. And I can not find that article. I did a few google searches.
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Yea, I know of mcbrides. If I had the money to live up there and take his classes I would, but as of now I am not. And I can not find that article. I did a few google searches.
A single Google search for "college degree in magic" turned up articles in the second and third links referencing this source article from the Ellusionist blog:
http://blog.ellusionist.com/indiana-student-nations-only-magic-major/
And there's a link in that post to a more detailed article about the man and his degree from his school's student-run newspaper.
http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=75169
You need to learn research skills if you're going to be a truly awesome magician... :))
EDIT: there are more articles in the school's paper - search for the magician's name, Jordan Goldklang.
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Sorry Don, you do better research i guess. lol and hmm this is interesting. I dont know how I would go about doing this myself though. Though we might make a new thread, since this is suppose to be about traveling to america.