Observações #2

More observations. Blowing one's nose is considered impolite but snuffling is ok. After converting Brazilian money (reais) to dollars, and liters to gallo ns, the price of gasoline is about $4.50 per gallon. Count your blessings, Americans. There is almost no traffic enforcement in Brazil although the police so respond to accidents. In a country full of would be race car drivers, speed is controlled in two ways. Outside of a city there are very regular electronic speed monitors which give automatic tickets so a person going highway speeds has to slow to about 35 miles an hour. These can be every mile. In the city there are continual speed bumps. These can be every 50 yards.The slang name is quebrar molars, or break teeth. My theory that the generations had closer connections with one another was challenged by one of my translators, who said there was actually a lot of conflict.