Public Service for Americans Getting a Driver’s License in Sweden: First of all, if you are new to this process, you need to know that Sweden aims for zero road fatalities and keeping inferior drivers off the road. This means a higher bar for safety than American drivers are used to. I was looking for and could not find tips that distinguish Swedish driving from American. As most Americans (and very few foreigners) realize, there is no one "American" way. Each state has different laws and styles and manners. Well, in Sweden, driving is still quite different than in most if not all the States. Swedes told me simply that Sweden has a ‘different style,’ but no one explained it. The bottom line is go slower and more carefully, with a lot more use of mirrors and head-checks. Also YOU NEED LESSONS. I had been driving 41 years with only one fender-bender and still needed to discover what is different in Sweden through 7 behind-the-wheel lessons, on top of studying what we call ...

How to play the Contract Rummy game called "International Rummy"   The basis of Rummy is collecting sets (ie: 4-4-4 of any suit) or runs (ie: 10-J-Q-K of the same suit) toward a goal. Some Rummy games aim for the least points in your hand and some play for the most points on the table. Contract rummy games aim for a different objective for each round played and count points in your hand at the end. The least points at end of a tournament wins.     International Rummy is fun because it involves more  thinking and strategy than "luck of the draw." Unlike poker, 31 and some other card games, no one ever gets "knocked out" or put on the sidelines. All players stay in until the end, so it's a bit more sociable. Unlike Pinocle and other boxed card games, it uses 2-3 standard decks of 52 cards plus the two jokers each, so materials are easy to find and follow. A scorepad is the only other item needed. Because there are a lot of cards in the hand, some ...