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When I was a kid, my family would travel to the United States every year or two. We would visit friends or family or just find some new and exciting place to settle down for a short vacation. I always enjoyed this trips to the U.S. but noted some peculiarities about American culture. This tends to surprise Americans, but things really are quite a bit different up here in the Great White North.

So here I present to you a look at Sixteen Things I Hate About America (And A Few Things I Love).

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Here’s a list of twenty five neat items I’ve found that can save a lot of money, along with their cost and the amount of time that it will take before their extra cost is paid for by their utility. Since they’re gizmos, they make for great gift ideas, plus you can use the argument that “this will save money” when suggesting the purchase of one of these items to your significant other. In fact, I actually started this list as justification to my wife for a few items I wanted to buy for myself.

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Here’s the top 5:

1. Volkswagen, “Think Small”, Doyle Dane Bernbach, 1959
2. Coca-Cola, “The pause that refreshes”, D’Arcy Co., 1929
3. Marlboro, The Marlboro Man, Leo Burnett Co., 1955
4. Nike, “Just do it”, Wieden & Kennedy, 1988
5. McDonald’s, “You deserve a break today”, Needham, Harper & Steers, 1971

See the list here.