Train bells and Diet Coke

I've noticed something interesting here about those bells that ring at a train crossing. In all the years I lived in the US, I rarely heard those bells ringing. But here, where I've been riding the train for the last 3 weeks, I've noticed that those bells are ringing every time we pass a train crossing. I guess they do things differently in differently countries.

Last Friday night I went out with a bunch of people, mostly Argentines learning English, but also a few Americans. Now, I've noticed that Diet Coke is less popular here than it is in America, and that only women drink it. In fact, last year when I went to lunch with a female friend here in Buenos Aires, I ordered a Diet Coke and she ordered a regular Coke, and the waiter gave her the diet and me the regular. So anyway, on Friday, I was sitting near two guys and they both ordered Diet Cokes. I thought wow, finally I found some guys like me, but I decided not to risk actually saying that just in case. And, sure enough, it came out later that these two men....ahem, "bat for the other team", as they say. Boy did I dodge a bullet there! By the way, I had ordered water to drink.

The apartment I had a lead on fell through, so now I'm back to the drawing board on finding a place to live.