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Originally posted by Mike AI@Apr 19 2004, 06:57 PM Nah, I have been like this all my life.
people who turn me off:
1) picky eaters
2) people who don't drink
3) people who have nothing to say
4) people who haven't been anywhere
5) people whose George Washington closes the eyes when taken out of the wallet because he hasn't seen a light in 3 years
6) people who don't know the difference between Gogol and Google
7) people who are smart on their own but have to dumb themselves in public to accomodate their better halves
8) people who never read books
9) people with no clue about what's going on in the world and VERY proud of themselves for it
10) add your own,
let's compare notes!
Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Apr 19 2004, 07:06 PM
1) picky eaters
my wife is the pickiest eater I've ever seen...I hate that I can't take her out to a nice restaurant because she doesn't appreciate the food....or will order a fuckin hamburger...gads...
Would that include a total of 2 weeks? or 2 weeks at one stretch?
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Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 06:11 PM Joe,
Not wishing to do a springerdude....
BUT....
I'll bet you whatever you like I have lived in more countries than you.
(Lived = rented appt or home for more than 3 mths)
And visited many more.
Wanna bet?
Do I wanna bet? No thanks. You may well have travelled more than me. If so, congratulations. I respect well travelled people, particularly those who do it independently and at ground level instead of staying at the Hilton and doing guided tours.
I've travelled through 28 countries. Spent well over a year in total on the road.
Lots more to see of course but I'm not doing too badly for 34.
I respect well travelled people, particularly those who do it independently and at ground level instead of staying at the Hilton and doing guided tours.
I 've seen both sides.
From being thrown into a ditch and smothered by my father in Lagos to protect me from a guy driving a petrol tanker into a Gov't building (Yeah there was suicide bombers even then)
Having a stone throwing fight in Tripoli...
To cruising accross the Atlantic in a penthouse on the QE2 at least 8 times
Flown Concorde probably 10 times....
guess which is better?
;-)))
Oh , you wouldn't know...would you?
You've only slummed it.
;-)))
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Gee ... I don't drink any more, but I certainly don't begrude anyone who does, and I am merely waiting for the rest of you to catch up with my consumption total.
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Originally posted by PornoDoggy@Apr 19 2004, 06:30 PM Gee ... I don't drink any more, but I certainly don't begrude anyone who does, and I am merely waiting for the rest of you to catch up with my consumption total.
Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 06:26 PM
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I respect well travelled people, particularly those who do it independently and at ground level instead of staying at the Hilton and doing guided tours.
I 've seen both sides.
From being thrown into a ditch and smothered by my father in Lagos to protect me from a guy driving a petrol tanker into a Gov't building (Yeah there was suicide bombers even then)
Having a stone throwing fight in Tripoli...
To cruising accross the Atlantic in a penthouse on the QE2 at least 8 times
Flown Concorde probably 10 times....
guess which is better?
;-)))
Oh , you wouldn't know...would you?
You've only slummed it.
;-)))
Which is better depends of what you like.
When I travel I prefer to stay in a youth hostel instead of a hotel. I prefer to walk or take the metro instead of catching a cab. I avoid the tourist strips and find places filled with locals. I like to talk to people and find out how those in other countries see the world.
Sure I like slumming it, but I've seen the other side as well. You know nothing about what I can and cannot afford. I just think backpacking is a better way to travel.
Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 06:48 PM
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I like to talk to people and find out how those in other countries see the world.
Fair enough.
How many languages do you speak then?
Only one fluently.
Doesn't mean I can't communicate with people whose native language isn't English. I know a bit of this and a bit of that but unlike the Europeans I grew up in a country that shares no land borders with other nations at a time where there wasn't a big emphasis on learning a second language.
Originally posted by Joe Sixpack@Apr 19 2004, 09:41 PM When I travel I prefer to stay in a youth hostel instead of a hotel. I prefer to walk or take the metro instead of catching a cab.
Translation - you're poor and can't afford better
anyone would rather stay in quality lodgings with all the amenities, traveling first class
Don't even try to justify it
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Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 07:05 PM Fluent?
Profanity, English. and the Yankee Dollar ;-)))
But then I have not professed to have the common touch.
;-)))
as you did here......
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I avoid the tourist strips and find places filled with locals.
I assume you shit there and gawk at them like animals in the zoo as you are unable to speak to them?
;-)))[/quote]
Errrrr... I don't speak to every local.
I speak to those I can communicate with. i.e. those that speak some English. In some instances, other travellers with better language skills, have done some translating. In fact, it's amazing what I've been able to convey even when there's been no language in common.
but unlike the Europeans I grew up in a country that shares no land borders with other nations at a time where there wasn't a big emphasis on learning a second language.
bitterness , jealous ,whining and excusing your own lack of knowledge all in one phrase....
Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 07:14 PM
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but unlike the Europeans I grew up in a country that shares no land borders with other nations at a time where there wasn't a big emphasis on learning a second language.
bitterness , jealous ,whining and excusing your own lack of knowledge all in one phrase....
Very very well done!
There is no bitterness, jealousy or whining in that sentence.
English speaking people or educated and probably upper-middle class foreigners
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In some instances, other travellers with better language skills, have done some translating.
Ah!!! English speaking people or Upper-Middle class Educated people able to speak foreign languages
Funnily enough the EXACT SAME people I tend to talk to before I get back in the Limo and return to my luxurious appt or /The Ritz/Shangthai /Oriental/etc
Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 07:22 PM
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I speak to those I can communicate with
English speaking people or educated and probably upper-middle class foreigners
Quote:
In some instances, other travellers with better language skills, have done some translating.
Ah!!! English speaking people or Upper-Middle class Educated people able to speak foreign languages
Funnily enough the EXACT SAME people I tend to talk to before I get back in the Limo and return to my luxurious appt or /The Ritz/Shangthai /Oriental/etc
;-)))))
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!
;-)))))
You are making a lot of assumptions about socio-economic status and language abilities that are incorrect.
Originally posted by wig@Apr 19 2004, 10:26 PM But in the end, you are still left with a person. None of the people I met ever called me a pussy or questioned my choices. That is the difference between you and me.
Now, i am off to finish my 1997 bottle of Penfolds Grange. The last of a few bottles I sent many of my customers in Oz. ;-))
Good day mate!
WIG you sure are a pussy working on that pussy farm doing pussy hard pussy labor. Now your drinking that pussy assed rich wine.
Joe got no idea about the area you grew up in. I DO! Pussy aint the word I'd use.
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