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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael A. Terrell said:
How do you propose to get into the US without using both?

I have no quibble with US Customs, they are usually courtious and
unobtrusive, the total opposite of the surly bastards at immigration
that's no excuse. if you don't like it, you can find a different
job.

No intention to, I get very well rewarded, and every job has some sort of
shit to put up with.
Sure I do. That's why I stay at home. I've already met enough
ignorant foreign tourists to last me several lifetimes. The bad to good
ratio has been about 20 to 1.

What goes around comes around, US tourists don't have a good reputation
abroad.

Keith
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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The worst part is arrogant tourists who expect us to kiss their ass,
simply because they flew across an ocean. Nt all of them are like that,
but the ones that are leave a foul stench in the air. When I hear how
much better things are in some other country I simply ask them, Why do
you keep coming back?


Funny, that is what is said about american tourists all over the world.
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Les Cargill said:
Mid Florida is not that humid - typical winter humidities are
in the 40-60% range. Maybe a little more. To be honest,
the weather is *VERY* nice here. You must stay hydrated, but
in season, it's gorgeous. It's sub-tropical. "Down South"(Miami)
is fully tropical.

It's a good bit cheaper here as well. We have a couple of
by-Golly Irish pubs and one Scottish one, founded by expats.


Of all people, Jimmy Buffet writes a bit about the
Spanish-American Coast/Caribbean/South American thing a bit, in
travelogue form. His books are a good read.

I cant say that I liked Florida all that much, Key West is an interesting
place but I don't think I 'd like to live there although I wouldn't mind
revisiting it. Miami seemed to be a totally phoney place full of posers and
elderly retirees who flee north as soon as the temperature gets over 75. I
did get a bit interested in buying a house in Cape Canaveral, a nice
waterfront where you could watch the shuttle launch from the back yard, and
at a good price too. If I had to spend the rest of my life in the US though,
I think that it would be on the Oregon coast, the scenery and the people
there were very nice.

Keith
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
Obviously, they have feelings of inferiority or why else would they be
trying to re-balance the books?



Prove it.


Claiming to have won both world wars single handed would be a good start.
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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keithr said:
Jeeze you yanks are very touchy about criticism of you country while feeling
free to criticise the rest of the world.

Some years ago I was was on the 'tube' in London. There were some obviously
American tourists nearby. I was hoping 'please don't say anything crappy' but on
the way out of the station both wives complained about having to walk up steps
instead of there being an escalator. All of about 15 feet rise I'd say.

Both looked like you could power your car for several hundred miles if their
spare fat were turned into motor fuel.

Graham
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
Obviously, there was very little British literature that was critical of
the crown, given that there was no relevant freedom of speech in Britain
at the time. Umm, we hadn't invented it yet... ;-)


More proof of the arrogance and ignorance issue.
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
Most of the world is a very dangerous, illogical place compared to the US.
I admit it, we're spoiled. ;-)


Compared to Detroit? You must be joking.
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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keithr said:
US tourists don't have a good reputation abroad.

LMAO ! I expect they want to find a Wally World everywhere.

Graham
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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keithr said:
Funny, that is what is said about american tourists all over the world.

They typically do a country per day don't they on European trips. Must be very
instructive.

Graham
 
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Eeyore

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny said:
Australia would be a province of Japan and ruled by fascists, were it not
for decades of protection by the US.

I think you got yourself a little confused there. Australia is a Commonwealth
nation not a US state.

Graham
 
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keithr

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
Sue me for pointing out hypocracy and irrationality.


You obviously don't know what "No taxation without representation" means
to Americans.



Australia would be a province of Japan and ruled by fascists, were it not
for decades of protection by the US.


Crap Arnie, it was the Australians who stopped the Japanese in New Guinea,
the only place that they could have invaded from. We also gave shelter to
McArthur after he got his ass womped by the Japs. The US certainly did do
most of the job against the Japs, but the Australians, Chinese, Brits, and
Indians also had a part in it. Oh and a guy called Ho Chi Minh who got quite
pissed off at the Americans who promised to help free his country from the
French after the war if he and his followers helped fight the japs. I think
that the US paid a pretty high price for not fullfilling their part of the
bargain.
 
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terryc

Jan 1, 1970
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:38:52 -0400, Arny Krueger wrote:

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Australia would be a province of Japan and ruled by fascists, were it not
for decades of protection by the US.

Nope, we had stopped them well before you turned up. and we did it with
most of our troops in the Middle East and Europe.
 
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terryc

Jan 1, 1970
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Claiming to have won both world wars single handed would be a good start.

The repulsive part is when the generation that wasn't even born acts like
we owe them everything that is truely repulsive.
 
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Peter Larsen

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny said:
The one exception does not disprove the rule.

This differs between elections on city and county level and on country
level.
Good that the EU has finally figured out what we've had in the US for
just a few hundred years.

The EU is not currently a union state. There are people who want to make it
one and people who do not.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen
 
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Peter Larsen

Jan 1, 1970
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Eeyore said:
Arny Krueger wrote:
I think you got yourself a little confused there. Australia is a
Commonwealth nation not a US state.

Arny is plain right. And you could have had german as your first language,
twice over, and you could have had to learn russian because that could have
been the trade language on the mainland.

If you haven't read Churchill's "The Great War", then please do so - it
should keep you busy for a forthnight and then perhaps we can have a lull in
your postings so that the audio posters will come out of hiding, if there
are any left.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen
 
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Soundhaspriority

Jan 1, 1970
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article [email protected], "Eeyore"
Both looked like you could power your car for several hundred miles if their
spare fat were turned into motor fuel.

Like all of your comments, another completely wrong assertion.

Australians have been proven to be the fattest on the earth - must be all
that welfare that you pump into what are the most unproductive citizenry on
earth. Among other absurdities, the Australian government gives 14 year old
"mothers" $5000 for their baby, which is promptly spent on plasma TV's,
drugs, or beer.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article4171160.ece


http://robertmorein.blogspot.com/


"I don't really have a replacement career, it's a very gnawing thing."

Robert Morein
Dresher, PA
(310) 237-6511
(215) 646-4894
 
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Mike Coatham

Jan 1, 1970
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Eeyore said:
Some years ago I was was on the 'tube' in London. There were some obviously
American tourists nearby. I was hoping 'please don't say anything crappy' but on
the way out of the station both wives complained about having to walk up steps
instead of there being an escalator. All of about 15 feet rise I'd say.

Both looked like you could power your car for several hundred miles if their
spare fat were turned into motor fuel.

Graham
If there was an Olympic Games category for obesity - the Yanks would get
Gold, Silver & Bronze just for turning up.
 
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Iain Churches

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
Most of the world is a very dangerous, illogical place compared to the US.
I admit it, we're spoiled. ;-)

Yes. We have seen the pictures of Detroit:)
 
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Iain Churches

Jan 1, 1970
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Arny Krueger said:
The one exception does not disprove the rule.


Good that the EU has finally figured out what we've had in the US for just
a few hundred years.

Arny. Your direct, simplistic comparison of the
50 states (and 1 district) that make up the USA
with the EU has confused you somewhat.

The 50 states in the US are populated by people
of the same nation (excluding of course the 11
million illegal immigrants:) They all have the
same US passport.

The EU is comprised currently of 27 separate
nations each with its own national identity, flag,
parliament and passport. They are referred to
in the Maastricht Agreement of 1992 as
"sovereign nations". They now make up the
largest economic sector in the world.

As a British citizen living overseas within the EU,
I can, and do, vote in any of those 27 countries
in which I have residence at a permanent address,
for more than six moths in any year.

Iain
 
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