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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 05:41 AM Original message |
Some observations on my trip to the US |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. HAHAHAHA!!!! |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 07:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I don't know about an A |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Those five were my initial impressions--hit me like a ton of bricks |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:32 AM Original message |
I saw 2 SUVs my whole time in Switzerland last year... |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. Unfortunately, even the European car makers have their SUV brands |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
101. I saw a single Hummer in London |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I assume you didn't get out of the urban or suburban areas. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I fed an elk some corn about three minutes ago |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. A roundabout is what we call a circle, and they've been around for years |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. aka |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
105. Hey! |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
108. Roundabouts exist in the east but are a very new thing |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
135. Buffalo, NY was designed around them - quite beautiful, too. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. #6: there are recycling bins in Boston |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. #10: rotaries, or 'roundabouts' are everywhere in Massachusetts |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
75. "Death circles." |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #75 |
98. those in the circle have right of way, signal off |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #98 |
128. I got no problem with them. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
73. hold on |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #73 |
99. The US is the world's cadillac of chain restaurants |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #73 |
126. I think s/he meant that there is virtually no recycling in PUBLIC places- |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
133. One small point: The stuff IS recycled - at the garbage dump. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
143. I take issue w/ #6 |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
79. internat'l tourism into America up 12 percent in 2004 |
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Flammable Materials (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #79 |
96. One reason and one reason only to visit America. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Your prices are actually quite high |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #100 |
109. The only place I ever saw Coffee Mate being used in the US |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Most Starbucks not genetically modified. most local cafes use |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
145. Hey! I take that personally..... |
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Speed8098 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I assume |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Ex Pat, long time between visits |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
120. Oh that's rich |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Speaking as a Brit, I think your post is rather too zenophobic |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. British tyrants like Sod and George Galloway will be punished by |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Speaking as an American, xeonphobic is spelled with an "x" |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Speaking as an American, "xenophobic" is spelled "xenophobic" |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. You have a problem with all those American flags flying? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. It used to be the Germans who were seen to be fat, arrogant, guttural |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm a German-American |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. My dad is pretty good at tipping |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I exagerate. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. "good" is relative |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Tipping in America--another timewarp |
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murielkane (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
97. Supposedly the portions are big because the food itself is cheap |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:13 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. I could typically get half a pheasant, just shot, with all the trimmings, |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #97 |
111. It definitely doesn't go into wages |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Surely you jest. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Something I think |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. spot on on selection of cereal and other products |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Did you got to Boston or NYC? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Did you order Freedom Fries? They taste similar to French Fries.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 06:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. but contain more yummy trans fats and plutonium. Good for you foods! |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. We also have some good media |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. There is no cable news,...it's all cable "views". |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. excellent point |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
69. A.K.A. "Nuzak" |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. I love the Beatles, but I'm still PISSED about Bananrama |
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seg4527 (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. i happen to like the serving sizes |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. The human body was not designed to eat that much food |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. If you're going to restaurants where ranch dressing is a choice |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Isn't "ranch" America's salad dressing of choice? |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
85. hardly |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Personally, I prefer a dab of mustard mixed w/balsamic and olive oil |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
147. WHO DARES CHALLENGE THE HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH? |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
118. Is "shape" Brits' idea of dessert? |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
114. What I do is |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. While I agree... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'd love to read your report of |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. You're pretty much spot on. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. forgive me |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Thank you for a dose of Made in America |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. short trip or just short-sighted ? |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Well |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. Hmm. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. In Europe one doesn't have to "try" to avoid the plastic and artificial |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Well, for fucks sake, why did you make the trip? |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. death in the family |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Family owned is a way of life in many urban areas here. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I'll have to give the East Coast a closer look one day |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Boston looks a lot like Europe-it was founded in 1620 |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. In many ways, it's a shame that the country wasn't actually divided |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. It's more of a rural-urban divide than North-South |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
45. a few points from an American who has travelled extensively abroad |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. on point #5, how long were you in any of those countries? |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
104. I wasn't in any of those countries more than a week. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
125. well see, there it is right there, what you said. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
51. God Save the Queen! |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. The OP is an ex-pat married to a Brit |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Uh, no, you don't. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. What of the royalty though? Didnt the house of Windsor facilitate WWI too? |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. fresh basil is also important to me |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
59. Thanks for the visit. Now if only... |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:11 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Several countries in Europe have large community swimming pools |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. we have all that shit |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #77 |
103. In some countries in Europe, cities the size of 100,000 have more than one |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #103 |
110. Annapolis is about 40,000 people |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
82. Where the heck did you visit? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
112. that is what I said |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #82 |
134. Out here in OK (and texas, too, I suspect) public pools, especially |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #82 |
138. I live in east bumfuck.... |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
60. Still some beautiful parts of the country to see.. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. agreed |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. state by state variation |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. And, there are still a handful of mom and pops |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
65. Odd that you decry all the excesses of corporatization... |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Dobbs was so nauseating, as were others on CNN, that I had to hit "off" |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
70. Hey---Don't come back then! |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. love it or leave it--how quaint |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. well, no one wants to listen to a person who bitches constantly |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. I brought up five salient points that struck me about the US |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #83 |
95. well I made a point that I am sick of |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #95 |
136. ummm, for the umpteenth time, he's NOT a European. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. Yes, he wants it both ways. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #72 |
140. It's not "love it or leave it" since you've obviously already left.... |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #70 |
115. Or he could come back occassionally and complain...his choice |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #115 |
123. or if you don't like it |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
74. Thanks for the use of the board, DU |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
78. I wish we had a network full of Lou Dobbs instead of a network full of |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:48 AM Response to Reply #78 |
88. I agree |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
80. I found your observations interesting |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:48 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. I agree. What the US needs to be about is COMMUNITY |
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neweurope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
81. Just why is it that in most American's opinion you cannot |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. OTOH, he dismissed a lot of our points, too |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. What was positive about America is becoming a thing of the past |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #81 |
137. Some of us are also busy correcting his misinformed pronouncements. |
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Stirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
86. Yes, well- Brits have the worst Mexican restaurants on the planet. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Why stop at Mexican restaurants? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
89. Don't Vanity Posts Like This Belong In The Lounge? n/t |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:50 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. It's hit 90 posts now |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Whatever. n/t |
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MS68 (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
106. Preaching to the choir |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #106 |
142. Exactly |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
107. where did you visit? |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #107 |
117. Yes |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
113. Glad I left the US last week |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
119. there are things that Europe does better than America |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Hey! Some of us Massholes can drive! |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. just a tip |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Haha! |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. yup |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. I really missed DD when I lived in Pittsburgh |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:02 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. yeah |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
129. It Isn't A Culture Of Excess. It's A Culture Of Gigantism. |
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stpalm (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
132. so, where did you visit? |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
139. Bleh |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
144. Was recently in London and France. Re. you post: |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
146. I'm sorry... |
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