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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 22:02:07 GMT
So, they will be able to home print guns too now.
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Post by Big Blue on Jul 11, 2018 22:23:24 GMT
I really can see no reason to visit the USA ever again in my life, my parents having left as residents in 1989.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 8:21:06 GMT
The US - a nation governed against the best interests of its citizens.
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 12, 2018 12:37:06 GMT
I really can see no reason to visit the USA ever again in my life, my parents having left as residents in 1989. There's 200+ years of history and some fascinating geography to see there. Put aside the politics and is an amazing country to explore; personally I can't wait to go back there
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 13:04:54 GMT
The place has some fascinating places to visit and some truly epic people throughout history. The various pre columbus visits are being chronicled with opening the truly original colonies for visitors. They do make for truly daft legislation at times and the proliferation of citizens with guns makes crime almost seem moot. Worth visiting, probably.
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Post by Big Blue on Jul 12, 2018 22:06:24 GMT
I really can see no reason to visit the USA ever again in my life, my parents having left as residents in 1989. There's 200+ years of history and some fascinating geography to see there. Put aside the politics and is an amazing country to explore; personally I can't wait to go back there
Don't get me wrong: I spent over two weeks every Christmas and 8+ weeks every summer there between 1981 and 1988; been to 14 states, both coasts, national parks, DC, all the major cities, sports venues, theme parks, museums etc. As a teen in the '80s it was fabulous but it holds zero fascination to me now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 23:02:48 GMT
I used to have a list of places to visit and some of them like the Yosemite national park, the top deck of the Empire State building to name but a few now hold little interest. I see a lot of things I used to hold as important as little more than a page from a dream. Nice but not essential and the walls literally going up overnight, returning the US to the isolationist policy's of the twenties and thirties possibly is a big influence. Trying to come up with things to do in the second half of this year and most of them are in the UK, perhaps it is me who is an isolationist. Apparently the big 60 is something to make a fuss about in the minds of friends but what? Bungee jumping from the top of the Gherkin might lead to sudden and irresistible events like gaining a set of extra lobes for my ears and a high pitch to name but a few. Wow, too much information?
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 13, 2018 7:20:20 GMT
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I understand where you are coming from... and these days thanks to the wonders of Google Earth and Satellite View, youcan generate you own virtual experience.
However, there's still something special about being there in person.
I don't know what special intersts/hobbies you have, but could you plan a trip around one of them? Maybe visit the Vulcan or the new V&A in Dundee or take a tflight on the London Eye (or whatever it's now called)? I'll turn 60 next year but haven't thought of planning a trip to mark the occasion. I wish I could afford to retire at 60 like my late father did, but as things stand at the moment I don't even know if I'll be able to retire at the current prescribed age of 66.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 13, 2018 9:01:03 GMT
^ I understand where you are coming from... and these days thanks to the wonders of Google Earth and Satellite View, youcan generate you own virtual experience. However, there's still something special about being there in person. I don't know what special intersts/hobbies you have, but could you plan a trip around one of them? Maybe visit the Vulcan or the new V&A in Dundee or take a tflight on the London Eye (or whatever it's now called)? I'll turn 60 next year but haven't thought of planning a trip to mark the occasion. I wish I could afford to retire at 60 like my late father did, but as things stand at the moment I don't even know if I'll be able to retire at the current prescribed age of 66. I've got a friend who has been living and working in Italy for the last 25 years and she's been told she won't get her pension until she's 74. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 11:30:34 GMT
Italy looks to be in a slightly less extreme version of the Greeks financially speaking. Domino's time and not the pizza people.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 13, 2018 12:05:06 GMT
Italy looks to be in a slightly less extreme version of the Greeks financially speaking. Domino's time and not the pizza people. Interestingly, when I went to pay the bill at the end of our annual stay at our favourite Greek hotel, the owner asked if I could do a direct BACS transfer from my current account to his account in the UK. I reckon that's not going through the books... |
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 13, 2018 12:16:17 GMT
Italy looks to be in a slightly less extreme version of the Greeks financially speaking. Domino's time and not the pizza people. Interestingly, when I went to pay the bill at the end of our annual stay at our favourite Greek hotel, the owner asked if I could do a direct BACS transfer from my current account to his account in the UK. I reckon that's not going through the books... When we went to Tuscany a few years ago the owner of the property we were renting asked for payment in cash because his card payment facility was "broken"... |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 13, 2018 12:36:03 GMT
Interestingly, when I went to pay the bill at the end of our annual stay at our favourite Greek hotel, the owner asked if I could do a direct BACS transfer from my current account to his account in the UK. I reckon that's not going through the books... When we went to Tuscany a few years ago the owner of the property we were renting asked for payment in cash because his card payment facility was "broken"... It's often a cash flow problem. A friend's wife runs a hairdressing salon and most payments are made by card now. If they are running short of operating cash while they are waiting for the money from the bank they will often say their card machine is broken and ask for payment in cash. |
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