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Location: Kansai, JAPAN
Okay, I didn't follow this topic as closely as I should have. I guess I assumed Bisqwit wasn't going to update throughout his trip.
Croton-Harmon? My mind is blown. That's where I grew up
Nope, unfortunately not. In fact, Croton-Harmon was just a passing-through for me...
Ironically, I don't seem to be able to escape hot weathers. It is 26..28 degrees Celsius here now. Quite much the same as it was in New York (at the lowest). However, the air here is less humid (and less polluted, too).
Joined: 10/27/2004
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Location: Making an escape
Warp wrote:
Two mans, two womans, their wifes, and a bunch of childs on the tips of their foots watched how the mouses, the deers, the sheeps, the wolfs and the gooses were separated into both halfs of the cage, showing their tooths, and cutting tomatos, cactuses and loafs of bread using knifes to solve the phenomenons caused by the many crisises, the focuses of all their attention.
Teacher: "Irwin, what is the plural for ox?"
Irwin: "Oxen. The farmer used his oxen."
Teacher: "Brian?"
Brian: "What?!"
Teacher: "What is the plural for box?"
Brian: "Boxen. I bought two boxen of donuts."
Teacher: "No, Brian, no. Let's try another one. Irwin, what is the plural for goose?"
Irwin: "Geese. I saw a flock... of geese."
Teacher: "Brian?"
Brian: "...?! What...?!"
Teacher: "What is the plural for moose?"
Brian: "Moosen! I saw a flock of moosen. There are many of them. Many much moosen! Out in the woods. In the woodses! In the woodsen! The meese want the food. Food is to eaten-s-en! The meese want the food in the wooden-s-en!!--"
Teacher: "Brian, Brian. You're an imbecile."
Brian: "...Imbecilen."
Gotta love Brian Regan.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
My family took a vacation to the East Coast of US, beginning July 11 and ending July 30 (today). I consider travel days as part of the vacation.
I was in New York from July 16 to July 18. My visits included the World Trade Center, Chinatown, Natural History Museum, Central Park, Times Square and a tour boat ride that took me near the Statue of Liberty. Thoughts:
- It is very hot. Being a West Coast Canadian (moderate temperatures), the difference is unsettling.
- I'm amazed at the number of Québécois visiting the US East Coast.
- New York downtown is super hectic. The subway is no different. It made visits to Washington DC and Philadelphia feel so much quieter.
- It feels strange looking at the void that two skyscrapers used to occupy 7 years ago. Most of it is now construction work.
- Chinatown is just like any other Chinatown I've seen. The surprise here is a restaurant strangely named "New Big Wang" (the Chinese name was 新大汪 or something; I'm not sure of the last word). By the way, about half of the dinners on the vacation were spent in Chinese restaurants, partly because of our Chinese association.
- Natural History Museum had a lot to learn, but it cost some money. I would take free-admission Washington museums any day.
- I didn't find the Statue of Liberty that interesting.
Other stops were Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlantic City (NJ), Yale and Princeton Universities, and Shenandoah National Park.
I'll post some pictures later if I can.
Bisqwit wrote:
Today I received the decision from the insurance company regarding my statements about the two cameras that suffered ill fate.
I read what happened and it's too bad that you lost your camera. I have a habit of checking where I was to make sure I never leave anything. I even check it over and over, to the point of the habit being an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Just to clear up a question: I did not see Bisqwit.
I had Internet all the way up to July 11; after that, I only had limited access (from privileges given by hotels). For security reasons, I don't reveal the vacation until it is over; hence the lack of posting. I don't have time to post much either.
Meeting Internet acquaintances in real life wasn't an option. Plus, I would rather keep Internet acquaintances as they are.
Joined: 5/2/2006
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Just got back from my first ever trip to europe, and I was interested to notice the other side of a few things you mentioned.
Soda really is cheap in the states, as most of the places I went to eat it cost as much as beer.
Also, it seems that hotels in europe dont have the same fixation of TV that american ones do, only 1 out of 5 different hotels had more then 10 channels, one had no TV at all.
Also, what does that continent have against ice? We take it as a given in the states that if you order a coke, it comes cold and on ice. Not so lucky overseas.
Also, what does that continent have against ice? We take it as a given in the states that if you order a coke, it comes cold and on ice. Not so lucky overseas.
I can't speak for rest of the continent, but at least in Finland when you buy a coke you're asked if you wish to have ice or not.
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( Pratchett & Gaiman: Good Omens )
Just got back from my first ever trip to europe, and I was interested to notice the other side of a few things you mentioned.
Soda really is cheap in the states, as most of the places I went to eat it cost as much as beer.
Also, it seems that hotels in europe dont have the same fixation of TV that american ones do, only 1 out of 5 different hotels had more then 10 channels, one had no TV at all.
Also, what does that continent have against ice? We take it as a given in the states that if you order a coke, it comes cold and on ice. Not so lucky overseas.
I guess it makes some sense for Americans considering what it's like where they're from, but yeah comparing Sweden to Spain or whatever is like comparing.. apples to oranges. USA to Canada. Fabian to jimsfriend. etc
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Location: the secret cow level
I just got back from the Gaspé Peninsula. The parts of Canada I've been to really aren't that different from the US. The signs look different, and you hear a lot of French instead of Spanish, but really it may as well be the same thing.
Joined: 5/2/2006
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Location: Boulder, CO
Cpadolf wrote:
Why do people always speak about Europe as if it is a country...
Because of the Euro, and lax restrictions on moving between the countries. It surprised me how the boarders in Europe were almost totally unregulated. Even the US Canada boarder has more security and regulation then any of the ones I crossed. Traveling through countries in Europe feels more like moving between states in the US at least in terms of the difficulty in doing so.
Which countries did you visit?
I spent time in Frankfurt Germany, Paris France, and Rome, Italy. Took the chunnel to spend 1 day in London as well.
I was also surprised what was actually on the 10 available channels on TV. It seems that several channels in Germany in particular had nothing on but dubbed versions of "According to Jim" and other generic sitcoms. One would hope that if you are bothering to dub American TV you could at least pick some of the shows that don't suck.
One would hope that if you are bothering to dub American TV you could at least pick some of the shows that don't suck.
but those would be expensive, right? We've got quite a few of those cheap channels: old movies, re-runs, cheap dubs, barely own productions, too much commercials.
Oh the other hand you got those channels with their own productions: annoying talk-shows, court-shows where people scream at each other for an hour and other things that make the commercial breaks seem like a pleasant change.
I don't own a TV, and each time I visit my parents and get the chance to watch, I get bored or worse. There may be a few gems here and there, but it seems to me they're becoming increasingly rare.
More observations about NYC in general:
-- Women have big tits. This may sound weird coming from me, but really, compared to Europeans, women in NYC have bigger tits. Though in all fairness, they have larger asses too. Nevertheless, even though I'm not a person to stare at women's breasts (in fact, I'm less interested of that particular section in woman anatomy than an average male is), I can't help but be unsettled when I notice a young (black) woman whose chest around the breasts is literally twice as big as it's 15 cm down from that section. I wonder how she manages her life. She must be stared at a lot.
This thread is worthless without pics.
Seriously though, I think it's the high rate of obesity; did you notice that the women with big tits also tended to be fat?
