my experiences in the U.S. were nice. I met wonderful people, of course, therefore I was going there, and of course I met also some people of who we in Europe think that it are typical Americans (cowboy hat, white socks in sandals, eating big hamburgers, etc).
It is a matter of what you want to see. The american flag that I saw in practically every house didnt bother me, but silly enough later, back home, some people told me that they found it so weird, patriotic.
I looked at the pics and realized that the flags were there, well, I must say that I have lovely friends in the US, and it is of course ashame that the politics and some others make such a bad name for their country, but in fact that counts for many countries.
If it comes to freedom of speech and on equal treatment of everyone, I see no difference. Here people also live in and from the street, that's there the same
And assholes are everywhere, even in the US :)
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To Erin and Miss James - Glad I brought a smile to your faces. I admit I'd forgotten I'd posted that, because it was made during one of those ill-advised visits to the Internet whilst being completely pissed. Still, at least I didn't make any typos (amazingly) and I stand by every word.
Amanda - Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
I didn't get to visit your state and it's fabulous arch. And I do hope to visit again someday, this time doing the top-half of the country!
Crazy Little Thing - Can't say I'd ever heard of Alexis de Tocqueville, but after checking him out on Wikipedia I say to thee "ithankyou".
Slap the P - Thanks very much. Never underestimate the power of posting whilst your're drunk.
Lisser - Me too. And I hope you get to travel too! As I said, I can understand why so many Americans don't wander too far from their country's borders, but it still saddens me that they don't. There's so much world out there...
Amanda - Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
I didn't get to visit your state and it's fabulous arch. And I do hope to visit again someday, this time doing the top-half of the country!
Crazy Little Thing - Can't say I'd ever heard of Alexis de Tocqueville, but after checking him out on Wikipedia I say to thee "ithankyou".
Slap the P - Thanks very much. Never underestimate the power of posting whilst your're drunk.
Lisser - Me too. And I hope you get to travel too! As I said, I can understand why so many Americans don't wander too far from their country's borders, but it still saddens me that they don't. There's so much world out there...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bohardy wrote: [/QUOTENAME] As I said, I can understand why so many Americans don't wander too far from their country's borders, but it still saddens me that they don't. There's so much world out there...[/QUOTE]
You're right again!
Wait a minute... Are you drunk again?
You're right again!
Wait a minute... Are you drunk again?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bohardy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]To Erin and Miss James - Glad I brought a smile to your faces. I admit I'd forgotten I'd posted that, because it was made during one of those ill-advised visits to the Internet whilst being completely pissed. Still, at least I didn't make any typos (amazingly) and I stand by every word.
Amanda - Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
I didn't get to visit your state and it's fabulous arch. And I do hope to visit again someday, this time doing the top-half of the country!
Crazy Little Thing - Can't say I'd ever heard of Alexis de Tocqueville, but after checking him out on Wikipedia I say to thee "ithankyou".
Slap the P - Thanks very much. Never underestimate the power of posting whilst your're drunk.
Lisser - Me too. And I hope you get to travel too! As I said, I can understand why so many Americans don't wander too far from their country's borders, but it still saddens me that they don't. There's so much world out there...[/QUOTE]
- That's a pretty big chunk of the US - maybe with your next visit you'll see the rest of it! Be sure to let me know if you're ever in my area. Missouri has some beautiful land and a couple fun things here and there to do. :-)
Amanda - Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
I didn't get to visit your state and it's fabulous arch. And I do hope to visit again someday, this time doing the top-half of the country!
Crazy Little Thing - Can't say I'd ever heard of Alexis de Tocqueville, but after checking him out on Wikipedia I say to thee "ithankyou".
Slap the P - Thanks very much. Never underestimate the power of posting whilst your're drunk.
Lisser - Me too. And I hope you get to travel too! As I said, I can understand why so many Americans don't wander too far from their country's borders, but it still saddens me that they don't. There's so much world out there...[/QUOTE]
- That's a pretty big chunk of the US - maybe with your next visit you'll see the rest of it! Be sure to let me know if you're ever in my area. Missouri has some beautiful land and a couple fun things here and there to do. :-)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bohardy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
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I remember that you took the trip, but I don't remember when that was. I'm going to assume it was before I moved cross-country; otherwise, I would have enjoyed a little verbal sparring with a pedantic grammarian.
Also, Tocqueville toured our prisons while visiting the US. One assumes Bohardy did the same.
Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
[/QUOTE]
I remember that you took the trip, but I don't remember when that was. I'm going to assume it was before I moved cross-country; otherwise, I would have enjoyed a little verbal sparring with a pedantic grammarian.
Also, Tocqueville toured our prisons while visiting the US. One assumes Bohardy did the same.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zeni wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bohardy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
[/QUOTE]
I remember that you took the trip, but I don't remember when that was. I'm going to assume it was before I moved cross-country; otherwise, I would have enjoyed a little verbal sparring with a pedantic grammarian.
Also, Tocqueville toured our prisons while visiting the US. One assumes Bohardy did the same.[/QUOTE]
I'd bet a fiver on that!
;)
Off the top of my head: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennesse, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersy, New York.
[/QUOTE]
I remember that you took the trip, but I don't remember when that was. I'm going to assume it was before I moved cross-country; otherwise, I would have enjoyed a little verbal sparring with a pedantic grammarian.
Also, Tocqueville toured our prisons while visiting the US. One assumes Bohardy did the same.[/QUOTE]
I'd bet a fiver on that!
;)
If one prison and a run-in with the cops on Route 66 counts as "touring" then the drinks are on Lisser.
It was bang-on 3 years ago Zeni. I too would have revelled in a linguistic tete-a-tete with a fellow stickler, but our path wouldn't allow us near them cold parts of the country where people say Ya instead of Yeah and pay people to kidnap their wife and bury people in the snow (which is where you reside/resided, Ya? I fear not, and that my American geographic knowledge has been exposed as rubbish).
Plus I couldn't have run the risk of being out-pedanted by a woman.
It was bang-on 3 years ago Zeni. I too would have revelled in a linguistic tete-a-tete with a fellow stickler, but our path wouldn't allow us near them cold parts of the country where people say Ya instead of Yeah and pay people to kidnap their wife and bury people in the snow (which is where you reside/resided, Ya? I fear not, and that my American geographic knowledge has been exposed as rubbish).
Plus I couldn't have run the risk of being out-pedanted by a woman.