Why I have no desire to leave the United States

[phreddyp]

I lived in Piney Point. We decided to leave when there was talk of declaring war on the US, which was concerning.

Apparently, the plan was to declare war on the US, sabotage the post office, annex SGI, and then surrender so the US would infuse Piney Point with its own version of the post WWII Marshall Plan.

It was actually kind of clever for a bunch of toothless rednecks, but by then, we'd bought in the Ranch Estates, so we missed out.

Overthrowing the CRE HOA is a plan that I would readily endorse, where can I sign up General?

 

[glhs837]

Yep, I think you might be conflating the "south of the border" resort experience with the rest of the world. Been a lot of places and seen amazing thing and met great people. Even in countries that I would not choose to visit there have been things and people that will stick with me the rest of my life. Experiences that no, this country does NOT have.

Philippine street markets
Kickboxing fights at 1am in a bar in the Thai resort town named Pattaya
Drinking snake whisky in Japan
Visiting a Japanese botanical garden
Eating real Kobe beef prepared at the table in Okinawa
Haggling with a Saudi gold merchant for custom necklaces
Haggling with a Turkish leather merchant in the Grand Bazaar
Visiting one of the Holocaust Museums and wandering Jerusalem
Sitting in a streetside cafe in Rome just watching the crowds move past.
Roaming around Oslo for an afternoon and early on Sunday morning.
Getting great burgers from a small roadside gas station in northern Norway.
Accidentally attending a quinceañera in a Panamanian restaurant
Soaking in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland at 2am.

There are tons more..........

 

[phreddyp]

Yep, I think you might be conflating the "south of the border" resort experience with the rest of the world. Been a lot of places and seen amazing thing and met great people. Even in countries that I would not choose to visit there have been things and people that will stick with me the rest of my life. Experiences that no, this country does NOT have.

Philippine street markets
Kickboxing fights at 1am in a bar in the Thai resort town named Pattaya
Drinking snake whisky in Japan
Visiting a Japanese botanical garden
Eating real Kobe beef prepared at the table in Okinawa
Haggling with a Saudi gold merchant for custom necklaces
Haggling with a Turkish leather merchant in the Grand Bazaar
Visiting one of the Holocaust Museums and wandering Jerusalem
Sitting in a streetside cafe in Rome just watching the crowds move past.
Roaming around Oslo for an afternoon and early on Sunday morning.
Getting great burgers from a small roadside gas station in northern Norway.
Accidentally attending a quinceañera in a Panamanian restaurant
Soaking in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland at 2am.

There are tons more..........

Those things are what make travel worthwhile, my personal favorites are getting invited into someone's home for lunch or dinner, I have done that with charter captains in Bermuda, Bahamas, Italy, Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica. Another great time was eating dinner in Florence and their local football (soccer) team came in after winning a title of some sort. That was a show, and we were then invited to join them, they didn't even charge us for dinner, we left a sh**load of Euros on the table when we left.

 

[Hijinx]

Yep, I think you might be conflating the "south of the border" resort experience with the rest of the world. Been a lot of places and seen amazing thing and met great people. Even in countries that I would not choose to visit there have been things and people that will stick with me the rest of my life. Experiences that no, this country does NOT have.

Philippine street markets
Kickboxing fights at 1am in a bar in the Thai resort town named Pattaya
Drinking snake whisky in Japan
Visiting a Japanese botanical garden
Eating real Kobe beef prepared at the table in Okinawa
Haggling with a Saudi gold merchant for custom necklaces
Haggling with a Turkish leather merchant in the Grand Bazaar
Visiting one of the Holocaust Museums and wandering Jerusalem
Sitting in a streetside cafe in Rome just watching the crowds move past.
Roaming around Oslo for an afternoon and early on Sunday morning.
Getting great burgers from a small roadside gas station in northern Norway.
Accidentally attending a quinceañera in a Panamanian restaurant
Soaking in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland at 2am.

There are tons more..........

Damn: and I had to bring my own 10 ounce Bud light beer to an auction in Great Mills.

 

[glhs837]

Those things are what make travel worthwhile, my personal favorites are getting invited into someone's home for lunch or dinner, I have done that with charter captains in Bermuda, Bahamas, Italy, Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica. Another great time was eating dinner in Florence and their local football (soccer) team came in after winning a title of some sort. That was a show, and we were then invited to join them, they didn't even charge us for dinner, we left a sh**load of Euros on the table when we left.

One of my favorite pictures is one of my flight engineers and myself having dinner at the home of an Argentinean Air Force E-7.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

BS. Both times i've been to hospitals in Mexico i have had no problem receiving medical care.

You think a country that has 65 million visitors a year cant figure out how to help them medically?

We have private insurance here in the US do you think all visitors to the US are rejected when they go to the hospital and just left to die?

That's cool they removed whatever it was you got stuck up your ass twice! Go Mexico!

 

[somdwatch]

muah ha haaa *picksupbinocularsagain*

Are you looking for a mooning?

 

[BOP]

Are you looking for a mooning?

I never knew Gill was a "chubby' chaser.

 

[Bare-ya-cuda]

So exactly like i said.

THAT IS WHAT CREDIT CARDS ARE FOR.

Your own response says they will place a hold on your credit card.

Problem solved.

You expect to go to the hospital and not pay for it?

Why do you allow yourself to be outraged over nonsense?

I don’t expect to go to the hospital and not pay for it, but the millions coming across our southern border certainly do.

 

[Bare-ya-cuda]

BS. Both times i've been to hospitals in Mexico i have had no problem receiving medical care.

You think a country that has 65 million visitors a year cant figure out how to help them medically?

We have private insurance here in the US do you think all visitors to the US are rejected when they go to the hospital and just left to die?

You go to a hospital in Mexico must be your biggest lie to date.

 

[Gilligan]

I never knew Gill was a "chubby' chaser.

pffft. I'll always remember what my ole pappy told me.

 

[stgislander]

pffft. I'll always remember what my ole pappy told me.

I seem to remember something about flour and a wet spot?

 

[Kyle]

I seem to remember something about flour and a wet spot?

Sounds like how they make sourdough.

 

[stgislander]

Sounds like how they make sourdough.

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

 

[black dog]

Yep, I think you might be conflating the "south of the border" resort experience with the rest of the world. Been a lot of places and seen amazing thing and met great people. Even in countries that I would not choose to visit there have been things and people that will stick with me the rest of my life. Experiences that no, this country does NOT have.

Philippine street markets
Kickboxing fights at 1am in a bar in the Thai resort town named Pattaya
Drinking snake whisky in Japan
Visiting a Japanese botanical garden
Eating real Kobe beef prepared at the table in Okinawa
Haggling with a Saudi gold merchant for custom necklaces
Haggling with a Turkish leather merchant in the Grand Bazaar
Visiting one of the Holocaust Museums and wandering Jerusalem
Sitting in a streetside cafe in Rome just watching the crowds move past.
Roaming around Oslo for an afternoon and early on Sunday morning.
Getting great burgers from a small roadside gas station in northern Norway.
Accidentally attending a quinceañera in a Panamanian restaurant
Soaking in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland at 2am.

There are tons more..........

An old school tattoo on a bar top in Okinawa.

 

[my-thyme]

Driving from St Mary's to Montana was great. So much gorgeous country to see, and we'd pull off anywhere we took a fancy to.

Every American should do that at least once in their life.

 

[Gilligan]

I seem to remember something about flour and a wet spot?

You must be one of them misojy..mesogyn...missogy...err....wimmin haters.

 

[phreddyp]

Driving from St Mary's to Montana was great. So much gorgeous country to see, and we'd pull off anywhere we took a fancy to.

Every American should do that at least once in their life.

Damn straight, did that last July, August and two weeks in September, huge country with great people everywhere I went.

 

[my-thyme]

The Native Americans we encountered this morning at the Little Bighorn Battlefield were wonderful. Young adults, working in the book store and giving oral history tours.

Our route took us no where near big cities, so maybe we missed that "culture".

Saw lots of cows and wheat fields. Wind turbines. Colleges. American flags. Elk. Rivers.

 

[BOP]

pffft. I'll always remember what my ole pappy told me.

I want to marry a girl just like the girl that married dear, old dad?