Square Wheels Posted November 20, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 20, 2017 When you visit a country other than yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted November 20, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 20, 2017 i can't understand anyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #3 Posted November 20, 2017 I’m very limited on my world travels. I’ve been to Canadia and couldn’t even tell the difference, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted November 20, 2017 I'm usually fairly polite, when I travel I find myself more polite. When we crossed the border back the US, he asked why we were in Canada. I said we went out to dinner. He said, that's the only reason you came here, I said yes, hard to believe isn't it. We then started talking about the restaurant, he was intrigued. He let us back in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Parr8hed said: i can't understand anyone. This, I only visited Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 20, 2017 Yeah, watching Zimbabwean TV news from the comfort of my room in Harare where they called everyone "Comrade" was a bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 20, 2017 12 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: He let us back in. That was always my problem whenever I came from Canadia and tried to get back in the USA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #8 Posted November 20, 2017 Well, I almost ordered 10 kilos of pistachios instead of 1/10 kilo at a market in Barquisimeto. That would have been different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted November 20, 2017 Share #9 Posted November 20, 2017 it does feel different to be in a foreign country. I tend to be very careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #10 Posted November 20, 2017 Yes, all the countries outside of Texas make me feel like a stranger in a strange land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #11 Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Square Wheels said: When you visit a country other than yours? I'd say 'yes' if for no other reason than I am usually beat down from traveling to get there. Flying to Europe, for example, is usually an overnight flight with a 6 hour time change. I get there with only a few hours of sleep, with tight muscles from sitting, probably exposed to a cold and/or flu, and dehydrated despite guzzling water. Add in I then am trying to get somewhere (hotel) to drop my stuff, and I am worn out. South America is only marginally better (an hour or two time change in the "better" direction), but the flights are still tough and the journey to the hotel is still on the radar. Asia or Australia??? Forget about feeling even remotely human when you land. I will say, heading to the Caribbean is fine or Canada & Mexico, so it's really, for me, the time difference, the travel time, and the final leg of the journey (getting to a hotel) that makes me "different". Eventually, I'm back to being "me", but sometimes I also have to restart my "morning" bathroom ritual (but coffee(!!!!) makes all that easier). Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #12 Posted November 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, 2Far said: Well, I almost ordered 10 kilos of pistachios instead of 1/10 kilo at a market in Barquisimeto. That would have been different. Ha. I once ordered 2 kilos of wurst at a German deli (doing the incorrect 2.2 lbs = 1 kilo conversion!!!), but luckily the guy looked at me like I was crazy, knew my German was "foreign", and my wife heard & quickly resolved the confusion. Four pounds of meat on a couple lunch sandwiches would be tough indeed. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted November 20, 2017 Share #13 Posted November 20, 2017 5 hours ago, Parr8hed said: i can't understand anyone. The same thing happens when I go to Alabama. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #14 Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Razors Edge said: Ha. I once ordered 2 kilos of wurst at a German deli (doing the incorrect 2.2 lbs = 1 kilo conversion!!!), but luckily the guy looked at me like I was crazy, knew my German was "foreign", and my wife heard & quickly resolved the confusion. Four pounds of meat on a couple lunch sandwiches would be tough indeed. Tom These guys did the same thing, with near tragic results: Gimli Glider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #15 Posted November 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, 2Far said: These guys did the same thing, with near tragic results: Gimli Glider Haven't we lost a Mars probe that way? And that European one that was supposed to land on an asteroid? I'm no metric fan (since I know my standard American stuff best!), but it really is time to shit-can the old measurement system once and for all. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #16 Posted November 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Haven't we lost a Mars probe that way? And that European one that was supposed to land on an asteroid? I'm no metric fan (since I know my standard American stuff best!), but it really is time to shit-can the old measurement system once and for all. Tom LOL on the Mars probe. I remember hearing the news that the probe crashed into the planet instead of going into orbit. "NASA said that the probe only had 62% of the velocity it needed to go into orbit" I remember thinking, "62%? Shirley not......" 6 months later NASA copped to the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #17 Posted November 20, 2017 18 minutes ago, 2Far said: LOL on the Mars probe. I remember hearing the news that the probe crashed into the planet instead of going into orbit. "NASA said that the probe only had 62% of the velocity it needed to go into orbit" I remember thinking, "62%? Shirley not......" 6 months later NASA copped to the truth. I will admit, when I'm driving in a country with their 100km/h speed limits, I find my car struggles to hit the 160mph equivalent. I try to sometimes get a peppier rental car on purpose, but those speed limits are just too high! I end up sticking to 130 or 140mph max! Damn socialists stress me out. Tom 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 20, 2017 Share #18 Posted November 20, 2017 Shi de, xiexie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted November 21, 2017 Share #19 Posted November 21, 2017 When I was in Germany I used to think differently. Probably because I was thinking in the German language. And I was always drunk when I lived there. DK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted November 21, 2017 Share #20 Posted November 21, 2017 12 hours ago, Parr8hed said: i can't understand anyone. This. I had one hell of a time with that when I lived in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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