Yippee, leave of absence to travel...

Never mind all that. Ive started a thread here. 2 more posts and Ill
have topped 200, Marina would be proud. Actually she'd be teasing me
about it, well, ripping the piss if truth be known. come on, I cant
resort to posting the last 2 myself, thatd be sad.
Oh shit, Ive set myself up havent I?

 

It'd be a shame to get to the end without any mention of angle grinders.

 

and finish with a song, and as it's a thread about North America, "I'm a
lumberjack..."

 

On Mon, 10 May 2010 10:12:35 +0100, Kevin Weller

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I visited Sarajevo soon after the siege lifted (I was being paid or I
wouldn't have gone) and it certainly didn't feel very comfortable.
Things had settled down a lot but the taxi driver who drove me to work
every day took great pleasure in showing me the sights and telling me
that 12 months earlier we'd have been under fire if we'd driven along
the routes we were taking.

I'd have liked to have seen it before the war and in a way I'd like to
go back now and see how much they've rebuilt it but at the time I
really wasn't very pleased to be there. I still think I wasn't paid to
put up with that crap but I got to go to some really exciting places.

 

Sad, I know, but youve made me a happy man. I shall now go to sleep a
very happy man... Sleep well...

 

I'll be taking the Versys into Rome in September after I get off the
ferry at Civitavecchia on the way back from Malta. I'm told riding
around the city is an experience never to be repeated anywhere else.

 

It's hard to repeat anything when you've been flat-packed by a Fiat.

 

Oh ****. I'm disappointed now.

 

Or a bike, if you're braver - you'll get around a lot quicker. We were
there last year on the bikes - fantastic place.

 

I think that it's too often & consistent to be trolling *all the time*.

I think the issue is that Champ, WUN et al simply cannot reconcile the
fact that someone that is their friend and that they like is a bit
right wing!

 

There was a steak house that had some Scottish theme, but it also had
theme items from any other country that liked to think it invested cow's
arse. I have happy memories of alternating Tequila and Scotch while
trying to finish some huge steak. At the time a huge screen had
Barcelona v Man U on the telly and we all cheered for about 0.001s when
Man U scored, then noticing everyone else was following Barcelona.
Actually no-one cared and we didn't get lynched or even frowned at in a
disapproving manner.

 

all cheered for about 0.001s when Man U scored, then noticing everyone

I watched it in my local and *I* was cheering Barcelona!

 

There is no Mexican problem, unless you're a nationalistic extremist.
There is debate about whether illegals are an economic drain or
benefit. It's a tossup. Crime isn't much of an issue.
As for weather - I live ~3 miles from the ocean. I can grow pretty
much anything. I have cacti, palm trees, pine trees and stone fruit in
my garden. Mangos take some care, but will grow here. I grow tomatos
year-round. I ride every day. It rains <10" per year. The temp gets
over 100 a few days a year, but it's not uncomfortable, and it never
freezes where I live. If it ain't perfect, it's pretty damn close. Oh,
and girls wear bikinis year-round.

 

I hate you.

http://www.kaya-optics.com/products/standard_ir_xray_vision_cameras.asp

 

The Romans were possibly the worst drivers in Europe in my experience.
I even saw a police car rear end someone. Both drivers got out, argued
in the middle of the intersection for 2 minutes, then shrugged and
drove off...

 

Aye. The brakes on those frigging chariots eh! And all those
Red Sea pedestrians wandering around the roads.

 

Sorry but you can't pidgeon me as right wing. No Way Jose....

I like to do whatever, whenever and wherever the **** I like. I'd like other
people to do same. Just as long as one doesn't **** anyone elso over in the
process. Simples <squeak>

 

The problem as observed was illegal immigration and the Mayor offering a
Sanctuary. It seems.

If you think that unfettered uncontrolled immigration is a good idea then
you are an idiot. Remind us of your unemployment rate and your health
service capability to deal with the legal population?

Keeping a single operational language would be handy too.

See you can **** right off. Right now. I'm ready to retire to my own little
equatorial paradise sometime this afternoon. The UK Contract ends in in
2022.

 

How do you square that with your stated desire to stop Muslims doing
what they like?

*splutter*

<Aside to audience>

You know what, I'm beginning to wonder if Hog's not actually some sort
of plant, or a 3rd columnist, working from within to actually get folk
to sympathise with Muslims. He's doing a much better job of it than
the radical clerics you occasionally see on TV.

 

Are you just being obtuse?
The people in question would like to destroy western society and control
every little aspect of our lives, given half a chance.

I've said it a few times recently, in order to for people to be able to live
in a free and libertarian society those who would destroy it jneed to be
dealt with. You can create a horizon of freedom thats waaaaaaaaaaay over
there somewhere, something we most certainly do not enjoy, but at the border
of it there needs to be a limit. A limit that defines what is your freedom
and what is likely to destroy a society and the peaceful lives of others.

The current strategy is that in fact we do not efficiently deal with people
who would destroy the peaceful lives of others. So rather than simply doing
so instead we ramp down the freedom and liberties of everyone. In part
stupidity, in part political reality and in part political design. Would
you not agree?