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I think it's mostly a Southeastern thing...that of not having front license plates on cars (so you can have a Confederate flag license plate instead....just kidding...just kidding). I was in FL and Atlanta for 2 weeks in early September. I am going down I-95 out of the JAX airport a little fast in a RED Grand Prix and see a State Trooper conveniently under the shadow of an overpass with his radar gun aimed. I tapped on the brakes but was following others at the same pace. I wondered if the area allowed for tickets to be conveniently sent in the mail. Then it dawned on me, I have NO FRONT LICENSE PLATE on the car. The following week up in Atlanta, I noticed the same thing. There are no front license plates in Georgia, either. I think all cars should have two plates. It bodes for better security. And I've never understood why some states only require the rear plate.

I just looked at the exchange rates this morning. It's sick. Bad for travel and bad for the balance of trade. The Euro has broken the $ 1.40 mark...meaning you need that much in dollars to buy ONE Euro....theoretically, upon its introduction, is that it was to be 1:1 given that there is so much activity between the US and the EU. I've decided to cut back on trips to Europe anyway after I figured out how much less stressful it is to vacation in the US and Canada. That being said, the US and Canadian dollar are TIED. Unbelievable. When I was living in Seattle from 97-00, the US dollar could buy 1.52 Canadian dollars (granted that was horrible for our Canuck friends). And, at least it was at 1.15 last December when I was taking a "Business Environment" class in my night program. Now, it's equal and I'm getting ready to go over there at the end of the week for fall colors (my last nonsense trip this year). Damn.

....he may have already tried it...

Yeah, on your side of the pond, they taste like gasoline! That's why, when I'm there, it's always "um cha, por favor"! It's safer.

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Obviously, that wasn't the intent. I've used your thread to talk about NY, which I could do nonstop, as have other people. To start in on me and be blindsided just wasn't cool...sorry, but that's the way I feel.

The most negative memory of NY is when I would go to Manhattan from Teaneck from my uncle's house, as an adult on my own. I would take the NJ Transit bus (I think it was the 167 or 168) to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and then take escalators down to the subway which would take me downtown (the area of the then-WTC and Battery Park). I remember that, during the commuting rush, you could NOT stop in your tracks as you moved through the Port Authority terminal or you would be mowed down. The most positive memories of NY have to do with the water that surrounds it. As a kid not even 10, crossing the GW to head down to the piers to pick up the ship to cross the Atlantic to Europe or as an adult, spending an afternoon on the Staten Island Ferry just crossing the harbor for the heck of it, with a camera in hand. Also, when I was living in "the ATL," my parents came to see me and we also went up to NY to see my uncle. We took the boat ride around Manhattan...not at all corny, I highly recommend it. As we got up close to the Statue of Liberty, I watched my parents tear up a little bit....they probably really hadn't seen it up close since they came to this country by ship, arriving in NY harbor. It must have been emotional for them.

I started the thread on multi-level marketing but funny that it moved over toward religion. I have heard both Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses referred to as "Amway religion." I guess that packaged mentality is what I find bothersome, being such a non-conformist from when I was a little kid. (Even though I was raised and identify as Catholic, I don't buy into it 100% as some of it is a little out of touch).I have NOT liked virtually all of the practicing Mormons I have met and only know ONE Jehovah's Witness and he was the nicest guy that would have never ever preached to anyone...I had no clue of his religion until I saw he was omitted off the birthday list in the office (they don't celebrate them). I dislike the herd mentality.

I've heard you build up more ejaculate with various foods, all of which are probably not even proven. The list I've heard includes strawberries, cucumbers, spinach, avocado, salad dressing...it's to the point that you tune it out. As for reproducing the human race, I've never been interested. My best friend in SD who got married immediately after college and had his marriage end after 18 years (up in Whittier, part of LA) said he is soooo thankful he didn't have kids. He is living in SD and doing as he pleases. Like he says "kids are a big money drain and a big time drain." I have ALWAYS felt the same way.

Tim Horton's is AWESOME...and not just the coffee, but the donuts and sometimes even the sandwiches. But then you know, I am probably the most pro-Canada U.S. person on this site, having gone to YVR at least 50 times from Seattle and to YUL 7 times.If it's here, it's probably wedged up close to the border. Somehow, a Tim Horton's under perennially sunny skies just doesn't seem right. I love it on an overcast Canadian day. As for your coffee drink, PB, that sounded gross. I despise iced coffee and wind up throwing my regular coffee away as soon as it gets cool. Mostly, I am a tea drinker. I drink tea:coffee 10:1.

immaculate damn, yours went up as I was typing Revised response to thread: spotless

Ok, I'll go down the Ebonics route: Black guy to flight attendant: "Slide me a Porter" (translation in subtitles: I'll have a steak).

My response to thread: aureola KC, what curriculum will you be doing in grad school?....having done that drill 3x ...I sympathize but also applaud you... ZL, I read somewhere that Salazar instructed them to give the Lisbon span as close as to the proportions of the GG that they could. I think it's only a little bit shorter, by a hair. However, the cross-bracing on the towers is nothing like the art-deco type "layering" of the GG's towers so, in that respect, it differs. Gosto muito do Ponte 25 de Abril e eu foi no ponte com o minho automovil alugado para visitar Cristo Rei, Caparica e Seisimbra no verao de 2005!

I kind of like the '67. Actually, it's got the most comfortable cabin layout for those of us in economy: 2-3-2, so it's easy to move in and out of seats and twin aisle allows one to walk around. I know the 777 is an advanced plane but I'm not crazy about it. Twin aisle, yes. However, it's seating is configured as 2-5(bleh)-2 or 3-3-3 in the economy cabin. There is a 400 version of the '67 that is rarely seen (only run by DL and CO) that has the TV monitors for every seat. Know nothing about the Airbus product you refer to. Can't wait to see the new 787 and am only merely interested in the A-380 as it's not Boeing...rather keep the money domestically and support the 747-8 series.

The hypocrisy is when you selectively take out snippets of what I have posted and comment on them out of context as your initial post on the thread. My whole first post was about aspects of the New York area I see in comparison to other areas...that hyper-sensitive and unnecessarily combative people would take offense couldn't be predicted.Camino, sir, you probably should lock the thread. It's a shame that BV wanted to tell us all about the "inputs" he took in from NY and obviously wanted us all to do the same.

Buona fortuna Buena suerte Bon chance Boa sorte Asking that we don't argue is like asking for the moon on this forum! Who runs the sled that does PHL-ZHR nonstop? Swiss or US Airways? Let us know when you get there!

It's too bad that your first post on this thread can't be about New York, which is what most people have done with it.

I hear you. It's in the delivery, though.Pissy, haughty: "Yes, we live in 'the city' " as they look down at you for living in the suburbs - (ok, go to hell) Matter of fact: "We live in 'the city' " (ok, that's cool) Capisce? BTW, I must have been in a posting lull or out of town, what happened to 92 Century that it's RIP?

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Their insulting persistence gets them exactly that. Good for you, actually.

Response to thread: Emmythe camber in it (right term? where's a CE when you need one?) is quite noticeable compared to that of the GG

Thank you for saying that. I am a frustrated would-have-been geography major, I guess. I inhale it. In fact, when I was in grammar school, kids always tried to cheat off of me on geography tests but I didn't want to get the nuns mad, so I wouldn't let them!

My response to thread:Guido (you know, way too many Italians with too much chest hair and too many gold chains live on both sides of it, so much so that they used it on 'Saturday Night Fever' as it was a good frame of reference)