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Should I be playing Solitaire? Who the hell is around?
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Has anyone seen AAOTMNMC, edge, Mr. Nice Guy, or anyone else
who would be interested in a bit of harmless banter? I'm
just off to KFC for supper this evening. Anyone fancy
anything?
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compliments on your handle, unlike Bingo I am a huge fan of
the lovely Ms. Morissette.
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I am disturbed that because my handle does not allude to
what gender I am, people immediately assume I am male. This
annoys me. I am now setting the record straight. I may not
post waffling philosophies on love and relationships like
Mermaid, or bore everyone with details of my incredibly
bland dates like Single girl, or talk about the prom like
Mariam. I may not like Alanis Morrissette, or wank on about
how grey is 'the black of the Nineties', but I am female
and would like everyone to recognise this fact.
I am also under the impression that the bulk of posters on
this site are female too, am I right?????
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Just found this site...It's pretty cool. It seems like alot
of you know each other or of each other! How long have you
been hanging around this site? Since I am new here is there
any topics I should stay away from? Boundries on what could
be discussed?? Hope you all have a good day/evening/night!!
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Can anyone tell me how to forward attachments I've received
in hotmail?
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CARP me if it's been done but this is my list of photographs that have in some way changed the course of history or changed the way we think.
1) 1942.Photograph of British General Percival with the flag of surrender in front of Japanese victors in Singapore. This photo dispelled the myth of European surperiority and marks the end of the Empires rule in the East.
2) 1945. Photograph of mushroom cloud from Atomic bomb blast. We're playing for keeps from now on.
3)1968? Heartbreaking photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running down the road naked and burned by napalm. Image helped change public opinion in the USA. How much different would the war have been if the media weren't allowed to report back on what was happening? BTW, I can't remember her name but she now lives in Toronto.
4) 1968. Apollo 8 photo of "Earth rise" over the moon. Changed the way we view our planet and our species.
5) 1989? Photograph of Chinese student in front of Tank. Once again, did the images have an effect on the actions of the Chinese army?
6) 1990. Pam Anderson in Playboy. OK, didn't change the world but it's my list.
pja
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DOES ANYONE IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA KNOW A GUY CALLED ADAM
STAYFER??? TALL BLOKE WITH A DJ VOICE - WE WERE PALS AND
I'VE LOST CONTACT. I'M KEEN TO TRACK HIM DOWN. ANYONE KNOW
HIM??
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TOP SONG?
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If you can't lick em; burn em. So said Uncle Sam when it was
discovered that the 100 million new USPS postage stamps
featuring the Grand Canyon contained an embarassing flaw.
The text over the illustration on the stamp reads "Grand
Canyon, Colorado". The Governor of Arizona was rightly
pissed!
LP, could you loan us a map maker to relocate the Grand
Canyon so tat we dont have to burn $500,000 worth of work?
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For the past 40 years, Russians have been carrying out espionage against the United States. No one raised too much of a hue and cry about it. However, now that the Chinese have been discovered doing the same thing, people are up in arms. Why? Could it be because the Russians are white and the Chinese are not? Is it an ex post justification for the attack on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade? What bloody hypocricy!
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I read with great interest your discussion before about
Noah's ark and Adam and Eve. You got round the insest
question but how, if all mankind started from just one
couple, did black white and Asian people devel
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inside is an interesting tidbit about the origins of the word
"soccer"... the word comes from the UK and not the US of A..
you see, its not our fault!
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PLLEEAASSE! I'm dating a guy this weekend after chatting to
him on the net, but I know I'll be tongue tied with nerves
when we meet, so giz me some advice, tips or any help and if
there's experiences to share - then DO tell me!!
All replies appreciated - ta!
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Cassie Bernall was the girl who was shot to death in the
Columbine High School library, when the killers asked her
if she believed in God. She said yes and was murdered.
Now she has become a martyr across the country-- rallies
are being held in her memory and her murder is credited as
reinvogarating the teenage Christian crusade. She has
become a phenomenon. Any thoughts on this?
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Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon - $25 million dollars
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Bomber - $45 million
dollars.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - $74 million dollars.
Brand new B-2 Stealth Bomber - $2.1 billion dollars.
A decent map of downtown Belgrade. - Priceless.
There are some things that money can't buy...
unfortunately good intelligence isn't one of them.
(unless you're at Los Alamos)
For the rest, there's MasterCard: the official card of
the 19-member NATO alliance and those who believe that
sometimes you just need to blow up something in order to
restore peace and start WW III with a few billion Chinese.
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I think the latest Darwin Award canidate would have to be
the WWF's very own Owen Hart. The thing that suprised me the
most about his death on Sunday actually made the Sports
page. Since when has WWF wrestling been a sport? Mexican
telanovellas require less scripting (and are far more
entertaining) than the WWF. The version I heard was that the
unfortunate Owen was supposed to slide down from the rafters
on a cable, but forgot to hook himself up. 50 vertical feet
later, Splat goes wrestler. Now that a 'professional'
wrestler is dead, I guess we'll NEVER find the cure for
cancer.
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Amigo I read your words on the Shroud of Turin but I have an
interesting question for you on another topic. I think
someone already asked you this question before and I don't
think you answered it, I was disapointed so I'll ask it
again. It is, How did Noah collect two of each of the
millions of species regardless of their geographical
distribution on the planet, including all subspecies of
nematodes and freshwater plankton? I'd like to hear this
one...
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Travel magazine needs articles
(photos+ text) of Latin American
touristic and non-touristic destinations.
We are also looking for pictures for
the cover: isla Margarita in Venezuela,
and Havana, Cuba.
Images must be very colorful, vertical
and with people.
Please e-mail low resolution images to:
tup@editorial.televisa.com.mx
tel. in Mexico City (525) 261-26-14
fax (525) 261-27-32 and 33
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If you could live one place in the world and could NEVER
travel farther than 30 miles (48km), where would that be
and why?
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He may be leader of the Tibetan people, but he is still an
ignorant fool. He does not support Tibetan independence,
merely automony from the Chinese. He advocates rational
resistance and not civil war. He does not want to make war
with the Chinese people, only dissenting aganist the
Communist government. But the Chinese people are the
problem! It's not just the government but the people!
Tibet will never be peaceful until the Dalai Lama dies and
a leader of more Western values emerges who will take up
arms. Shame on you, Dalai Lama.
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I was in a pub last night where I met two Chinese guys who
were taller than me ( I'm 1.95 meter/6 foot 5). Having just
returned from Vietnam where I felt like a giraffe towering
above all those short Vietnamese, I thought this was a very
funny sight. Has anyone else ever seen such tall asian guys
( or girls ) ?
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Has anyone every paid to join an air courier service? There
is one located at www.air-courier.org that wants $45 to
join. This company doesn't employ you but it does show you
how to get the flights. They talk about really cheap
flights.
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As the nineties approach their end, what is the worst
moment this decade has produced musically? I still haven't
decided wether Whitney Houston (I will always love you) or
Celine Dion (the Titanic song) - sorry Franτois - should
take the title. Any other nominations?
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With the new millenium approaching a barrage of top tens
for the last 1000 years have the airwaves. It is getting
boring and I want to sleep.
SO WHAT IS YOUR ALBUM OF THE MILLENIUM?
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Is it just me or is Stratford-upon-Avon the most dreary
boringest full of Yank twats place in England?
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...create a posting in a different name to your usual and
then answer it in your usual name....
What a saddo!
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When are you going to post something else instead of your
usual.
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And by the way isn't it Aye! Carumba??
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The thing is that I am working in some trading company and everything with it is O.K.: The office is greate - we have two big rooms, in each is working 4-5 people; the furniture, the computers are good and even the staff is sociable, but...
the summer is comming and the Boss is going to save the money on us - his workers. There is no air-conditioners in our office so he decided to put all us in one room which does not have the window to straight sun it faces to the North. He says that it is going to be cooler in it. The othe room, which faces south is going to be left empty.
All staff is going to be gathered in one room and he does not care that we are doing some different jobs - product managers are always hanging on the phone or having guests, logistic department is working seriously with documents etc... It is going to be a complete mess and I do not believe that it is going to be cooler as well.
So maybe you can help me - what should we do?
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The Aussie accent? Is it really the women puller that it is
supposed to be? So far I haven't experienced quite that
level of attraction to the accent (I am an Aussie), but it
has got me a few things (use your imagination).
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When reading The Mail this morning I saw an article on a
site that claims to contain 400 Million ancestoral names.
The only downside is the site www.familysearch.org is run by
the church of latter day saints (weird dudes, man!).
Check it out!
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What do you call a bum with a center parting?
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see inside
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Those interested in great Tv and good discussion. Foreign Correspondent has a post-program discussion forum starting about 10.30 pm.
Tonight's stories are about Nepal, India and Angela Davis (interview)
You can find them at
www.abc.net.au/foreign/come_frm.htm
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I haven't seen him tell anybody to "stop there boring crap"
recently.
Is he getting more tolerant in his old age?
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*Brothers among British tourists killed near Tully
Police have confirmed two of the four men killed in this
morning's
fatal accident near Tully were brothers.
All four were British tourists, backpacking their way up the
Queensland coast.
Their names have not been released.
The men were killed when their Ford sedan was struck from
behind by
a semi-trailer while stopped at a roadworks traffic control
sign,
about 10 kilometres north of Tully just after midnight.
The driver of the truck is being treated for shock.
It was the second accident at the same location in less
than four
hours. A man was taken to hospital after two cars collided
around
8:00pm yesterday.
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MARK WAR IS CONSIDERING PULLING AUSTRALIA OUT OF WORLD CUP
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Due to the pitch invasions that have taken place at the end
of their matches (And also every other match !!) Mark Waugh
is considering pulling out of the competition because of
fears for the safety of his players. He has lodged three
seperate complaints, one after each of Australias' matches,
and he says if there is no improvement in the stewarding
they will be forced to withdraw.
I thought it was supposed to be WHINGEING POMS !!
COULD THIS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IF
AUSTRALIA LOSE TO THE WEST INDIES THEY ARE OUT ANYWAY ??
C'MON LADS ADMIT IT, YOU HAVE PLAYED POORLY, AND BLAMING IT
ON THE FANS ISN'T GONNA FOOL ANYONE.
TAKE IT ON THE CHIN LIKE MEN, DON'T WHINGE LIKE LITTLE
GIRLS, GOD KNOWS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME BOAT ENOUGH TIMES
IN THE PAST.
Comments Please !!
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What do you people think? Butter or margarine?
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Were your ancestors immigrants to your country? Where does your roots come from?
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50 years of German constitution.
Our grandfathers generation lived in a fascist system
responsible for the death of millions that devastated the
continent - now we┤re living in the 51st year of one of the
worlds most liberal and attractive constitutions that serves
as an example for young nations.
Happy birthday!
It may not be perfect, but after all it┤s a success story,
don┤t you think so?
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The phantom menace has made 105 million in just 5 days, the fastest to get there that fast. I've seen the movie twice and I usually never go more than once to any movie. I think it was better than the first three. I've heard alot of critics complaining that the plot was to thin and the characters were boring but the movie is so good to look at and listen too. If you've seen it post your review.
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Well, just for today. It is rather dull in here at the
moment, and I'm having fondue and champagne for dinner
tonight. Yum Yum.
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are you around?
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Calling The Scrutineer, @play, Brit, Euro, Conrad, Robert, M.O., Foothill....
and anyone else interested in continuing the Book Club.
See inside
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TINCTURE (TING chuhr)
n.: a tiny bit of something, a hint
v.: to dye; to infuse with some characteristic
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I'M HORNY
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for all your "who you'd like to meet" posts yesterday.
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It was heartwarming to see you all being so nice to one
another.
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See, its not so difficult is it?
And Shakey...... I promise not to bang on about MK
again...Scouts honour
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Dear All,
I've been getting all the usual medical advise from the
doctors about vaccinations, pills and safe sex prior to my
travels. Just wondering, they say take your own condoms, as
the ones available where I'm travelling (thailand, vietman,
malysia, indonesia) are quite likely to be dodgy. However,
wouldn't it be quite bad for a pack from the UK to be
carried around in a rucsac in hot humid weather??? What
does anyone else think? Has any one had any problems with
local purchases? You sometimes get the impression that
these medical people are going a bit over the top with
their advise. Surely you can tell from how the shop seems
as to how dodgy it might be?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not going for major sex sessions, I
just want to be safe when the need might arise (no pun
intended!!).
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I've noticed that men from America are reluctant to compete
in world wide team sports. Why is this so? Even the women
are world soccer champions. The men have to take a sport
(cricket, rugby, field hockey) and alter it(baseball,
American Football, Ice Hockey) so they can say they are good
at it.Why? Do they know that they will get creamed?
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Boy, am I glad you are back! Have you seen Andy. I have not
seen him since he left me for you. It has to be almost a
year now! Please tell him I just want to talk!
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Any one know of any real good pick up lines? Especially
lame ones!
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BTW I am suffering from AMNESIA.
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Well it's nice to know that there are still honest people in
the world! I lost my wallet last Friday night at a major
Sydney bus stop and I actually had it returned with
everything in it - including money!!!! I had started to
cancel credit cards when my video store rang me with the
number of the guy who found it. When I picked it up he
wouldn't even accept a reward. Has this ever happened to
anyone else? I only ever seem to hear the bad stuff!
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I am a Nirvana fan. The four noble truths and the eight-fold
path to Buddhist enlightenment will eventually lead you to
Nirvana, the place of peace and detachment.
If I sound different from "Nirvana Fan" and the usual
dribble he posts, that's ok. I am different. But I am a fan
of Nirvana.
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I am moving back to the UK in september and I need to find
a proper job as I will soon have a family to support. I am
good at procrastination and turning up late. But in all
seriousness, I do need to find a job. Anyone have any
ideas as to where I can look. I need something more than
McDonalds so no need in suggesting that or the like.
Regards
The Spin Doctor
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Hey buddy, wanna go for a coffee?
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Why is it that that all feotuses start off as girls??? One
answer is that you have to start from somewhere and
progress to something better. Don't you think?
This happens in the animal kingdom too. Is nature trying to
say something here???
I think it's saying that women are regressive. When I said
that to a butch dyke the other day she started yelling and
screaming. I think that proves my point.
should we let nature take it's course????
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My boyfriend has a poster in his bedroom of that Betty Blue
woman with her tits hanging out of her shirt. As I am not as
well endowed I feel like it is a continual reproach to me,
the other day I caught the bastard looking at it while we
were screwing, should I insist he removes the poster or just
get a new boyfriend?
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This line from an 80's song keeps skipping in my head,
"Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?" I can't remember any
other lines except the girl's phone number. Anyone else
remember the number...the thing I can't remember is who
sang the damned song.
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In a vain attempt to spice up my internet life I have
decided to display my new e-mail address. It was not my
first choice but I am still very proud. Perhaps now I will
discover what type of person actually inhabits TTYC.
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Way to go Locket! Anyone see Sundays match! What a star!
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Got 3 e-mails today. Knowing how much you enjoy the ôGreat
Web E-mail Chain Joke Networkö I thought I should at least
get in one more jab at you and share one of them with you.
take care out there :)
** The bear and the rabbit **
One day in the great forest a magical frog was walking down
to a water hole. This forest was so big that the frog had
never seen another animal in all his life. By chance today
a bear was chasing after a rabbit to have for dinner.
The frog called for the two to stop. The frog said "Because
you are the only two animals I have seen, I will grant you
both three wishes...Bear, you go first." The bear thought
for a minute, and being the male he was, said "I wish for
all the bears in this forest, besides me, to be female."
For his wish, the rabbit asked for a crash helmet, and
immediately put it on. The bear was amazed at the stupidity
of the rabbit, wasting his wish like that.
It was the bear's second turn for a wish. "Well, I wish that
all the bears in the next forest were female as well."
Rabbit asked for a motorcycle and immediately hopped on it
and gunned the engine. The bear was shocked that the rabbit
was asking for these stupid things, after all, he could have
asked for money and bought the motorcycle.
For the last wish the bear thought for awhile and then said,
"I wish that all the bears in the world, besides me, were
female."
The rabbit grinned, gunned the engine, and said,
"I wish that the bear was gay..."
:) :) :)
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Anyone think Ricky Schroder is good in NTPD Blue? Go on, I'm
serious. I kind of miss Jimmy Smits. You notice Dennis Franz
gets top billing now? He's not really star material.
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go to the SHROUD OF TURIN post below.
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As a way to alot more money in my personal budget for
travel, I choose to drive an older used vehicle that I own
outright. Last week said vehicle blew a rod in the engine,
and now I need to replace the whole engine. The car is a 13
yr. old Toyota that I haven't dumped an incredible amount of
money into in the 2-1/2 years I've had it. Here's where I
need some outside advice. I work freelance in film and its
been a slow spring. If I try to get financed on a loan for a
new or used car, I will have to seriously curb any future
travel which has become a big part of my life, it's one of
the things I most enjoy doing. Not to mention that right now
money is *really* tight. I've shopped around for some used
engines and found some from seemingly reputable auto
recyclers (junkyards), and with installation my recent tax
refund will more than cover it. What should I do? I really
need some advice. Thank you very much in advance. .
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What a beautiful day He has created and what a beautiful
world He has made.
PSALM 100
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is He who made us, and we are His;
we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with
praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.
For the Lord is good and His love endures FOREVER;
His faithfulness continues through all generations. Amen
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Following in the theme of who is around and who would you
most like to meet on TTYC I'm curious to know why no one
would like to meet me and what are your colourful and
varied reasons?
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Death Penalty? Are you listening Nirvana Fan, Wilster, Bob
Cheese? Taken from the ME branch.
The following article appeared in the South China Morning
Post on 24 May.
An Australian who allegedly tried to sell his country's
secrets in Bangkok asked an e-mail
chat group what canned fruit was best to use for sex.
Jean-Philippe Wispelaere's contacts with various sex,
travel and defence chat groups
reveal a conceited, penny-pinching, immature and
perhaps lonely man.
The trail that eventually led him to wait - for FBI
agents, as it turned out - by a baby
grand piano at a Thai hotel with some of his country's
top secrets in a shoulder bag
criss-crossed the Internet for months before he joined
the Defence Intelligence
Organisation in mid-1998.
Wispelaere, 28, was lured from Bangkok to the United
States in an FBI sting operation and
charged last week.
Apparently, he had thought he was clever trying to sell
top-secret papers to a so-far
unnamed Asian country using a false identity. That
arrogance shows strongly in the sharp
put-downs he loved dishing out in, for example, travel
advice on the Internet.
To a Canadian who wondered what currencies can be used
in New Zealand, he wrote: "We use
coconuts and trinkets. Blue marbles are especially
appreciated, as they can buy no fewer
than three sheep apiece."
A guru of budget globe-trotting, "JP" laid down the law
about travel from Tibet to South
America, from Hong Kong to Africa.
But his "advice" was racist at times.
"Gypsies are filth," he wrote. "I had no trouble with
them in Italy. As soon as one got
near I punched it very hard, male or female. I'm a
110kg bodybuilder, which makes life
easier in that respect."
Wispelaere - or Piggy Le Hogg, as he styled himself on
sexual matters - could pontificate
knowingly about which sex films you should watch with a
girlfriend.
He once asked what canned fruit to use in sex, writing:
"Pears and apricots tend to be a
little bulky."
Whatever his diversions, he acquired enough knowledge
of military matters as a graduate
student at the Australian National University to
convince his country's spy masters to
give him access to top-secret papers, many supplied by
the US under sharing arrangements.
A travelling companion of Wispelaere's told an
Australian paper Wispelaere was amazed at
how easy it had been to steal secrets and that he had
planned to spy for Britain.
The Sydney woman, 42, was quoted by the Sun-Herald as
saying Wispelaere told her he was
able to photocopy sensitive documents and "just walk
out the door".
Wispelaere allegedly handed over 713 secret documents
in exchange for US$120,000
(HK$930,000) from FBI agents posing as spies.
He faces the death penalty in the US if it is shown the
secrets concerned nuclear weapons
or military aircraft.
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Name your favourite porn star and recommend a film with that
star. Boogie Nights doesn't count!
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Just curious as to who is out there?
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This was sent to me by a 'dog' I met in the UK last year.
Some of you may remember him?
> Are you European?
>
> Are you ready to join a Federal Europe? Try this simple
quiz to determine
> just how European you really are...
>
> 1. Your wife has asked you to pop into Marks and Sparks
to buy her a new
> bra, but when you get to the cash desk you notice there
is a large queue.
> What do you do?
> a. Take your place in line and wait patiently to be
served.
> b. Put the bra back on the shelf and return later when
the queue is
> shorter.
> c. Barge directly to the front of the line and scream,
"Ich leber stomph
> das bustenholten!"
>
> 2. You are driving around a roundabout when a car
suddenly swerves in
> front of you causing you to brake sharply. How do you
react?
> a. Drive on, perhaps tutting under your breath.
> b. Beep your horn at the offending motorist to let him
know you're
> annoyed.
> c. Screech to a halt diagonally across the front of the
other car, leap
> out and bang your fists repeatedly on his bonnet
shouting, "Bastardo!
> Bastardo! Mamma Mia! Bastardo!"
>
> 3. You are walking along the pavement when a rather
attractive looking
> woman passes by. Do you:
> a. Look away modestly, perhaps blushing slightly.
> b. Smile and maybe say, "Hello".
> c. Smear a tub of Brylcreem all over your head, pinch her
bottom then
> proceed to follow her around for half an hour, together
with twenty of
> your mates, all riding pathetic little scooters, making a
variety of crude
> and suggestive remarks.
>
> 4. You're busy at work when suddenly you realise it's 12
o'clock. What do
> you do?
> a. Have lunch, read the paper, then return to work 45
minutes later.
> b. Ignore the time and keep working until you've finished
the task at
> hand.
> c. Sit down under a tree and go to sleep for six hours.
>
> 5. You're holidaying on a beach when you see a rather old
and weary
> looking donkey giving rides to children. What would you
do?
> a. Pay no attention. It's a fairly common sight.
> b. Pat the donkey on the head and offer it a lump of
sugar.
> c. Goad it with a sharp stick, then get 50 of your
friends to jump up and
> down on its back until it falls over and dies. Then go
to sleep for six
> hours.
>
> 6. You wake up in the middle of the night feeling a bit
peckish. Do you:
> a. Roll over and go back to sleep.
> b. Pop down to the kitchen for a quick cup of tea and a
biscuit.
> c. Phone twenty of your friends and invite them to come
round and spend
> the next five hours eating snails, frogs, onions and
garlic, smoking
> Gitane and drinking 48 litres of wine.
>
> 7. You arrive at work first thing in the morning. What
is the first thing
> you do?
> a. Start the day's work straight away.
> b. Sit in the loo for twenty minutes reading the paper.
> c. Spend three hours shaking hands with your colleagues,
hugging them and
> kissing them on both cheeks as though you have not seen
them for twenty
> years.
>
> 8. You admire your neighbour's lawn which is particularly
well kept. Which
> of the following would you do?
> a. Nothing. You're quite happy with your own patchy area
of grass.
> b. Ask his advice to enable your lawn to look as good as
his.
> c. After promising him that you won't, move your garden
fence onto his
> land making his lawn part of your garden. If he
complains, shoot him.
>
> 9. You are walking down the street when you see an old
lady being mugged
> by two youths. Would you:
> a. Wade in without regard for your own safety and try to
fight the youths
> off.
> b. Run to the nearest phone box to call the police.
> c. Ignore the fracas completely, declare your neutrality
by waving a
> little white flag above your head, then scarper back to
your underground
> nuclear bomb shelter and try to work out how much money
you've made by
> selling vastly overpriced timepieces and multi-purpose
folding knives.
>
> 10. Your local football team has won a game. How would
you celebrate.
> Would you:
> a. Go down the pub and have a few pints with your friends.
> b. Just stay at home. You aren't that interested in
football.
> c. Drive around in circles in a stupid little twenty year
old Fiat with
> six people on the roof, screaming Ole' ole' ole' ole' at
the top of your
> voice waving your arms out of the windows and honking the
bloody horn all
> night.
>
> Clearly if you are a true European you would have
answered C to all of the
> above.
>
> This is what we want in Europe:
> 1) Swiss salary.
> 2) Luxembourg taxes.
> 3) German car.
> 4) British home.
> 5) Spanish girls.
> 6) French wine.
> 7) Italian food.
> 8) Belgian beer.
> 9) Austrian mountains.
> 10) Danish administration.
>
> And this is the EC's proposal for a Europe after EMU:
> 1) Czech salary.
> 2) Swedish taxes.
> 3) Spanish car.
> 4) Greek home.
> 5) Irish girls.
> 6) German wine.
> 7) British food.
> 8) French beer.
> 9) Dutch mountains.
> 10) Italian administration.
>
> Apparently, when we join the EMU, the term "spending a
penny" will be
> replaced by "euronating".
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Any ideas about interesting things to do at night while I'm
in Sydney? Bands, clubs or anything out of the ordinary....
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I saw a fence with trees behind it and a squirrel and lizards on it. Oh, and weeds (my landlord won't give me the key to go back there and clean up).
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I know the LP has a health site but does anyone know if
there is a site which will tell you exactly what
injections/pills you need for a given place. I think the
vaccination place I went to on my last trip 'over-
prescribed'.
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check your email.
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As some of the more avid readers here may have ascertained
my colleagues and I have been watching the daily activities
on this bulletin board as a laboratory of deviant behaviour
in online multimedia communities. Since a larger number of
you have often enquired into possible strategies for
managing such deviant behaviour, and have taken some rather
unorthodox approaches in implementing those strategies to no
avail, I thought that the more positive posters on this site
might be interested in some professional direction.
I direct you to some recent research by colleague John Suter
at the follwing website:
www. rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/badboys.html
Good luck with any progress you may make in restoring order!
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Does anyone remember captain cave man and what happened to
him?
[Posts on this topic: 3. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 20:12].
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Has anyone noticed my friend Colin from the Fast Show? I
miss his humour and the fact that he takes orders when he
gets something to eat, eg. McDonalds. If you see him point
him this way will you. Ta muchly.
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How is the shoulder and health at the moment.
I think that it is about time we had this game of International golf that we keep posting about, don't you?
It must have thrawed out over in your neck of the woods by now.
I am playing 18 holes this weekend ( saturday my time) and am in desperate need of some new golf balls. Mind you , the golf game has gone to pot as well with the draw shots changing to a slower left hand hook again.
I know from your last post to me on this subject that you could be coming to Melbourne in Febuary nect year but I do believe that this is too long a time in between challenge and game.
The time in now, mate, for the TTYC challenge game between the Ocker and the Yank and I will be wearing my lucky cap and probably my wet weather gear so this will be your best opportunity for you for a win and to receive those three little Greg Norman white suckers.
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The bird is calling
someone here tonight
The fading sun is falling
Left is the creeping fright
Do you fear the fox so crafty
Or the crow so naughty?
Did they catch your children small
Or did you trick them after all?
Traveller
?
[Posts on this topic: 4. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 18:13].
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Only 3 work days left until vacation!!!!!!!!!
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there are advantages and disadvantages to always being the
last time zone to join the party. Anyone care to email me
and fill me in?
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West Indies won by 7 wickets
They were 158 for 3 from 44.2 overs
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Lonely Planet is not going to initiate a registration.
Lonely Planet is not going to start working on weekends.
Lonely Planet is not going to change anything.
It does reminds me, though, of the opening scene to 2001...
where the apes are beating up on each other. So, where's
the monolith?
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I just got "Buena Vista Social Club" in the mail
today via amazon.com and it sounds great (I haven't
listened to the entire CD yet). I didn't listen to tons of
music in Cuba, but listening to this kind of music takes me
back.
The head guy of this CD comprised of many artists is like
in his 80's I think. Also, it's interesting to see Ry
Cooder involved.
[Posts on this topic: 2. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 3:43].
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Has anyone ever seen the Shroud of Turin in Italy, I would
love to see it. I truly believe its the authentic cloth
laid on Jesus' body. I've heard a lot of stories about it,
good and bad but the evidence seems to say that its
authentic. What do you think?
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Does anyone have any phobias, like really bad ones?
I have a fear of Revolving Doors (getting trapped in the same
segment as someone else or getting the back of your heels
trapped if you don't walk fast enough)
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I'm off home from work in half an hour and i've got the whole
house to myself this evening.
.
I'm contemplating running the hoover round and changing the
bed sheets but there must be more to life than this!
.
Has anyone got any suggestions?
I can check the answers at home aswell as here at work so i
wont miss out on an top ideas.
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Hi
What do you look for in a website? What makes you use that
web again and again. What changes would you make in
general if you had a web of your own? I personally would
like things to be faster with not so many pictures. They
may be pretty, but sure slow things down alot.
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"MY EDUCATION WAS INTERRUPTED BY MY SCHOOLING."
How do you feel about this statement?
Does one learn more about life and people through travel as
opposed to schools and full time jobs?
Is the basic problem of our planet lie in the fact that most
people know very little about other
culture/socities/peoples?
What stops us from learning about others?
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What, in your opinion, are the characteristics of a good poster? Sense of humour? Well-informed? Considerate of others?
And do you feel compelled to be a "good" poster, or a "bad" poster? Why?
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If you were a cake in a bakers, what cake would you be and
why?
And that goes to .......
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What is everyone's plans for the Total Eclipse on 11 August??
[Posts on this topic: 12. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 21:15].
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New Zealand are all out for 156 after 48.1 overs. Just
thought I would let you know.
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...for a weeks R&R in Co. Clare on the beautiful west coast
of Ireland, my favourite place on earth.
I shall drink Guinness, say 'begorrah' and 'top o'the
mornin' and act like a sterotype.
If the mood grabs me I shall go to Dingle in Co. Kerry and
visit my family. If, of course I can persuade someone to
drive me about seeing as I'm bit of a raspberry at the
moment.
Later boys and girls, I'm going to kiss my kidneys
goodbye...
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rumania reported the acid rains and damage to the forests
and threes due to nato bombing the chemistry factories in
serbia.
btw, does anyone know has somebody studied and analised the
impacts of oil pollution in Gulf or is it yet too early?
[Posts on this topic: 6. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 23:23].
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Why is it that the only funny and articulate men these days
are gay?
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It seems that I have to come to TYYC for a travel topic.
Nowhere else in TT will answer my post.
I am interested in travelling to Central America (Mexico) in
partuclar. Has anyone ever travelled with GREEN TOROISE? I
picked up a brochure on them whilst in the States last and
they seemes okay, adventure-type camping trek. I want a
different tour that goes out of the way? Does anyone know
of any in Mexico? Want to share some experiences?
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in person, one TTYC Poster, which would it be and why.
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All this talk of Shutup people's privacy being violated is
just bullocks. If you insist on your innocence then what's
the problem anyway if anything is exposed. Hell, I will
show as an example what little privacy I care about if I
have nothing to hide. Below are email exchanges between my
girlfriend and I yesterday over an incident Saturday night:
xxx
hey john,
i'm at work right now.. i kinda feel bad last night you
know, gettin' upset at you and all.. maybe there was a
reason why you weren't 'up' for sex.. (ommitted)
xxx
Amy,
To tell you the truth, I was too embarassed last night to
tell you that I couldn't get hard because I had spent the
whole afternoon doing it with myself. I KNOW, I shouldn't
have, but I didn't know that we were seeing each other last
night until you gave me an unexpected call. I thought you
were going to Lisa's for the night.. (omitted)
Okay, if I don't care to expose this sort of stuff, shove
your "my privacy is violated" crap up your ass because you
are all a bunch of whiners who have no place in society.
If I had money I would buy you guns to kill yourselves.
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Does anyone know where the Plastic Paddy is??
He has been conspicuous by his absence from these pages for
a while now. Clouty, anyone???? Know where he is???
I miss the humour!
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I mourning warbler singing
a little hymn for peace
The children in the ruins joining
This modest song of hope
Does anybody listen?
Blowing tree
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I often chuckle to myself when I recall a post a few days
ago about 'Colin from The Fast Show' being sent back here
in shame by someone who caught him being cheeky in the USA
section. Where are you Colin? You are the most valid insane
one of everyone here. Come back and make us laugh again.
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What is your all time favorite comedy TV program or movie
Could be current or past
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What is your all time favorite comedy TV program or movie
Could be current or past
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You just have to read most of the below posts.
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For a change of pace if anyone is interested.
Inside
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I love visiting gardens when I travel, especially ones that are important to the heritage, built environment or artistic /architectural development of a particular society. For example, Versailles, or Sissinghurst (the latter is my favourite garden ever).
What are some of the great gardens you have visited?
Please not, I am also a fan of nature and wilderness, but I am really asking about cultivated gardens here.
Did anyone see Tom Stoppard's play, 'Arcadia' ? It combines main elements of my favourite pursuits, not least of which is the English movement for park-like gardens. The best example of that is Stourhead, another magnificent offering in England.
I guess the concept of humans attempting to conquer nature fascinates me (not necessarily as a laudible goal, mind you). Simon Schama's book 'Landscape and memory' is terific in this area. Anyone read it?
So, who wants to talk about gardens?
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What's your ideal car?
Mine of course, is a Citroen DS, or perhaps a Citroen SM.
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I'm planning on taking a trip to this interesting little
isand.
The more I read about it the more interested I am of going
there. I was wondering if anyone here has any experiences
of traveling there and what can I expect.
I'm posting here cause I couldn't figure out wether to post
it in the Africa forum or the west europe forum.
Any sort of response appreciated.
Cheers
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Name all TTYC posters! Inside!
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Does anyone want to talk about anything that does not
include shutup or onelist.
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A TELLETUBBIE??????????? THEY LOOK LIKE ALIENS TO ME!!!!!
OR A VERY BAD, ACID TRIP!!!!!!
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MANCHESTER UNITED KICKED SOME SERIOUS NEW CASTLE "ASS"!!!!
MANCESTER UNITED........WINNERS OF THE F A CUP!!!!!!!
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tell us where was the best sunset you have seen.
ps shutup members take note, my opst is the most obvious way
to improve the site. shamefully, you guys chose impostering
and flaming instead.
pps i am an old-timer and i do not need people to represent
me. nice patronage but no thank you.
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The pest-poster pulled up,propped his pushbike at a
pillar-box,pulled out his 'peen,paused at a post and pissed.
*
"Piss in the proper place",pronounced a perturbed proper-
poster,and presently,this particular part of the Planet was
plunged into a panorama of public pressure and private
pleasure through pain.
*
The pandemonium prompted the poster-police,who patrolled the
precinct in panda cars,to pull up and peruse the
problem,while pickpockets picked pockets in pairs.
*
"Arrest the pest-poster who so pointedly pissed on that
public post",pleaded the peeved proper-posters,practically
palpitating.The powerful poster-police who picked up the
pest-poster,pronounced him a poof,a pansy,a punk rocker,a
pinko and a poodle-poker.
*
They picked him up,pummeled his pelvis,punctured his
pipes,played ping-pong with his private parts and pushed him
into a place of penal putrification.
*
A poster-police provocoteur put poison pellets in his
porridge.The poster-police provocateur was promoted and the
pest-poster was presented with the Pulitzer
prize----Post-humously.
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While responding to another thread, I mentioned my
procrasination problem. Are there any other devoted
procrastinators out there, and what methods do you use to
aid in this procratination? (eg posting on chatlines all
day). How can I stop procrastinating and actually get some
work done? I realise I sound pathetic, but I really could
use some advice.
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Scrutineer - are you there?
Did you make a decision about the next book?
RMM is away this week, so discussion of Desert Places will
start next Monday Australian time / Tuesday N American
time, after the US long weekend.
Sally
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I can't remember but didn't they find Noah's Ark in Turkey a
number of years ago? Or at least they think its the Ark, it
is logged in ice in mountains, does anyone know anything
about this? Where is Amigo when you need him?
[Posts on this topic: 5. Latest post: Tue 25 May, 2:44].
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I start out with Helsinki next week. Hopefully, we will also
manage a quick trip to Belgium by car. What are your travel
plans this summer?
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anyway.
just returned from a beautiful journey in india and am
suffering the usual confusion and ceaseless questioning
that always accompanies my return:
why have i come back here?
what am i going to do?
when will i be able to save up enough to go away again?
will this feeling wear off soon so i can settle down?
the answers seemed to clear before. before, i was looking
forward to coming home. how quickly we forget! the grass
is always greener.
i know it's a well-worn topic, but please, remind me again
that i'm not alone. solutions, anyone????
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Here's a question for you travellers: What do the names of
the world's currencies mean? Are there some interesting
names that say something about the countries involved. A
couple that I find interesting are the Botswanan "Pula",
which means rain, and reflects the scarcity and the value
of rain in that country, and the Guatemalan "Quetzal",
which is named after one of the most beautiful birds in the
Central American rainforrest.
What about the meanings of "Dinar", "Escudo", "Rupee",
"Drachma", "Rand", and even "Dollar" etc.
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`Does anyone travel by boat anymore, im planning to go down the red sea from Suez. I want to get as far as India. I know that there are ferrys and other ships that go from suez to Jedda in Saudi Arabia and Port Sudan in Sudan. and that from there some travel on to Dubai and Karachi in Pakistan.
Has anyone out there travelled this way or does anyone know if there are many travelling this way. If so can you get boats straight from Egypt to India.Do you need visas for all stops on route or can you get access at the port, ie in Jedda. What are the prices to travel on these boats and how safe are they.
thanks, duncan
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May 24 - Mary Had A Little Lamb is written, 1830
May 25 - The movie Star Wars is released, 1977
May 26 - John Wayne's birthday, 1907
May 27 - The first black light is sold in a novelty shop,
1961
May 28 - The first Batman comic book is introduced, 1939
May 29 - The first people reach the top of Mt Everest, 1953
May 30 - The Compact disk is introduced, 1981
And for the remaining of Memorial Day Weekend I'll be away.
May 31 - Clint Eastwood's birthday, 1930
June 1 - The first Superman comic book is published, 1938
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Give us a travel update please... Wilster can't wait to get
in on it.
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If you had to tell someone just one story from your travel
experiences, what would it be? Share it with us, or else we
can all die from war-overdose.
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we regrettably announce the death of dr pink floyd
cause of death; toxic boredom syndrome
source; this damn site and its race wars.
pay your respects and pissoff.
as this site is as sparkling as soap opera, i will no doubt
make a comeback,albiet with a case of amnesia and a sleazy
latin outlook on life.
see you all in better times
the doc.
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with a cup of tea. How 'bout you?
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What a fantastic game there today in Sydney. Bad luck
Swanees, played very, very well - best game I've seen all
year so far.
Plugger - consolations mate, Ashley McIntosh was always
going to be hard to get the 6 on. You'll do it for sure
next week.
"We're the Eagles, we're flying high !!!" 8-1
Oh, and to Lonely Planet: please remove the dipshit postings
below: "ttttttt" and "losers". Thanks.
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Now we all know the truth. Aussie culture is a cheap
imitation of suburban us/uk culture.
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I said that I was going to TransSiberian railway in 2
weeks, and all Wilster could do was babble on about how
he's going to Bosnia. He's never going to actually have a
civil travel discussion with anybody without going "look
what _I_'ve done, it's MORE significant".
And he patronized me by saying "Captain you mean the
TransManchurian since you aren't going through Vladivostok".
Well Wilster oh-you-smart-one, I _am_ going through
Vladivostok, but oh-you-smart-one just had to patronize me
to show your superior knowledge of the TransSIBERIAN
railway, right?????
That is so indicative of the problem on this site - it's
NOT the flamers who are problematic; it's those elitists
who patronize everyone else. These elitists just happen to
be socially inept in real life.
Wilster, if I wanted to brag about traveling like you, I
would have said when you posted last week about Bosnia,
that I WAS IN BOSNIA IN 1995 WHEN THERE WAS NO BORDER
CONTROL. But I didn't do that then, did I? Because I'm
not some loser elitist who feels that my cock grows another
3 inches when I patronize and belittle fellow backpackers
on an Internet forum.
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to? Ok you hosers, quit moaning about imposters and tell
me if any of you have been to places you are sure other
YCers won't have been to. While most of you wankers
haven't been beyond the well-worn trail from computer to
toilet to kitchen to dole office, some of us have actually been
somewhere. I will start with 2 places not one of you dope-
heads has ever been:
Bokondini (Irian Jaya)
Pulangpisau (Kalimantan).
This quiz should satisfy those among you who see obscure
destinations as a prize to be won and boasted and dreamed
about. You others blobs who never leave your computer
desks, this might inspire you to do so.
Ciao
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Who's running this chicken outfit?
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I'm back from my all expenses day trip to Cedar Rapids
(Iowa)where I was also payed $US13 to show some idiot
farmer how to face it being a retard. Hah I'm so damn good
at it.
Managed to bed one of his sheeps too, boy do I enjoy hairy
specimens with nice firm massive butts.
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On my way back I met an curious character in the Bus
Station. This oldie lame was talking with his suitcase.
Yeah, I swear. Dressed in hawaian shirt he was telling his
suitcase something like this: "Chief, this reminds me of
that time when I was in El Salvador, captain...). He
sounded very familiar to me. Still don┤t know now....
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Later on, when I arrived at my hometown (where I am a
dimwit tabloid filler) watched two teens playing with their
teddy bears. God! they were Nirvana fanny and the Net
Surfer!! I know this ┤cause I also played with them for a
while. They were so scared at me! Man am I great or what?
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Home at last! I like my filthy flat a lot. Checked the
answer machine but nobody had called. Like this surprised
me! Well, I decided to hit the TTYC for 16 hrs. Yes pals,
this is the highlight of my day: Making TTYC┤ posters think
I am anything more than just a 43 years old loser. Not to
worry folks...somehow I will manage to impost everyone,
even Nirvana fanny and Net Surfer, if necessary. Am I a
productive poster or what?
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I┤m into a handle change as well. From now on I want you to
call me ABNORMOOL due to the brain delay I suffer.
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Abnormool (formerly Refisool)....I'm so damn good
TheMan
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We've got a crate of Tusker ready and waiting.
Would anyone like to predict the final score?
We think 2-1 Manchester United.
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If even the Mexicans can learn the Metric system, why can't
we?
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..to be the Shoot Your Mouth Off topic ? A serious issue,
some weird joke, or what ? Any ideas ? I want my moment of
fame ! There seems to be a lot from this strand, so you lot
are the obvious experts !
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Hey, Zog's very witty post re: the new Star Wars flick is
the Shoot your mouth off topic. All bow in the presence of
greatness.
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I want to ask a serious question........What are the
advantages and disadvantages to dating an older man. Like
about 12 years older that you? Very concerned!!!!!!
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Having read through too many odes to suds on this site, I'm
wondering how many people here prefer a fine red wine. As a
Canadian, I'm pretty much stuck with imports due to the fact
that our best reds are no better than OK. Mmost are more
suitable for the Wine Expectorator than the wine spectator.
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So what's your favorite local red, all you lucky Aussies,
Frenchies, Americans, Chileans, Italians, et al? And tell me
what it tastes like.
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PS And all you half-brights, spare us your poetic renderings
of how your favorites taste like various bodily fluids. We
know.
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What do you think of Ally McBeal!
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I have lived abroad and moved "back home" a couple of times.
I have a few questions:
1. What is the best thing about living abroad?
2. What is the worst thing about living abroad?
3. What is the best thing about moving back home?
4. What is the worst thing about moving back home?
5. How do you tackle/combat the lows abroad and at home?
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Now that the cold war is over and the good guys(USA) have
won, and the proper political and economic systems
(Democracy and Capitalism) are firmly in place in most of
the world, I think it is easy to look back with 20-20
hindsight and point out the foreign policy mistakes and
transgressions of good judgement that America made in the
heat of the battle. Yes, meddling in the affairs of
foreign countries and supporting tyranical dictators solely
on the basis that they opposed Communism was morally wrong
and a violation of America's own high ideals of freedom and
self-determination, but shouldn't we have been allowed a
few transgressions since we we fighting a very real war
against a very real enemy, and I think on the whole, it is
clear that America was fighting for a just and moral cause.
Despite the fact that the USA made mistakes along the way,
I like the way things turned out in the end! I for one am
glad that the Soviet Union fell, and that freedom and
Democracy are rampant in the world today. The shame I feel
over isolated individual mistakes that America made during
the cold war(and there were many) is overshadowed by the
overwhelming pride I have for America's role in bringing
freedom, Democracy and at least a fair shot at economic
prosperity to many of the oppressed peoples of the world.
I feel a pride in this equal to the pride I feel for
America's pivotal role in fighting Fascism in the world
during the previous generation.
Comments Please.
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I was just watching a programme about WW II, and it was
describing the Japanese conquest of Singapore. It seems that
50,000 Japanese landed on the Malay coast, and proceeded to
Johore Bahru by BICYCLE! They arrived to find 200,000
Commonwealth troops, mostly Aussies and Kiwis, "defending"
Singapore. Despite their huge advantage in numbers and
fortified position, after a token resistance, the English
and their Anzac allies surrendered without a fight, and gave
up their weapons.
The newsreel footage showed kilometers of them, being
photographed from the air as they stood uninjured in their
ranks, symbolizing the end of European supremacy in Asia.
The Japanese then marched them off to die building the
invasion routes (e.g Bridge on the River Kwaii) into Burma,
feeling justified in treating them as subhuman because of
their spineless and cowardly surrender.
How much do you think the exaggerated macho bravado
Australian men try to project today comes from this
humiliation of their spineless fathers and grandfathers?
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I am so sick of hearing of hearing about violence among
teenagers in the schools!! I happen to be from Colorado and
this Littleton media frenzy is disgusting! It is a very
marketable event. It's like going to a concert! There are
CD's, bumper stickers, t-shirts,ect...Everyone wants to be a
part of the attention. There are loads of special events,
and fund raisers, people drive for miles to gawk at Clement
park which is covered with flowers-florists couldn't be
happier! They area is covered with trash that "tourists"
eave behind. In the surrounding neighborhoods there are
Columbine decorations-ribbons and wreaths. It's like the
neighbors are competing on who has the best Columbine
tradgety decor. It's repulsive! I just read a statistic that
60,000 kids were killed last year by their parents. Hundreds
of Kosavo refugees are dying in camps everyday but yet it is
a less newsworthy(meaning unmarketable) event. Who else
agrees?
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Hello, I'm Cyberia and I'm a 19 year old girl from Durham,
North Carolina. I stumbled on this site last week and you
sure seem to be a happy bunch. So what's up here? Tell me
all i need to know.
Thanks!!!!!
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As you all know deep down us U.S. citizens are the master
race. Why do Europeans (U.K. mostly) have so much jealousy
and bitterness towards us. Is it because our women are so
stunning? because we are so intelligent? or because we
control the planet in one way or another? Brits and Aussies
are one and the same.
Please explain to us why you are so jealous of our country.
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> > Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you
check for a pulse?
> > A: No.
> > Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
> > A: No.
> > Q: Did you check for breathing?
> > A: No.
> > Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive
when you began the autopsy?
> > A: No.
> > Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
> > A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
> > Q: But could the patient have still been alive
nevertheless?
> > A: It is possible that he could have been alive and
practicing law somewhere.
> > Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you
check for a pulse?
> > A: No.
> > Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
> > A: No.
> > Q: Did you check for breathing?
> > A: No.
> > Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive
when you began the autopsy?
> > A: No.
> > Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
> > A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
> > Q: But could the patient have still been alive
nevertheless?
> > A: It is possible that he could have been alive and
practicing law somewhere.
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what has been the best thing you have got from discovering
TTYC?
For me it would have to be my long distance relationship
with a very special person.
Ain't love grand?
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Anybody the new Star Wars movie has seen? Seen it I have,
and diappointed I was! Mmmm, yes! Strong was not the Force
with Lucas on this one. Sucked it did not, yet so much more
was I expecting. When $115 million on making a movie you
spend, be sure the story is interesting at least you should!
Lavish were the special effects and many were the strange
creatures, but boring was the plot! Cared you not whether
young Anakin would win the podrace, because already you
knew! And on my nerves Jar Jar Binks quickly got. Cousin
Yoda much younger looking was however, a day not over 600
years old he looked! In this movie was there much to look
at, yet lacking were the suspense and interest. Too much was
the icing and too little was the cake! Succumbed, Lucas
obviously has, to the Mark(eting) Side of the Force! A good
swift kick in the butt by a Wookiee needs he! Mmmm, yes!
Well, go now I must. Being not a Jedi like cousin Yoda, get
ready to drive the truck I must.
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What objects have you brought back from your travels are truly unique and indicative of the place where you were? Do you have any momentos that are rare, unique or one-off? What have you brought home that reminds you of your travels every time you look at it? Maybe this can be an interesting thread for those people on this site who actually do travel.
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I just smashed the tip of my middle finger in the damn FedEX
drop box outside. It doen't seem to be broken, but there is
a horrible looking black spot underneath the fingernail, the
finger is tingling, and it's much warmer than my other
fingers. And most of all, it hurts like HELL! Ahhhhh!
Somebody, kiss it and make it better!
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I am surprised I have not yet seen a post on Dana Plato,
the former "Diff'rent Strokes" star (Kimberly), dead at 34.
While it is true that one should not judge another without
walking a mile in their shoes, it disturbs me that Dana
Plato destroyed her life the way she did. If I had been
given all that Dana Plato had been given, I would have made
a real life for myself and would not have succumbed to the
tempations and travesty that she did. Many of us do not
have it as easy as she did. Were I Dana Plato, I would
have invested well the money she earned from "Diff'rent
Strokes," married a nice man, produced children, and would
now be living a happy and low-profile life somewhere on the
Westside in L.A.: getting recognized once in a while while
shopping at the Pavilions supermarket, taking my kids to
school at Paul Revere Junior High School, going to Mazatlan
on vacation, supporting my husband's career somewhere near
the middle of the entertainment-industry totem pole,
appearing dutifully for the E! "Where are they now?"
people, etc. I would have loved to have Dana Plato's life,
and I would have exceled as her.
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If it weren't for a few inovative Americans, what would you
all be driving? How would you all get to other countries so
swiftly? How would you talk to all your far flung friends
and families? How would you be reading this right now?
Cars, airplanes, telephones, computers, movies, light-
bulbs, and countless other American inventions have made
your lives better each and every day.
So, what have you to say to that?
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What comes to your mind when anybody says 'Belgium' ?
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While living in Bahrain, I was warned not to go to a shop to
buy a zipper and ask for a zip, as this was too much like
the arabic word for the male organ (zib).
Do you guys have any more tips on words to avoid when out
travelling? or funny stories about words NOT avoided in
time?
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Hi, why am i back here? We've got a new set of egocentric
wankers.On the plus side,i don't bother going in unless
it's posted by someone cool..eg
Sally,Debs,Hurricane,@play,Tabatha,RMM. there are more of
you but names won't come to mind.
Ok, I just had fun checking out Aussie Rules teams O/S. it
seems that Nth America is catching up fast. NA Jeb was
telling us more about playing for a carolina team below.
O/wise i enjoyed the Copenhagen Crocs and the Tokyo Goannas
(club song too!).
So far my cards ain't worked,but it's early days..only 2
attempts :).
Nash, as some-one who comes from a broken home, until i got
out of that situation,it was very hard to see melbourne,and
Australia,in a positive light.It's very hard to change when
everyone around you is negative,and there is no economic
way out.So i can see your point,but it's an ind. thing.
@play, what turns me on,if I remember rightly it's your
post below..is girls being natural,spontaneous,and
generally eyes and voices have a big effect on me.
Let's hope little Johnny Howard is hamstrung by princess
Meg and we end up with a compassionate version of the GST.
Dems get my vote next time though.
Bugger..al the rest is forgotten so it can't have been too
imp.
See you in a few days. SCOTT :)
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an interesting way to work out what your name would be as a
porn star is to use as a christian name the name of the
first pet (be it a dog, cat, goldfish, aardvark etc) and as
a surname the name of the first street you ever lived in.
using this formula, my porn star name is charlie bimbadeen.
what's yours?!
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What is the difference between the situation in Sri Lanka
and the situation in Yugoslavia? Would India therefore have
a right according to your logic to unleash its own blood
bath in Sri Lanka? or should bombing Sri Lanka be left to
the ruling military dictactors (ie. USA) to use in future
as a reinforcement of its "buy our weapons of we will
create havoc in your region" policy.
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Eight areas in California: Bakersfield, Chico-Paridise,
Fresno, LA-Long Beach, Merced, Modesto, Oakland, Orange
County. I have data on unemployment and labour force.
Regardless of population, how would you group the eight
areas together with respect of employment development? A
weird question maybe for a travel forum, but I have no idea
how those areas are located in California and the labour
situation there... thanks
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Give names of guys/girls you've dated, married, or slept with. Start from A. I will start.
PS I don't know how many of you will participate :)
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O.K., I'm curious. How many Canadians posting on this site
actually have a Canadian flag sewn onto their backpack?
Is it just a stereotypical thing, or is it actually the
norm? If you do have one, why? I've heard that many people
do it to avoid being confused with Americans.
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Due to popular demand (oui, oui, I swear), let's open yet
another steamy yet classic thread were we'll discuss all
sorts of things related to love, sex and relationships (true
handles are optional for the timid and discreet). So drop
in, answer a few questions about yourself, ask a few more
and let's get it going ! (oops, bad pun, again)
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When you see 12:00 midnight, does that indicate a.m., or
p.m.?
I am having a mini-argument and need it settled.
Incidently, I say--a.m.
What is the bet, anyway dwardE?
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Right, I'm not prude, especially not sexually.
But: this media thing is just getting at me. What the hell
is going on?!? Where ever I look I'm being bombarded with
sexual images. In all shapes and forms, some suttle, some
right in the face.
I know that 20-25 years ago when I was a kid it just wasn't
like that. So what has happened here? Is this what we call
"sexual liberation"? Does this sex-obsessed western society
need, or better can it handle this degree of daily
brainwashing?
And what about the next generations? They are being fed
this food with mothers milk. Which degree of importance is
sex going to have in their lifes/society?
I don't think that this has much to do with appriciation of
the human physique, but that it's pure reckless moneymaking.
I mean it's kind of funny in one way, because most of us
( me included ) enjoy to see a halfnaked girl running
around on our TV screen, advertising trainers or cornflakes
or god knows what, and would probably miss to not see these
images anymore. But what do they do subconciously?
Jeez, it's a rainy day. Might have just got out the wrong
side of bed this morning.
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After reading all the excellent comments about travel from so many different people, I just wondered............where are you all calling from??
Because we all sit at home cloistered in our little house I think it would make interesting reading to see where you all are,
SO,,,,,,,,, WHERE ARE YOU ALL?????
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