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re: What's the biggest eye opener that you've had while visiting another state/country etc?
Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:33 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:33 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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From some of the people I spoke with at my friends of Bill W. meeting,
AA meeting. Bill W was one of the founders
Isn't friend of bill w also code for quitting from a serious pot addiction?
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:41 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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If you had to posit an armchair theory for why Southerners are bigger litterers than the rest of the country, what would be your theory?
My first trip to France was in the Alsace region. No litter, no graffiti. Postcard perfect. Next trip was near Marseille. Litter and graffiti everywhere. I think people in the south of all countries are just trashier.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:42 pm to rocky mountain way
1968 Part of a summer in Europe included a week in Berlin.
And we also went individually into east Berlin.
1st surprise was the East German guards were whistling the same tune as West Germans (Kaiser Bill's Batman)
Second: the few bicycles in the shop windows has the least substantial light brown rubber tires I've ever seen.
Third: Dinner in the Rathskeller, the posh restaurant under the German City Hall that was in the Russian sector. Maitre de brings out a huge four page menu with all sorts of interesting dishes. When we placed our order , THEN he told us which three dishes were available that evening.
And we also went individually into east Berlin.
1st surprise was the East German guards were whistling the same tune as West Germans (Kaiser Bill's Batman)
Second: the few bicycles in the shop windows has the least substantial light brown rubber tires I've ever seen.
Third: Dinner in the Rathskeller, the posh restaurant under the German City Hall that was in the Russian sector. Maitre de brings out a huge four page menu with all sorts of interesting dishes. When we placed our order , THEN he told us which three dishes were available that evening.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:56 pm to rocky mountain way
Totally nude dancers in every town in the mid-west (IL) - back in 1994 when I was young and horny.
Always thought of LA as party central and the mid west as Bible Belt.
Pasties and g strings most places here.
You asked for an eye opener.
Car insurance was cheap as frick up there too. Good hunting, but couldn’t wait to move back home - too fricking cold with no mountains, ugly women, and bland food.
Always thought of LA as party central and the mid west as Bible Belt.
Pasties and g strings most places here.
You asked for an eye opener.
Car insurance was cheap as frick up there too. Good hunting, but couldn’t wait to move back home - too fricking cold with no mountains, ugly women, and bland food.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 1/5/22 at 11:09 pm to Big Bill
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Driving into old Mexico from Laredo in the late 90's and seeing real poverty in the shanty towns. And realizing how incredibly lucky we are.
I was in Kenya for a while, there was no welfare system, or other social programs, the result was large areas of shanty towns, beggars everywhere, tons of petty crime, and significant violent crime. People that say the US should shut off welfare need to pay a visit to some of these countries and see what happens when that is not available.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 11:11 pm to Dissident Aggressor
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traveling abroad has taught me that we have the fattest poor people in the world…
Our poor people aren't really impoverished, they're just lazy
Posted on 1/5/22 at 11:27 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Traveling internationally, older Indians have no respect for waiting lines. They will cut in every God damn one.
No kidding. Try doing international business with Indians. If I’m in a jungle with two bullets in my pistol and a cobra and an Indian are next to each other on the trail I’m walking down I’m shooting the Indian twice.
Posted on 1/5/22 at 11:28 pm to rocky mountain way
A few things come to mind.
Tallulah, LA…we drive 30 minutes out of the way on the way to the beach to go through. It’s humbling/sad.
Level of poverty in Afghanistan.
How crappy gas stations are in Mississippi
Walmarts not in NWA. Ours are really nice…outside of home base…wow
How dated the buildings on Georgia’s campus are. Felt like I was walking through a 60’s movie set. How loud Sanford stadium gets. How wooded it is around the football field.
Auburn- how small of a town it is.
Tallulah, LA…we drive 30 minutes out of the way on the way to the beach to go through. It’s humbling/sad.
Level of poverty in Afghanistan.
How crappy gas stations are in Mississippi
Walmarts not in NWA. Ours are really nice…outside of home base…wow
How dated the buildings on Georgia’s campus are. Felt like I was walking through a 60’s movie set. How loud Sanford stadium gets. How wooded it is around the football field.
Auburn- how small of a town it is.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 11:39 pm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 12:13 am to rocky mountain way
I’ve been in the import lumber business for over 30 years. My boss normally traveled to South America and Africa to visit with our suppliers and sawmills. In the 1990’s my boss asked me to start flying down to Brazil to inspect the South American Genuine Mahogany we were purchasing. It was eye opening when I inspected 50,000 BF of mahogany at the port and right next to it were armed thugs guarding enough cocaine to keep Miami supplied for a few months.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 1:54 am to rocky mountain way
In this part of the state, at least, the law is barely involved in any kind of transgression, barring a homicide or vehicular infraction. Folks in Montana tend to police themselves rather than get the state involved.
A few weeks ago, there was a young man who had been determined to have been selling heroin in town. Rather than report it to any authorities, some people who I do not know at all decided to corral this individual at a local bar, kick the living dogshit out of him, and inform him that he was not welcome.
Haven't seen him since.
A few weeks ago, there was a young man who had been determined to have been selling heroin in town. Rather than report it to any authorities, some people who I do not know at all decided to corral this individual at a local bar, kick the living dogshit out of him, and inform him that he was not welcome.
Haven't seen him since.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 2:09 am to rocky mountain way
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Everyone left their windows open and doors unlocked at night, and even when they weren't home.
People say this bullshite, but nobody did this lol
Posted on 1/6/22 at 2:37 am to rocky mountain way
Europe
How nobody drinks ice with their water or any drink period.
So many people smoke - including teenagers
How they look at work and work life balance is completely different here in the US.
How nobody drinks ice with their water or any drink period.
So many people smoke - including teenagers
How they look at work and work life balance is completely different here in the US.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 2:45 am to TackySweater
Similar experience with Miami. We went down to the 2012 Orange Bowl and the neighborhood near the stadium looked like something out of the movie Friday. Similar experience with Cleveland, Richmond and Detroit. It was like visiting a different world 
Growing up in WV, we didn't lock doors or windows either, but everyone knew their neighbors.
Another for me was how rude people were in some areas, especially cities.
Growing up in WV, we didn't lock doors or windows either, but everyone knew their neighbors.
Another for me was how rude people were in some areas, especially cities.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:31 am to TackySweater
Not true.
My Grandmaw house didnt have AC till the 90s, we slept with the windows open and an attic fan. She also never locked her door. We would walk in her house and there was a bote on the counter..... "going get my hair done". She never locked her doors.
My Grandmaw house didnt have AC till the 90s, we slept with the windows open and an attic fan. She also never locked her door. We would walk in her house and there was a bote on the counter..... "going get my hair done". She never locked her doors.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:41 am to rocky mountain way
In the right states, Popeyes is actually functional....
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:14 am to rocky mountain way
Went to Utah for work a few years back. Made me realize how much of a shite hole most of the south is.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:47 am to Teufelhunden
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I'm from Louisiana. The first time I visited states out west I was amazed that people didn't just throw their garbage on the side of the road. It's like they gave a shite.
It's amazing that people do this shite. From cigarette butts, to diapers to whatever you can think of, you will see it on the side of the road in LA. I just don't understand it. I would vote for a candidate for governor if his sole platform was to clean up the state literally and figuratively.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 5:57 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 6:02 am to rocky mountain way
I used to think that North America was so overcrowded until I drove from Phoenix to Las Vegas and saw 1000's of empty acreage.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 6:47 am to rocky mountain way
When I first arrived in BR and got to the neighborhood I was to live in, noticed there were far more carports than garages, and more boil pots than grills in backyards.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 6:49 am to Naked Bootleg
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and more boil pots than grills in backyards.
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