LoneStarRanger

[quote]I had a 14 hour layover in Istanbul, coming back from India, so I hired a local guy to drive me to the area around Hagia Sophia and give me a tour. It was pretty awesome. Hagia Sophia impressed me more than the Taj Mahal (not a knock on the Taj). Lots of Roman ruins just outside. The market w...

[quote]Did you live in Turkey for a few years? Outside of Istanbul, you’ve been to more places than I have.[/quote] I had a client in Istanbul and I was helping his startup break into Europe and the US I stayed for 6 months and made trips across Turkey/Armenia/Georgia/Bulgaria I fell in lov...

[img]big bad[/img] Oh god :eye roll: ...

[b]Gobekli Tepe near Sanliurfa[/b] The Gobekli Tepe and Karan Tepe ruins are the oldest ruins in the world, and only recently discovered. They are around 11,500 years old and 14,000 years old respectively. These are not heavily visited because of it being only recently discovered. You’ll someti...

[b]People[/b]: Turks (not to be confused with Arabs) are incredibly kind and sweet. If you learn just a few simple phrases in Turkish, they will be so thrilled, that often, they will treat you like a King [b]Prices[/b]: Turkey is incredibly cheap, especially now. 1 Dollar = 15 Turkish L...

I'll start this off, and happy to answer any questions. This will be more of a primer with less details. So if you want specific restaurant recommendations, just ask. (Photos are not mine; I'm not someone who takes many photos, apologies) Let me preface this by saying that Turkey is an incredi...

Palermo has the best street food and Byzantine Mosaics/Art/Architecture etc Catania has the best restaurants Siracusa has a great old town and home of Archimedes Small towns: Cefalu (Beach, Cathedral and mountain), Agrigento (Valley of the Temples and Capital of Arancini), Taormina (walk a...

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Call them up, they won’t hide the info from you...

And Trump was their stooge. What a horrible President ...

Mixed race? Gtfo...

Your criminal justice reform job history and minor in African American studies would give me a pause from voting for you...

Hopefully they’re not screaming the whole time like in season 4 It seemed like screaming at each other took half of each episode...

Andy Bernard, but especially when he returns from the boat trip...

[quote]Just out of my own curiosity, and if you’re willing to share, what are your estimated costs per kid per semester to homeschool? Did mom have a job prior to the decision? (Presuming that mom will be the one staying home but please correct me if I’m wrong) [/quote] $1500/yr ($750 per semeste...

[quote]Don't let them go away to college. That's what screwed up my daughter.[/quote] Kids that go away (and live on campus) for college are more likely to turn out as liberals. Keep your kids close through all of their schooling...

My wife and I have decided to homeschool Good Catholic homeschool group up in our neck of the woods But we assume the Dems will try to outlaw homeschooling at some point in the near future, so we are content with being outlaws...

The Feds already have your biometric face scans via your Drivers License (see REAL ID) This was inevitable unfortunately ...

Darwinism would say you shouldn’t have survived...

My wife breast feeds. No need to be reliant on formula...