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I've misplaced my mojo somewhere betwixt Stockholm and Sao Paulo.
I'd best retrace my steps.
I'd best retrace my steps.
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I just have to say this cause it is an isolated blurt--and completely random...
Donald Trump is a fucking douche bag. If he runs for president of the USA and is elected I will vomit. Then I will question the intelligence of Americans. Then I will ponder at the "gong show" that has become of a former super power nation.
Not trying to offend, honest...but I can't believe the arrogance and the audacity of that narcissistic human being. Really. Where the fuck does he get off thinking he knows anything about how to lead a nation? And think about the nepitism...fuck maybe Don Jr can be his running mate...and Ivanka can be Secretary of State.
I can just hear it now... "Obama, your fired."
He needs to stick to what he does best--admire himself.
(Prompted by an interview on CNN today)
Donald Trump is a fucking douche bag. If he runs for president of the USA and is elected I will vomit. Then I will question the intelligence of Americans. Then I will ponder at the "gong show" that has become of a former super power nation.
Not trying to offend, honest...but I can't believe the arrogance and the audacity of that narcissistic human being. Really. Where the fuck does he get off thinking he knows anything about how to lead a nation? And think about the nepitism...fuck maybe Don Jr can be his running mate...and Ivanka can be Secretary of State.
I can just hear it now... "Obama, your fired."
He needs to stick to what he does best--admire himself.
(Prompted by an interview on CNN today)
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I had something for this thread, but I lost it.
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I need a camera man for stuff. A co-writer for Kick the Sun would be nice too...
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I think I'm being ignored again
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Oh how I wish I were inside a woman's mouth right now...
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There was the most beautiful waitress at lunch today. Sadly, she didn't wait my table, but she did hold the door open as I left. :sigh:
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All of you or just a certain part?
At this point, any part would feel as great as every part. What, you never wanted a woman to smother you with her mouth one part at a time?
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I am so excited about seeing my friend after all these years. This has been the best couple of weeks I've had in years. Maybe ever. All my hard work is finally bearing fruit.
All my hard work is finally bearing fruit.
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As long as I live, I will never understand how it was possible to lose money selling MGBs and MGB-GTs. Only incompetence of a stunning, singular and outstanding variety will ever explain it.
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Four Countries in hours
On Monday 4th April we went on holiday. We left home at 8am, loaded on the ferry at Dover at 9.30am British Summer Time, arrived in Calais at 12 noon French Time (1 hour ahead) and left towards Belgium and the Netherlands. Having left France and travelled the length of Belgium we arrived in the Netherlands at 2.30pm.
We had been in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 5 actual hours even if our watches said 6 hours after 9.30am.
Then there was a major crash on a motorway near Rotterdam. It took us three more hours to travel four miles.
We still arrived at our accommodation early enough to go for an evening walk around the local town.
Og
On Monday 4th April we went on holiday. We left home at 8am, loaded on the ferry at Dover at 9.30am British Summer Time, arrived in Calais at 12 noon French Time (1 hour ahead) and left towards Belgium and the Netherlands. Having left France and travelled the length of Belgium we arrived in the Netherlands at 2.30pm.
We had been in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 5 actual hours even if our watches said 6 hours after 9.30am.
Then there was a major crash on a motorway near Rotterdam.
It took us three more hours to travel four miles.We still arrived at our accommodation early enough to go for an evening walk around the local town.
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On Monday 4th April we went on holiday. We left home at 8am, loaded on the ferry at Dover at 9.30am British Summer Time, arrived in Calais at 12 noon French Time (1 hour ahead) and left towards Belgium and the Netherlands. Having left France and travelled the length of Belgium we arrived in the Netherlands at 2.30pm.
We had been in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 5 actual hours even if our watches said 6 hours after 9.30am.
Then there was a major crash on a motorway near Rotterdam.
We still arrived at our accommodation early enough to go for an evening walk around the local town.
Og
very happy you missed the crash and only had to wait while it was cleared. hope you had a wonderful time.
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The Netherlands
We visited several places during our self-catering week in the Netherlands. It was our first ever visit and we were surprised how close many of the places were to each other, with good road connections.
We spent our first day quietly, first looking for petrol (US=gas). To my surprise the first two gas stations, which were cheaper, would not accept any of my Visa cards. All I got was an automated message in Dutch that I couldn't understand. In both stations a Dutch motorist explained, in fluent English, that at some gas stations, but not all, I needed a special Dutch debit card. Of course, the first two I tried were those needing the local card. The third accepted my Visa card and recognised that it had been issued in the UK and the display changed to English. The cost of filling my tank was 99 Euros. Ouch!
We drove through some of the bulb field areas to the seaside resort of Zandvoort. Despite being a major beach resort I couldn't find any open toilets and was reduced to hiding behind a tree. In the evening we walked to a local supermarket for milk and items for our evening meal.
The only place we had definitely planned to visit was the Keukenhof Gardens in the tulip growing area. They are only open in the Spring. We were a couple of weeks too early for the main tulip displays but the gardens were still spectacular.
We had decided to find out more about commercial tulip growing before going to Keukenhof, so on our first objective was the Black Tulip Museum in Lisse. That showed us the development of bulb-growing in the Netherlands and how important the trade is. Afterwards we walked around Lisse before driving North to find where the Ford Museum was located in Hillegom. It was too late for it to be open but at least we now knew where to go.
We went to the Ford Museum the next morning. It claims to have more antique Fords than the Ford Museum in Detroit. That may be true. The exhibits range from a full-size working replica of Henry Ford's first car, modified only by the addition of a brake, which Henry hadn't bothered to fit, up to 1948, when the collection stops.
We went on to Keukenhof, arriving mid afternoon to avoid most of the coach parties. The gardens are open until 7.30pm so we still had plenty of time and the numbers of visitors decreased rapidly after 4pm. By 7pm we were almost alone in the gardens. Apparently it is recommended either to visit early in the morning before the groups arrive, or as we did, arrive in mid-afternoon and stay until the end.
To be continued...
We visited several places during our self-catering week in the Netherlands. It was our first ever visit and we were surprised how close many of the places were to each other, with good road connections.
We spent our first day quietly, first looking for petrol (US=gas). To my surprise the first two gas stations, which were cheaper, would not accept any of my Visa cards. All I got was an automated message in Dutch that I couldn't understand. In both stations a Dutch motorist explained, in fluent English, that at some gas stations, but not all, I needed a special Dutch debit card. Of course, the first two I tried were those needing the local card. The third accepted my Visa card and recognised that it had been issued in the UK and the display changed to English. The cost of filling my tank was 99 Euros. Ouch!
We drove through some of the bulb field areas to the seaside resort of Zandvoort. Despite being a major beach resort I couldn't find any open toilets and was reduced to hiding behind a tree. In the evening we walked to a local supermarket for milk and items for our evening meal.
The only place we had definitely planned to visit was the Keukenhof Gardens in the tulip growing area. They are only open in the Spring. We were a couple of weeks too early for the main tulip displays but the gardens were still spectacular.
We had decided to find out more about commercial tulip growing before going to Keukenhof, so on our first objective was the Black Tulip Museum in Lisse. That showed us the development of bulb-growing in the Netherlands and how important the trade is. Afterwards we walked around Lisse before driving North to find where the Ford Museum was located in Hillegom. It was too late for it to be open but at least we now knew where to go.
We went to the Ford Museum the next morning. It claims to have more antique Fords than the Ford Museum in Detroit. That may be true. The exhibits range from a full-size working replica of Henry Ford's first car, modified only by the addition of a brake, which Henry hadn't bothered to fit, up to 1948, when the collection stops.
We went on to Keukenhof, arriving mid afternoon to avoid most of the coach parties. The gardens are open until 7.30pm so we still had plenty of time and the numbers of visitors decreased rapidly after 4pm. By 7pm we were almost alone in the gardens. Apparently it is recommended either to visit early in the morning before the groups arrive, or as we did, arrive in mid-afternoon and stay until the end.
To be continued...
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The Netherlands continued
On the fourth day we finally bought a modern dictionary. We had been surviving on a 1960s one that didn't include most road signs. On the first day, on the way to our self catering place, I had been following the town's name on red signs at road junctions until I found myself in a Dead End Street. Only then did I realise that the red signs were for cycle routes! There are millions of cyclists in the Netherlands. Most of them appear never to check behind them, to assume that they have right of way at junctions (often they are right but sometimes they are not but carry on anyway), and to ignore motorists. That is confusing for a foreign driver.
One thing I noticed. Dutch motorists gave me, as a UK driver, more room than they gave to their fellows. Perhaps they expected UK drivers, on the wrong side of the road, to behave oddly. Sometimes I did. In one town, following my wife's direction to turn left, I was going the wrong way down an empty one way street. A hasty U-turn later, I turned left down the right road. Another time I turned into a cycle lane and had to reverse out. Road works caused me most problems. For some of them, all the diversion directions were in Dutch, in words, without arrows. I circled the road works around the old town of Delft three times before deciding I couldn't find a way in by car and parking.
Og
On the fourth day we finally bought a modern dictionary. We had been surviving on a 1960s one that didn't include most road signs. On the first day, on the way to our self catering place, I had been following the town's name on red signs at road junctions until I found myself in a Dead End Street. Only then did I realise that the red signs were for cycle routes! There are millions of cyclists in the Netherlands. Most of them appear never to check behind them, to assume that they have right of way at junctions (often they are right but sometimes they are not but carry on anyway), and to ignore motorists. That is confusing for a foreign driver.
One thing I noticed. Dutch motorists gave me, as a UK driver, more room than they gave to their fellows. Perhaps they expected UK drivers, on the wrong side of the road, to behave oddly. Sometimes I did. In one town, following my wife's direction to turn left, I was going the wrong way down an empty one way street. A hasty U-turn later, I turned left down the right road. Another time I turned into a cycle lane and had to reverse out. Road works caused me most problems. For some of them, all the diversion directions were in Dutch, in words, without arrows. I circled the road works around the old town of Delft three times before deciding I couldn't find a way in by car and parking.
Og
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More Netherlands
We visited Lieden (Leyden in English), and after a couple of failed attempts to find a town centre car park, a few illegal U-turns, a detour past a hotel's service entry, we found a parking space by the preserved windmill "The Falcon". We climbed some (my wife has no head for heights) of the seven floors of the windmill. The only guide book to the mill was in Dutch. It will take me weeks to read it with the help of our new dictionary.
Leiden is a major student town. They were everywhere. There is even an American University in the town centre. The pavement cafes were full of students using the free Wi-Fi. The canals were impressive as were the cafe barges, also full of students using the Wi-Fi.
The next day we went to Delft, aiming for the Royal Delft factory for a tour of the museum and factory before visiting the town. Delft was a nightmare for a foreign motorist because of the roadworks and the tram system. The diversions frequently led along the tram tracks so I had to watch the road signs, the traffic and the trams proceeding at high speed from ahead or behind.
The Royal Delft factory still produces hand-painted Delft Blue porcelain. The prices were high. I bought two slight seconds of coasters reduced from 94 Euros to 15 Euros. My wife bought two plates at 120 Euros each. The cheaper range, produced in another factory by transfers instead of total hand-painting, was much more reasonable but NOT the real thing. While we were choosing our few purchases two coach parties came through the shop. The first coach party spent over 3000 Euros, mainly on the transfer range. Then one Dutch lady, who had come just for the shop, spent 3,445 Euros on one spectacular vase!
After driving round and round outside the old town I found a parking space underneath the elevated railway and we walked across the road works into the old town. Like Leiden, Delft has many spectacular canals and is a pleasant place to walk around but impossible to drive in. By UK standards the place, like most Dutch canalled towns, is a Health and Safety nightmare. None of the canals have any railings except on some of the bridges, the cyclists and cars mix with pedestrians and dodge around street cafe tables, the barge mooring ropes cross the sidewalks, and the result is chaos - but it works if you are local.
Og
We visited Lieden (Leyden in English), and after a couple of failed attempts to find a town centre car park, a few illegal U-turns, a detour past a hotel's service entry, we found a parking space by the preserved windmill "The Falcon". We climbed some (my wife has no head for heights) of the seven floors of the windmill. The only guide book to the mill was in Dutch. It will take me weeks to read it with the help of our new dictionary.
Leiden is a major student town. They were everywhere. There is even an American University in the town centre. The pavement cafes were full of students using the free Wi-Fi. The canals were impressive as were the cafe barges, also full of students using the Wi-Fi.
The next day we went to Delft, aiming for the Royal Delft factory for a tour of the museum and factory before visiting the town. Delft was a nightmare for a foreign motorist because of the roadworks and the tram system. The diversions frequently led along the tram tracks so I had to watch the road signs, the traffic and the trams proceeding at high speed from ahead or behind.
The Royal Delft factory still produces hand-painted Delft Blue porcelain. The prices were high. I bought two slight seconds of coasters reduced from 94 Euros to 15 Euros. My wife bought two plates at 120 Euros each. The cheaper range, produced in another factory by transfers instead of total hand-painting, was much more reasonable but NOT the real thing. While we were choosing our few purchases two coach parties came through the shop. The first coach party spent over 3000 Euros, mainly on the transfer range. Then one Dutch lady, who had come just for the shop, spent 3,445 Euros on one spectacular vase!
After driving round and round outside the old town I found a parking space underneath the elevated railway and we walked across the road works into the old town. Like Leiden, Delft has many spectacular canals and is a pleasant place to walk around but impossible to drive in. By UK standards the place, like most Dutch canalled towns, is a Health and Safety nightmare. None of the canals have any railings except on some of the bridges, the cyclists and cars mix with pedestrians and dodge around street cafe tables, the barge mooring ropes cross the sidewalks, and the result is chaos - but it works if you are local.
Og
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We've got a goddamn tornado watch.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...hone-keeps-track-of-every-little-place-you-go
Big Brother is watching
Big Brother is watching
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I swear, the one intersection that I pass through daily always has a dump truck or three passing through it in the same direction as I am going. I'm going to keep a tally one of these days.
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