Biden Forgives $20k of Pell Grant
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cannabineer
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hanimmal
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It is all good, France deserves to be as loved as any place else. I just had to retort to 'more' on both counts.
cannabineer
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The key word is density, and I am biased toward history and artifact. For natural beauty, the US is the world class.
(Though seeing the topless beaches of the southern coast as an adolescent in the magical days before implants, I got an eyeful of natural beauty there too.)
Lucky Luke
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I didn't mind France or Italy but you can certainly see most of them in a month or two due to being so small.
cannabineer
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No. There is a depth to those places that cannot be captured in even a year.
Lucky Luke
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O for sure you can spend a lifetime there if you choose to. But to visit it and see it it doesn't take as long as somewhere larger. She would like to visit OZ but thats really a 6 to 12 month trip which she cannot afford.
I prefered southern France over northern France.
cannabineer
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I would like to see some of Australia one day, especially the parts where there is nobody for fifty miles. Not even Alaska can match that.
Lucky Luke
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Then make it happen.
I used to live in Camballin. Middle of fkn knowhere.
I'm still trying to organises a trip we had planned earlier in the year to Fiji or Phuket or similar.. Perhaps next year.
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I've been to Watkins Glen camping when I was a kid. It was gorgeous. Brought the ole SS Dupa with us to water ski.
No pedo's stealing your kids online..no online..it was fun to 'do' rather than just 'be'.
My eldest daughter left home starting at age 18 for the better life described to her online; she did it several times (not even saying goodbye in some way..just disappear) and each time in the end Mom sent her a ticket to get back home and was happy she wasn't trafficked.
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I'm afraid to step foot out of America other than Canada..Americans are such easy targets and we've become Comfortably Numb to it.Then make it happen.
I used to live in Camballin. Middle of fkn knowhere.
I'm still trying to organises a trip we had planned earlier in the year to Fiji or Phuket or similar.. Perhaps next year.
Lucky Luke
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Blame your country's foreign policy on why most countries dislike America. But travel anywhere is probably safer than your biggest cities. Don't be scared to travel.
My wifes best friend's daughter booked a ticket by herself to Scotland and is now in Ireland. Little cute blonde bombshell having a 4 week blast. Breaking scot and mick hearts in her wake id imagine.
It's not the people its the policies and the press. People are the same everywhere, Chinese, Russian, New Zealanders, French..people are people. Invisible lines on a map doesn't change how humans are.
I've mentioned before when i was backpacking in Europe Americans would sew Maple leafs onto their back packs and tell everyone they were Canadian. They were top people but the country they are from was the issue. Not them.
Traveling is also great for conversation. Wife and i were at a wine tasting do last night. Table of 6 with one couple we didn't know at all and another couple we have spoken with but don't know very well. One had a story about the cost of wine up the Eiffel tower (18euro. Crazy but as she said they were probably never going to be back-) and the other had an American story. Americans kept thinking they were from the state of Georgia due to their accent and when they said there were from Tasmania they got Tanzania?? back.
An example is two sailing channels I follow. They are both in Saudi Arabia They had the typical (que RIU) American outlook on Saudi. Well..what a shock they got they are absolutely astonished with the place and the people.
@klx I know you have been to America a few times have you been to Saudi?
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Lucky Luke
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I've posted this elsewhere before and this just proves people are people. We eat, we sleep, we shit and we are curious. We are hospitable. We bond over stories. Anthony is by the way how i feel all Americans should be. A love of good food, well travelled, tolerant, polite, flawed, accepting, curious, humble yet confident. Fitting of the richest population on earth.
Not the hateful, scared, warlike population that some media and politics tries to push you towards, Often successfully (Murdoch anyone..)
Sound gets better'ish
"I wish more Americans had passports" -Bourdain.
The US State Department estimates that only 37 per cent of the population has a valid passport.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Do ask: Where did you go to college/university? They love to answer this. Especially the young ones.
Don’t ask: Who did you vote for? Too divisive and, either way, you’re in for a long lecture – possibly including “facts”.
Not the hateful, scared, warlike population that some media and politics tries to push you towards, Often successfully (Murdoch anyone..)
Sound gets better'ish
"I wish more Americans had passports" -Bourdain.
The US State Department estimates that only 37 per cent of the population has a valid passport.
The truth about American tourists (and why you hear them a mile off)
Do most Americans really not have a passport? And why do they behave like they do? Our expat writer explains all.
Do ask: Where did you go to college/university? They love to answer this. Especially the young ones.
Don’t ask: Who did you vote for? Too divisive and, either way, you’re in for a long lecture – possibly including “facts”.
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My application is in..if anyone else needs to, now is the time.
Or pushing you towards.I've posted this elsewhere before and this just proves people are people. We eat, we sleep, we shit and we are curious. We are hospitable. We bond over stories. Anthony is by the way how i feel all Americans should be. A love of good food, well travelled, tolerant, polite, flawed, accepting, curious, humble yet confident. Fitting of the richest population on earth.
Not the hateful, scared, warlike population that some media and politics tries to push you towards, Often successfully (Murdoch anyone..)
Sound gets better'ish
"I wish more Americans had passports" -Bourdain.
The US State Department estimates that only 37 per cent of the population has a valid passport.
.The truth about American tourists (and why you hear them a mile off)
Do most Americans really not have a passport? And why do they behave like they do? Our expat writer explains all.
Do ask: Where did you go to college/university? They love to answer this. Especially the young ones.
Don’t ask: Who did you vote for? Too divisive and, either way, you’re in for a long lecture – possibly including “facts”.
Does everyone have the same accent in your country or are there nuances?
MAGATS make up for the 70% that you don't hear from albeit myself here at RIU.
I have a valid US passport that hasn't had to be turned in because I'm a flight risk.
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Lucky Luke
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Yes they try to push us towards as well.
Slight nuances to barely understanding them in regard to English and I don't speak any of the Australian languages which there are about 20 of those still in use.
"Australia legally has no official language. However, English is by far the most commonly spoken and has been entrenched as the de facto national language since European settlement. Australian English is a major variety of the English language with a distinctive pronunciation and lexicon, and differs slightly from other varieties of English in grammar and spelling. General Australian serves as the standard dialect.
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My point is the MAGATS are loud..someday, comedians will use the Insurrection wall climbing as an overlay for climbing on anything that would be funny, if they haven't already.Yes they try to push us towards as well.
Slight nuances to barely understanding them in regard to English and I don't speak any of the Australian languages which there are about 20 of those still in use.
"Australia legally has no official language. However, English is by far the most commonly spoken and has been entrenched as the de facto national language since European settlement. Australian English is a major variety of the English language with a distinctive pronunciation and lexicon, and differs slightly from other varieties of English in grammar and spelling. General Australian serves as the standard dialect.
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UncleJesse
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You took the loan out, you pay for it. You had a choice. Same for every corporation. Personal responsibility. We need a TON of people in the trades. Licensed plumbers by me make over 100k a year BUT...you have to actually work and not sit on your ass.
Lucky Luke
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Americans are loud.
Here’s Why Americans Are the Loudest Travelers
There are brass bands that are easier on the ears than an American voice in a crowded restaurant.
Foreigners Reveal: 17 Weird Things Americans Do (That We Think Are Normal)
So you think you're normal? Guess again. You'll be surprised by what the rest of the world finds strange about America.
www.forbes.com
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Lucky Luke
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Q. If the loans are being forgiven does that now mean schooling is now free? It would be unfair to those that follow otherwise wouldn't it?