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Posted: 3/14/2021 3:15:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn. They really don't like Germans there, do they? The only good German [cockroach] is a dead German [cockroach]. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 3:28:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Portion control. You can still have your favourite food - but just keep the serving size reasonable. And soda - you really do not need so much of it  This is what I came to post. They really nail proper portions to leave you feeling satisfied without being “full”. The French especially. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:43:48 AM EDT
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I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US.
I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard  |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:55:39 AM EDT
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they don't hate diesel cars, actually embrace them because they get better economy then gas
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:05:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: they don't hate diesel cars, actually embrace them because they get better economy then gas That is ending, at least in Belgium. It used to be the case that you would pay less 'inscription'tax and yearly road tax for a diesel. Also, the taxes on diesel were lower, resulting in a lower price at the pump. This was originally done to stimulate road transport using trucks. For the past few years, taxes have been altered, so that a petrol car pays less inscription tax and yearly road tax. Also, diesel is getting more and more expensive. Best indications are second hand values. A diesel used to be a plus, for the good economy, low taxes and cheap diesel. Nowadays you cannot sell a diesel car second hand in Belgium. It's all for export to Eastern Europe. Nobody in Belgium wants to own a diesel. There is something called a "turning point", it's calculated every year by the association of motorists. It used to be that if you did 10.000miles/1year, a diesel was an advantage. This is now 25.000miles/1year, and rising every year. It doesn't make sense to have a diesel as POV. All carmakers are declaring "no more combustion engines from 2030 onwards, all electric". We are going to get raped by the electric car myth, badly. No infrastructure. Tax system is heavily dependent on the tax on vehicles and tax on fossil fuels. Currently, an electric vehicle gets low or no taxes. If tomorrow everyone goes electric, the country goes bankrupt. We are getting out of nuke power (because muh green party and muh socialist party) so we'll end up with a huge demand for electricity and no means to provide it. Apart from buying nuke power from France, at a huge cost... My retirement in 2042 is not looking good... 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:33:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you miss all the homeless people and our demented schools? Our perverted corrupt politicians who hate us? They have homeless and all of that here also......and several perverted corrupt politicians.. And fuck the 30 day vacations... I can't take more than one week without being felt like an asshole from my employers. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:51:29 AM EDT
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Europe has more history...
The USA's is boring in comparison. Also... Europe, whether it is or isn't doesn't go on and on constantly telling everyone how great it is. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:05:42 AM EDT
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Roundabouts. These freaked me out the first few times I was driving in Europe, but I came to appreciate them:
 Euro Door Locks. Even the cheapest shitbox in Europe has a proper lock with security pins, narrow keyway, and mounted upside down to make it harder to pick. Whereas I encounter multi-million dollar homes in the US secured with $10 Kwikset locks that could be opened with 2 paper clips. 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:08:32 AM EDT
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@Too-Tall love your country. I’ve been there a couples times for meetings at EU headquarters (and to visit the site of a Cathedral that no longer exists that’s got family history in Liege.
Meetings at the EU headquarters showed to me even 15 years ago how poorly designed and run the EU is/was. I think the idea of this thread isn’t to embrace the horrible government/restrictions of Europe, but taking the good (portions, walkable cities, etc) and implement them here. I’ll admit, I live in Japan and currently walk and train ride to work. It wasn’t even possible to do with when I lived in Maryland because there were not walkways along to road for much of the length between where I lived to where I worked and it was only a few miles away. That is dumb and unhealthy. I’m currently averaging 5-6 miles of walking a day here just between work and shopping for groceries. It’s awesome, but against impossible in my former area. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 6:12:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Too-Tall love your country. I’ve been there a couples times for meetings at EU headquarters (and to visit the site of a Cathedral that no longer exists that’s got family history in Liege. Meetings at the EU headquarters showed to me even 15 years ago how poorly designed and run the EU is/was. You can say that again. Now Japan, that's interesting...I often bingewatch YouTube vids about daily life in Japan. Fascinating! |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 7:45:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Roundabouts. These freaked me out the first few times I was driving in Europe, but I came to appreciate them: https://2gic212zgjlm2bcqpo21qnpk-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/17898685_web1_190802-POI-M-drone-roundabout.jpg They are putting them in all over my area. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:02:04 AM EDT
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Public transportation.
When my wife and I travelled around the EU for 40 days in 2019, getting around the cities and countries was so easy it was crazy. Just buy a pass and you're good to go for the day/week. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:32:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US. I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:37:23 AM EDT
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Our being woke and politically correct, it starts in the US and thanks to Facebook it makes its way to Europe not much later.
Being woke and its consequent signaling of virtue is a negative development. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:38:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US. I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Nice |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:42:47 AM EDT
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They fix things, maintain them, and take care of them, instead of just throwing them away, and building new ones.
Every time I'm in Europe, I'm amazed at how much of Europe, the building and homes, structures, roads, are hundreds, sometimes thousands of years old. It's nothing to see some place built 500 years ago. And, a lot of it is really pretty. And, then you remember, half their stuff was blown up in WW2, and they just repaired most of it instead of replacing it. Even a lot of their trains look old, but are well maintained. On the other hand, here in America, everything is new and shiny, and ugly as it can be. We tear down anything over 40 years old. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:43:45 AM EDT
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1) Including tax in the displayed price
2) not tipping Really i just want to know the price of everything right off the bat -Mike |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 8:45:11 AM EDT
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Quoted: Whatta got? I realize "Europeans" is a pretty broad term. My call is "Holiday". IMO many of them know how to balance life and work. The ones I work with routinely disappear for one or two weeks at various times throughout the year. Their attitude seems to be that either their business colleagues can step in in their absence, or it can jolly well wait until they return. I rarely work with a European professional that has the "squirrel on crack" mindset that so many US professionals do. Not advocating being lazy, but damn, IMO we could learn a thing or two from them about this. No that is lazy. Compare GDP’s. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:27:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They have homeless and all of that here also......and several perverted corrupt politicians.. And fuck the 30 day vacations... I can't take more than one week without being felt like an asshole from my employers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Do you miss all the homeless people and our demented schools? Our perverted corrupt politicians who hate us? They have homeless and all of that here also......and several perverted corrupt politicians.. And fuck the 30 day vacations... I can't take more than one week without being felt like an asshole from my employers. That’s your employer being an arsehole. Not you, mate. If you need time then you should take it. I get 51 days leave a year. Full pay. I negotiated that for my skills and services. I work very hard. Take a lot of shit, but that’s the job and that is my choice to accept it for the compensation package on offer in terms of salary and other benefits. When I decide to take time off I do so by arrangement with my employer. I might take the family away for three weeks and when I do so it is with my employer’s blessing. They expect and indeed want me to turn off my phone, stay off the system and get some R&R. The job burns people out and they need us on point, so they recognise the importance of down time, recreation time and family time knowing that is the key to getting the best from us as employees. For that, they have my loyalty and dedication. If the shit really hits the fan, they know how to reach me on my personal cellphone, but even then it is a last resort and I am compensated handsomely for it. It’s only happened twice in 20 years on days off. Never on a proper vacation. If you need time off then you should take it. You need headspace. Time to chill and enjoy the good things in life. Burn out truly sucks and it creeps up on your over a period of years. It makes you physically ill, mentally ill and can damage all of the things you hold dear outside work like relationships and neglect to property and possessions when the exhaustion kicks in. Seen it happen too many times. Work life balance is so important and massively overlooked. You should never feel guilty, nor be made to feel guilty for taking time for your own well-being, rest and pleasure. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:32:55 AM EDT
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I hope they do retirement better since I already own an apartment in the hood and plan on retiring there.
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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:49:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Our being woke and politically correct, it starts in the US and thanks to Facebook it makes its way to Europe not much later. Being woke and its consequent signaling of virtue is a negative development. To be fair, the worthless swedes started it first, and the brits sucked it down as early adopters. Sure calling it woke is American, but the overly sensative political correctness didnt originate here. I still think the brits are the worst about it. If its one thing we do as Americans, its enter into everything with reckless abandon and insane intensity. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 9:58:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair, the worthless swedes started it first, and the brits sucked it down as early adopters. Sure calling it woke is American, but the overly sensative political correctness didnt originate here. I still think the brits are the worst about it. If its one thing we do as Americans, its enter into everything with reckless abandon and insane intensity. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Our being woke and politically correct, it starts in the US and thanks to Facebook it makes its way to Europe not much later. Being woke and its consequent signaling of virtue is a negative development. To be fair, the worthless swedes started it first, and the brits sucked it down as early adopters. Sure calling it woke is American, but the overly sensative political correctness didnt originate here. I still think the brits are the worst about it. If its one thing we do as Americans, its enter into everything with reckless abandon and insane intensity. Wokeness and the obsession with skin colour was imported from the US. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 10:06:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Using Gas engines in a full size pickup truck, is just retarded when you have Diesels available. Even small European cars have Diesel options. Stop eating so much Macaroni & Cheese, that shit's disgusting. Don't be so cheap with your money: Americans usually make more but are more scared to spend it and they buy low quality junk. When doing blue-collar work, wear overalls or coveralls, preferable with reflective tape on them. English Joke: European tourists are at a Florida eco-tourist trap & American guide says these American Gators & Australian Crocs look the same but are different. Englishman asks, "How can you tell the difference, is it because the American ones just lay around & do nothing?".  emissions and the EPA ruined diesels in merica some time ago. i do wear high viz clothing when working, however.  |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:01:05 AM EDT
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We usually get our election results in less than 5h and it's pretty much impossible to steal it.
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:20:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I did that every year before retiring. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Whatta got? I realize "Europeans" is a pretty broad term. My call is "Holiday". IMO many of them know how to balance life and work. The ones I work with routinely disappear for one or two weeks at various times throughout the year. Their attitude seems to be that either their business colleagues can step in in their absence, or it can jolly well wait until they return. I rarely work with a European professional that has the "squirrel on crack" mindset that so many US professionals do. Not advocating being lazy, but damn, IMO we could learn a thing or two from them about this. I did that every year before retiring. I always took my 2 admin sick days every year. Fuck that piece of paper they give you for not going sick. And I was always on the no "E Day" list, but took e days anyways. LOL |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:32:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is what I came to post. They really nail proper portions to leave you feeling satisfied without being "full". The French especially. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Portion control. You can still have your favourite food - but just keep the serving size reasonable. And soda - you really do not need so much of it This is what I came to post. They really nail proper portions to leave you feeling satisfied without being "full". The French especially. But damn those bathrooms are small. 
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:32:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Could you supply a picture of the kind of selection you refer to? I would like to see that. Already got a few ideas from this one. The base, even more French than the baguette is this: Le Saucisson (pork dried sausage)  Then you have jambon cru et jambon cuit (ham), rillettes, pâtés, magret    95% of the charcuterie is made of pork. You can (and should) eat cheese with it but only meat products are called charcuterie. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:47:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Using Gas engines in a full size pickup truck, is just retarded when you have Diesels available. Even small European cars have Diesel options. Stop eating so much Macaroni & Cheese, that shit's disgusting. Don't be so cheap with your money: Americans usually make more but are more scared to spend it and they buy low quality junk. When doing blue-collar work, wear overalls or coveralls, preferable with reflective tape on them. English Joke: European tourists are at a Florida eco-tourist trap & American guide says these American Gators & Australian Crocs look the same but are different. Englishman asks, "How can you tell the difference, is it because the American ones just lay around & do nothing?". Diesel is more expensive here. And also has more shitty emissions equipment that breaks a lot because our government hates diesel. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 11:51:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s your employer being an arsehole. Not you, mate. If you need time then you should take it. I get 51 days leave a year. Full pay. I negotiated that for my skills and services. I work very hard. Take a lot of shit, but that’s the job and that is my choice to accept it for the compensation package on offer in terms of salary and other benefits. When I decide to take time off I do so by arrangement with my employer. I might take the family away for three weeks and when I do so it is with my employer’s blessing. They expect and indeed want me to turn off my phone, stay off the system and get some R&R. The job burns people out and they need us on point, so they recognise the importance of down time, recreation time and family time knowing that is they key to get the best from us as employees. For that, they have my loyalty and dedication. If the shit really hits the fan, they know how to reach me on my personal cellphone, but even then it is a last resort and I am compensated handsomely for it. It’s only happened twice in 20 years on days off. Never on a proper vacation. If you need time off then you should take it. You need headspace. Time to chill and enjoy the good things in life. Burn out truly sucks and it creeps up on your over a period of years. It makes you physically ill, mentally ill and can damage all of the things you hold dear outside work like relationships abs neglect to property and possessions when the exhaustion kicks in. Seen it happen too many times. Work life balance is so important and massively overlooked. You should never feel guilty , nor be made to feel guilty for taking time for your own well-being, rest and pleasure. Things are changing at a glaciers pace but more US companies are offering more time off to attract younger workers. Unlimited PTO is a thing for corps that can afford it. A lot of millenials saw how their parents and grandparents worked themselves to death at high stress jobs, you know to provide a better life for their kids, and a lot are taking them up on that notion (see guy building camper van thread). Never got to ask my dad if he thought his 60+ hours a week for the overtime pay he loved was worth it in the face of losing time with his wife and kids when he died horribly of cancer in his early 50s. How many saturdays we could have spent riding dirt bikes, shooting, or hunting instead of scanning jet engine blades for GE (and be under constant layoff threat from Neutron Jack). I do think Europeans have it right with the whole holiday thing. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 12:11:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: To be fair, the worthless swedes started it first, and the brits sucked it down as early adopters. Sure calling it woke is American, but the overly sensative political correctness didnt originate here. I still think the brits are the worst about it. If its one thing we do as Americans, its enter into everything with reckless abandon and insane intensity. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Our being woke and politically correct, it starts in the US and thanks to Facebook it makes its way to Europe not much later. Being woke and its consequent signaling of virtue is a negative development. To be fair, the worthless swedes started it first, and the brits sucked it down as early adopters. Sure calling it woke is American, but the overly sensative political correctness didnt originate here. I still think the brits are the worst about it. If its one thing we do as Americans, its enter into everything with reckless abandon and insane intensity. Have to disagree there. Brits are not even close to the Americans when it comes to embracing this PC fuckery. Not by a long way. It may serve some to believe that but it is a false assumption. Most Brits don’t buy into this shit at all. It is mocked openly. When they try to implement it nobody takes any notice, even when they try to force it. The Blair Govt was a nightmare for trying to import this junk and they eventually pissed off everyone with it. America has, as far as I can tell, been the primary origin for this madness from the outset, unfortunately. Why? I don’t know. Years before any of this crap reaches the UK it is in full swing in the US and the origins seem to be lost. Nobody has started, embraced and implemented this PC crap like the Americans. You guys jump in feet first, full on and with an intensity and enthusiasm which would be to your credit under normal circumstances. But with the politically correct shit it is definitely to your detriment. There is little moderation and as a result the outrage it generates merely fuels the fervour with which it is implemented as everyone butts heads and tries to force their opinion on to others. Social media has merely made it worse and the absolutely appalling US MSM is another huge catalyst for it. How you haven’t deleted your MSM in fiery but peaceful purge and erased their insane bullshit is beyond me. They are beyond toxic. Most other countries have resisted it. Some are on a folly of their own. Scotland and Sweden are prime examples of taking it way way too far, for sure, even by American standards. But the origin always seems to track back to the US and often the Western seaboard or North East. Never the flyover states or more grounded, rural Midwestern US. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 12:26:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Europe has more history... The USA's is boring in comparison. Also... Europe, whether it is or isn't doesn't go on and on constantly telling everyone how great it is. North America is great north of Mexico. Join the US, be the premier nations on the planet together. . |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 12:30:57 PM EDT
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People complaining about taxes not being added to the price. LOL... it is because we gave so many local jurisdictions that there isn't a uniformed tax rate. Cross a city or county border and the tax rates change. It would be mind boggling for businesses that are all over the place try to have a uniform pricing due to taxes.
I'd rather have aa VAT than an income tax though. That way, everyone pays in. Even the illegals working under the table. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 12:32:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They fix things, maintain them, and take care of them, instead of just throwing them away, and building new ones. Every time I'm in Europe, I'm amazed at how much of Europe, the building and homes, structures, roads, are hundreds, sometimes thousands of years old. It's nothing to see some place built 500 years ago. And, a lot of it is really pretty. And, then you remember, half their stuff was blown up in WW2, and they just repaired most of it instead of replacing it. Even a lot of their trains look old, but are well maintained. On the other hand, here in America, everything is new and shiny, and ugly as it can be. We tear down anything over 40 years old. We're building new temporary buildings all over because they are cheap and that is all that matters to most people. The landscape is littered with trailers, double wides, pole buildings, and houses sheathed in OSB covered with vinyl, sometimes with eaves. Cleaning that up would be a fine project for spending our taxes, instead of financing the blight. . |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 12:34:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Remind me, where were the battles fought in the USSR civil war? The USSR's existence was not peaceful by it's very nature and required constant violence to persist, but when it ended it just fell apart. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:21:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The base, even more French than the baguette is this: Le Saucisson (pork dried sausage) https://www.hagengrote.fr/$WS/hg1ht/websale8_shop-hg1ht/produkte/medien/bilder/gross/Un-merveilleux-parfum-de-truffe-aromatise-lun-des-meilleursnbspsaucissons-italiens-_-548c01.jpg Then you have jambon cru et jambon cuit (ham), rillettes, pâtés, magret https://s2.qwant.com/thumbr/0x380/5/0/8a21fc38da4166230032e7a61ebce470ff7d266cd8b1d4656ce29a91276a74/planche-de-charcuterie.jpg?u=https%3A%2F%2Flecoindurocher.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F04%2Fplanche-de-charcuterie.jpg&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=1 https://www.fermeducantou.fr/wp-content/uploads/fermeducantou-magret-canard-seche-01.jpeg https://www.bancel-charcuterie.com/wp-content/uploads/bancel-007-Pate-croute-dromois.jpg 95% of the charcuterie is made of pork. You can (and should) eat cheese with it but only meat products are called charcuterie. Thanks. The pork detail isn't something I would have guessed. That pâté en croûte -- is that a common element? Looks really interesting, with a lot of possibilities re ingredients. I don't think I've ever actually seen that on a table here, just on the "The Great British Baking Show." Now I have to go make one. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:24:35 PM EDT
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Aren't mistresses acceptable in europe, asking for a friend.
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:26:16 PM EDT
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The Europeans certainly dress better than "we" do, especially the women.
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:27:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/14/2021 2:32:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have to disagree there. Brits are not even close to the Americans when it comes to embracing this PC fuckery. Not by a long way. It may serve some to believe that but it is a false assumption. Most Brits don’t buy into this shit at all. It is mocked openly. When they try to implement it nobody takes any notice, even when they try to force it. The Blair Govt was a nightmare for trying to import this junk and they eventually pissed off everyone with it. America has, as far as I can tell, been the primary origin for this madness from the outset, unfortunately. Why? I don’t know. Years before any of this crap reaches the UK it is in full swing in the US and the origins seem to be lost. Nobody has started, embraced and implemented this PC crap like the Americans. You guys jump in feet first, full on and with an intensity and enthusiasm which would be to your credit under normal circumstances. But with the politically correct shit it is definitely to your detriment. There is little moderation and as a result the outrage it generates merely fuels the fervour with which it is implemented as everyone butts heads and tries to force their opinion on to others. Social media has merely made it worse and the absolutely appalling US MSM is another huge catalyst for it. How you haven’t deleted your MSM in fiery but peaceful purge and erased their insane bullshit is beyond me. They are beyond toxic. Most other countries have resisted it. Some are on a folly of their own. Scotland and Sweden are prime examples of taking it way way too far, for sure, even by American standards. But the origin always seems to track back to the US and often the Western seaboard or North East. Never the flyover states or more grounded, rural Midwestern US. Most Americans hate this shit too, it's just that all you see are the woke lynch mobs screeching at the top of their lungs, the media pimping them and coddling them, and the corporate fuckwads and white guilt 'expert class' all jerking each other off over how progressive they are. The average American gets drowned out in the cacophony. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 2:41:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US. I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Next time please film it.  |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 2:54:46 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We're building new temporary buildings all over because they are cheap and that is all that matters to most people. The landscape is littered with trailers, double wides, pole buildings, and houses sheathed in OSB covered with vinyl, sometimes with eaves. Cleaning that up would be a fine project for spending our taxes, instead of financing the blight. . I was involved in a multi year lobbying campaign that successfully convinced Congress to require that DOD use a 50 year lifecycle calculation for determining how to construct their buildings. The wood and vinyl industry thinks 50 years is a lot. I told one congressman in particular that I thought 150 years would be a better goal. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:43:40 PM EDT
[#42]
Things I have learned on Arf: we live in abject poverty and chase after half dressed 15 year olds
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:47:58 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We don’t need a military to secure our capital from ourselves. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don't have a real military and make us pay for all of it. We don’t need a military to secure our capital from ourselves. Frankly neither do we, but, our politicians feel that they do. I wonder why that is? |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:49:19 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Boom, headshot! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't have a real military and make us pay for all of it. We don’t need a military to secure our capital from ourselves. Boom, headshot! Fuckin' A maaan! |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:52:26 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I got 5 weeks of MANDATORY vacation per year. When I hit +40 hours of OT, No more OT, until those 40 hours are spent as time off. IT, management level position. Silencers are over the counter stuff. 223 and 9mm available at normal prices. Negatives: EU. Guns require permits. Background check and registration. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Whatta got? I realize "Europeans" is a pretty broad term. My call is "Holiday". IMO many of them know how to balance life and work. The ones I work with routinely disappear for one or two weeks at various times throughout the year. Their attitude seems to be that either their business colleagues can step in in their absence, or it can jolly well wait until they return. I rarely work with a European professional that has the "squirrel on crack" mindset that so many US professionals do. Not advocating being lazy, but damn, IMO we could learn a thing or two from them about this. I got 5 weeks of MANDATORY vacation per year. When I hit +40 hours of OT, No more OT, until those 40 hours are spent as time off. IT, management level position. Silencers are over the counter stuff. 223 and 9mm available at normal prices. Negatives: EU. Guns require permits. Background check and registration. What about black powder arms, such as cap-n-ball revolvers? |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 4:56:02 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Next time please film it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US. I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Next time please film it. Never thought about that. Damn. I would have had it on my dash cam as well. Never thought to save it. Bugger.  That would have been funny
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:17:00 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks. The pork detail isn't something I would have guessed. That pâté en croûte -- is that a common element? Looks really interesting, with a lot of possibilities re ingredients. I don't think I've ever actually seen that on a table here, just on the "The Great British Baking Show." Now I have to go make one. Yep very common and there are indeed a lot of possibilities. One of the most common is called Paté croûte Richelieu, I hate it and the center is made of a liver paste.  An high-end is made in Lyon and include sweetbread/thymus:  Another important thing to eat charchuterie is the Pickled cucumber. In France we eat them small and pickled in vinegar only without any sugar. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:23:01 PM EDT
[#48]
Yes!
And also the settle up at the table card readers rather than hand your card over to a stranger to take in the back room and process....and maybe copy numbers down for later use. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:39:01 PM EDT
[#49]
suppressors for hearing protection
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Posted: 3/14/2021 5:41:44 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Never thought about that. Damn. I would have had it on my dash cam as well. Never thought to save it. Bugger. That would have been funny Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I spent a couple of weeks in the UK around York and Scarborough around 2005. My impression was that there was much less litter than I am used to seeing in many parts of the US. I despise a lazy POS that throws garbage on the street, or much worse in my yard Must admit. I have a low tolerance for littering. Had some shitbird sat in a McDonald’s car park a few weeks ago, not 4 yards from a bin, who opened his car window and dropped all his litter outside on the floor, including a what I found out to be a milkshake which was almost full. Just plain rude. I got out of my car, walked up to his window, knocked on and he opened it. I launched his litter back into the car and told him he’d dropped something. Milkshake all over the windows, upholstery, dash him and his mates etc. The milkshake must have clipped the window edge and bust as I launched it. Exploded everywhere and took us all by surprise. Had to laugh at the mess in his car. He got out of his car bouncing and looked like he was about to pick a fight but must have thought better of it. Just stood there swearing covered in milkshake. Scruffy twat. No need for it. Next time please film it. Never thought about that. Damn. I would have had it on my dash cam as well. Never thought to save it. Bugger. That would have been funny Yobbos |
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