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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2023, 05:45:06 pm »
Haven't been to a lot of places, but I've never put much stock in being touristy. Not that I don't like to travel, but where I've lived and what I did there is alot more important to me.

People will say something like 'I've been to Paris'. Yeah, on a 4 hour layover and never left the airport. I like to ground and immerse myself in the situation and spend some time there doing the local stuff, not just hitting the traps. Way more fulfilling.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2023, 06:45:53 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 19, 2023, 04:52:58 pm
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@240B did not address you personally.  Just sayin'.

Who was he addressing when he said "Stupid thread"?

Such an ignorant personal attack is unwarranted and should be a violation of the TOS if it is not already.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2023, 06:49:09 pm »
Quote from: ChemEngrMBA on January 19, 2023, 06:45:53 pm
Who was he addressing when he said "Stupid thread"?

Don't you mean to say, 'What' was he addressing?
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2023, 07:03:15 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on January 19, 2023, 05:45:06 pm
People will say something like 'I've been to Paris'. Yeah, on a 4 hour layover and never left the airport.
I say the same of Detroit.  :laugh:

But I have traveled extensively in France - too many places to list.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2023, 07:19:33 pm »
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I say the same of Detroit.  :laugh:

But I have traveled extensively in France - too many places to list.
 

DC for me.   Never left the Airport. (once at RR and once at dulles in Virginia.)
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2023, 07:25:42 pm »
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I say the same of Detroit.  :laugh:

Excellent Smithers.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2023, 08:28:37 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 19, 2023, 06:49:09 pm
Don't you mean to say, 'What' was he addressing?

The thread did not post itself.  Stop trying to defend indefensible acts.
Attacking an idea embodied in a post is an attack on the person, i.e. "stupid."
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2023, 08:59:04 pm »
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #33 on: January 19, 2023, 09:16:58 pm »
    Cosmically, I have been to the Heights of Heaven and to the Depths of Hell and more importantly, I took the scenic route.  It has made me a better person, overall, but I also could be wrong.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2023, 12:00:56 am »
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #35 on: January 20, 2023, 12:07:41 am »
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I've had the good fortune to have lived and worked in many places on this globe but regardless of where I happened to be at any given time, that was indeed the pattern @berdie .
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2023, 02:57:20 pm »
Waiting for Johnny Cash to come in singing “I’ve. Been everywhere “
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Re: Where Have You Been?
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2023, 05:36:13 pm »
Quote from: ChemEngrMBA on January 19, 2023, 08:28:37 pm
The thread did not post itself.  Stop trying to defend indefensible acts.
Attacking an idea embodied in a post is an attack on the person, i.e. "stupid."

You've gotten a lot of good replies on this thread, and some detractors.  It's Par for the TBR course.

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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2023, 05:45:38 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on January 24, 2023, 02:57:20 pm
Waiting for Johnny Cash to come in singing “I’ve. Been everywhere “

Well now I just have to post it!


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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #40 on: January 24, 2023, 06:14:42 pm »
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #41 on: January 24, 2023, 06:55:00 pm »
How about a thread on all the places to go on your bucket list?
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #42 on: January 25, 2023, 12:00:58 am »
Go Fish!

I never had a bucket list, but can't think of many places I would want to go but have not toured.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2023, 12:11:28 am »
To hell and back again...among other places.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #44 on: January 25, 2023, 12:13:27 am »
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #45 on: January 25, 2023, 12:14:52 am »
Quote from: Gefn on January 24, 2023, 06:55:00 pm
How about a thread on all the places to go on your bucket list?



My goal at one time my was to go to Bali @Gefn . But since I won't fly any more, I don't see myself paddling there. happy77

There are so many places in the US that I would love to see.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #46 on: January 25, 2023, 12:17:19 am »
I briefly considered having a bucket list, but then decided it wasn't worth the effort. At this point, I've been where I need to have been. If I get to visit a few more places, that'll be nice. If I get to the few places I'd like to visit this year, I'll be happy. There's nothing like skydiving, whitewater rafting or swimming with dolphins on the list, so I'm good.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #47 on: January 25, 2023, 12:19:16 am »
Quote from: berdie on January 25, 2023, 12:14:52 am


My goal at one time my was to go to Bali @Gefn . But since I won't fly any more, I don't see myself paddling there. happy77

There are so many places in the US that I would love to see.

At this point I can think of no place on this planet that I would be willing to get on a plane to visit so I will only be traveling to places I can drive to.
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #48 on: January 25, 2023, 12:25:22 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 25, 2023, 12:19:16 am
At this point I can think of no place on this planet that I would be willing to get on a plane to visit so I will only be traveling to places I can drive to.



And as Edith Ann said...And that's the truth! :laugh:
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Re: Where Have You Been?
« Reply #49 on: January 25, 2023, 12:27:03 am »
Quote from: Bigun on January 25, 2023, 12:19:16 am
At this point I can think of no place on this planet that I would be willing to get on a plane to visit so I will only be traveling to places I can drive to.
I may never again board an airplane, much as I love visiting where my ancestors came from, e.g., England, Germany, Wales. I'm somewhat resigned to that. The federal government has made travel a very unpleasant experience.

As long as we still can purchase gasoline (!!!), we'll travel within driving distance.
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