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vesicles said:

I'll tell you one way to cope with the hard time: move to Texas! Here, we never have a housing bubble and economy is booming. Well, I was exaggerating a little about that "booming economy" thing, but it is much better than anywhere else.

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I was told many yrs ago if one wanted good value for lodgings and food, to head for Las Vegas as they were basically offered as lost leaders.
In 1977 I happened to be passing through Las Vegas while walking through an area near the strip, A lady in a Shelby Cobra drove up and said ''You can have all Ive got for $70" or something like that. I declined as i was in a hurry to meet up with some buddies to see Ann Margaret. These buddies had seen her while in service in Nam and they reckoned she was great.
I remarked about the incident to my buddies, who suggested I should have given her the money kicked her out and taken the Cobra.

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I think Ill swear off in being persueded to go shopping again.
I went to the nations biggest shopping mall only to be bored to tears.

Amongst several hundred shops, only a handful of shops catered for males and then they were only clothes shops.

Whats needed is a super cheap auto part shop or something vroom vroom. and a dedicated sports shop. I was after some shotgun catridges and a archery set.
No luck guns, and accessories aren't PC, so not stocked,neither are bows and arrows now Ive gotta go to a specialist shop.

Even the eye candy didnt make me feel better

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bladerunner said:

I was told many yrs ago if one wanted good value for lodgings and food, to head for Las Vegas as they were basically offered as lost leaders.
In 1977 I happened to be passing through Las Vegas while walking through an area near the strip, A lady in a Shelby Cobra drove up and said ''You can have all Ive got for $70" or something like that. I declined as i was in a hurry to meet up with some buddies to see Ann Margaret. These buddies had seen her while in service in Nam and they reckoned she was great.
I remarked about the incident to my buddies, who suggested I should have given her the money kicked her out and taken the Cobra.

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In 2001 I went to Las Vegas for my brother's wedding and went walking in the Downtown near the Fremont hotel and someone tried to Sell me drugs.

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Well, I was in a Chinese disco and tried to get a pencil (bi), since I wanted to get home and totally knew that I would utterly mispronounce the name of my hotel (beeing a smart ass I memorized the symbols that constituted its name). While asking "Ni yao bu yao bi ma?" (Do you have or not have a pencil?), I made a mispronounciation that turned the "bi" for pencil into a "bi" that means a female sexual organ.
The guy I asked (some disco staff) first turned red in the face, then ran off, and 5 minutes later returned with a scantily clad women...

What added to my suprise was that the little Chinese education I had did not mention this words at all. You can propably make a nice sketch about that

Kinda reminds me of confusing "bitches" and "beaches" in English.

I can only recomend Berlin for such experiences.
You get approach by prostitutes and Drug dealers by just walking through the right streets (and these streets are in the center of the city, relativly safe too), you wont get a lot of trouble with the police (now really, they very rarely go after costumers, and prostitution is legal), and both seem to be fairly cheap on an international scale.

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Mightypeon said:

Well, I was in a Chinese disco and tried to get a pencil (bi), since I wanted to get home and totally knew that I would utterly mispronounce the name of my hotel (beeing a smart ass I memorized the symbols that constituted its name). While asking "Ni yao bu yao bi ma?" (Do you have or not have a pencil?), I made a mispronounciation that turned the "bi" for pencil into a "bi" that means a female sexual organ.
The guy I asked (some disco staff) first turned red in the face, then ran off, and 5 minutes later returned with a scantily clad women...

What added to my suprise was that the little Chinese education I had did not mention this words at all. You can propably make a nice sketch about that

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LOL : I must remember that phrase. Ill get my son to enter it in his phrase book, it might come in handy when he visits H.K. or something
Kinda reminds me of confusing "bitches" and "beaches" in English.

I can only recomend Berlin for such experiences.
You get approach by prostitutes and Drug dealers by just walking through the right streets (and these streets are in the center of the city, relativly safe too), you wont get a lot of trouble with the police (now really, they very rarely go after costumers, and prostitution is legal), and both seem to be fairly cheap on an international scale

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Wow you must be well learned then? LOL

Ahhh..yes Berlin I always liked visiting that city, IMO There was always something that set it apart from other European Cities, especially during the height of the cold war yrs, where people thinking "it could be all over the next day" , cultivated a different attitude towards life.

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bladerunner said:

I think Ill swear off in being persueded to go shopping again.
I went to the nations biggest shopping mall only to be bored to tears.

Amongst several hundred shops, only a handful of shops catered for males and then they were only clothes shops.

Whats needed is a super cheap auto part shop or something vroom vroom. and a dedicated sports shop. I was after some shotgun catridges and a archery set.
No luck guns, and accessories aren't PC, so not stocked,neither are bows and arrows now Ive gotta go to a specialist shop.

Even the eye candy didnt make me feel better

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Ouch.... even the eye candy didn't help.....
I hope you were waiting outside Victoria's Secrets.

That's what I love and hate about malls. I love the atmosphere there but everystore that's not Macy's is a Clarie or Abercrombie..... and the crap that is Panda Express and Sbarro's in the food court..... Where is Cabela's when you are looking for a proper man's hat that isn't a cap?
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No, no, no, not Hong Kong, Guangzhou.

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You know, in Germany, STDs and prostitute related violence really really went down after it was made legal (by the way, for some reason the US has the highest number of STDs and the highest number of teen pregnancys.
I mean, the prohibition didnt work, why should banning prostitution work any better?

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Explain prostitute related violence......
But for what reason did they go down? Making it legal alone couldn't have.
Teen pregnancy is an education thing if you ask me.
In SF, high schools are now giving condoms, but people still get pregnant sometimes.
Then there is the when-do-you-start-problem.

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sumdud said:

Making it legal alone couldn't have.
Teen pregnancy is an education thing if you ask me.
In SF, high schools are now giving condoms, but people still get pregnant sometimes.
Then there is the when-do-you-start-problem.

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It must besome thing in the water that's making their hormones go crazy

I even read that kids that have sworn of sex until marriage are ending up as unmarried parents.

Now heres a win win situation

Logan Campbell, 23, competed at Beijing in 2008, but has now opened a 14-room "gentleman's club" after becoming tired of seeking funding from his parents.
New Zealand decriminalised prostitution six years ago, and brothels are allowed to operate with few restrictions.

And unfortunately there's no Pandora's Box here

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Here's a tip for anyone intending to head for Europe as part of their summer holidays.

I was aware of this when I'd travel around Eastern Europe in the Soviet Days.

Money changers can approch you and offer a better deal than what the Banks would give.

They would exchange the money and get you to count it out, and you usually come up a note short. They then become apologetic , give you the amount you were short on and proceed to count it out again , showing you the correct amount is there.

But here's the amazing part as they hand you the money they do a switch and what you end up with , is a note on the top and another on the bottom and blank paper in between.

So what Ive learn't to do is accept the 1st exchange at a note short, and tell them not to worry about it, Im still winning. and walk away, after watching their jaw drop.