Gone for a Month

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Desertfox

Ambitious Packrat

Posts: 4,058

Monday, May 16th 2011, 5:17am

Gone for a Month

I'll be leaving for a month long study abroad program on the 18th. Internet will be very limited so anything important e-mail me.

I'll be aboard the following ship:

http://www.semesteratsea.org/our-ship/ov…mv-explorer.php

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Rooijen10

Mr. Valentines Day

Posts: 9,644

Monday, May 16th 2011, 7:02am

So time for the US to turn Mexico into the 51st state?

Where will the ship be heading?

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Desertfox

Ambitious Packrat

Posts: 4,058

Monday, May 16th 2011, 7:16am

Nahh, they don't have Wal Mart... yet.

Just around the Caribbean, starting from Nassau. The Bermuda Triangle should be fun. Bought a decent camera so hoping to get a bunch of nice ship pictures.

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snip

Professional

Posts: 1,294

Monday, May 16th 2011, 7:20am

dont forget, the camera might come in useful for other things aside from ships

Have fun!!!

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

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Rooijen10

Mr. Valentines Day

Posts: 9,644

Monday, May 16th 2011, 8:43am

Wal Mart?!? That means turning Mexico into a colony, not a state!

Take lotsa pictures!! I know I will be taking a lot this year.

Enjoy the trip... hope nothing weird will happen in the Triangle.

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

Posts: 15,109

Monday, May 16th 2011, 3:08pm

Enjoy!

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HoOmAn

Keeper of the Sacred Block Coefficient

Posts: 7,417

Monday, May 16th 2011, 7:01pm

Have a nice trip!

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Red Admiral

Italian Stallion

Posts: 7,019

Monday, May 16th 2011, 7:57pm

Sounds like fun; University on a boat in the sun.

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TexanCowboy

Ship's Mascot

Posts: 1,026

Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 2:00am

Yes, Mexico cannot become a state until the McDonald's are introduced.

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BruceDuncan

Ex chaos ordo

Posts: 12,916

Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 2:14am

Quoted

Originally posted by TexanCowboy
Yes, Mexico cannot become a state until the McDonald's are introduced.

I make no comment either way, but there are three stores of Wal-Mart de Mexico in the Distrito Federal alone, and, but last report more than 200 McDonalds stores across the country.

At least according to Nationmaster

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parador

Sage

Posts: 3,829

Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 8:07am

Enjoy your trip !!!

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Desertfox

Ambitious Packrat

Posts: 4,058

Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 3:19pm

Actually Coca Cola is Mexico's weakness, number one in coke consumption!

See you all in a month's time.

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TexanCowboy

Ship's Mascot

Posts: 1,026

Friday, May 27th 2011, 5:41am

On a similar note (and with the wish not to start a new thread), access between now and next Saturday will be limited, because of finals, and from that Saturday to May 13th, almost non-existant (And all ye in the Northeast will be invaded, esp. if you live in New Jersey or Maine).

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

Posts: 15,109

Friday, May 27th 2011, 5:44am

Quoted

Originally posted by TexanCowboy
and from that Saturday to May 13th

Out for a long bit, or just time-traveling, hmmmm?

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BruceDuncan

Ex chaos ordo

Posts: 12,916

Friday, May 27th 2011, 3:13pm

Quoted

Originally posted by TexanCowboy

(And all ye in the Northeast will be invaded, esp. if you live in New Jersey or Maine).

The State Office of Homeland Security has been alerted and the border guards doubled at all toll booths.

(What, you don't know our motto here in New Jersey? ---- "Welcome to New Jersey, Pay your toll and get out of here!")

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Red Admiral

Italian Stallion

Posts: 7,019

Friday, May 27th 2011, 5:26pm

I'll be out as well for the next while. Out in the US for two weeks; New York and then a worryingly tornadoey Alabama.

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TexanCowboy

Ship's Mascot

Posts: 1,026

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 9:01pm

Lessons learned:

- Black flies absolutely suck
- Canoeing into a 30 MPH headwind will probably result in you going backwards even if you're giving 110%, and means that you'll go about a mile every 2 hours or so.
- Canoeing into a 25 MPH crosswind will probably result in your boat flipping unless you have a really good sternsman, and will result in you taking water over the gunnels.
- I really can't understand the New Jersay/New York accent...

Good time = check

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Kaiser Kirk

Lightbringer and former European Imperialist

Posts: 3,605

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 9:16pm

Gone for 3 weeks myself
-Kirk

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

Posts: 15,109

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 10:50pm

Welcome back Tex, have a good time, Kirk.

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BruceDuncan

Ex chaos ordo

Posts: 12,916

Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 4:33pm

Quoted

Originally posted by TexanCowboy
Lessons learned:

- Black flies absolutely suck

I cannot agree with you more here; of course, you probably haven't met the New Jersey state bird - the Mosquito.

Quoted

- I really can't understand the New Jersay/New York accent...

Please do not confuse New Jersey accents with those prevailing across the Hudson river. Depending upon where you are in New Jersey you are either hearing a Brooklyn accent, a Philadelphia accent, a Hudson county accent or a true native New Jersey speaker - who does not *have* an accent.

To all of the above a Texas twang provokes a similar response.

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