Cybercat

[elserge1]

sf wrote:

Well, USA citizens even need a passport/ID card if they want to travel
to Canada and Mexico these days, so I guess you're not overly impressed
about that either.

Anyway, your participation in this discussion has been entertaining, if
somewhat puzzling, IMO.

You claim to empathize with those Americans who find traveling within
the USA exciting, rewarding, less hassle because no passports are
required and much more affordable than traveling abroad - yet you have
a passport yourself. And - heh, it would seem to me that having a month
to travel within the USA instead of two weeks could be "double the fun"
and allow you to see more of the sights.

So I have to ask: if travelling internally within the USA is as great
and as much fun as you say, why did you bother to get a passport and go
abroad to places like UK, Europe and even to China? (And please don't
tell me it was because of the Canada/Mexico thing, because I won't buy
it).

Could it be because you *are* interested in seeing other parts of the
world and how people live there (and can obviously afford to do so), or
is it because traveling abroad gives you more 'bragplaining' material,
perhaps?

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

[MATTY!]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:00:30 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:


So the cost of a regular passport has gone up in the last 5 years?
Ours were significantly under $100 back then... more like $50. What
costs is the extra visa you need for certain countries (I'm talking
about day trips, not a 6 month stay). Egypt was a real rip off, for
instance.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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OK Well I don't know about morrow but I have been in private contact with
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[tahlula54]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:27:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:


While I am sure that is true for the USA, things aren't quite the same
where I live. See my rather long-winded post elsewhere in this thread i.e.
message ID:

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

[Matt Murdock]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:42:35 -0400, "Paco" wrote:


'Zactly.... and New Hampshire has the White Mountains. Poor PA has
the Poconos... beware them Deliverance types... if you hear the twang
of a jaw harp get yer ass outta there pronto. LOL
Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddhb8oKoWmo

[a_jimnz602]

In article ,
"Giusi" wrote:



Yes.


Interesting. In my almost 40 years of voting, I don't remember ever
having a voter's registration card. When I go to the polling place, my
name is on the list.

In the US, I believe that there were historical reasons for not having a
passport, and for not using it as id if you had one. The government did
not take passport photos. You went to any of a million places (travel
agencies were favorites) and they took your picture, which was then
affixed to the passport. I don't think it was difficult to forge
passports. In addition, since no one carried them for id in the US,
clerks at stores didn't know what they looked like. They often rejected
passports as id because they couldn't tell if they were valid. On the
other hand, *everybody* in the last ten years has a driver's license/id
card. They are secure, and there is a hefty fine for forging them. You
cannot board an airplane without id.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

[tuff]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:43:37 +0100, Ophelia wrote:


give her my best next time you talk to her.

your pal,
blake

[Music girly]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:48:17 GMT, notbob wrote:


Most of my tools in the roll away are either snap on or mac, it just
depended which had the better deal at the time (both are quite
expensive). But I perfer mac if asked a preference.

[midnight&moonlightsmom]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:48:17 +0000, notbob wrote:

Ah, thanks. Are they the 'We know what looks 'shiny' and what
people buy, actual usability notwithstanding type'? If yes, then I'd call
them people experts.

-j

[BlueGilling]

On 9/20/2010 1:22 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:

Standing outside the theater after "District 9" listening to the viewers
attempt to place Wikus' accent was a riot.


Uh, why does a lack of desire to spend 110 dollars on a piece of paper
that is likely to expire before one uses it indicative of a belief that
"civilization stops at the USA's borders"?

Remember that until recently no passport was needed for Canada or
Mexico, and anywhere else one goes, if one is going to get discounted
fares one must book far enough in advance that there's plenty of time to
get a passport.