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I started the thread on multi-level marketing but funny that it moved over toward religion. I have heard both Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses referred to as "Amway religion." I guess that packaged mentality is what I find bothersome, being such a non-conformist from when I was a little kid. (Even though I was raised and identify as Catholic, I don't buy into it 100% as some of it is a little out of touch).I have NOT liked virtually all of the practicing Mormons I have met and only know ONE Jehovah's Witness and he was the nicest guy that would have never ever preached to anyone...I had no clue of his religion until I saw he was omitted off the birthday list in the office (they don't celebrate them). I dislike the herd mentality.

I've heard you build up more ejaculate with various foods, all of which are probably not even proven. The list I've heard includes strawberries, cucumbers, spinach, avocado, salad dressing...it's to the point that you tune it out. As for reproducing the human race, I've never been interested. My best friend in SD who got married immediately after college and had his marriage end after 18 years (up in Whittier, part of LA) said he is soooo thankful he didn't have kids. He is living in SD and doing as he pleases. Like he says "kids are a big money drain and a big time drain." I have ALWAYS felt the same way.

Tim Horton's is AWESOME...and not just the coffee, but the donuts and sometimes even the sandwiches. But then you know, I am probably the most pro-Canada U.S. person on this site, having gone to YVR at least 50 times from Seattle and to YUL 7 times.If it's here, it's probably wedged up close to the border. Somehow, a Tim Horton's under perennially sunny skies just doesn't seem right. I love it on an overcast Canadian day. As for your coffee drink, PB, that sounded gross. I despise iced coffee and wind up throwing my regular coffee away as soon as it gets cool. Mostly, I am a tea drinker. I drink tea:coffee 10:1.

immaculate damn, yours went up as I was typing Revised response to thread: spotless

Ok, I'll go down the Ebonics route: Black guy to flight attendant: "Slide me a Porter" (translation in subtitles: I'll have a steak).

My response to thread: aureola KC, what curriculum will you be doing in grad school?....having done that drill 3x ...I sympathize but also applaud you... ZL, I read somewhere that Salazar instructed them to give the Lisbon span as close as to the proportions of the GG that they could. I think it's only a little bit shorter, by a hair. However, the cross-bracing on the towers is nothing like the art-deco type "layering" of the GG's towers so, in that respect, it differs. Gosto muito do Ponte 25 de Abril e eu foi no ponte com o minho automovil alugado para visitar Cristo Rei, Caparica e Seisimbra no verao de 2005!

I kind of like the '67. Actually, it's got the most comfortable cabin layout for those of us in economy: 2-3-2, so it's easy to move in and out of seats and twin aisle allows one to walk around. I know the 777 is an advanced plane but I'm not crazy about it. Twin aisle, yes. However, it's seating is configured as 2-5(bleh)-2 or 3-3-3 in the economy cabin. There is a 400 version of the '67 that is rarely seen (only run by DL and CO) that has the TV monitors for every seat. Know nothing about the Airbus product you refer to. Can't wait to see the new 787 and am only merely interested in the A-380 as it's not Boeing...rather keep the money domestically and support the 747-8 series.

The hypocrisy is when you selectively take out snippets of what I have posted and comment on them out of context as your initial post on the thread. My whole first post was about aspects of the New York area I see in comparison to other areas...that hyper-sensitive and unnecessarily combative people would take offense couldn't be predicted.Camino, sir, you probably should lock the thread. It's a shame that BV wanted to tell us all about the "inputs" he took in from NY and obviously wanted us all to do the same.

Buona fortuna Buena suerte Bon chance Boa sorte Asking that we don't argue is like asking for the moon on this forum! Who runs the sled that does PHL-ZHR nonstop? Swiss or US Airways? Let us know when you get there!

It's too bad that your first post on this thread can't be about New York, which is what most people have done with it.

I hear you. It's in the delivery, though.Pissy, haughty: "Yes, we live in 'the city' " as they look down at you for living in the suburbs - (ok, go to hell) Matter of fact: "We live in 'the city' " (ok, that's cool) Capisce? BTW, I must have been in a posting lull or out of town, what happened to 92 Century that it's RIP?

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Their insulting persistence gets them exactly that. Good for you, actually.

Response to thread: Emmythe camber in it (right term? where's a CE when you need one?) is quite noticeable compared to that of the GG

Thank you for saying that. I am a frustrated would-have-been geography major, I guess. I inhale it. In fact, when I was in grammar school, kids always tried to cheat off of me on geography tests but I didn't want to get the nuns mad, so I wouldn't let them!

My response to thread:Guido (you know, way too many Italians with too much chest hair and too many gold chains live on both sides of it, so much so that they used it on 'Saturday Night Fever' as it was a good frame of reference)

Follow the thread carefully, PB, and see who it was that launched the first attack.There is nothing in my initial post that could be offensive other than criticizing uppity in-town dwellers of NYC and SF. Everything else is about food, real estate and geographic position. Have you ever heard of a branch of psychology called "social psychology"? Well, it deals with group phenomena, for the most part, as does sociology. I don't think they would bristle at anything I have posted since I've been on C&G...only you and possibly a smattering of other easily threatened people. Now grease up your right palm and log off, will you?

Dude, that can't be. For years, your city has been vaunted as one that has successfully transitioned from the manufacturing/smoke stack vernacular to the office park/high rise and all that goes with an information/tech/service economy. Furthermore, it seems to rank very highly on all the "desirable US cities" in which to live polls and, only having been across the PA turnpike, crossing from U of I Champaign over to my uncle's in north Jersey, that part of the country has very nice terrain and vegetation. And pictures of Pittsburgh, and its housing stock, are very flattering. Isn't living in Pittsburgh mostly good, though? The only thing I couldn't handle is the weather. You know, donde esta la playa?

It's because I'm wordly and actually work at seeing things for what they are and you're a hick. Get out of PA/MD a little more, will you? Can you feel the love?

response to thread:Golden Gate Bridge (e tamben o Ponte 25 de Abril) :AH-HA_wink:

the suburbs immediately south of San Fran, including the airportResponse to thread: San Mateo County

Trust me...this is within the last 10 years...I did not notice it at all when I lived there through the early 90s...that it has just mushroomed out of nowhere is mind-boggling and is not good for the social fabric of the city if it keeps burgeoning. Most of the African-Americans I spoke to about "the ATL" in general and without even going toward that subject, who are either native or from the immediate area, have no problem telling you they are not crazy about this demographic phenomenon....

Agree with most of you...and not stepping on any toes, since GM cars are beneath most Manhattanites (puzza sotto il naso) and most of the C&Gers here are LI, Jersey and Connecticut suburban types. I know the area fairly well as we lived there (Teaneck NJ) a short time and my douche-bag uncle still lives there. I was planning to go to NYU to do an MBA shortly after undergrad but went into a different career. Now, I am SOOOO damn glad I didn't go to NYU ! Also, I have not been back since the late 1990s asI think seeing the skyline without the WTC would depress me. One of the greatest experiences of my life, in addition to having gone to the roof platform of the twin towers, was sailing past them from the decks of the QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2) and peering at them through the Verrazzano Bridge. New York is stunning. It's a testament to pushing boundaries and possibilities. I would revel in all the ethnic overload ...and the FOOD....Italian food and Greek food 'til the cows come home. However, New York (the city) is not livable and any nice newer townhome with a drive under garage in a decent suburb on the island, in Westchester or in North Jersey would make me house poor. No thanks. Considering it's not a warm weather climate, I would pop serious money for a "crib" in the LA or SF or SD area before I ever popped equivalent money in a greater NY or Boston. I've also experienced the snooty Manhattanites who remind you they live "in the city." My attitude: f@#k you. I see the same type in Northern Cal when you'are at Tahoe, in the Sierra or hot springing. "Where are you from?" Answer: "I'm from 'the city' " ... meaning a San Francisco address and a 415 phone prefix. My thought: "Keep it, asshole, I'll take quiet Walnut Creek, 25 miles east of SF and reachable by BART, any day of the week." I'll go back to NYC and its environs eventually. I've always enjoyed it and am way way past any desire to live there as I once had.

Is the GM assembly plant still functional? It should now be called "Conchita-ville" as it is a major Mexican mecca...of the unassimilated variety...my best friend from undergrad is Mexican-American, lives in SD, and doesn't like Mexicans who give the nationality a less than favorable name ...

Si, Borger senza "2 dots," quella persona alla destra ha qualche cosa di particolare. Pensavo la stessa cosa!