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Post #431,355 by rcareaga 10/21/19 10:17:30 PM 10/21/19 10:17:30 PM Reply	Upon returning to Oakland last night “WTF? The streets are empty! Where are all the people? What the fuck* have you done with all the people??”* I have never seen an agglomeration of humanity in San Francisco—or London, for that matter—to compare with the crush I encountered attempting to traverse Times Square on foot Saturday afternoon. It’s been seventeen years, but I don’t think even Beijing was that dense back then. But I enjoyed the hell out of my visit. cordially,
Post #431,357 by a6l6e6x 10/21/19 11:22:13 PM 10/21/19 11:22:13 PM Reply	Re: traverse Times Square on foot I got accustomed to that. There's a mental mode switch to turn on. Much like that are the evening streets of old Cartagena, Colombia. My wife and I were on a walking tour (from a cruise ship stop) and it totally panicked her! The only thing to be wary of is the potential of pickpockets. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #431,362 by mmoffitt 10/22/19 8:33:14 AM 10/22/19 8:33:14 AM Reply	The most common question asked by visiting Soviets to our house in SoCal in the 60's was ... "Where are all the Americans?" bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #431,369 by Ashton 10/22/19 2:18:33 PM 10/22/19 2:18:33 PM Reply	..how devastatingly Incisive! er, ¡ колкий !

Big Apple observations - (rcareaga) - (16) - Oct. 18, 2019, 02:46:33 PM EDT

London didn't do it for me. Except for the Chelsea match at the Bridge. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Oct. 18, 2019, 04:08:50 PM EDT

{{hic..}} -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 18, 2019, 04:35:03 PM EDT

Re: London didn't do it for me. Except for the Chelsea match at the Bridge. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 19, 2019, 01:34:05 PM EDT

Another perfectly framed sea-scape. (and ..Sad) - (Ashton) - Oct. 19, 2019, 03:48:06 PM EDT

Just curious. What was the temperature on the day you took that? - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Oct. 21, 2019, 08:13:15 AM EDT

Probably 10-12C -NT - (pwhysall) - Oct. 21, 2019, 01:01:46 PM EDT

A couple sojourns there.. plus brief couple days enroute elsewhere - (Ashton) - Oct. 18, 2019, 04:38:14 PM EDT

Did quite a few work trips there - (drook) - Oct. 18, 2019, 04:41:13 PM EDT

drove by the dam thing multiple times on my way to the bronx - (boxley) - Oct. 18, 2019, 08:38:25 PM EDT

LRPD: "If I'm going to visit an exotic foreign land with L. Ron Hubbard or Jim Jones, I'll opt... - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 18, 2019, 11:25:28 PM EDT

Re: Big Apple observations - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 19, 2019, 01:04:51 PM EDT

Very smelly. - (malraux) - Oct. 19, 2019, 01:40:39 PM EDT

Upon returning to Oakland last night - (rcareaga) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2019, 10:17:30 PM EDT

Re: traverse Times Square on foot - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 21, 2019, 11:22:13 PM EDT

The most common question asked by visiting Soviets to our house in SoCal in the 60's was ... - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2019, 08:33:14 AM EDT

..how devastatingly Incisive! er, ¡ колкий ! -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 22, 2019, 02:18:33 PM EDT

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