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Heartlander · 80-89, M
When I was in the USAF I lived in a few different countries for periods of a few months and enjoyed it. France, UK, Panama, Vietnam. I once had a job possibility to live and work in Saudi Arabia for a couple of years but it fell through. Also was once tempted with an Air America type job but said no thanks.
I'm too old for that now, but would be OK if living accommodations were in the penthouse suite pf a 5 star hotel and job just entailed hanging around and smiling and just for a few months.
I'm too old for that now, but would be OK if living accommodations were in the penthouse suite pf a 5 star hotel and job just entailed hanging around and smiling and just for a few months.
Akimbo75 · 46-50, F
@Heartlander I sadly opened an amazon package today thinking… if I lived in a different country I probably wouldn’t have gotten this next day. could I survive and thrive? meh, yeah I think so
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@Akimbo75 We do seem to live with a sense of urgency in the US ... or have progressed to that over the past 50 years.
Remember when people fed that urgency by putting things on "lay away"? Where a store would hold the merchandise safely and the customer paid a little at a time, then received the merchandise once fully paid for. Remember when banks had Christmas Savings accounts? Now, 50 years later we can get things with ZERO down and 10 years to pay, or putting things on charge cards with unlimited years to pay.
Just this Sunday morning I put in a $300 food order at Walmart and it was delivered to our doorstep at 6 p.m. I could have received it earlier. With Amazon I sometimes think they are in time travel and delivering before I even order it.
Does that urgency exist anywhere else on earth?
Remember when people fed that urgency by putting things on "lay away"? Where a store would hold the merchandise safely and the customer paid a little at a time, then received the merchandise once fully paid for. Remember when banks had Christmas Savings accounts? Now, 50 years later we can get things with ZERO down and 10 years to pay, or putting things on charge cards with unlimited years to pay.
Just this Sunday morning I put in a $300 food order at Walmart and it was delivered to our doorstep at 6 p.m. I could have received it earlier. With Amazon I sometimes think they are in time travel and delivering before I even order it.
Does that urgency exist anywhere else on earth?
beermeplease · M
KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
Ambroseguy80 · 56-60, M
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@samueltyler2 inflation
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@AthrillatheHunt in Germany? That isn't what i have read.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@samueltyler2 in 1930’s Germany yes big time. The Weimar Republic had inflation worse than Yugoslavia in the 1990’s . Like daily inflation rates . Today bread costs 3 dollars , tomorrow it’s 5.Next week 12.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@trollslayer Start a go-fund-me-page, we will be happy to donate
BrandNewMan · M
This thread reads like a barometer of American civic psyche: weary, divided, self-protective, and in some cases, morally unsettled. It reveals not only how people see the U.S. but how they see themselves in relation to the world—rooted or adrift, angry or resigned, hopeful or nostalgic.
Akimbo75 · 46-50, F
@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays I think I’m in the resigned category. I see bad things coming and don’t want to be here for it. I don’t believe I have any ability to change it. No amount of letters to my congressman is going to work. My votes don’t count (as an independent, they truly count for nothing. as a democrat in the south, they count for very little) so that’s disheartening. I will keep voting because I can, but none of it seems to matter
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Adrift · 61-69, F
@MrBrownstone Me too. But one with no weird bugs.
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graphite · 61-69, M
Ireland is very nice. But there is no hockey there. And you have to make at least 50,000 Euros a year if you come from outside the EU, or they throw you out. Another one of these countries that scolds the USA for not wanting millions of illegals but sets it own tough standards for immigration.
akindheart · 61-69, F
nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
PHlover19701 · 56-60, M
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@PHlover19701 they only want those already self sufficient to live there
akindheart · 61-69, F
@AthrillatheHunt i was really surprised because it was not a great trip for me.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@akindheart oh whys that? They are super stand-off ish but very good people.
NoGamesTolerated · F
beermeplease · M
@NoGamesTolerated that makes you an awesome american.... good heart and soul. but you are always welcome to visit us in canada 🤗
NoGamesTolerated · F
@beermeplease Thank you 😊
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
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Maya15 · F
no. i'm 15. so rather not work i guess.
certainly not about liking the us though.
certainly not about liking the us though.
NoGamesTolerated · F
@Maya15 who is the bully?
Maya15 · F
@NoGamesTolerated as far as why not leave. i don't understand where you're going with that.
i don't like russia that well either. will moving make me like them better?
i think i'd just not like either from somewhere else.
i don't know if i'd be happier not liking the US and russia either.
so i really don't see where you're going with this.
i have a right to live in the united states and nowhere else so i wouldn't want to be arrogant and entitled presuming some other country should let me live there.
i don't like russia that well either. will moving make me like them better?
i think i'd just not like either from somewhere else.
i don't know if i'd be happier not liking the US and russia either.
so i really don't see where you're going with this.
i have a right to live in the united states and nowhere else so i wouldn't want to be arrogant and entitled presuming some other country should let me live there.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
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AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@BlueGreenGrey Italy Portugal and Albania are all good destinations
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
beermeplease · M
@AthrillatheHunt i mentioned here that american doctors and nurses are pretty much guaranteed a job instantly if they want to come to canada.....we need them badly 🥺
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@beermeplease no country in its right mind would say no to a western educated MD.
StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M
anyone can move to Svalbard. am I there now? no. 🥶
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
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BizSuitStacy · M
@beermeplease I've been to Sluggers, but not the other two.
beermeplease · M
@BizSuitStacy i've been to both as well as many others....been down a few times for whitecaps/sounders games. a couple of seahawks/mariners games as well as a pearl jam concert and g'n'r in tacoma
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@beermeplease nice
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Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Yes