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 2013-12-18 4:57 PM in reply to: pitt83 |
Champion  34263     Chicago |  Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN applesOriginally posted by pitt83 Exploding soiled Frenchmen underpants is quite frightening! France is still pretty nice. Just steer clear of the Sudan. It makes Fallujah look like Club Med. |
| 2013-12-18 5:22 PM in reply to: ratherbeswimming |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by ratherbeswimming Originally posted by Kido Tri Talk. I had 3 plans I built myself in the past and want to import one. Anyone know how to do that in the "new" BT? I don't know where to even find them anymore.
Mouse over your name in the top right hand corner. Click Settings. Click Training Log Settings Click My Training Plans + Import yay! thanks |
| 2013-12-18 5:31 PM in reply to: Kido |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes.
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| 2013-12-19 2:05 AM in reply to: Kido |
Regular 1023 Madrid | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Cats. I used to live in Hong Kong. I occassionally would go to movies. I could never figure out why there were always cats roaming inside the movie theaters. One day I went and there were no cats. Then I got it.... |
| 2013-12-19 6:53 AM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples father-in-law asked me what he should buy my husband for christmas. gave no indication of price range or what (if) he may have already bought.
i suggested books or a charcoal grill. greedy? fair? gave a huge range but no in between cause i honestly couldn't come up with anything.
update: he's already responded and said he'll buy us the grill. that was easy. now i have to keep it a secret from mr. meh - that's the hard part! Edited by mehaner 2013-12-19 7:10 AM |
| 2013-12-19 8:50 AM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by Kido One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. In Japan we didn't deal with any of this. It was nice. Very nice. The only questionable people we saw were Nigeria guys in the Shibuya district and we didn't even get close to them.
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| 2013-12-19 9:03 AM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by Kido One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes.
The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. |
| 2013-12-19 9:09 AM in reply to: mr2tony |
Pro 5761 Bartlett, TN | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes.
I had a friendship bracelet one time that my son made me, but it accidently came off when I was washing the dishes and went down the disposal and got shredded. He cried and cried... |
| 2013-12-19 9:21 AM in reply to: mr2tony |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. All right... now we need the details! Help the rest of us not get scammed!
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| 2013-12-19 9:36 AM in reply to: KSH |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by KSH Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. All right... now we need the details! Help the rest of us not get scammed! Yep, we totally got taken and I was pretty pizzed about it... we should have done exactly what Jim suggested and kept our hands in our pockets - as soon as they see a persons wrist, they will grab your hand and just start tying it on with this crap sob story. Never again! |
| 2013-12-19 10:11 AM in reply to: blueyedbikergirl |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl Originally posted by KSH Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. All right... now we need the details! Help the rest of us not get scammed! Yep, we totally got taken and I was pretty pizzed about it... we should have done exactly what Jim suggested and kept our hands in our pockets - as soon as they see a persons wrist, they will grab your hand and just start tying it on with this crap sob story. Never again! Yeah we were at the Spanish Steps and they just walk up and grab your wrist and start tying the thing on -- before you know it they're asking for 20euros. I think in the end we gave them 2 or 5 or something just to get them to leave us alone. Plus once we had one no other vendors bothered us so maybe it was worth it. |
| 2013-12-19 10:41 AM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Ugh on the friendship bracelet thing! I guess they know as tourists you aren't going to go crazy on their @ss for doing it! Edited by KSH 2013-12-19 10:42 AM |
| 2013-12-19 11:16 AM in reply to: KSH |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by KSH Ugh on the friendship bracelet thing! I guess they know as tourists you aren't going to go crazy on their @ss for doing it! They know most people aer too nice to protest. They prey on the weak! |
| 2013-12-19 11:22 AM in reply to: mr2tony |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week. |
| 2013-12-19 11:34 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
Regular 866 Central Coast, CA | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples "Today I'm on Nyquil and Sudafed. I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, merry f'n christmas!" |
| 2013-12-19 11:44 AM in reply to: MOlsen |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Hello, TAN *wearing a mask and washing my hands with all the sickies in here*! |
| 2013-12-19 11:58 AM in reply to: MOlsen |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by MOlsen "Today I'm on Nyquil and Sudafed. I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, merry f'n christmas!"
"The Leery kid must be in therapy again, the lawn looks great!"
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| 2013-12-19 12:29 PM in reply to: cgregg |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by cgregg Originally posted by MOlsen "Today I'm on Nyquil and Sudafed. I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, merry f'n christmas!"
"The Leery kid must be in therapy again, the lawn looks great!"
You're not happy? Nobody's happy. Get over it! |
| 2013-12-19 12:54 PM in reply to: mr2tony |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by cgregg You're not happy? Nobody's happy. Get over it! Originally posted by MOlsen "Today I'm on Nyquil and Sudafed. I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, merry f'n christmas!"
"The Leery kid must be in therapy again, the lawn looks great!"
Folks, i'd like to sing a song about the American dream. About me, about you. |
| 2013-12-19 12:59 PM in reply to: cgregg |
Regular 866 Central Coast, CA | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by cgregg Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by cgregg You're not happy? Nobody's happy. Get over it! Originally posted by MOlsen "Today I'm on Nyquil and Sudafed. I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, merry f'n christmas!" "The Leery kid must be in therapy again, the lawn looks great!"
Folks, i'd like to sing a song about the American dream. About me, about you. "Know the song? I wrote the song!" |
| 2013-12-19 1:37 PM in reply to: MOlsen |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples doing my year-end review on the phone right now. and browsing BT. ahhahahaah. |
| 2013-12-19 2:27 PM in reply to: mehaner |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mehaner doing my year-end review on the phone right now. and browsing BT. ahhahahaah. We do our so backwards. We have to set our 2014 goals by Jan. 17. |
| 2013-12-19 2:56 PM in reply to: lisac957 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by lisac957 Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week. Do NOT quit the Z-pack early! Any bacteria which remain are the strongest. If you quit early, they'll propagate and make you sick as ever. |
| 2013-12-19 2:58 PM in reply to: 0 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Finished my Christmas shopping tonight. Lots of beers interspersed. Did very well here in Glasgow. Home tomorrow  Edited by pitt83 2013-12-19 2:58 PM |
| 2013-12-19 2:59 PM in reply to: pitt83 |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by pitt83 Originally posted by lisac957 Do NOT quit the Z-pack early! Any bacteria which remain are the strongest. If you quit early, they'll propagate and make you sick as ever. Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week.
Never quit ANY antibiotic early, unless directed to do so. |
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