First Visit to USA

"Tom" wrote in message ...
Hi,
We are an elderly but reasonably fit couple wanting to spend some 2 weeks in
USA. It will be our first visit and I wondered if some kind person(s) could
point me towards a web site that might give me some info. We would like to
see things that we cannot in the UK specifically or Europe in general i.e
Space exploration Museums, etc
We might want to hire a carif our UK drivers licence would cover us. We
would hope to keep out of hurricane areas, and criminally unsafe areas.
Tom,
From Shropshire UK

Tom,

I have a website specifically for UK travellers to the USA that may be
helpful to you
http://www.uk-2-usa.com

We also have a yahoo group for UK holiday makers going to the USA on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk2usa/
where you can post more questions.

UK

127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:
B Vaughan wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:
A whole lotta waiting just to see whether some guy is going to have to stop
spitting tobacco long enough to walk 50 feet to a white piece of plastic
someone left lying on the field. I submit that the tedium-reward ratio is
unfavorable as compared to many other sports.

If it weren't for the down times, the tension might be unbearable.

If they took out the boring bits, the game would only last about 8 minutes.

imagine what could be saved if you didn't post boring bull**** like this

The sooner you killfile me, the better off we'll all be.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:
B Vaughan wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:
A whole lotta waiting just to see whether some guy is going to have to stop
spitting tobacco long enough to walk 50 feet to a white piece of plastic
someone left lying on the field. I submit that the tedium-reward ratio is
unfavorable as compared to many other sports.

If it weren't for the down times, the tension might be unbearable.

If they took out the boring bits, the game would only last about 8 minutes.

imagine what could be saved if you didn't post boring bull**** like this

The sooner you killfile me, the better off we'll all be.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
...
I've used Auto Europe with success but Holiday Autos appears cheaper.
Have you actually used them and what type of companies do they use?


I've used them and the car was from Alamo

Keith

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
...
I've used Auto Europe with success but Holiday Autos appears cheaper.
Have you actually used them and what type of companies do they use?


I've used them and the car was from Alamo

Keith

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:48:09 -0500, (Miguel Cruz)
wrote:

+ServiceTech wrote:
+ (Barve New Whirl) wrote:
+ Have you checked the crime stats lately?
+
+ What crime stat source are you using? This subject comes up many
+ times, & just turns into long drawn out threads where no one ends
up
+ agreeing. I would really be interested in viewing a _Total_ crime
+ stat list. The murder & firearm issue has been done to death. I'm
+ refering to ALL crimes in each country, from Murder down to pick
+ pocketing or less. If a reliable stat can be found, I think most
will
+ be surprised.
+
+But will most care? You can pick my pocket, I just don't want to be
killed
+or permanently injured. I would cheerfully trade a 1% increase in the
+likelihood of being killed for a 10000% increase in the likelihood of
having
+my pocket picked.
+
+miguel

Maybe the pickpocket thing was a bit too low on the scale. Let's go
with violent crimes. Forget about if the criminal used a gun, knife,
bomb,etc. (you're still just as dead or injured) I just haven't seen
any stats which reflect this. People say "Check the stats" but is
anyone getting complete information? I'm not defending or "downing"
any City or Country. I just like my information to be complete &
reliable. I'd really like to see a good source.

Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
...

I've used Auto Europe with success but Holiday Autos appears cheaper.
Have you actually used them and what type of companies do they use?

I've used them and the car was from Alamo
Keith

Ah well, all for naught. I was interested in renting in Europe and they
will not accept rentals from Americans or Canadians. It took a while to
find that but it is there.

Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
...

I've used Auto Europe with success but Holiday Autos appears cheaper.
Have you actually used them and what type of companies do they use?

I've used them and the car was from Alamo
Keith

Ah well, all for naught. I was interested in renting in Europe and they
will not accept rentals from Americans or Canadians. It took a while to
find that but it is there.

ServiceTech wrote:
Maybe the pickpocket thing was a bit too low on the scale. Let's go
with violent crimes. Forget about if the criminal used a gun, knife,
bomb,etc. (you're still just as dead or injured) I just haven't seen
any stats which reflect this. People say "Check the stats" but is
anyone getting complete information? I'm not defending or "downing"
any City or Country. I just like my information to be complete &
reliable. I'd really like to see a good source.

The problem seems to be that different countries have different reporting
standards, and no particular incentive to make them uniform. About the only
one where they can come close to agreeing is homicide, because it's less
ambiguous than all the flavors of assault and robbery.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

ServiceTech wrote:
Maybe the pickpocket thing was a bit too low on the scale. Let's go
with violent crimes. Forget about if the criminal used a gun, knife,
bomb,etc. (you're still just as dead or injured) I just haven't seen
any stats which reflect this. People say "Check the stats" but is
anyone getting complete information? I'm not defending or "downing"
any City or Country. I just like my information to be complete &
reliable. I'd really like to see a good source.

The problem seems to be that different countries have different reporting
standards, and no particular incentive to make them uniform. About the only
one where they can come close to agreeing is homicide, because it's less
ambiguous than all the flavors of assault and robbery.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu