world's worst tourists

Frank Slootweg writes:

You should really refrain from comments like that. It makes you lose
any credibility which you might have.

Only with Europeans, and they don't matter in this context.

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Sjoerd writes:

Lived nowhere.

Ah.

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Frank Slootweg writes:

Ah, the s-word! I was waiting for it. Thanks for fulfulling my
expectations. As others have mentioned, it confirms *our* stereotyping
of Americans that they have no clue what socialist means. At least,
let's hope that it *is* stereotyping, not a fact.

I see that in another response you have giving the expected tirade on
the u-word. Thanks. As you can see, we are easily pleased.

You should spend more time discussing the topic at hand, and less time
discussing the people participating in it.

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Mxsmanic wrote:

Jim Ley writes:
Reall, I phone my bank and say "Pay Bob", or write a letter (which is
the same difficulty as a cheque) or use the website, none of them are
complicated ...

Only using a Web site is potentially secure. The other methods are
insecure because they involve human intervention, a major source of
fraud.

Most likely though it's the backwardness of your french bank - which
seems to be a recurring problem, are HSBC or Citibank not in Paris -
they generally have more clue.

Most French banks remain backward in a number of ways, particularly in
ways that allow them to hold funds for long periods. Debits are always
posted much more quickly than credits, even though the only difference
from an information-processing standpoint is the sign.

They are very competent. They are just thieves. FFM

Mxsmanic wrote:
Sjoerd writes:

Lived nowhere.

Ah.

This and similar responses has earned you the STOTM award. My
congratulations!

Mxsmanic wrote:
Frank Slootweg writes:

Not that it is a one-size-fits-all solution, but in certain areas they
have drop points fo delivery of 'goods', i.e. like your mailbox for
mail.

Since the nearest supermarket is less than 100 metres away, what would
be the advantage?

Another silly response because you snipped your original statement. It
doesn't impress me and I doubt that it impresses anybody else.

Frank F. Matthews writes:

They are very competent. They are just thieves. FFM

That is my impression. American banks are no better, though--they just
steal in different ways. In each country, banks shaft customers in
whatever ways the local laws allow.

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Deep Freud Moors wrote:

With all due respect to the Americans, the US is just like on TV, except a
bit moreso. In my first visit I felt as though I had already spent much
time
there just because of the amount of US TV I have been exposed to. Europe
was, however, much more surprising in this regard, because European
culture
cannot be summed up on screen.


When I first visited the UK I thought I was in a real - life version of
_Fawlty Towers_....

--
Best
Greg

What makes this newsgroup dedicated to European travel?


What I really wonder is why, in a newsgroup dedicated to European
travel, 10% of the posts are concerned with travel and 90% with
bashing some other country?


Mason Barge

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please
bring me some coffee."
-- Abraham Lincoln

Mxsmanic wrote:
But there were probably angry young males whispering about Andrew's
"deeper motivations" in his time as well.

Didn't you just tell someone else to focus on the topic and not the
discussants?

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu