I've been out of the USA for three years and I just got back. I'm feeling a bit woozy. Will somebody give me a pill? I haven't listened to US propaganda TV for years. I think they're trying to tell me I should find a rock and hide underneath it until I drop dead, because EVERYTHING seems fear based!
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watching TV at my folks place is like putting the THEY LIVE glasses back on
your writing is sooo astute, and funny! Travel really is a wonderful education - my advice, eat your favourite things you can't get elsewhere and hunker down until you can get back to reality
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Here's the thing about picking up after your dog: If you don't do it the dog crap stays where it was dropped. If everyone doesn't do it you've soon got a city inundated with dog crap as pervasive as the 'fear' propaganda being pushed in every mainstream media channel.
There are poop wars in my old town in California. I still keep up with them and lately the townsfolk have been attaching light-up poop bag dispensers to various trees in town. with not much restraint. This leads to people putting the poop in a bag and leaving the bag on the ground for the poop dispenser buying person to gather each morning and put in the trash.
I used to walk that town in the dead of night taking photos and I am not in favor of light up poop bag dispensers but I would surely be photographing them if I was there. They each have a unique sign based on the person who put it up. I'm waiting on The City to step up and regulate this new practice.
I say - a world without dogs would be better for everyone but few agree with me.
This analogy has gotten out of hand and I love it.
A world without dogs would be a world with a lot less love.
Most people agree with you, but I see how dogs are mistreated and cause controversy and make people sick. I do not think it evens out to the good side, but it does not matter because I will never win this argument.
I'm afraid of them, but I have had to live with them and take care of them for people. My eyes were opened as to how bad people treat their pets, most specifically - ignoring them, not walking them, not bathing them, and feeding them food that makes them ill if they remember to feed them at all.
But then they tell you they love them. It's a mystery to me.
My old beach town is also up in arms about sand getting in storm drains, so be lucky if I don't give you details on that stupidity.
Take it for what it is. For a short time you'll be living in modern day fear-based America, then you get to move on to bigger and better things! Take this as just another life experience, and spread a positive message where you can. Sound like the people around you need it.
f the cops
Thank you for the lunchtime laugh, cry, and walk down memory lane. Now you know why I feel like a refugee and after over a year I have not yet recovered. I warned you not to engage on any controversial topics but I forgot they are all controversial.
I'll be back to go over all these and get you (short lol) replies, but all I can tell you is to stay chill and try to ignore what you can. If you need any kind of pill, ask around and you will have it. Finally - do not eat regular chicken! Or anything else. Or drink the water. Or watch tv. No wonder I was such a mess.
I hear you! Especially where you come from now. I'm in a butt-ton of Ecuador groups and they are all happy as clams. Loja, Cuenca, Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, Galapagos - all groups filled with happy people thrilled with their luck. Ecuador was my second pick but Thailand won for public transport, medical and farther away from the us.
I am holding back on advice not to make it harder for you. I want my son out of there so bad. It's a nightmare.
Yes, it is, and very athletic! I freak those girls out! They have never touched anyone in as much pain as me. I draw the whole crowd in with worried looks and everyone trying to think how to adjust their methods. I gave up after trying about 20 times. They want to help but it does not help.
You should have got the second passport. But good on you to have the stability. Did you buy apartments or homes to rent or something else?
Yeah, it stinks. I was realizing today that my feet are really going south. I have to work on them but I hate doing it. It's like a Victorian torture scenario. You Tube shows all kinds of success but it always starts by saying it will hurt more than usual. By that they mean agony for days and weeks on end.
The Rx I used to take almost killed me a few times over the years and people die from them constantly in my groups so I'm not going back. We often get the notification of someone going to the hospital for infection and a day later they are dead. I am extremely fortunate to have survived my time on those drugs.
I've got stress out the wazoo recently and that is a no-no second only to bad food. My work tagline is "Be sure to fitinfun no matter what" for a reason.
Interesting you decided not to go for the passport. So many people push the idea in my Ecuador groups for a variety of reasons. I will pay more attention, but it's a big fiesta over there when someone succeeds in jumping through the hoops. Very few anticipate ever returning to where they came from unless they turn around and leave quickly. And you are the only one I know who is setting off for parts unknown after being there for a long time. Good on you.
Backpack or not, I need to offload some garbage possessions out of my life! I have so much stuff for someone rootless. I have no idea how this happens.
Hi! I'm Chris! @luzcypher turned me onto your page. I'm about to do what you're doing, well in general- I don't know what you're doing at this very moment. I'm leaving to go around the world for as long as I can make it last starting in September. Today I'm deciding whether to head west from Ohio to Australia first, or East to Europe... I'm thinking because winter will be coming in Europe, Australia may be better. Enough about me, I completely agree with your post. I just came back to Ohio to visit my family for a couple months before my newest adventure starts and fear mongering is all the rage. My parents have the tv on all day and all I see is "Feel bad about your life" "Buy this and you will feel better" "The world is a scary place" "You'll die if you walk out of the house." My mother's response when I said I was probably going to start in Europe was, "Don't you think that's dangerous with all that's going on over there?" ....? AAAAGHH! She's in more danger of dying in a car accident on the way to the local mall. It's a shame. I rode my bicycle across the USA in the late nineties. The number one response my riding partner and I got from people was, "Are you going to take a gun?" My response was usually, "No, we're going to take maps."
returning To Australia for me feels like going back to Seahaven Island - the town in 'The Truman Show'
ugh. Things make me sick. Things I have to care for or store away or get friends to care for, or things that make me stay stuck... things. Currently I feel tied down by a massage table and a crockpot
I agree man. Turn off the TV and think for yourself. It's the best way.