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Old Dec 30th 2006, 4:59 am
  #46  
Erick T . Barkhuis
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Martin:

> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.

Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
paid sex and drugs.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:01 am
  #47  
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Martin wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:51:57 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
> >Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:47:56 +0100, Martin
> ><[email protected]> writted:
> >
> >>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:14:50 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:26 +0100, Martin
> >>><[email protected]> writted:
> >>>
> >>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:11:56 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> >>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:12:10 +0100, Martin
> >>>>><[email protected]> writted:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:59:46 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:06:42 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:41:17 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Why do the people in that quaint Dutch village want the coffee shops
> >>>>>>>>>moved out of town? I imagine that violence and the inherent evilness
> >>>>>>>>>of weed have nothing to do with that, either.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>They don't like their small village filled with drug buyers. Would you?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I was replying to DFM, who said that people in San Francisco thought
> >>>>>>>weed was evil. I don't think that either the Dutch or the Californians
> >>>>>>>think it's evil, they just don't like large groups of pot heads
> >>>>>>>hanging around outside their front doors.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I answered your question. You didn't.
> >>>>>>There is also crime associated with French drug buyers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Because it's a crime presumably.
> >>>>
> >>>>The selling growing and import is organised by criminals, not the Salvation
> >>>>Army.
> >>>
> >>>But they are criminals because it's a crime. If its controlled, the
> >>>undesirable elements go elsewhere anyway.
> >>
> >>IMO instead of the Dutch police wasting their time raiding local illegal growers
> >>they should either ban sales or allow local production, BUT the USA would be
> >>very angry and might want to liberate NL.
> >
> >I don't think we can blame the USA for this.
>
> We can. The US still applies pressure on drug pushing countries like the
> Netherlands.
>
> >They have taken the
> >wheels off the war on drugs and whacked them on the war on terror
> >instead.
>
> Some mistake? The justification for killing people in Afghanistan is that they
> are drug producers.
>
> >
> >I'd just like people to be able to buy the stuff without risking their
> >necks.
>
> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it wasn't full of
> tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs. Maybe their home countries could
> provide similar facilities.
> --
>
> Martin

they do, all except those British prudes.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:03 am
  #48  
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:59:58 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>
>> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
>> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>
>Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
>paid sex and drugs.

OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
--

Martin
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:07 am
  #49  
Erick T . Barkhuis
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Martin:
> Erick :
>
> >Martin:
> >
> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
> >
> >Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
> >paid sex and drugs.
>
> OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
> without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.

Martin, do you believe that a majority of all tourists in Amsterdam are
mainly looking for paid sex and drugs?
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:07 am
  #50  
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Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:56:08 +0100, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:04:59 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>>I have read quite a bit about this. Indeed, pot can bring psychosis
>>etc. on early, but there are many questions as to why this is,
>>including a lack of education, knowing when not to smoke it, combining
>>it with other drugs, the fear of getting caught blah blah blah. I
>>don't know of anyone who has ever gone psycho clearly from it's use.
>
>I said before that I knew numerous people who smoked pot daily with
>little or no apparent effect, but I've also known people who seemed to
>have fried their brains. I think it's a matter of quantity.

I agree.

>When my kids were teenagers, I had a discussion of the legalization
>issue with them. I was somewhat in favor of it, because I thought
>legalization might bring better controls on who used it, and might
>remove marijuana from the criminal environment that encourages abuse
>of worse drugs.

Valid point.

>I also thought it was relatively innocuous, maybe less
>so than alcohol.

True too.

> However my kids told me I didn't know anything (of
>course, being a parent) and that marijuana was clearly dangerous and
>that plenty of kids in the high school were reduced to zombiehood by
>smoking it.

Also true.

>They said claimed that the pot we smoked back in the 60s
>was baby stuff compared to what was on the street in the 80s. I say
>"we" although I personally smoked it no more than half a dozen times
>and never really liked it.
>
>When I first began working at Princeton University in the mid 1970s,
>reefers were openly passed around at departmental parties.

I saw the same thing at some festival in Brixton (Brockwell Park
maybe?) a few years back. It was something truly to behold, with
(black) guys at the entrance openly selling the stuff. Police were
walking around, completely ignoring the huge amount of smoking going
on. If you want to lower usage, just allow these events to happen from
time to time. It makes you realise that it's rather over glorified as
a drug.
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Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:09 am
  #51  
Deeply Filled Mortician
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Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:56:09 +0100, B
Vaughan<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:28:12 -0000, "JohnT" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>... I am positively encouraged
>>by my Cardiac Physician to consume alcohol in moderation so I enjoy doing so
>>(half a bottle of wine or the equivalent most days).
>
>From what I've read, that's a bit too much to have a positive effect.
>There's a hump-shaped curve, and more than enough causes harm.

It depends an awful lot on an individual's tolerance too. A
'beneficial amount' would knock many onto their arses.
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Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:14 am
  #52  
-Martin
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:07:01 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>> Erick :
>>
>> >Martin:
>> >
>> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
>> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>> >
>> >Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
>> >paid sex and drugs.
>>
>> OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
>> without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>
>Martin, do you believe that a majority of all tourists in Amsterdam are
>mainly looking for paid sex and drugs?

Maybe looking at paid sex and buying drugs.

Many Brits think those are the only things on offer in A'dam.
--

Martin
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:19 am
  #53  
Erick T . Barkhuis
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Martin:
> Erick wrote:
>
> >Martin:
> >> Erick :
> >>
> >> >Martin:
> >> >
> >> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
> >> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
> >> >
> >> >Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
> >> >paid sex and drugs.
> >>
> >> OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
> >> without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
> >
> >Martin, do you believe that a majority of all tourists in Amsterdam are
> >mainly looking for paid sex and drugs?
>
> Maybe looking at paid sex and buying drugs.

Ah...sounds differently, already.

> Many Brits think those are the only things on offer in A'dam.

Perhaps. But in contrast, I've met Americans who didn't even want to come
close to the Red Light District _due_to_ these things on offer in
Amsterdam. :-)

Then we have the Japanese, who ride around in buses only, unless they are
allowed to get off for ten seconds to shoot pictures...
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:19 am
  #54  
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On 30 Dec 2006 10:01:03 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Martin wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:51:57 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>> >Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:47:56 +0100, Martin
>> ><[email protected]> writted:
>> >
>> >>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:14:50 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:26 +0100, Martin
>> >>><[email protected]> writted:
>> >>>
>> >>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:11:56 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:12:10 +0100, Martin
>> >>>>><[email protected]> writted:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:59:46 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:06:42 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:41:17 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>Why do the people in that quaint Dutch village want the coffee shops
>> >>>>>>>>>moved out of town? I imagine that violence and the inherent evilness
>> >>>>>>>>>of weed have nothing to do with that, either.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>They don't like their small village filled with drug buyers. Would you?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>I was replying to DFM, who said that people in San Francisco thought
>> >>>>>>>weed was evil. I don't think that either the Dutch or the Californians
>> >>>>>>>think it's evil, they just don't like large groups of pot heads
>> >>>>>>>hanging around outside their front doors.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>I answered your question. You didn't.
>> >>>>>>There is also crime associated with French drug buyers.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Because it's a crime presumably.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>The selling growing and import is organised by criminals, not the Salvation
>> >>>>Army.
>> >>>
>> >>>But they are criminals because it's a crime. If its controlled, the
>> >>>undesirable elements go elsewhere anyway.
>> >>
>> >>IMO instead of the Dutch police wasting their time raiding local illegal growers
>> >>they should either ban sales or allow local production, BUT the USA would be
>> >>very angry and might want to liberate NL.
>> >
>> >I don't think we can blame the USA for this.
>>
>> We can. The US still applies pressure on drug pushing countries like the
>> Netherlands.
>>
>> >They have taken the
>> >wheels off the war on drugs and whacked them on the war on terror
>> >instead.
>>
>> Some mistake? The justification for killing people in Afghanistan is that they
>> are drug producers.
>>
>> >
>> >I'd just like people to be able to buy the stuff without risking their
>> >necks.
>>
>> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it wasn't full of
>> tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs. Maybe their home countries could
>> provide similar facilities.
>> --
>>
>> Martin
>
>they do, all except those British prudes.

So why do so many Belgians French, Germans and Italians visit NL for drugs?

The coffee shops on the Belgian & German borders aren't there for the
convenience of Dutch farmers.
--

Martin
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:23 am
  #55  
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Martin wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2006 10:01:03 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Martin wrote:
> >> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:51:57 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> >> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:47:56 +0100, Martin
> >> ><[email protected]> writted:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:14:50 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> >> >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:26 +0100, Martin
> >> >>><[email protected]> writted:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:11:56 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> >> >>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:12:10 +0100, Martin
> >> >>>>><[email protected]> writted:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:59:46 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:06:42 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:41:17 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>Why do the people in that quaint Dutch village want the coffee shops
> >> >>>>>>>>>moved out of town? I imagine that violence and the inherent evilness
> >> >>>>>>>>>of weed have nothing to do with that, either.
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>They don't like their small village filled with drug buyers. Would you?
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>I was replying to DFM, who said that people in San Francisco thought
> >> >>>>>>>weed was evil. I don't think that either the Dutch or the Californians
> >> >>>>>>>think it's evil, they just don't like large groups of pot heads
> >> >>>>>>>hanging around outside their front doors.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>I answered your question. You didn't.
> >> >>>>>>There is also crime associated with French drug buyers.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Because it's a crime presumably.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>The selling growing and import is organised by criminals, not the Salvation
> >> >>>>Army.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>But they are criminals because it's a crime. If its controlled, the
> >> >>>undesirable elements go elsewhere anyway.
> >> >>
> >> >>IMO instead of the Dutch police wasting their time raiding local illegal growers
> >> >>they should either ban sales or allow local production, BUT the USA would be
> >> >>very angry and might want to liberate NL.
> >> >
> >> >I don't think we can blame the USA for this.
> >>
> >> We can. The US still applies pressure on drug pushing countries like the
> >> Netherlands.
> >>
> >> >They have taken the
> >> >wheels off the war on drugs and whacked them on the war on terror
> >> >instead.
> >>
> >> Some mistake? The justification for killing people in Afghanistan is that they
> >> are drug producers.
> >>
> >> >
> >> >I'd just like people to be able to buy the stuff without risking their
> >> >necks.
> >>
> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it wasn't full of
> >> tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs. Maybe their home countries could
> >> provide similar facilities.
> >> --
> >>
> >> Martin
> >
> >they do, all except those British prudes.
>
> So why do so many Belgians French, Germans and Italians visit NL for drugs?
>
> The coffee shops on the Belgian & German borders aren't there for the
> convenience of Dutch farmers.

plenty of prossies over here, and the mari-juana is grown on this side
of the border
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:25 am
  #56  
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:19:04 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>> Erick wrote:
>>
>> >Martin:
>> >> Erick :
>> >>
>> >> >Martin:
>> >> >
>> >> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
>> >> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>> >> >
>> >> >Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
>> >> >paid sex and drugs.
>> >>
>> >> OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
>> >> without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>> >
>> >Martin, do you believe that a majority of all tourists in Amsterdam are
>> >mainly looking for paid sex and drugs?
>>
>> Maybe looking at paid sex and buying drugs.
>
>Ah...sounds differently, already.

:-)

>
>> Many Brits think those are the only things on offer in A'dam.
>
>Perhaps. But in contrast, I've met Americans who didn't even want to come
>close to the Red Light District _due_to_ these things on offer in
>Amsterdam. :-)

LOL that's what they all say.

>
>Then we have the Japanese, who ride around in buses only, unless they are
>allowed to get off for ten seconds to shoot pictures...

.... and Cathy and Bill too!

The Brits, the Australians and the Germans do what exactly in Amsterdam?

I'm sure somewhere in Japan is a faithful reproduction of the A'dam red light
area, probably next door to a faithful reproduction of a Munich beer hall.
--

Martin
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:27 am
  #57  
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On 30 Dec 2006 10:23:20 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Martin wrote:
>> On 30 Dec 2006 10:01:03 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:51:57 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:47:56 +0100, Martin
>> >> ><[email protected]> writted:
>> >> >
>> >> >>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:14:50 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >> >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:12:26 +0100, Martin
>> >> >>><[email protected]> writted:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:11:56 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>> >> >>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:12:10 +0100, Martin
>> >> >>>>><[email protected]> writted:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:59:46 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:06:42 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:41:17 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>Why do the people in that quaint Dutch village want the coffee shops
>> >> >>>>>>>>>moved out of town? I imagine that violence and the inherent evilness
>> >> >>>>>>>>>of weed have nothing to do with that, either.
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>They don't like their small village filled with drug buyers. Would you?
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>I was replying to DFM, who said that people in San Francisco thought
>> >> >>>>>>>weed was evil. I don't think that either the Dutch or the Californians
>> >> >>>>>>>think it's evil, they just don't like large groups of pot heads
>> >> >>>>>>>hanging around outside their front doors.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>I answered your question. You didn't.
>> >> >>>>>>There is also crime associated with French drug buyers.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>Because it's a crime presumably.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>The selling growing and import is organised by criminals, not the Salvation
>> >> >>>>Army.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>But they are criminals because it's a crime. If its controlled, the
>> >> >>>undesirable elements go elsewhere anyway.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>IMO instead of the Dutch police wasting their time raiding local illegal growers
>> >> >>they should either ban sales or allow local production, BUT the USA would be
>> >> >>very angry and might want to liberate NL.
>> >> >
>> >> >I don't think we can blame the USA for this.
>> >>
>> >> We can. The US still applies pressure on drug pushing countries like the
>> >> Netherlands.
>> >>
>> >> >They have taken the
>> >> >wheels off the war on drugs and whacked them on the war on terror
>> >> >instead.
>> >>
>> >> Some mistake? The justification for killing people in Afghanistan is that they
>> >> are drug producers.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >I'd just like people to be able to buy the stuff without risking their
>> >> >necks.
>> >>
>> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it wasn't full of
>> >> tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs. Maybe their home countries could
>> >> provide similar facilities.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Martin
>> >
>> >they do, all except those British prudes.
>>
>> So why do so many Belgians French, Germans and Italians visit NL for drugs?
>>
>> The coffee shops on the Belgian & German borders aren't there for the
>> convenience of Dutch farmers.
>
>plenty of prossies over here, and the mari-juana is grown on this side
>of the border

by Dutch immigrants.

--

Martin
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:28 am
  #58  
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Martin wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:19:04 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Martin:
> >> Erick wrote:
> >>
> >> >Martin:
> >> >> Erick :
> >> >>
> >> >> >Martin:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
> >> >> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Sorry Martin, but Amsterdam isn't full of tourists mainly looking for
> >> >> >paid sex and drugs.
> >> >>
> >> >> OK. There is also a local population. It would still be a nicer place to visit
> >> >> without the tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
> >> >
> >> >Martin, do you believe that a majority of all tourists in Amsterdam are
> >> >mainly looking for paid sex and drugs?
> >>
> >> Maybe looking at paid sex and buying drugs.
> >
> >Ah...sounds differently, already.
>
> :-)
>
> >
> >> Many Brits think those are the only things on offer in A'dam.
> >
> >Perhaps. But in contrast, I've met Americans who didn't even want to come
> >close to the Red Light District _due_to_ these things on offer in
> >Amsterdam. :-)
>
> LOL that's what they all say.
>
> >
> >Then we have the Japanese, who ride around in buses only, unless they are
> >allowed to get off for ten seconds to shoot pictures...
>
> ... and Cathy and Bill too!
>
> The Brits, the Australians and the Germans do what exactly in Amsterdam?
>
> I'm sure somewhere in Japan is a faithful reproduction of the A'dam red light
> area, probably next door to a faithful reproduction of a Munich beer hall.

the beer hall is in Ginza.........
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:30 am
  #59  
Erick T . Barkhuis
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Martin:

> >> >> >Martin:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
> >> >> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.


> The Brits, the Australians and the Germans do what exactly in Amsterdam?

Ah, OK.
So, "full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs" is to be
interpreted as "some folks from three countries who will actually visit
those places."

Do these ladies and gentlemen make Amsterdam such a horrible place to
visit?

--
Erick
[Born and raised in Amsterdam, and always happy to send tourists into the
wrong direction if they are misbehaving]
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:50 am
  #60  
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:30:49 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin:
>
>> >> >> >Martin:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> It would make Amsterdam a lot more pleasant place to visit, if it
>> >> >> >> wasn't full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs.
>
>
>> The Brits, the Australians and the Germans do what exactly in Amsterdam?
>
>Ah, OK.
>So, "full of tourists mainly looking for paid sex and drugs" is to be
>interpreted as "some folks from three countries who will actually visit
>those places."

If you took away the Brits and the Germans, the number of tourists would be
significantly less.

May I say I have never seen a bus full of Japanese tourist in NL.

>
>Do these ladies and gentlemen make Amsterdam such a horrible place to
>visit?

Yes.
--

Martin
 


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