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Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:55 am
  #61  
Erick T . Barkhuis
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Martin:
> Erick 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?
> >
> >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.

Temporarily, yes. But then, those who hate these Brits and Germans would
show up and take their places.

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

Yes, go ahead.

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

Finally, we disagree, then.

Now, about Volendam...
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 5:58 am
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Martin wrote:
> 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.
>
keukenhof !!
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 6:43 am
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On 30 Dec 2006 10:28:06 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>> 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.........

the Red light district in Shimbashi, the only difference being if you
look British you're ignored...

Jim.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 6:44 am
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Erick T . Barkhuis
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Jim Ley:
> On 30 Dec 2006 10:28:06 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]>
> wrote:

> >the beer hall is in Ginza.........
>
> the Red light district in Shimbashi, the only difference being if you
> look British you're ignored...

What do British look like?
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 7:00 am
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:44:41 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Jim Ley:
>> On 30 Dec 2006 10:28:06 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>
>> >the beer hall is in Ginza.........
>>
>> the Red light district in Shimbashi, the only difference being if you
>> look British you're ignored...
>
>What do British look like?

depends if they're scottish (Where they'll be wearing a kilt) or welsh
(Where they'll be a carrying a leek) or english (Where they'll be
wearing a bowler hat)

HTH.

Jim.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 7:12 am
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Erick T . Barkhuis
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Jim Ley:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:44:41 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Jim Ley:
> >> On 30 Dec 2006 10:28:06 -0800, "DJ Twat" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> >the beer hall is in Ginza.........
> >>
> >> the Red light district in Shimbashi, the only difference being if you
> >> look British you're ignored...
> >
> >What do British look like?
>
> depends if they're scottish (Where they'll be wearing a kilt) or welsh
> (Where they'll be a carrying a leek) or english (Where they'll be
> wearing a bowler hat)

The other day, in the Red Light District, I saw a bloke coming out of one
of the...err...premises, wearing his underwear only.
Could he have been British, do you think?

> HTH.

Certainly. Very helpful, indeed. %-)


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Old Dec 30th 2006, 7:16 am
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:12:54 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Jim Ley:
>> depends if they're scottish (Where they'll be wearing a kilt) or welsh
>> (Where they'll be a carrying a leek) or english (Where they'll be
>> wearing a bowler hat)
>
>The other day, in the Red Light District, I saw a bloke coming out of one
>of the...err...premises, wearing his underwear only.
>Could he have been British, do you think?

Did you get a look at the label?

Jim.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 7:17 am
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Erick T . Barkhuis
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Jim Ley:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:12:54 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> >The other day, in the Red Light District, I saw a bloke coming out of one
> >of the...err...premises, wearing his underwear only.
> >Could he have been British, do you think?
>
> Did you get a look at the label?

:-)))

Thanks, Jim. You made my day.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 7:18 am
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Erick T . Barkhuis
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Jim Ley:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:12:54 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> >The other day, in the Red Light District, I saw a bloke coming out of one
> >of the...err...premises, wearing his underwear only.
> >Could he have been British, do you think?
>
> Did you get a look at the label?

:-)))
It was Schiesser, I'm afraid.


Thanks, Jim. You made my day.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 8:10 am
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
(Martin) wrote:

> *From:* Martin <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:14:36 +0100
>
> 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.

Indeed - to the point that a couple of years ago I had a hard time
persuading an A'dam hotelier that I really did want him to recommend a
coffee bar (for a business meeting), not a coffee shop in the Dutch sense!

On the train to Harwich yesterday I got talking to a 19yo lad off to
Holland for the first time. Even /he/ was going to forgo the A'dam scene
on NYE because of the number of drunk, drugged-up Brits he expected
there. Talk about giving hedonism a bad name.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 8:23 am
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[email protected] wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> (Martin) wrote:
>
> > *From:* Martin <[email protected]>
> > *Date:* Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:14:36 +0100
> >
> > 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.
>
> Indeed - to the point that a couple of years ago I had a hard time
> persuading an A'dam hotelier that I really did want him to recommend a
> coffee bar (for a business meeting), not a coffee shop in the Dutch sense!
>
> On the train to Harwich yesterday I got talking to a 19yo lad off to
> Holland for the first time. Even /he/ was going to forgo the A'dam scene
> on NYE because of the number of drunk, drugged-up Brits he expected
> there. Talk about giving hedonism a bad name.

I wonder how the treatment of prostitutes in Ipswich compares with that
of Amsterdam ?!
time for the Brits to legalize ??
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 9:11 am
  #72  
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Default michaelcrapnewport is happy, he got a thread with martin

"ginger-haired-lard-arsed-money-grabbing-bitch" <[email protected]> a
écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected] om...
http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/061229_cannabis

Coffee shops on the border?

Fri 29/12/06 - The Mayor of the Dutch town of Terneuzen Jan Lonink
(social-democrat) wants the town's two so-called "coffee shops" to be
moved to a site away from the town centre and close to the Belgian
border.
Dutch Coffee shops are cafés where customers can purchase soft drugs
such as cannabis.

During the summer months as many as 3,000 French and Belgian users of
soft drugs descend on Terneuzen to stock up on weed and cannabis resin
every day.
(VRT)
This can sometimes cause problems in Terneuzen's picturesque town
centre.

Extra police have to be deployed to cope with the influx of drug
tourists.

Hence the Mayor's wish to move the coffee shops from the centre of the
town to a site near to the border with Belgium.

However, the Provincial Governor of East Flanders André Denys
(Liberal) recently let it be known that Belgium is opposed to the
opening of any coffee shops close to the border.
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 9:13 am
  #73  
Runge
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Default martin, harmful ?

martin is harmful, but not really a drug.
Only michaelnewport and divavogtwhatever are addicted to him

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:26:36 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Apparently people still view weed as a harmful drug, and all use as
>>abuse.
>
> Even the Dutch view it as a harmful drug.
> --
>
> Martin
>
 
Old Dec 30th 2006, 9:48 am
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:09:11 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>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.

I don't think so; I read that already more than one glass of wine a
day for a woman or two glasses a day for a man increases the risk of
coronary problems. However, teetotallers had more coronary problems
than people who drank those very moderate amounts.
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Old Dec 30th 2006, 10:40 am
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Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:58:29 +0100, Martin
<[email protected]> writted:

>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:54:21 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Let is be knownst that on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:49:04 +0100, Martin
>><[email protected]> writted:
>>
>>>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:15:46 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:04:00 +0100, Martin
>>>><[email protected]> writted:
>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:52:09 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
>>>>><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>Oh how I would love to, but I would be competing with thousands of
>>>>>>Moroccans that are here, selling it on the street.
>>>>>
>>>>>So why do Italians drive all the way to NL?
>>>>
>>>>Beats me. It's cheaper and easier to fly.
>>>
>>>Perhaps because they can return with enough in a camper to cover the cost of the
>>>holiday?
>>
>>There's no way pot prices in NL are cheap enough to make it worth the
>>trip.
>
>How much is a camper full of pot worth in Italy?

Not enough to warrant the effort. It's already here for a competitive
price.
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