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Old Jun 10th 2003, 5:08 am
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Poldy
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Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 5:11 am
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Lennart Petersen
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"poldy" skrev i meddelandet
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    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
So you can't imagine there's travelling inside Europe ?
As I can see from the ads in the daily paper travelling is as usual.
L.P
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 5:15 am
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poldy wrote:
    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

This group isn't limited to paranoid Americans.

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Old Jun 10th 2003, 6:50 am
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In article , poldy
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    >Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
There are quite a few people actually living in Europe and in other
places outside the USA. Did you not know that?
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Old Jun 10th 2003, 6:53 am
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, poldy wrote:

    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

Why?

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Old Jun 10th 2003, 7:49 am
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"poldy" wrote in message
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    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

Because contrary to many Americans belief, they are not the only ones who
inhabit USENET.
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 8:02 am
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"poldy" wrote in message
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    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

I don't think so.
We're off to France and Italy this year. But we live in Europe, does that
count?

RTE
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 8:08 am
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"poldy" wrote in message
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    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

It's probably down among some sectors of the population, but nobody I know
is staying home more than usual.

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Old Jun 10th 2003, 9:02 am
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:08:37 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, poldy arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :

... Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

Only in your dreams.
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 9:37 am
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Because people are more willing to argue about grammar then talk about travel.

Joelle
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Old Jun 10th 2003, 9:43 am
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:08:37 GMT, poldy wrote:

    >Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

That doesn't limit the amount of mindless Off-Topic US-bashing. Just witness
the responses to your post.
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Old Jun 10th 2003, 9:44 am
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[email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote in message news:...
    > poldy wrote:
    > > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
    >
    > This group isn't limited to paranoid Americans.
    >
    > miguel


haha, that was great. i'm american, and i'm going to europe for two
weeks in september, and a lot of people that i've told, have been
asking me "why?"
they're idiots.
 
Old Jun 10th 2003, 9:54 am
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csmytheee wrote:
    > [email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote:
    >> poldy wrote:
    >>> Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
    >>
    >> This group isn't limited to paranoid Americans.
    > haha, that was great. i'm american, and i'm going to europe for two
    > weeks in september, and a lot of people that i've told, have been
    > asking me "why?"
    > they're idiots.

Out of curiosity, what reasons do they give for thinking it's a strange
and/or bad idea to visit Europe?

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Old Jun 10th 2003, 10:14 am
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poldy writes:

    > Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?

It sure doesn't look that way here in Europe.

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Old Jun 10th 2003, 10:49 am
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Mason Barge wrote:

    >On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:08:37 GMT, poldy wrote:
    >>Isn't travel in general and especially to Europe suppose to be down?
    >That doesn't limit the amount of mindless Off-Topic US-bashing. Just witness
    >the responses to your post.

Do you prefer mindless off-topic Europe-bashing? There has been a bit
of that around here, too.

PB
 


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