How "Foreign" is the USA ?
#76
Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
I'm riding BP this year. First couple of years were Shell, then 3 years with BP, then BG and now back to BP. Not working, I basically whore out my fundraising efforts to whoever will have me Who are you with?
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Couple of years back when there was a bad forecast Sun Ski Sports had a whole quadrant of the shop cordoned off and filled with specially shipped in rain gear! As it turned out, there was no rain that year, but a lot of wind...
I'm riding BP this year. First couple of years were Shell, then 3 years with BP, then BG and now back to BP. Not working, I basically whore out my fundraising efforts to whoever will have me Who are you with?
I'm riding BP this year. First couple of years were Shell, then 3 years with BP, then BG and now back to BP. Not working, I basically whore out my fundraising efforts to whoever will have me Who are you with?
#79
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
No. No you're not. He quite clearly said:
Re-read that. The woman who's husband was from New Zealand obviously didn't have a foreign wife, or girlfriend, did she?
every one of those, including me, had a foreign wife or girlfriend, except for the only woman she hired, ..... who's husband was from New Zealand.
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#81
Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Small team; Endress & Hauser. We're like you, go with whoever invites us, have done it with Sun & Ski a couple of times, and on our lonesomes a couple of times. Just looking at the weather on ABC13 app, 30% chance of rain Sat, Nothing on Sun. Crap wind though Hope there isn't too much rain this week and La Grange gets flooded, missed a Saturday a few years back when that happened
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
Ah, its getting better then. I can live with 30%. To be honest, I'm more worried about the rain, and not too fussed about the wind - I'm riding with my 13 yo (his second year) so we only do about 13-14 mph, and the wind doesn't seem so bad at that speed! That year that they cancelled the first day was the first year I rode it - phenomenally disappointed after all the training, and I felt like a real cheat to all the folk that had sponsored me!! The Sunday just felt like a regular training ride. Big let down, but they didn't really have a choice.
If I see a BP guy with his son, I'll wait to hear you say something to check out the accent then I'll say hi!! Good luck
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
I like that about here, too (Katy) - I posted recently about how many different nationalities there were in the Elementary School my youngest goes to. I think the youngsters are truly "blind" to race/color - unfortunately I suspect they will "grow out of" that, but the longer it lasts, the better as far as I'm concerned.
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
The town I am in now is not very diverse, but is very accepting since most of the people who now live here are from Vancouver or other regions with a very diverse population.
The government doesn't include the natives living on reserve land, so the demographics are skewed a bit because of it. This town is about 80% white, 15% SE Asian, and 5% other.
The government doesn't include the natives living on reserve land, so the demographics are skewed a bit because of it. This town is about 80% white, 15% SE Asian, and 5% other.
#85
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One thing I have noticed when out eating or drinking is that there rarely seems a table of mixed races. Maybe it's different at lunchtime when people from work seem to wander out to eat together but in the restaurants during the evening there will be tables of white people, tables of black people, asian people etc etc.
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
Hardly ever do you see a mixed bunch of people. Find it quite odd really.
Maybe just a Texan thing
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Re: How "Foreign" is the USA ?
The two streets we've lived in, both with 4 houses each, the first one had 2 mixed race couples, 1 couple from Germany, and us from England. (2 Americans). The second street has a Chinese couple, a Korean couple, an Indian couple and us (0 Americans).
Lots of families don't look mixed race, so how can you tell, presumably you're just going on the color of their skin?
Lots of families don't look mixed race, so how can you tell, presumably you're just going on the color of their skin?
The obvious thing that differentiates is colour of skin. If they are caucasian, without hearing their accents I cannot tell if they are American/German/British etc!
I was not saying what was right or wrong merely it is what I have noticed.
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Saturday I'll be wearing the 2012 top fundraiser jersey and he'll have on the 30 year anniversary (orange and white) and Sunday we'll both be wearing this years BP. Of course, it may be more relevant to tell you that my waterproofs are red and his are blue.....
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I think people are taking my comment slightly out of context here. What I was saying, whether I worded it correctly was that I had noticed when out at dinner that there didn't seem to be many tables with mixed groups of races/nationalities.
The obvious thing that differentiates is colour of skin. If they are caucasian, without hearing their accents I cannot tell if they are American/German/British etc!
I was not saying what was right or wrong merely it is what I have noticed.
The obvious thing that differentiates is colour of skin. If they are caucasian, without hearing their accents I cannot tell if they are American/German/British etc!
I was not saying what was right or wrong merely it is what I have noticed.
In my condo complex of 100 units, there are about 10 mixed race relationships with some married and some dating.
Then if there are business social events in the Silicon Valley, it's impossible that there aren't mixed races at the events and social clubs have plenty of mixed races.
Last edited by Michael; Apr 14th 2015 at 7:00 pm.
#90
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From a 2012 study..
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The Houston region is now the most racially and ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the United States, surpassing the New York metro area, acccording to a new analysis of Census data.
The study, based on an analysis of 1990, 2000 and 2010 Census information, was produced by Rice University's Kinder Institute of Urban Research and Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.
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The study, based on an analysis of 1990, 2000 and 2010 Census information, was produced by Rice University's Kinder Institute of Urban Research and Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.