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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2006, 02:46:04 PM »
Niagara Falls 10 or 20x?


We had a tornado here today, which is unheard of.



I love camping, I only just got it.  That's what I'm doing. 

I'm going to Cambridge for the weekend.  (That's 5*, full on vegi food and big time countryside.
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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2006, 02:47:42 PM »
Me?  Last I checked, the Caribbean is out of the US.  Try again.  Ask Stella, I'm not fat. 


but nearby. 


STella will tell me the truth.
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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #27 on: December 07, 2006, 02:50:09 PM »
Handle beef.


I don't like meat that much, it takes too long to digest.
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« Reply #28 on: December 07, 2006, 02:52:09 PM »
Me?  Last I checked, the Caribbean is out of the US.  Try again.  Ask Stella, I'm not fat. 


u can goto Keywest!!! over there is definitely Karib!

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2006, 02:57:59 PM »

u can goto Keywest!!! over there is definitely Karib!


I never made it to the keys.  I drove from Toronto to NY (and Niagra and Buffulllo and even that big lake up north.


We used to drive 400 miles to Montreal just because they were open till 4am.


I drove Indianaplolis to Daytona.  I stayed 9months, made it to Ft Lauderdale and MIami.



I loved Miami and ...


flew to London, England.   one-way ticket.

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> that was not the best vacation ever, but a working holiday.

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #30 on: December 07, 2006, 03:00:14 PM »
I liked the Carribean esp Jamaica.  Linda, "handle beef" is an expression much like "handle business".


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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #31 on: December 07, 2006, 03:07:10 PM »
This looks great


^Deez,

You still haven't found me the pale women I asked you for.

What's up?   :-\





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« Reply #32 on: December 07, 2006, 03:08:42 PM »
^Deez,

You still haven't found me the pale women I asked you for.

What's up?   :-\





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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #33 on: December 07, 2006, 03:27:32 PM »
I liked the Carribean esp Jamaica.  Linda, "handle beef" is an expression much like "handle business".


do people in jamaica only drink Guiness Extra Stout?

when i was in Bahamas... they only dranked Guiness Extra Stout! one beer equals 8% alchohol!

i had 1beer every morning~ and it was like drinking 6pak of bud lighT!!!

suddenly i got taste for conch salad.... conch.... conch...... salad~ mmmmmmmm

anybody else love conch salad?

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #34 on: December 07, 2006, 03:45:04 PM »
When i went I was too young to drink.  i really want to go to Italy and Germany.


I love Italy.  I have a problem with Germany, they've got a funny language.  It's okay though if you can ask the way to Italy.



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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #35 on: December 07, 2006, 04:05:05 PM »
your gimmick is old, time to delete your account.

I'm a Mod......nothing will be deleted.



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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #36 on: December 07, 2006, 04:09:10 PM »
Ireland and Australia are also on the list


I don't think I'll make it to Jamaica or Australia.


Ireland is wonderful
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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #37 on: December 07, 2006, 04:17:21 PM »
Jamaica is fun and a friend said Australia is awesome.


Canada is awesome.



Australia is upside down from here and 21 hours and they talk funny too.  I'm sure Jamaica is fun.
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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #38 on: December 07, 2006, 04:19:51 PM »
Jamaica is fun and a friend said Australia is awesome.

i wanna goto amsterdam!!!

man... i heard nothing but good things about that place~

my buddy was just there and said 50euros will get u playboy material~  mmmm mmm mmmmmm that totally sound warm as campbell soup~ mmm mm mmmm

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« Reply #39 on: December 07, 2006, 04:21:06 PM »
i wanna goto amsterdam!!!

man... i heard nothing but good things about that place~

my buddy was just there and said 50euros will get u playboy material~  mmmm mmm mmmmmm that totally sound warm as campbell soup~ mmm mm mmmm


wanna talk about Amsterdam?

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« Reply #40 on: December 07, 2006, 04:22:09 PM »

wanna talk about Amsterdam?

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plz plz!!

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #42 on: December 07, 2006, 04:30:32 PM »
I just had lightning and thunder in my back garden & at my front door, then hail.

Kensal Rise is 5mins away.

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #43 on: December 07, 2006, 04:33:08 PM »
Paris is one hour, so is Amsterdam.  It's like £29 return, by train or on the ferry.


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« Reply #44 on: December 07, 2006, 04:43:43 PM »
Paris is one hour, so is Amsterdam.


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have u tried absent? that green liquor that supposed 2 make u hallucinate?

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« Reply #45 on: December 07, 2006, 04:46:01 PM »
have u tried absent? that green liquor that supposed 2 make u hallucinate?

Absinthe... I have. It's brutal, awful tasting stuff.

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #46 on: December 07, 2006, 04:47:43 PM »
Absinthe... I have. It's brutal, awful tasting stuff.

aahhhh..... thats why they get all fancy with spoon n sugar!!!

so did it make u hallucinate? i heard u gotta drink a whole bottle....

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« Reply #47 on: December 07, 2006, 04:49:52 PM »
aahhhh..... thats why they get all fancy with spoon n sugar!!!

so did it make u hallucinate? i heard u gotta drink a whole bottle....


no, you have to go to Paris for breakfast...
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« Reply #48 on: December 07, 2006, 04:51:03 PM »
aahhhh..... thats why they get all fancy with spoon n sugar!!!

so did it make u hallucinate? i heard u gotta drink a whole bottle....

I only managed a shooter...  :P  I think you do have to do the whole bottle. Plus, I think it only works on diehards who drink it daily and rot away half their brain cells.

There are better things to spend your money on in Paris.  :)

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Re: Best Vacation EVER...
« Reply #49 on: December 07, 2006, 04:52:37 PM »
up the I fell tower?

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