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Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:23 pm
by Cousin Strawberry
Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:51 pm
Italy is back on the table for Chef, the entire province of BC ain’t gonna age well. Vancouver is done. There ain’t nowwhere else in Canada I want to live and my American wife wants nothing to do with America anymore. Fuck Mexico. Italy it is, already know a few people who’ve bought in Italy. It seems to be in the cards.
Amalfi coast is amazing but you'll need to divest in your BC real estate to afford it
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:53 pm
by Carl Yagro
So many people are telling me, if you're deciding on Europe, think about Portugal instead.
Others who are more adventurous have also been looking into the former eastern bloc countries.
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 4:20 am
by Per
Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:53 pm
So many people are telling me, if you're deciding on Europe, think about Portugal instead.
Others who are more adventurous have also been looking into the former eastern bloc countries.
It all depends on what you are looking for. Portugal is dirt cheap, very low taxes, no restrictions on personal use of drugs. Brilliant coast. Good food.
The whole Mediterranean has great climate, good food, laidback lifestyle, but things are not going to arrive on time. The air conditioning and the escalator may work. They may also not work. Someone may be able to fix it next week. If they show up.
If you prefer things to be on time and actually work, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia are better options, but not as laid back, not quite as good food and far more expensive. The Czechs have the best beer and Prague looks like the setting of a movie set in the 18th century.
If you want a country that is pretty much like Canada, Sweden is one of the better options. Europe's last wilderness up north. Great hunting and fishing, bears, moose, salmon, lynx, wolves, reindeer and wolverines, real winters if you enjoy skiing, dog-sledding or pond hockey. Decent hockey league. But if you want to escape Canada, this may not be what you're looking for.
As I said, it all depends on what you're looking for.
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:35 am
by Chef Boi RD
Remember when we all used to drink like Steve Bannon drinks now?
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Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:20 am
by Cousin Strawberry
Per wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 4:20 am
Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:53 pm
So many people are telling me, if you're deciding on Europe, think about Portugal instead.
Others who are more adventurous have also been looking into the former eastern bloc countries.
It all depends on what you are looking for. Portugal is dirt cheap, very low taxes, no restrictions on personal use of drugs. Brilliant coast. Good food.
The whole Mediterranean has great climate, good food, laidback lifestyle, but things are not going to arrive on time. The air conditioning and the escalator may work. They may also not work. Someone may be able to fix it next week. If they show up.
If you prefer things to be on time and actually work, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia are better options, but not as laid back, not quite as good food and far more expensive. The Czechs have the best beer and Prague looks like the setting of a movie set in the 18th century.
If you want a country that is pretty much like Canada, Sweden is one of the better options. Europe's last wilderness up north. Great hunting and fishing, bears, moose, salmon, lynx, wolves, reindeer and wolverines, real winters if you enjoy skiing, dog-sledding or pond hockey. Decent hockey league. But if you want to escape Canada, this may not be what you're looking for.
As I said, it all depends on what you're looking for.
And you can get to Portugal fairly affordably for holidays without flying.
I'm not getting in aircraft anymore.
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:46 pm
by Cornuck
“Despite fabricating the United States DOGE Service out of thin air, President Musk has already grown his unelected bureaucracy to lay claim to nearly $7 million of American taxpayer funding,”
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:51 am
by Per
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:20 am
Per wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 4:20 am
Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:53 pm
So many people are telling me, if you're deciding on Europe, think about Portugal instead.
Others who are more adventurous have also been looking into the former eastern bloc countries.
It all depends on what you are looking for. Portugal is dirt cheap, very low taxes, no restrictions on personal use of drugs. Brilliant coast. Good food.
The whole Mediterranean has great climate, good food, laidback lifestyle, but things are not going to arrive on time. The air conditioning and the escalator may work. They may also not work. Someone may be able to fix it next week. If they show up.
If you prefer things to be on time and actually work, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia are better options, but not as laid back, not quite as good food and far more expensive. The Czechs have the best beer and Prague looks like the setting of a movie set in the 18th century.
If you want a country that is pretty much like Canada, Sweden is one of the better options. Europe's last wilderness up north. Great hunting and fishing, bears, moose, salmon, lynx, wolves, reindeer and wolverines, real winters if you enjoy skiing, dog-sledding or pond hockey. Decent hockey league. But if you want to escape Canada, this may not be what you're looking for.
As I said, it all depends on what you're looking for.
And you can get to Portugal fairly affordably for holidays without flying.
I'm not getting in aircraft anymore.
So how do you get to Europe?
In a canoe? Or do you drive your car across the ice in winter?
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:51 am
by Topper
Sails with Greta
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:54 am
by Chef Boi RD
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Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:28 am
by Cousin Strawberry
Well by sea, of course! Cargo travel is still a thing as well as the QM2 does a bunch of runs NYC-Southampton UK. Then the Bergen Line ferries do multiple option routes from the UK to NorGAY...I'm headed to SW Sweden in the next few years so am planing this to be one of those "life's a journey, not a destination" kind of experiences
Anything to stay out of those gaddamn flying sardine tin death traps. The sheer ordeal of air travel has become so appalling to me that the 10-20 day voyages have become the best option
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:34 am
by Cousin Strawberry
He's morphing into Ciaran Hinds character from Munich
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:00 am
by Chef Boi RD
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:34 am
He's morphing into Ciaran Hinds character from Munich
Trump’s Mini Me
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Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:17 pm
by Strangelove
Cornuck wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:46 pm
“Despite fabricating the United States DOGE Service out of thin air, President Musk has already grown his unelected bureaucracy to lay claim to nearly $7 million of American taxpayer funding,”
United States DOGE Service = United States DIGITAL Service
... created by Obama with a budget in place.
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:58 pm
by 5thhorseman
Strangelove wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:17 pm
Cornuck wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:46 pm
“Despite fabricating the United States DOGE Service out of thin air, President Musk has already grown his unelected bureaucracy to lay claim to nearly $7 million of American taxpayer funding,”
United States DOGE Service = United States DIGITAL Service
... created by Obama with a budget in place.
This is true. Also, no Senate confirmation required for whoever heads it.
However the purpose is technological improvement, whereas Musk is purportedly trying to root out waste and fraud, a completely different role, one normally fulfilled by the Inspector General's, a number of whom Trump fired upon taking office.
Re: Politcal Memes, etc
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:13 pm
by Strangelove
Yes, as I said in the Election thread, the Service has been repurposed...