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The “Guide to pretty women of Paris”.
By Pierre-Louis Colin, has just been released.

It contends to be the definitive guide book for the appreciation of the fairer-sex.

The book outlines the best places to observe the elegant creatures.
It seems that there are particular spots where the best legs or best dressed are best viewed.

Long-awaited? Sexist? or just harmless good-fun?

Would you admit to buying it?

Anyone have any experiences with cargo pants? I have read many people love them to travel, but are they any safer, or are pockets - pockets for the picking.

The recent weather post made me wonder what anyone else has found to be accurate. The one I swear by is that if the birds go about their business as usual during a shower, it will rain all day. If they take cover it will be short lived, knowing they can come back out to feed when it lets up.

Does anyone out there know if the Royal Palace (The King's and Queen's summer home) in Thessaloniki Greece still exists? What condition is it in? I remember when I was groing up in Thessaloniki that there was a palace in Aretsou, outside the city and by the water. If anyone has any information about it, I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Mary

Why are new posters to VT reluctant to give details of where they are from, what sex they are or what age they are?

Let me know if you are affected by the gasoline price and how it affected you!

My budget for gas has increased from $20 a week to $50 a week! This means that I have to have $200 a month for gas! (This excludes the other gas expense of my family).

In a year, my gas expense totals $2,400! This amount could have bought me a good trip to another country!

How many times in the travel forums do people ask how safe is this place? To me it is ridiculous, it is as safe as any other place. People are people and there are good ones and bad ones, just use the normal precautions (ok in Montana you do not need to do so much)but still, why even go to a place if you are so worried about your own personal safety?

Any wierd (strange) weather experiences to share?

Let me start. We were in Boston in mid winter and it was unusual high temperature in the seventies with blue clear skies and you can go around in T-shirt. Then we heard of changing weather and decided to hurry back to Connecticut. Along the drive back, it started to rain but by the time we reached Southern Connecticut, it was snowing and everything was beautifully white :)

Found a house I love in Melbourne on Domain.com

Only thing I need to check is how close it is to the train station.

Can someone help with a link that shows me this?

Thanks ever so.

How long do you think a big yucca plant could go without daylight? I'm guessing not too long, but how long is not too long?

I love this particular plant, but I don't think we can move it inter-island except via a shipping container with the rest of our stuff. It is likely to be more than a few days between the container reaching it's destination and us getting there to extract the poor plant.

What are some of the true "must see' photos on VT travel pages ? The ones that are sure to leave permanent favorable impressions on us. I saw a good one on the French Antarctic Islands page of member jorgejuansanchez.

SLAPP = Strategic lawsuit against public participation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP


Lots & lots happening in Canada these days. Sad.

Happy Mothers Day to all mothers out there!

Have a great day!

Has anyone installed a WiFi adapter for a desktop computer? If so, have you tried both the PCI card and USB dongles? If so, any difference in quality?

Robert

I picked up a car at Budget in Phoenix. I bought the full gas tank option when I picked up the car. They charged me for 18.5 gallons. But I checked the specs on the car and the tank only holds 18.0 gallons.
Anybody have this happen to them also, at Budget or other rental companies?

Do you feel computer technology is becoming overwhelming, are you coping?
I try to keep up with Information Technology by reading the occasional IT mag and brochures, sometime I don't even understand what they are advertising. Am I waving or drowning ((:

Hi. Are you looking for an ongoing chat? Work got you down? Are you at work and just need to kill time? Do you like Zanny behaviour? On a regular basis? Eat red meat? Do you feel it is your human right to smoke inside and sometimes get sick on friends furniture (better than at your house!)? Do you like seeing the ‘Forum Replies’ notification tell you that there are 50 replies from the same thread? Are you in for the long haul? Come in and stay! Have a cold adult beverage and lets turn the music up high enough to involve law enforcement!

If you can’t commit – you must quit!

Earlier today I was in line at a retail store and a 20 something Russian guy was being trained by a co worker. He was asking questions about how much take hime pay he would get on his payroll check.

Russian: What percent of my check do I take home?
Co-worker: Depends if your single, married, or have kids. Around 75-80%.
R: ouch!
Co-worker: Then they take out some more for health insurance.
R: Serious?? How do you live on whats left??
Co-worker #2: Its the land of opportunity. You'll do fine.
Everybody: <Laughing>

As I was leaving, he said this was his first job in America.

If I were to get a job in your country, How would this conversation have gone?

I just checked the speed on my computer.
It says : 36322 Kbps for UPLOAD
10812 Kbps for DOWNLOAD
Does that sound right? I always thought the upload would be SLOWER than the download.
Jeannette

.... or Pentecost is this weekend. Here it lasts till Monday that also is a Holiday. Is Monday a holiday in your country? What do you call Pentecost in your lanuage?

I received this small pamphlet in my Peugeot leasing paperwork in France.

It advertises www.callineurope.com. According to this website, if you have an UNLOCKED GSM TRI-BAND PHONE, you can use this phone and purchase a line for only $29.
Incoming calls in France would be FREE
Outgoing calls from France to US and Europe would be: $0.39

Has anyone used this service ? how does it compare to other cell phone usage in Europe?
Thanks
Jeannette

Final day of the season and Chelsea are level on points with Manchester Utd although Man U got better goal difference. It's down to these 2 teams for the Premier League title.

Man U only gotta beat Wigan and they have it. If that is the case then any result for Chelsea wouldn't matter for them.

Please MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!

We found a couple of tortoises at the back of damascushostel along side a busy road to the airport in Damascus ,smallish 10 cm in size .We called one Speedy and the other one Gonzale..We gave them some bread and water they dont seem interested. Any advise on what to feed them would be much appreciated,thx

Not ever having been a fan of Country-Music, I have ignored that genre for as long as I can remember.

I have been learning off a friend who plays nothing else and found some great lyrics among this malinconic music.

I suspect that by dismissing it as soapy non-sense I have missed on some great music.

Like it or hate it?

after about 6 months of virtually no rain at all, it is raining cats and dogs here in Barcelona! Yesterday was raining all day long, today seems to be the same, and the forecast is to continue for a few days more. This is truly exceptional as here the usual thing are short but intense rainstorms, not steady rain for days

Anyway, we desperately needed water, as the city was in orange alert, with previsions of water restrictions after the summer if it does not rain enough. Hopefully it keeps raining this was and it does not cause any harm

The only problem: Monday is a local holiday.... so after 6 month of drought, the rain is spoiling a long weekend, that most of us locals had planned to spend on the beach :( ..... It could have wait a few days, it will not had matter so much!

Yes, I know about global warming... just willing to comment

Is the weather changing at your place/country too?

More readily available in Europe (where churches and monasteries close down), specialists in Manhattan are selling pieces of Saints and martyrs.
You can even own a piece of the cross J. was crucified on!

Is this sacrilegious or, a good $$$ venture?
If you can sell a piece of bread with Mary's likeness on it for thousands of $ on ebay, why not an actual skull?
Thanks to my friend Lalala who had the foresight to send me the "Holy Toast" stamp!

Article here:

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/forbes/2008/0519/140.html?partner=aol

excerpts from article inside, for those who may not be able to link up.

HI

Anybody else who can't access the VT meetings pages??? A friend wants to possibly join the Karlsruhe meeting but I can't find any info anymore on the EUROMEET 2008 ???

:(
Iris

This week 3 bodies of African Origin have been found floating off Malta.

Hundreds are still attempting the crossing, from Africa to Europe, in leaky, rotten boats.
Many make it, some pay the ultimate price for trying to hope.
The scale of human misery is continuing unabated.

Europe is willing to close a blind eye and ignore this disaster.
Preferring instead to lock the refugees in camps or let them rot on islands with little resources.
Do Europeans really care?
Does local political-expediency help us dismiss our Human obligation in their hour of need?

Can this be called tourism as well?

Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204342,france-says-eu-should-assist-malta-stem-illegal-immigration.html

In less than 2 hours I'm heading out to the airport to catch my flight to Darwin. On tuesday 12 of us are heading out into the Australian Outback on an adventure of a lifetime. Camping is so very foreign to me and I am not one to crave sharing my personal space with snakes,croccs and all manner of creepy crawlies. This simple is an experience never to be repeated or missed as Zig has organised a most intimate and amazing outback adventure where we will learn all about Aboriginal culture and life.

We promise not to let the crocs eat all 20 of you virtual Attendees. If other meets are anything to go by these Virtuals will be very hard to control. They really do get up to a lot of mischief. So, anyone caught terribly misbehaving one word of warning, you may not return in one piece. lol

If anyone is interested to see what we are doing or where we are going please check out Zig's page at http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/917f5/#TL

Those not so brave are flying in for the after parties and activities listed here http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/58469/1ca531/

I wonder if any other meet has been as amazing as this.


see you all in 16 days...hopefully...