General Chat Thread 3 (rainbow, world, America, normal)

[lommaren]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

I just buy all my shopping online and get it delivered and then maybe go out for meals. Shopping is really expensive though, my grocery bill is about £200 a month.

I find living in England to be quite expensive and I end up being frugal alot of the time , my budget isn't even low either.

Weren't you Northern Irish?

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by lommaren

Weren't you Northern Irish?

He is, so he is

[nei]

Originally Posted by GymFanatic

Being an island on the fringe of Europe, we don't need a constructive army.

We're on a continent-sized "island" with Mexico and Canada as neighbors, but our army is large.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by nei

We're on a continent-sized "island" with Mexico and Canada as neighbors, but our army is large.

But you're the world's sole superpower and world police.

And don't get me wrong, I'll rather have the US as the world police than Russia, China or India.

[dunno what to put here]

The UK seems less willing to partake in US-led ventures these days as well.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

The UK seems less willing to partake in US-led ventures these days as well.

Good that we don't have to think about that, as SOMEONE (AHEM!) decreed after the last big punch-up that certain countries shouldn't be involved in military interventions abroad.

[Warszawa]

We've had too much of the US-led shenanigans in Latin America and the Middle East. Better to focus on "fixing" Detroit and St. Louis first before putting our nose where it dont belong. Cause it worked so well in Libya and Iraq

[nei]

Originally Posted by alex985

I would highly suggest resting for at least a couple of days if your legs hurt. Maybe work something else out like your upper body.

what upper body exercises do you do?

[nei]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

On my travel destinations list I really want to see Rozenn, FlamingGalah, and also that guy who lives in Croatia who doesnt post often

I meant eating out in the US actually, Im ashamed to admit I do it a lot, and during the fall semester I easily spend over 200 dollars on pumpkin spice lattes. Eating out in Peru is rather cheap, especially in Arequipa and Cuzco

Feels better if you don't total it all up. That has to be 20 lattes / day?

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

We've had too much of the US-led shenanigans in Latin America and the Middle East. Better to focus on "fixing" Detroit and St. Louis first before putting our nose where it dont belong. Cause it worked so well in Libya and Iraq

To be honest, the intervention of Libya was triggered by France, Britain and Italy who all wanted to bomb the crap out of Ghaddafi. The US did intervene only when France and Italy were unable to coordinate a multinational force. So you're off the hook on this one.

And BTW, Italy was one of these four countries which shouldn't ever intevene militarily outside their borders dictated after WWII, but somehow conveniently it was forgotten. Germany had to change their constitution to be able to intervene in Afghanistan, and the restrictions for Finland were silently dropped after the fall of the Soviet Union. Austria still cannot, and it's in their constitution as well.