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Soccer Fan Drives from San Francisco to Brazil for 2014 World Cup
NBC Bay Area ^ | Wednesday, Jun 11, 2014

Posted on 06/11/2014 2:11:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: taxcontrol

My only thought; Stupid is as stupid does.

If he tries driving back, it will not end well.


21 posted on 06/11/2014 3:14:53 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: nickcarraway

From my couch to the TV is eight feet. I wouldn’t go that far to watch a soccer game for anything.


22 posted on 06/11/2014 3:23:33 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: nickcarraway

I believe Oude “headed” too many soccer balls in his lifetime.


23 posted on 06/11/2014 3:27:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: DesertRhino

Yeah, sounds like an adventure.


24 posted on 06/11/2014 3:29:13 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: taxcontrol

Doesn’t the gas change as you head to Brazil? I thought they have different levels of ethanol that our engine would struggle with.


25 posted on 06/11/2014 3:46:37 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: nickcarraway

He looks like a young(er) Hulk Hogan, but I can hear Michelle asking “All this for a game?”


26 posted on 06/11/2014 4:13:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: taxcontrol

Not sure about your numbers.
The story quotes 13,000 miles (seemingly referring to the one way trip he’s already covered) which is about double the air distance shown as 6500 on an airline calculator.

Now that old buggy might on a real good day get 15mpg.
so 13,000/15 is 866 gals. I’m too lazy to pro-rate the fuel costs for each country segment of the trip.


27 posted on 06/11/2014 4:22:42 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: humblegunner

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Ima gonna die.


28 posted on 06/11/2014 4:48:46 PM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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To: nickcarraway

Airfares to Brazil are probably sky high right now,as are hotel rates.But that trip through Third World cesspools like Mexico would have scared the fertilizer out of me.


29 posted on 06/11/2014 5:58:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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30 posted on 06/11/2014 6:04:56 PM PDT by Eaker (Dogs love to be hugged! Rescue and Hug One Today.)
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To: nascarnation

My quick estimate of $2000 in gas was based on a more conservative $20 mpg and $3 per gallon average. So it should be seen as a minimum number. Oh and that is one way.


31 posted on 06/12/2014 7:54:14 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

He must be a stalwart, those old pickups don’t have much in creature comforts. And I can imagine what the roads are like Mexico and southbound, OMG.


32 posted on 06/12/2014 7:58:34 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: nascarnation

Yeah, my kidneys certainly would not have handled the trip very well.


33 posted on 06/12/2014 8:00:24 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

why didn’t he drive a car from a socialist country like France Germany Canada or Japan if he is so passionate about a socialist sport. I wouldn’t drive two inches for a soccer game.


34 posted on 06/12/2014 1:18:20 PM PDT by nocommunists
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To: taxcontrol

“My quick math says at least $2,000 in gas. I’m thinking a round trip ticket would have been less expensive.”

I’m going and can tell you that your calculation is probably true, if you booked very much in advance. As it turns out, I’m paying around the same to fly, and it is a coach ticket (ouch!).


35 posted on 06/12/2014 3:03:08 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: nocommunists

David Beckham sure made some cool “Socialist” millions.


36 posted on 06/12/2014 6:50:18 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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and I am sure that the English IRS took away like 90 percent of those millions. leave soccer to the third world or as Michael Savage calls it the turd world.


37 posted on 06/13/2014 2:40:09 AM PDT by nocommunists
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To: Eaker

Soccer sucks


38 posted on 06/13/2014 2:45:26 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: PUGACHEV
I don’t know how he got through Mexico,

The answer lies in post #20......LOL!

39 posted on 06/13/2014 2:54:36 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (By now, everyone should know that you shoot a zombie in the head. Don't try to reason with them...)
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To: nickcarraway

Is there a Soocer Ping List? Please add me to it if so... Thanks!


40 posted on 06/15/2014 5:26:49 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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