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After 11,000 miles on a bike, a new impression of Americans
The Boston Globe ^ | 8/20/2007 | Andrew Ryan

Posted on 08/20/2007 1:23:04 PM PDT by BronzePencil

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To: BronzePencil

The problem is most foreigners get their impressions of Americans from Hollywood, American television, the repugnant US music industry, and the equally repugnant MSM. Think about that...that is one warped viewpoint.


41 posted on 08/20/2007 1:58:20 PM PDT by khnyny (The best minds are not in government. If they were, business would hire them away. Ronald Reagan)
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To: BronzePencil

You have to be friendly to people like this. How else are you gonna get close enough to steal their wallets?


42 posted on 08/20/2007 2:01:50 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: tumblindice

Funny, Funny.


43 posted on 08/20/2007 2:02:29 PM PDT by Buckhead (making the comments buckhead won't make.)
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To: taxcontrol

I ride about 100 miles a week on my road bike. The key is to keep riding so your butt gets used to the ride. Also, use of “bag balm” on a key spot helps. Further, leaning on your handlebars helps reduce the weight on your butt.


44 posted on 08/20/2007 2:04:40 PM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Sing Glorious! Glorious!
One keg of beer for the four of us.
Glory be to God that there ain't no more of us,
'Cause one of us could drink it all alone,
Damn near!

45 posted on 08/20/2007 2:09:55 PM PDT by kitchen (Hey, Pericles. What are the three things a ruler must know?)
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To: vbmoneyspender
"What's wrong with being a little arrogant and stubborn"

Nothin' wrong with that when you're good and right.

46 posted on 08/20/2007 2:11:09 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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To: BronzePencil

Getting his wallet stolen is the least he deserves to coming to America and screwing up traffic for 11,000 miles.

George: What is Holland?

Jerry: What do you mean, ‘what is it?’ It’s a country right next to Belgium.

George: No, that’s the Netherlands.

Jerry: Holland *is* the Netherlands.

George: Then who are the Dutch?


47 posted on 08/20/2007 2:11:25 PM PDT by Hacklehead (I'm not here to make friends.)
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To: BronzePencil

Cool! He had a great adventure and found truth.


48 posted on 08/20/2007 2:12:32 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: jbwbubba
How can he ride a bike with wooden shoes; I’m sure he misses his windmill. Still its a good thing to get past sterotypes.

LOL! Not only that, but it's too bad he couldn't have done this a couple years earlier. If only he'd been down in New Orleans when Katrina came through, his genetic background might have enabled him to avert a catastrophy by sticking his finger in the dike that failed.

49 posted on 08/20/2007 2:18:57 PM PDT by MCH
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To: toddlintown
Socialist bum.

Don't even bother to read the damn article. No, don't do that.

This man had a very positive experience. And now knows a great deal about the real America.

50 posted on 08/20/2007 2:23:51 PM PDT by don-o (Do the RIGHT thing. Become a monthly donor. End Freepathons forever)
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To: Ancient Drive
"Gotta give it to the guy. he rode 11000 miles in search of the truth and found it. who else would ride a bicycle for 11000 miles to find the truth about something? cheers!"

AMEN X 1,000! Bravo!


51 posted on 08/20/2007 2:36:46 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Ancient Drive

He must not have gone to N.Y. They would have stolen his bike and mugged him.


52 posted on 08/20/2007 2:40:36 PM PDT by bikerman (_ _ . /_ _ _ /_ . . / / . . . . / . / . _ . . / . _ _ . / / . . _ / . . . //)
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To: Othniel

Yes......a co-worker of my husband’s was on assignment somewhere in S. America......people there asked him...”Where’s your gun?” They were serious....they thought every American carried a gun around with them all the time.


53 posted on 08/20/2007 2:57:29 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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To: kitchen

Here’s a nickel I thrown on the grass for you...


54 posted on 08/20/2007 2:57:34 PM PDT by Lucky Dog
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To: don-o

29-year old man on a bike.
Get a job.


55 posted on 08/20/2007 3:08:16 PM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: BronzePencil

If it took him 11,000 miles to discover we are, basically, friendly people, he wasn’t paying attention but after his last stop in New York City the word ‘friendly’ will dropped from his vocabulary.

He should try France next, it’ll only take four miles and fifteen minutes to find out all he’ll need to know about THAT country.


56 posted on 08/20/2007 3:42:14 PM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: MCH
If only he'd been down in New Orleans when Katrina came through, his genetic background might have enabled him to avert a catastrophe by sticking his finger in the dike that failed.

I don't think Blanco would appreciate that.
57 posted on 08/20/2007 4:21:23 PM PDT by Freedom_Fighter_2001
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To: Othniel
"myth of shootouts

Some years back I had a girlfriend whose sister was married to a German doctor. My girlfriend's sister one time took a trip to American with two of her children to visit my girlfriend and me. Her German husband told her not to drive from Milwaukee across the state to La Crosse because her car would be hijacked on the interstate. I could scarcely contain my laughter when my girlfriend told me the story.

58 posted on 08/20/2007 7:05:49 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Hacklehead
Getting his wallet stolen is the least he deserves to coming to America

A gal friend of mine had her camera bag stolen in Europe, my nephew had his wallet stolen by gypsies who litterally tossed a baby at him then picked his pocket while he caught the baby. Several other folks I know have had stuff stolen in Europe too........

59 posted on 08/20/2007 7:16:58 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Farewell Turd Blossom, ya done good!)
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To: BronzePencil
What a wonderful story. Thanks much for posting it.
60 posted on 08/20/2007 7:27:10 PM PDT by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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