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Could just be a Salerno thing though because whenever I went to the North (never came south of Tuscany before I came here) it was never a big problem for me.
Let me tell you about a typical Salerno traffic scene in the morning rush hour:
There's a police officer guiding traffic on a cross section. He suddenly spots friends on a sidewalk and waves at them. Next thing you know three cars are involved in a crash.
I'm not kidding, I wish I were
Let me tell you about a typical Salerno traffic scene in the morning rush hour:
There's a police officer guiding traffic on a cross section. He suddenly spots friends on a sidewalk and waves at them. Next thing you know three cars are involved in a crash.
I'm not kidding, I wish I were
The English
a) Have queues for buses that would put the old Eastern bloc to shame
b) Talk about variations in the weather and rain more than anything else
c) Think Americans actually could give a damn about us
d) Have alot of ex pat Aussies hanging around Sloane Square assaulting us with their rapier sharp wit and haute couture
e) Care more for furry animals than other humans. - bombing iraq is ok, but you shoot a fox and youre dead meat
f) Drink warm beer and real ales called 'old fart'
g) Play cricket a game that lasts for 5 days, bores the pants off everyone, and still ends in a draw
h) Think we're going to win every world cup we enter and concoct conspiracy theories when we dont (like the spanish and italians)
i) Have a royal family that few respect and are quite possibly barking mad
j) Drive on the left, ....that is unless you are a cheif constable when driving on the left, right, or straight down the middle smashed out of your skull is optional
k) Eat lots of Indian takeaways. Usually after consuming pints of 'old fart' and are therefore not the most romantic of males
on the other hand
We like to laugh at ourselves
We are generally quiet inoffensive and dull
We wear extremely sensible shoes and have very tidy front lawns
We make wonderful wild life programs with David Attenborough
We dont shoot up people with hand guns
Without us
We'd deprive the Aussies of someone to beat in sport
We'd deprive the Scots of someone to moan about
The World would never have heard of the Spice Girls, The Teletubbies or Goldenballs (Thats David Beckham to you)
The Irish would have sorted their problems out years ago (then again perhaps not)
and Sven Goran Eriksson would have to find some other footballing association to screw £4m a year for
a) Have queues for buses that would put the old Eastern bloc to shame
b) Talk about variations in the weather and rain more than anything else
c) Think Americans actually could give a damn about us
d) Have alot of ex pat Aussies hanging around Sloane Square assaulting us with their rapier sharp wit and haute couture
e) Care more for furry animals than other humans. - bombing iraq is ok, but you shoot a fox and youre dead meat
f) Drink warm beer and real ales called 'old fart'
g) Play cricket a game that lasts for 5 days, bores the pants off everyone, and still ends in a draw
h) Think we're going to win every world cup we enter and concoct conspiracy theories when we dont (like the spanish and italians)
i) Have a royal family that few respect and are quite possibly barking mad
j) Drive on the left, ....that is unless you are a cheif constable when driving on the left, right, or straight down the middle smashed out of your skull is optional
k) Eat lots of Indian takeaways. Usually after consuming pints of 'old fart' and are therefore not the most romantic of males
on the other hand
We like to laugh at ourselves
We are generally quiet inoffensive and dull
We wear extremely sensible shoes and have very tidy front lawns
We make wonderful wild life programs with David Attenborough
We dont shoot up people with hand guns
Without us
We'd deprive the Aussies of someone to beat in sport
We'd deprive the Scots of someone to moan about
The World would never have heard of the Spice Girls, The Teletubbies or Goldenballs (Thats David Beckham to you)
The Irish would have sorted their problems out years ago (then again perhaps not)
and Sven Goran Eriksson would have to find some other footballing association to screw £4m a year for
In Jakarta (Indonesia) :
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape
++ [ originally posted by - vOnAm - ] ++
In Jakarta (Indonesia) :
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape
In Jakarta (Indonesia) :
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape
Why am I seeing Lagos? Do you have mosquitos and NEPA?
++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++
Could just be a Salerno thing though because whenever I went to the North (never came south of Tuscany before I came here) it was never a big problem for me.
Let me tell you about a typical Salerno traffic scene in the morning rush hour:
There's a police officer guiding traffic on a cross section. He suddenly spots friends on a sidewalk and waves at them. Next thing you know three cars are involved in a crash.
I'm not kidding, I wish I were
Could just be a Salerno thing though because whenever I went to the North (never came south of Tuscany before I came here) it was never a big problem for me.
Let me tell you about a typical Salerno traffic scene in the morning rush hour:
There's a police officer guiding traffic on a cross section. He suddenly spots friends on a sidewalk and waves at them. Next thing you know three cars are involved in a crash.
I'm not kidding, I wish I were
I know, I believe you, I attended scenes like that myself
No, in fact northern Italy is much different from the South. Or at least where I live is different, I can't really talk about the rest of the country. After all here the 70-80% of the population is German and so much of the Italian culture gets lost
National Electric Power Authority. The Nigerian state owned power utility that until 2001 was solely responsible for all the power supply in the country. Not anymore thank God, but in large parts of the country, still is the only one. Anywhere there's NEPA, we have regular black outs. In the few places that private guys have moved in, power is steady but more expensive. IMO I'd rather pay for more expensive but efficient.
++ [ originally posted by - vOnAm - ] ++
In Jakarta (Indonesia) :
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape
In Jakarta (Indonesia) :
- The damn city's too big
- It's foggy coz of pollution
- Jogging is actually worse for your health
- Public Transportation is not only terrible, but its also responsible for 40% of the Traffic in the city.
- Traffic Regulations? what regulations?
- Asian Crisis? New Car sales have been goin up since the crises began.:greedy:
- Motorcycles are like water in a bucket, fills every corner/space
- Baja (tuk tuk) and Becak was abundant, now are only limited in certain areas and declining rapidly
- Sumtimes it takes 20 minutes to drive 2 km sumtimes it takes 2 hours to travel the same distance through the same place
- Nobody walks, period
- We drive on the left side (i think :groan: anyside)
- Enjoys the cash and profit made in other parts of Indonesia due to the extremely HIGH Corruption levels and centralization:greedy:
- Government Official found not guilty for forgeting what he did with 4 million dollars of government money. (that was his actual answer " I forgot." . . .greedy
- U can get stomachful of food in the "warteg" for less than a dollar
- We have Flood every year, and our governor takes no precaution!!!
- Big Gelora Bung Karno (Senayan) Staduim! Capacity of 100,000 Officially, unofficially 120,000
- Sport number 1 = Football/Soccer!!
- Betawi is the name of the original Jakarta ethnic people
- Betavia was the name of the city given by the Dutch
- Indonesian population Over 200,000,000 Jakarta Nearly 9 Million (officially)
- When some one makes an appointment at 4 it means he's comin at 5!
- Malls everywhere and growin, Population very consumptive
- Bomb security checks in every mall, building and commercial parking
- We have 220V electrical network.. adopted the German electrical standards and shape