Off Topic Rants

[Goodbook]

My bible study leader was born in america. That could be it. She has family there.
Actually i have family there too. Cousin.

But usually it doesnt bother me what americans do. They in their own little world, and if you dont watch tv, they not really important. Lol. I mean they only got a huge population compared to our little one and really their idle threats about blowing up my country with nuclear bombs or whatever...pshaw. I just took that for joking round online. But it seems some americans actually believe that. And hide out in nuclear bunkers..you know, just for fun.

 

[Goodbook]

Nobody really cares about Japans nuclear power leak until dead fish start washing up in Chile.

 

[James of Arc]

I like NZ but I want to move to Mongolia. I was watching a show about it last night and man it is beautiful there. Its green grass and mountains everywhere and the people are nomads. If I was rich I would move there and become a nomad and follow around my reindeer herd. And the fabrics the women make are so colorful and its a deep rich color. Really pretty area. I bet its more like Heaven there then anywhere else on Earth.

 

[grandvizier1006]

Why does the whole world worry about our country. Other than my country the only other world leaders I know of is Putin and that's because he is in the news all the time and Castro but that's because he is part of history like Kennedy is.

I don't even know who is president of Canada or Great Brittan. Why does the world care about us so much.

They that Trump will bring about some sort of apocalypse or Third World War or something. Honestly, it won't be as bad as everyone claims.

 

[Goodbook]

I think if trump gets in we'll just have more bad tv.

 

[Goodbook]

James of arc, they have yurts in Mongolia, but whats wrong eith the tepees in america? Theres plenty of native american reservations you can go to, and doesnt the grand canyon or the rockies have mountains, plus theres buffalo.and they wear colourful clothing there too.

 

[James of Arc]

Not quiet the same. In Mongolia it is open and free. Here it is regulated to where you cant do anything. I have had a tee-pee at one time but I cant put it up anywhere because I don't own enough land and if its on public land I cant live there and I cant have a fire.

The reservations are very poor except for the ones with casinos. I live by Oklahoma which is Indian Nation but its not the same as Mongolia. The closes I could come to Mongolia here in the states would be some grass lands in Montana or some areas of Alaska.

I do like Tee-Pee living though. Its really comfortable and the way the tee-pee is made it is very warm in the winter and cool in the summer. They are really nice to live in but very hard to move those long sticks around. My deceased step-dad use to do Mountain Man Rendezvous and they all lived like it was pre-1840 so he had one. It was fun but not practical in todays regulated world.

 

[Goodbook]

Oh..well I dont know what its really like in Mongolia never been just seen a travel show where someones stayed in a yurt. But I think maybe you'd need to learn the language.

 

[Goodbook]

They probably do have regulations in Mongolia, execept those regualtions would be in Mongolian.

Its like, if you want to live somewhere in the wilds of nz you cant just go and fix up a tent anywhere. Theres DOC comservation land and you need a permit. Maori also have tribal lands you cant just do anything on it...you might be disturbing a tapu area.

If you actually own some land yourself and keep it wild then of course you are pretty much free to do as you wish. But even nomads have certain rules and theres property markers and territories that you wouldnt be allowed to go. If not for humans than for wild animals etc.

 

[James of Arc]

I just thought it was really beautiful and free. We think we have it good in the United States and then I see something like that and realize that others have it pretty good also.

I am just going to wait until I win the lottery and buy a bunch of land in the Ozarks and make me a cabin and then start a hunting ranch. It will have stuff like elk and buffalo and the occasional mountain sheep. Then have a beef steak herd off to the side so I can eat steak every day.

 

[Goodbook]

Oh ok. I don't know how long you have to wait to win the lottery. Sounds like a bit of a gamble to me. Would they sell land to you if you offered them enough? Some people wouldn't sell their land no matter how much you offered. Its the principal.

Although I heard there's plenty of badlands nobody wants up in Nebraska. When people were offered land up there they thought it would be like milk and honey but it turned out like it was a dustbowl.

 

[James of Arc]

Oh ok. I don't know how long you have to wait to win the lottery. Sounds like a bit of a gamble to me. Would they sell land to you if you offered them enough? Some people wouldn't sell their land no matter how much you offered. Its the principal.

Although I heard there's plenty of badlands nobody wants up in Nebraska. When people were offered land up there they thought it would be like milk and honey but it turned out like it was a dustbowl.

Lol, the dust bowl as back in the late 20's and early 30's and I believe it was mostly Oklahoma, Northern Texas and Kansas. Nebraska is part of the wheat basket which is Kansas and Nebraska and some of the Dakotas. Kansas and Nebraska are both alike, very flat and good wheat and soy bean growing land. I grew up in Wichita until I was 11 and we use to go to Nebraska often. There is not much up there but its far from being bad lands, that would be part of south Dakota.

The Ozarks has lots of land for sale. It use to be cheap but now everybody is moving here thinking its a hidden paradise but they do not realize that them plus half of America think the same thing. Also all the people from Michigan who have retired and want a warmer climate have been flocking down here for the last 30 years which is annoying because people from Michigan think they know everything. You cant say anything around them without them knowing a different or better answer plus they say it in a funny accent. Its like they are Canadian but without the manors or class.

 

[Goodbook]

lol. So whats wrong with the land you have now. Or where you are now? Oklahoma sounds exotic and musical.

You would never get a musical called Auckland! Although according to maori legend, it was named land of a thousand lovers. Well I don't know about that.

 

[James of Arc]

I live in town right now. My brother who lives in Florida owns my house but I don't know for how much longer as I hear he now has to move to New Mexico and I don't know if he is going to liquidate.

I like Oklahoma. Its a semi pretty state. People who feel the Indians were given bad land have never been there as it has lots of lakes and rivers and has great hunting. I live close to Cherokee Nation and go over to Tulsa often. My stomping grounds run from Springfield Missouri to Tulsa Oklahoma to Fort Smith Arkansas. Its a nice are to be in. Winters are mild with us getting snow about once or twice a year and it last for just a few days to hot and humid summers but I am use to them.

I hear that Auckland is a nice city with a good night life but I hear it is also very expensive.

 

[Goodbook]

Huh night life, well I wouldnt know Im asleep at night.
But some people work at night, like my dad.
It has a good day life though, but its better when you not working so you can appreciate it. Come for a visit, but dont stay cos its really expensive and you wouldnt be able to afford it.

 

[James of Arc]

Sounds like NYC, its nice to visit but its very expensive.

They say that in London that the government pays you to live there because its so expensive.

 

[Goodbook]

My sister lives in london, i dont think the govt is paying her....meh, cities.

 

[James of Arc]

My sister lives in london, i dont think the govt is paying her....meh, cities.

Maybe its for people who qualify only. Tell her to ask around.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

Delta...one of the most aggravating airlines ever!!!!

 

[Toro]

Delta...one of the most aggravating airlines ever!!!!

I have NOTHING but bad things to say about Jet Blue.

I can't remember anymore, but back when I was always flying to and from San Diego in my early 20s I THINK I preferred delta. (They showed a movie on the nonstop, while other airline non stops didn't. I saw The Hulk on one of my flights..... sure, it was bad, but it was free and I wasn't going anywhere.) Of course, it could have been United.