the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on being on foreign soil can be confusing https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Farren [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:16:17 +0000 Farren [Visitor] c32656@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>A bucket and a tap for a shower&#8230; and toilet paper (along with ones hand).</p> <p>I&#8217;d love to come to Turkey but it wont happen soon :)<br /> <br /></p> A bucket and a tap for a shower… and toilet paper (along with ones hand).

I’d love to come to Turkey but it wont happen soon :)

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32656 Mila [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:32:46 +0000 Mila [Visitor] c32655@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>I enjoyed this! My travel journals, when I keep them, look a lot like this, and I find myself thinking &#8220;Thank god (or whoever) nobody will read this&#8230; It appears so boring!&#8221; But it is the kind of thing I like to remember about trips, and I tend to forget: the details. </p> <p>I&#8217;m particularly interested in the bidet part&#8230; We use them in Argentina, but I thought it was probably the only place in the world. I&#8217;ve abandoned it myself. I don&#8217;t want the specifics, but just the general impression :P</p> I enjoyed this! My travel journals, when I keep them, look a lot like this, and I find myself thinking “Thank god (or whoever) nobody will read this… It appears so boring!” But it is the kind of thing I like to remember about trips, and I tend to forget: the details.

I’m particularly interested in the bidet part… We use them in Argentina, but I thought it was probably the only place in the world. I’ve abandoned it myself. I don’t want the specifics, but just the general impression :P

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32655 Aunt Bann [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:33:48 +0000 Aunt Bann [Visitor] c32654@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Hmmm. Sounds close to bathing in water pumped out of the ground or carried in buckets from the spring, heated on the wood heater or stove, and poured into a #2 washtub in the &#8220;living room&#8221; near the wood heater! I think I&#8217;d rather just stand under the shower to bathe! (Of course, that means I have to either stay home or not go to places that don&#8217;t have showers or bathtubs. But right now, I don&#8217;t even have to make the choice, since I don&#8217;t have the money to go elsewhere to bathe!)</p> <p>Glad you still have your sense of humor, Diana! It helps, doesn&#8217;t it, when things get rough!?</p> Hmmm. Sounds close to bathing in water pumped out of the ground or carried in buckets from the spring, heated on the wood heater or stove, and poured into a #2 washtub in the “living room” near the wood heater! I think I’d rather just stand under the shower to bathe! (Of course, that means I have to either stay home or not go to places that don’t have showers or bathtubs. But right now, I don’t even have to make the choice, since I don’t have the money to go elsewhere to bathe!)

Glad you still have your sense of humor, Diana! It helps, doesn’t it, when things get rough!?

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32654 admin [Member] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:53:03 +0000 [Member] c32653@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>DINGDINGDINGDING YES!</p> <p>Chef&#8217;s chocolate salty balls. Well played, mate!</p> <p>Yes, &#8217;tis Turkey, and &#8217;tis fabulous. You totally should come visit. I&#8217;m almost kinda sorta close to you now, yeah?</p> <p>I have no clue why they eschew clocks in this hotel. To make you more dependent upon them, perhaps? </p> <p>No clue. </p> <p>On Bangalore: I don&#8217;t have a problem with the hole in the floor (squatting IS healthier than using the Western style toilet), but a bucket and a tap for a shower? That would be an experience. It still sounds better than the &#8220;navy showers&#8221; I took in Honduras. To wit: Fill a big tank above the &#8220;shower&#8221; with water from buckets. Let it warm in the sun (doesn&#8217;t take long in Honduras), git nekkid, step in the shower under the hose (this IS your shower), and get wet. Turn off water. Lather. Wash hair. Turn water back on and rinse. Get out. </p> <p>I took a morning shower ONCE. It was a mistake I never repeated. </p> <p>d</p> DINGDINGDINGDING YES!

Chef’s chocolate salty balls. Well played, mate!

Yes, ’tis Turkey, and ’tis fabulous. You totally should come visit. I’m almost kinda sorta close to you now, yeah?

I have no clue why they eschew clocks in this hotel. To make you more dependent upon them, perhaps?

No clue.

On Bangalore: I don’t have a problem with the hole in the floor (squatting IS healthier than using the Western style toilet), but a bucket and a tap for a shower? That would be an experience. It still sounds better than the “navy showers” I took in Honduras. To wit: Fill a big tank above the “shower” with water from buckets. Let it warm in the sun (doesn’t take long in Honduras), git nekkid, step in the shower under the hose (this IS your shower), and get wet. Turn off water. Lather. Wash hair. Turn water back on and rinse. Get out.

I took a morning shower ONCE. It was a mistake I never repeated.

d

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32653 Farren [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:12:46 +0000 Farren [Visitor] c32652@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Di, you will long for folded toilet paper if you ever find yourself checked into a cheap hotel not designated &#8220;euro style&#8221; in the middle of Bangalore. </p> <p>Especially after they show you a hole in the floor, a bucket and a tap after you enquire about a toilet and shower.</p> <p>Turkey (?) sounds fabulous and confusing! Why no clocks?</p> Di, you will long for folded toilet paper if you ever find yourself checked into a cheap hotel not designated “euro style” in the middle of Bangalore.

Especially after they show you a hole in the floor, a bucket and a tap after you enquire about a toilet and shower.

Turkey (?) sounds fabulous and confusing! Why no clocks?

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32652 Farren [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:06:07 +0000 Farren [Visitor] c32651@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>&#8220;Please unhand my toilet paper&#8221; :D</p> <p>I love travel stories!</p> <p>Also, </p> <p>Something something something chocolate salty balls (juvenile snickering)</p> “Please unhand my toilet paper” :D

I love travel stories!

Also,

Something something something chocolate salty balls (juvenile snickering)

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32651 Aunt Bann [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:47:49 +0000 Aunt Bann [Visitor] c32650@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana, you &#8220;asides&#8221; are as amusing as the rest of your rant! Thank you for the grins. Love to read what you write, at any time, but this is really amusing and informative, at the same time. When any of your readers get rich enough to come over there, they will know what to expect!! lol</p> <p>Love you! Keep up the good writing!</p> Diana, you “asides” are as amusing as the rest of your rant! Thank you for the grins. Love to read what you write, at any time, but this is really amusing and informative, at the same time. When any of your readers get rich enough to come over there, they will know what to expect!! lol

Love you! Keep up the good writing!

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2011/03/14/the-end-of-my-weekend#c32650 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: being on foreign soil can be confusing Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:28:00 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c32649@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>When I was in college (a little technical college in a backwater corner of the Midwest) I shared a number of classes with a fellow from Nigeria who was more philosopher than nerd. (Although he did a good job with the technical parts of the program, too.) He stopped me one day after lunch and wanted to know if he could ask me some questions. I thought he wanted help with homework, so I said okay.</p> <p>He spent the next 45 minutes asking about life in America, because as he put it, he wanted to understand &#8220;how do you survive in the midst of plenty?&#8221;</p> <p>That question has stuck in my head for over 30 years, and I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing your answer to it. (grin)</p> <p>Dave<br /></p> Diana,

When I was in college (a little technical college in a backwater corner of the Midwest) I shared a number of classes with a fellow from Nigeria who was more philosopher than nerd. (Although he did a good job with the technical parts of the program, too.) He stopped me one day after lunch and wanted to know if he could ask me some questions. I thought he wanted help with homework, so I said okay.

He spent the next 45 minutes asking about life in America, because as he put it, he wanted to understand “how do you survive in the midst of plenty?”

That question has stuck in my head for over 30 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing your answer to it. (grin)

Dave

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