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cigalechanta Aug 10th, 2014 02:45 PM

agree or disageree
 
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-w...ent=emailshare

IMDonehere Aug 10th, 2014 02:48 PM

Do I have to open it to agree or disagree, if not disagree.

AJPeabody Aug 10th, 2014 02:57 PM

Tell me something I don't know.

cigalechanta Aug 10th, 2014 03:30 PM

snaky

simpsonc510 Aug 10th, 2014 03:36 PM

Mimi, I don't like to open links as that's where one can pick up viruses on the computer. I'm not saying your link might do that. I just don't click on them as a rule. A brief summary of yhe article would maybe get folks talking.

Ruby99 Aug 10th, 2014 03:56 PM

You can do a search without having to open the article.

I'm guilty of doing several of those! (Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa, le Forum des Halles, les Champs-Elyses!) and I had to Google Burger King in Paris, as I had no idea they were shut down in 1997... I remember eating there as a teenager in 1987... you know when you're away from home for the first time, French food is great and all, but a burger really hits the spot.

AJPeabody Aug 10th, 2014 04:38 PM

Snarking the article, not the cicada.

nytraveler Aug 10th, 2014 04:51 PM

Agree with some but not with others.

I have asked people for directions in Paris a couple of times and the responses were perfectly polite. Perhaps since I asked in French.

But would not join lines at Eiffel Tower (get advance tickets) or see Mona Lisa except when the museum opens for 10 seconds - but I't seen it several times before.

cigalechanta Aug 10th, 2014 05:10 PM

Sorry I try to avoid typing as much as I can due to a physical problem. I never had a problem asking directions to a Parisian. Except one who asked me where a jewelry store was. When I explained I was an American tourist, she blew away

bilboburgler Aug 10th, 2014 11:52 PM

cigale, what does "she blew away" mean please?

Cathinjoetown Aug 11th, 2014 03:14 AM

I've been fortunate enough to have been to Paris many times. Seeing the Mona Lisa and queuing for the Eiffel Tower were bad enough 35 years ago; can't imagine doing it now.

Gare du Nord is unavoidable if using Eurostar and for certain destinations but agree it's decidedly user-unfriendly.

As for 12% lagers, learned my lesson drinking Chimay ale in Belgium. Worst headache ever. Never again!

dwdvagamundo Aug 12th, 2014 09:29 AM

I agree with most of the points in the article.


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