Survey: Active GT posters

mookiemookie · 11-25-09, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yep, but if you ever come to the Lone Star State, I can set you up with lodging

And I can certainly set him up with a trip to Treasures or The Men's Club

Dowly · 11-25-09, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

And I can certainly set him up with a trip to Treasures or The Men's Club

Only if you want a lifetime ban to such places.

11-25-09, 11:45 AM

Many times in the past for periods up to three months at a stretch. These days though, generally get down to Seattle once or twice a year for three or four days.

Oberon · 11-25-09, 11:49 AM

Would love to, but would probably have to stay for a while to go to all the places I'd like to go to. Tis a rather big place...and that's just Texas!

Schroeder · 11-25-09, 11:56 AM

Have been there in 2001 for two weeks. Mainly California but we were also in Utah and of course Nevada (Las Vegas).

Thomen · 11-25-09, 01:02 PM

Well, yes.. I did roughly 6 or 7 times before I permanently relocated to here.

To see my GF (now Wife) was the main purpose. Average stay ca 1 week.

Fish · 11-25-09, 01:20 PM

I would like to some day but I think it will be a dream.
Perhaps I should have voted, in a distant future.

Marcantilan · 11-25-09, 01:25 PM

I´ve been in the US four times.

First time to Disney World (1985 - hey, I was 10!)
Second time to Disney World & Epcot, and a Caribbean cruise (1991)
Third time, NY, West Coast and Hawaii (1994).
Fourth time with friends, mostly NY and Boston (1997).

Planning to go there in the next couple of years, I really loved NY!

Skybird · 11-25-09, 01:44 PM

No, and currently no plans to do so.

I consider myself to be attracted by what I call the Us as they once had been planned to be (constitution, bill of rights, the historic stuff). The US as I see it in the present, I see much more critical.

The ammount of highly personal, private data I would need to file for getting a visum, an airline ticket, is a big discouragement for me, and makes me angry. Being treated according to the principle "supposed to be guilty as long as not proven innocent", is not really inviting and does not make me feel welcomed. Even less so with privacy protection laws and data protection laws being far inferior, compared to European standards (on paper), and my data being stored and beyond my knowledge for ridiculously long times. I would not feel welcomed when needing to reveal more sensitive data on myself than I would need to do if a court sentences me to spend time in a german prison.

My main interest, if visiting North America, would be landscapes and nature, from the Canadian forest and Alaskian white wilderness over Yellowstone and Montana to various coast areas and the long wide open roads of Texas etc. The metropoles and typical tourist attractions I probably would avoid, big cities and me do not go well together. Tourist groups and organised sightseeing also is not my cup of tea. I probably would rent a car an drive from one coast to the other, and stay where ever I want to stay for some time. Organised holiday tours and visitor programs are hell, imo, and "must-see's" I do not accept to be "musts" at all.

The food is reason for concern.

kiwi_2005 · 11-25-09, 01:35 PM

Well, been to the states couple of times that was years ago back in early 1942 I was in command of a Type IXB U-187 we had receive orders from Bdu to make way to outside of New York & patrol the waters - silly buggers those Americans with their lights on and all! We could see the parties going on through the persicope don't they know there was a war going on! I remember fondly now it was our 11th week at sea & we were out of coffee! Any sailor would tell you thats a dangerous situation to be in. So I came up with the idea that we drop a few men off near the coast and see if they can steal some coffee from one of em houses, them Americans be all drunk and all they wouldn't even notice! When i asked for voluntares every-single-man was willing to go?. I suppose 11 weeks at sea got to them that they needed their feet on some dirt.
So i chose 10 good men. That was the last time we saw them. Presumed captured. strange thing is 3 other boats in the area had the same problem. We lost a lot of good men back in 42

Oh wait... have i been to USA.

Nope

Hopefully one day i will, would love to go to New York or Los Angeles where my cousin lives she went there back in 1989

View Poll Results: Have you visited the United States?
Yes	21	50.00%
No, and do not plan to	5	11.90%
No, but I would like to some day in the near future	4	9.52%
No, but I would like to some day in the distant future	12	28.57%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

11-25-09, 11:56 AM	#5
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Have been there in 2001 for two weeks. Mainly California but we were also in Utah and of course Nevada (Las Vegas). __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

11-25-09, 01:25 PM	#8
Marcantilan Weps Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 374 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I´ve been in the US four times. First time to Disney World (1985 - hey, I was 10!) Second time to Disney World & Epcot, and a Caribbean cruise (1991) Third time, NY, West Coast and Hawaii (1994). Fourth time with friends, mostly NY and Boston (1997). Planning to go there in the next couple of years, I really loved NY! __________________ Ultima Ratio Regis

11-25-09, 01:44 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,717 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No, and currently no plans to do so. I consider myself to be attracted by what I call the Us as they once had been planned to be (constitution, bill of rights, the historic stuff). The US as I see it in the present, I see much more critical. The ammount of highly personal, private data I would need to file for getting a visum, an airline ticket, is a big discouragement for me, and makes me angry. Being treated according to the principle "supposed to be guilty as long as not proven innocent", is not really inviting and does not make me feel welcomed. Even less so with privacy protection laws and data protection laws being far inferior, compared to European standards (on paper), and my data being stored and beyond my knowledge for ridiculously long times. I would not feel welcomed when needing to reveal more sensitive data on myself than I would need to do if a court sentences me to spend time in a german prison. My main interest, if visiting North America, would be landscapes and nature, from the Canadian forest and Alaskian white wilderness over Yellowstone and Montana to various coast areas and the long wide open roads of Texas etc. The metropoles and typical tourist attractions I probably would avoid, big cities and me do not go well together. Tourist groups and organised sightseeing also is not my cup of tea. I probably would rent a car an drive from one coast to the other, and stay where ever I want to stay for some time. Organised holiday tours and visitor programs are hell, imo, and "must-see's" I do not accept to be "musts" at all. The food is reason for concern. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-25-09, 01:35 PM	#10
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Well, been to the states couple of times that was years ago back in early 1942 I was in command of a Type IXB U-187 we had receive orders from Bdu to make way to outside of New York & patrol the waters - silly buggers those Americans with their lights on and all! We could see the parties going on through the persicope don't they know there was a war going on! I remember fondly now it was our 11th week at sea & we were out of coffee! Any sailor would tell you thats a dangerous situation to be in. So I came up with the idea that we drop a few men off near the coast and see if they can steal some coffee from one of em houses, them Americans be all drunk and all they wouldn't even notice! When i asked for voluntares every-single-man was willing to go?. I suppose 11 weeks at sea got to them that they needed their feet on some dirt. So i chose 10 good men. That was the last time we saw them. Presumed captured. strange thing is 3 other boats in the area had the same problem. We lost a lot of good men back in 42 Oh wait... have i been to USA. Nope Hopefully one day i will, would love to go to New York or Los Angeles where my cousin lives she went there back in 1989 __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-25-09, 11:45 AM	#3
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Many times in the past for periods up to three months at a stretch. These days though, generally get down to Seattle once or twice a year for three or four days.

11-25-09, 11:49 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Would love to, but would probably have to stay for a while to go to all the places I'd like to go to. Tis a rather big place...and that's just Texas!

11-25-09, 01:02 PM	#6
Thomen Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Well, yes.. I did roughly 6 or 7 times before I permanently relocated to here. To see my GF (now Wife) was the main purpose. Average stay ca 1 week.

11-25-09, 01:20 PM	#7
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I would like to some day but I think it will be a dream. Perhaps I should have voted, in a distant future.