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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:38 am Reply with quote
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:43 am Reply with quote
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uhuhuh_u_said_wood wrote:
Yea, I move back to Maryland in May....I don't know what I'm going to do about riding after that. I cant go back to riding Seven Springs and Hidden Valley concrete/snow.

I've told Benton this before....If I could speak French and get a good job, I would live in France permenantly! Talk about perfect snowboarding, perfect surfing, incredible moto sports. Not to mention the nicest peopel and awesome food. Man, I'm going to miss this place....two and half more months left


Funny how, we in the states, are constantly told how the French hate us.

Never been overseas ...

Going tonite to ride on the famous Michigan snow (or packed powder as it's called).

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:57 am Reply with quote
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auragreg wrote:


Funny how, we in the states, are constantly told how the French hate us.

Never been overseas ...


I know...I heard the same thing before I came over here, and it's total BS.

Even surfing in Mundaka, Spain, I thought the french surfers were the friendliest.

Went to Bayeaux (Normandy) and have never been treated better in Europe.

Been to Paris 8 times and every time I'm more impressed with the hospitality. I leave there in awe every time.

Not to mention the smaller places Metz, St. Avold, Strausbourg. I didn't have enough time to scratch all the places to see in France off my list.

If you have a chance to go to France, do it in a second.

On the flip side, avoid that overrated ,overpriced, and asshole filled place called Prague, Czech.

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:03 pm Reply with quote
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frenchs doesn't hate americans,
it's more like a love/hate relationship...

Love
a lot of french believe in the american dream
a lot of french remember the boys sacrifice
we are feed by american movies / tv shows / way of life ( even though a lot doesn't want to admit it... )
we are amazed by the self confidence and jealous of it...

Hate
patriotism ( a lot of french don't understand the flag waiving, anthem singing, pledge your allegiance stuff... )
religion ( I think that is the biggest difference in our 2 cultures )
belligerent ( we are cowards, you know... )

mostly I think it comes from ignorance, most people think they know the US when they only knows the clich� from the tv shows, and when americans comes to France I rarely hear a bad word about it ( except about Paris's waiters ... )

I think our countries will understand more one another now that president sarkozy is running the office, he is terrible for french, but he is a good P.R. for the USA ...

@Dem: take a year of french class and come back ( cheaper, bring back home a french babysitter ... )

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:35 pm Reply with quote
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auragreg wrote:

Funny how, we in the states, are constantly told how the French hate us.

The whole anti-american thing is setup, that you guys don't want to escape. So politicians can control you better.

Even you try to escape, you can't, because they lie to you in geography and gave you the wrong maps to learn.

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:53 pm Reply with quote
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i didn't want to derail this with politcs

i believe people in the US really love France. It's the reason they get all butt-hurt when the French say anything bad about us or it seems they dont' support our policies or whatever. Does anyone get upset when Venezuelans or Bolivians or any other country criticises the US? Hell no they don't. We never changed the name of Canadian Bacon to Freedom Bacon

GO TO FRANCE! You will get awesome snow, awesome surf, great food and see women that look like supermodels everywhere you look and wine is cheaper than a glass of water.

Anyway, I'm leaving work early tomorrow to go get a day of riding in on Saturday! I'll try to post up some pics on Sunday.

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:08 pm Reply with quote
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French chicks have fur-burgers. Just sayin.

I DID take a bite tho

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:49 pm Reply with quote
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bwahaha !

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:53 pm Reply with quote
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theGONZfather wrote:
French chicks have fur-burgers. Just sayin.

I DID take a bite tho


I bet you licked that shit like a peanut/butter and jelly sandwich

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:57 pm Reply with quote
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