Knipex
29th August 2004, 13:15
Returned from my visit to the US and have some thaughts to share.
Its been a few years since my last visit to the US and this was actually my first visit to Detroit so I was expecting a few surprises.
1) What fucktard decided to ban smoking in the ENTIRE of Newark airport. After an 6 hours flight and a previous hour sitting on the runway and having spent the entire trip sitting between a loud overweight overfriendly woman and her loud obnoxious spawn who just had to have the asil seat while she just had to have a windows seat I needed a cigarette. Not just wanted one I NEEDED one.:rant: :rant:
The fact that I had to exit the airport and then when returning through security was subject to a 45 Queue did nothing to make my introduction to the US an enjoyable one.:rant:
At least in Detroit airport they have a dedicated smoking area that happens to be a bar. If you dont smoke thre are 5 other bars you can visit. (all of which were nearly deserted while the smoking one was packed)
2) I arrived in Detroit early on Saturday afternoon with the plan of getting an early night but upon traveling into town for something to eat discovered woodward. Why oh why didnt someone tell me about this before. An entire weekend of American muscle cars (with some European elagance thrown in). Using my best Irish blarney I managed to talk myself into a spin in a 67 Corvette and a 59 Camaro :wub: :wub: . (its easy really just start telling the owners that american cars cannot corner and they will go out of their way to prove you wrong....:lol: :lol: (and then blame the tyres when a guy in a jetta proves me right) No I have no pics, because I didnt know it was on I didnt bring a camera.
3) Who said americans arent nice to foreigners ?? I spent a very interesting evening in a guys workshop looking at his 11 (yes 11) project cars including 3 corvetts (one stingray included) and 4 camaros, getting the tour and meeting his dogs while drinking his beer and eating his bbq steaks :cool:
4) A car does not need to be 22' long and weigh 4 tons to be safe. Jeez guys go easy with the trucks and SUZ's. The company I was visiting provided me with a pickup for my visit. When I saw it I remeber thinking how huge it was but on the roads it felt small. Oh and 30mpg is NOT good gas milage.
5) Food portions :blink: (I must have gained 12 pounds in a week)
6) CompUSA is not evil. Seriously its not. In comparison to what we have over here the staff are well trained and prices are cheap. I mean dirt cheap. I visited radioshacks, circuit city, best buy and CompUSA and found CompUSA the best. I was looking at a PDA and one guy in Circuit city tried to convinve me that there was no charger that would work with either 110V or 230V. He called me a liar when I said my laptop and cell phone both had chargers that worked with either voltage and when I asked him to show me a charger so I could prove him wrong he called security. In compUSA the guy just said he didnt know and offered to get a charger so we could check. Guess who got my business.
7) There is such a thing as too much ice in a drink...
8) Do not try drinking whiskey with an Irish man (After I explained to the bar man that 3 cubes of ice and a drop of coke was enough in my crown.) You will be sorry. :p
9) American draft beer SUCKS. (although I must admit a fondness for bottled Samuall Adams.)
10) Now I know why Budwiser is reffered to as the king of piss in the US. (I will ship you a case of the stuff we drink, here its much nicer)
11) Not all Irish people drink Guiness and see little people. Darby O Gill was an American invention.
Oh and if anyone can recomend good software for an IPAQ1045 let me know.
Its been a few years since my last visit to the US and this was actually my first visit to Detroit so I was expecting a few surprises.
1) What fucktard decided to ban smoking in the ENTIRE of Newark airport. After an 6 hours flight and a previous hour sitting on the runway and having spent the entire trip sitting between a loud overweight overfriendly woman and her loud obnoxious spawn who just had to have the asil seat while she just had to have a windows seat I needed a cigarette. Not just wanted one I NEEDED one.:rant: :rant:
The fact that I had to exit the airport and then when returning through security was subject to a 45 Queue did nothing to make my introduction to the US an enjoyable one.:rant:
At least in Detroit airport they have a dedicated smoking area that happens to be a bar. If you dont smoke thre are 5 other bars you can visit. (all of which were nearly deserted while the smoking one was packed)
2) I arrived in Detroit early on Saturday afternoon with the plan of getting an early night but upon traveling into town for something to eat discovered woodward. Why oh why didnt someone tell me about this before. An entire weekend of American muscle cars (with some European elagance thrown in). Using my best Irish blarney I managed to talk myself into a spin in a 67 Corvette and a 59 Camaro :wub: :wub: . (its easy really just start telling the owners that american cars cannot corner and they will go out of their way to prove you wrong....:lol: :lol: (and then blame the tyres when a guy in a jetta proves me right) No I have no pics, because I didnt know it was on I didnt bring a camera.
3) Who said americans arent nice to foreigners ?? I spent a very interesting evening in a guys workshop looking at his 11 (yes 11) project cars including 3 corvetts (one stingray included) and 4 camaros, getting the tour and meeting his dogs while drinking his beer and eating his bbq steaks :cool:
4) A car does not need to be 22' long and weigh 4 tons to be safe. Jeez guys go easy with the trucks and SUZ's. The company I was visiting provided me with a pickup for my visit. When I saw it I remeber thinking how huge it was but on the roads it felt small. Oh and 30mpg is NOT good gas milage.
5) Food portions :blink: (I must have gained 12 pounds in a week)
6) CompUSA is not evil. Seriously its not. In comparison to what we have over here the staff are well trained and prices are cheap. I mean dirt cheap. I visited radioshacks, circuit city, best buy and CompUSA and found CompUSA the best. I was looking at a PDA and one guy in Circuit city tried to convinve me that there was no charger that would work with either 110V or 230V. He called me a liar when I said my laptop and cell phone both had chargers that worked with either voltage and when I asked him to show me a charger so I could prove him wrong he called security. In compUSA the guy just said he didnt know and offered to get a charger so we could check. Guess who got my business.
7) There is such a thing as too much ice in a drink...
8) Do not try drinking whiskey with an Irish man (After I explained to the bar man that 3 cubes of ice and a drop of coke was enough in my crown.) You will be sorry. :p
9) American draft beer SUCKS. (although I must admit a fondness for bottled Samuall Adams.)
10) Now I know why Budwiser is reffered to as the king of piss in the US. (I will ship you a case of the stuff we drink, here its much nicer)
11) Not all Irish people drink Guiness and see little people. Darby O Gill was an American invention.
Oh and if anyone can recomend good software for an IPAQ1045 let me know.