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Yankee

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Yankee
: Adam Curry returns to his other country, America, and starts waving the flag.

Being back in the states, if only for a few days, really helped me re-appreciate just how wonderful the country is. I found that I really have missed alot of america’s uniqueness. Little things, like how a waiter introduces his/herself and announces that (s)he’ll be ‘taking care of you tonite’….

And what other country in the world has happy hour; two drinks for the price of one?

Above all, most folks in the US have a positive mind set and an optimistic outlook on life. Something I no longer detect at all in the netherlands, were I spend most of my time, and it appears to be a disturbing trend in the rest europe.

3 responses to “Yankee”

  1. Mike G Avatar
    Mike G

    Except in our most European sector, academia, where the combination of short hours and lifetime employment by the state seems to have depressed the shit out of everybody.

  2. JorgXMcKie Avatar
    JorgXMcKie

    Hey, if I had to live with those sh*theads in Europe, I’d be depressed, too. It’s bad enough (yeah, Mike G) to have to associate with academics. ;->=

  3. Sandy P. Avatar
    Sandy P.

    So, “dinkster” states “The basic point is that the US is no better than anyone/anywhere else, but is the biggest dog…
    This is something I believe other peoples recognise, but unfortunately it appears this translates into a US might is right ideology. You almost certainly aren’t right, but do have the might… Put it (and you ‘tiny violins’) away.”
    We’ve freed approx 48m in 2 years, what’s his country done lately?
    I didn’t want to start a flame war, but we are most certainly right…again.