Shop Prices? Possible visit to NEPAL!

[ausjulius]

That was strange, wasn't it, dragging the English King into this? I don't think history does credit him with a lot of the famed english 'guts', but that isn't why you lost the colonies, you're right, Spiral.
If you look at it, England lost almost every single 'colony'. In the end, not about economics or supply chains, but inevitable freedom.


munk

nahrr it was all about economic control and in the end the britts lost ... and the yanks took over,, but in a more .. subvercive "international" fashion
all the european nations lost there colonies,,, the french cling onto some in the pacific... but theyer not much ,,, englnad dosnt even control england anymore even russia lost its "colonies" in the end, only the u.s. and the 3rd world realy have colonies now ... china and indonesia spring to mind.
globalisation my dear fellow..
dont get me sarted on the american "revolution" ... .. although nobody likes some other monkey on their back , the amercian revoultion is far more than a run of the mill "revolution"...,

 

[Josh Muller]

I'll say from experience that bringing large amounts of edged weaponry into an airport can be an interesting experience. In the US it should be legal, if it has been checked properly. Your airline and/or the DHS should be your point of contact for any questions regarding the specifics. I didn't find it necessary but requesting an answer in writing certainly would not hurt; documents on agency letterhead seem to carry more weight than, "Well, they told me on the phone that..."

The airlines themselves don't seem to care much as long as you're not threatening their aircraft. I've been told by airlines personnel in the past (when transporting firearms, no less) that what happens on the other end is my responsibility, not theirs -- they're simply moving me from Point A to Point B.

If anyone asks, you're a martial artist. That always seems to get the "Oh, okay, I didn't think of that," look from the folks in the uniforms.

and im sure to some degree it depends on the person who is checking your luggage. as an example, there was the guy who crossed the canadian border with a blood chainsaw, and a set of weapons ranging from ninja stars to katana's. and he had a devil lock with HUGE wide open eyes (devil lock = hair style coined by the misfits)

Thanks for the 411 Seth. I'm certainly no expert. I knew he wasn't good from the start, just didn't know how quickly his message turned pure evil.

On another forum there are pictures of Nepalese people dismembered in the streets because they were suspected informers on the Maoists. That is terrifying.

that being said, while he may have had it in his personaly plans or beleifs from the beggining, and it was made known that he prefered it one way or another, the mass killings and racial clensing portion of his master plan wasnt instigated until later in his career. what he did in pulling a country from the equivelent of a combined dust bowl depression and the great depression into a state of world power and superiority - making the entire world go to war over what was beleived to be a tiny poor country is amazing. to some degree i wouldnt expect that a person could accomplish that without spurring hate and desire (good or bad) from the very get go.

 

[Dave Rishar]

and im sure to some degree it depends on the person who is checking your luggage. as an example, there was the guy who crossed the canadian border with a blood chainsaw, and a set of weapons ranging from ninja stars to katana's. and he had a devil lock with HUGE wide open eyes (devil lock = hair style coined by the misfits)

I saw that. The guy looked...not right.

"Yeah, he had a chainsaw with red stuff on it but we didn't know what it was. It could have been paint. There's no law against having a chainsaw." Thus spake the officials afterwards. Fortunately there is a law against using said chainsaw on your neighbors and this individual is no longer on the streets. It must be mentioned, however, that the personnel at the border were following procedure and in fact, detained him unnecessarily based on their own judgement: "Crazy looking guy with a bloody chainsaw? Let's find out his story before we send him on his way." The procedures failed, not the guards.

I'll see if I can't dig up the guy's mug shot. It's a doozie.

 

[MauiRob]

Are bribes tax deductable? I'd like to see an itemized return submitted to the IRS with that on it.

They might be if the bribes were aimed at the IRS

 

[Josh Muller]

I'll see if I can't dig up the guy's mug shot. It's a doozie.

 

[tedwca]

I hate it when I don't refresh first.

Ted W.

 

[C.S. Graves]

Sucks to be non american.

I dunno, bein' Canuckistani ain't so bad.

Holy, it's that knob who killed that old man in Minto in my home province, fled to the Maine border brandishing a bloody sword, and chainsaw, wearing a blood-stained shirt, and was allowed to enter the USA by a customs officer who believed it all to be "part of a movie".

 

[Nasty]

Hmm...and it took almost a year to develop this one.

Okay Yvsa...some threads should be moved and locked.