Cheap countries

@Dylan:

@special:

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

In countries as belgium (the dutch part) and Holland we always had subtitles on our own channels, so most younger people automatically learned english by watching TV and movies.

If you love good beer: visit Belgium  :-D

I am under legal drinking age  :-D

Oops yeah, i forgot that  :lol:

@Dylan:

@special:

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

In countries as belgium (the dutch part) and Holland we always had subtitles on our own channels, so most younger people automatically learned english by watching TV and movies.

If you love good beer: visit Belgium  :-D

The drinking age varies from Nation to Nation.  In the US it is 21, in Canada it is 19 (In Quebec it is 18!).  I was drinking beer in Greece when I was 15 and had a beer in Cuba when I was 12…  Under controlled adult supervision of course.

Some products are cheaper in some countries/regions and expensive in others…  It depends on how “local” the product is re import or export, and on local tax structure per product type.  Regardless of exchange rate you will still be paying the same amount of “funds” for most products (In First World Countries~G20)

I am under legal drinking age  :-D

The drinking age varies from Nation to Nation.  In the US it is 21, in Canada it is 19 (In Quebec it is 18!).  I was drinking beer in Greece when I was 15 and had a beer in Cuba when I was 12…  Under controlled adult supervision of course.

Some products are cheaper in some countries/regions and expensive in others…  It depends on how “local” the product is re import or export, and on local tax structure per product type.  Regardless of exchange rate you will still be paying the same amount of “funds” for most products (In First World Countries~G20)

Great deals can be found in Eastern Europe or South America for Hotels and Travel expenses if you are looking to travel on the cheap.  At your age it is common to “backpack” on trips, staying in travelers Hostels or sleeping on Trains. The Flight is the biggest expense.

There are two kinds of people with drinking problems;

Those who drink too much!  …and those who drink to little…  :lol:

@FieldMarshalGames:

There are two kinds of people with drinking problems;

Those who drink too much!  …and those who drink to little…   :lol:

I’ll drink to that!  :-D

Its an opinion, these are the opinion subforums. so yeah its actually just right. This topic needs to be locked and or deleted. This thread is really pointless.

Getting drunk in of itself is not evil nor even neccessarily bad.  Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.  If you get drunk and turn into a dickhead, you’re probably just a dickhead but with sobriety comes the ability to hide it from others.

As for as inhalents etc.?  Sir Richard Brandson is an admitted pot smoker and so is Bill Maher.  Just imagine how much better in life they would have done had they not wasted their life smoking dope…

I am not saying you should try anything.  Certainly don’t try anything until you are out of school and have a job and goals.  That being said, one should also be carefull about making statements based on zero personal experience.

I think if people are screwups in life, its often becasue they are just screwups and blame anything including drugs and not getting a nintendo for chistmas.

acctually killing yourself over getting a sega sounds about right

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Getting drunk in of itself is not evil nor even neccessarily bad.  Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.  If you get drunk and turn into a dickhead, you’re probably just a dickhead but with sobriety comes the ability to hide it from others.

As for as inhalents etc.?  Sir Richard Brandson is an admitted pot smoker and so is Bill Maher.  Just imagine how much better in life they would have done had they not wasted their life smoking dope…

Wait, being a drunk is ok, but admitting to smoking pot is a waste of your life?

I don’t see how it’s more respectable to being sloshed all the time vs. being knighted or having an established TV/movie career.

@Dylan:

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Getting drunk in of itself is not evil nor even neccessarily bad.  Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.  If you get drunk and turn into a dickhead, you’re probably just a dickhead but with sobriety comes the ability to hide it from others.

As for as inhalents etc.?  Sir Richard Brandson is an admitted pot smoker and so is Bill Maher.  Just imagine how much better in life they would have done had they not wasted their life smoking dope…

Yes, even Obama did weed, but it doesn’t really help you in any way, other then maybe the first time.

I’m going to tell you what I’ll tell my son when he gets old enough: people drink, smoke, and do drugs because they like to.  Just don’t be dumb about it.  Obvious legal, health, and financial issues surround all of them, but you can have a good time with or without them responsibly.  However, never do the harder stuff.  It not only takes a larger toll on you, it’s harder to get off of.

@Brain:

All drugs should be legalized.

Amen.

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

All drugs should be legalized.

Amen.

I don’t use them, but I think people are going to do them anyways, and by legalizing them, it would get rid of a lot of crime.

@Brain:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

All drugs should be legalized.

Amen.

I don’t use them, but I think people are going to do them anyways, and by legalizing them, it would get rid of a lot of crime.

And taxing them lets states raise money, wile saving money by not having to support as many prisoners

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

All drugs should be legalized.

Amen.

I don’t use them, but I think people are going to do them anyways, and by legalizing them, it would get rid of a lot of crime.

And taxing them lets states raise money, wile saving money by not having to support as many prisoners

….and puts the gangbangers out of business :-D

Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.

Do I really have to translate this sentence?  Ugh, ok, let’s disect it.  “Not so desireable” that means bad ok.  So being a drunk… has consequences in life, it bad.   Therefore, not good, therefore something I would advise AGAINST.

Getting drunk once in life, maybe a few times per year does not mean you are a drunk.  A drunk is somebody who gets drunk all the time and has problems with alcohol and is in fact an addict.

@Brain:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Brain:

All drugs should be legalized.

Amen.

I don’t use them, but I think people are going to do them anyways, and by legalizing them, it would get rid of a lot of crime.

And taxing them lets states raise money, wile saving money by not having to support as many prisoners

….and puts the gangbangers out of business :-D

I agree with this for all of these practical reasons.  I mean, there are still limiting factors you’d want to have in place, but the Drug War is lost.  We are throwing money away when we could be not only saving money, but making money, all the while having a better grasp and control of drugs in general.  I wouldn’t want people to do PCP, but jail time is not a solution to someone with a drug problem.  Selling PCP, sure…but if you take the criminal element out of it, the desire to break the law and benefit from it disappears.

Furthermore, I believe in consensual crimes being decriminalized (doing drugs, actions between consenting adults, etc.), and that applies to this.

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.

Do I really have to translate this sentence?  Ugh, ok, let’s disect it.  “Not so desireable” that means bad ok.  So being a drunk… has consequences in life, it bad.  Therefore, not good, therefore something I would advise AGAINST.

Getting drunk once in life, maybe a few times per year does not mean you are a drunk.  A drunk is somebody who gets drunk all the time and has problems with alcohol and is in fact an addict.

No, but you might want to rewrite it.  The way it read to me was that there are some things not so great about being a drunk, unless you are inherently a dickhead, but no matter who you are if you smoke pot, you wasted your life.  And you compared a generic drunk to two pot smokers that are obviously successful.