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Date: 4th August 2009
That was my guess as to the reason, though laziness wouldn't be a bad guess either. Nobody bothered to check tickets on either of the trains I took yesterday and the second one was so full there were a few people standing in our car for awhile.
From Blog: Viva Italia!
That was my guess as to the reason, though laziness wouldn't be a bad guess either. Nobody bothered to check tickets on either of the trains I took yesterday and the second one was so full there were a few people standing in our car for awhile.
From Blog: Viva Italia!
Date: 4th August 2009
All the way to Firenze and didn't even see David. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Good Grief!"
From Blog: This City Florenced Me or Lighting a Firenze in my Heart
All the way to Firenze and didn't even see David. In the words of Charlie Brown, "Good Grief!"
From Blog: This City Florenced Me or Lighting a Firenze in my Heart
Date: 4th August 2009
Your in the EU. They don't check your passport between countries....
From Blog: Viva Italia!
Your in the EU. They don't check your passport between countries....
From Blog: Viva Italia!
Date: 4th August 2009
religious paintings
as i recall from my trip to Italy. religious art comprised about 75% of the art with portraits making up the balance! After 3 weeks of museums I was very tired of the religious art and do not like it to this day.
From Blog: This City Florenced Me or Lighting a Firenze in my Heart
religious paintings
as i recall from my trip to Italy. religious art comprised about 75% of the art with portraits making up the balance! After 3 weeks of museums I was very tired of the religious art and do not like it to this day.
From Blog: This City Florenced Me or Lighting a Firenze in my Heart
Date: 4th August 2009
Matt, you definitely wouldn't consider me a socialist but I agree with you on the gas price thing. Taxing gas more would 1) take account for the externalities of carbon emissions and pollution 2) Drive people to buy more fuel efficient cars and 3) stabilize the gas price so the incentive is always there for consumers and the market is consistent for car producers. After living in Europe (and yes England is in Europe despite what the Brits may think!) I've seen how it works there. They tax gas to around twice the US price and this has pushed the market to develop smaller, more efficient cars as well as advanced diesel technologies that enable a majority of cars to achieve greater than 40 MPG.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Matt, you definitely wouldn't consider me a socialist but I agree with you on the gas price thing. Taxing gas more would 1) take account for the externalities of carbon emissions and pollution 2) Drive people to buy more fuel efficient cars and 3) stabilize the gas price so the incentive is always there for consumers and the market is consistent for car producers. After living in Europe (and yes England is in Europe despite what the Brits may think!) I've seen how it works there. They tax gas to around twice the US price and this has pushed the market to develop smaller, more efficient cars as well as advanced diesel technologies that enable a majority of cars to achieve greater than 40 MPG.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Date: 3rd August 2009
Nope, no English in Italy. Unless you get very lucky. Domenico speaks excellent English, for an Italian...
From Blog: Viva Italia!
Nope, no English in Italy. Unless you get very lucky. Domenico speaks excellent English, for an Italian...
From Blog: Viva Italia!
Date: 31st July 2009
I advocate for policies similar to that in other countries that happen to be more socialist than the US. However, these policies are not necessarily redistrubitive. If I actually became a socialist I couldn't use the term to demonize all the pinko Europeans, and that's too much fun to give up.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
I advocate for policies similar to that in other countries that happen to be more socialist than the US. However, these policies are not necessarily redistrubitive. If I actually became a socialist I couldn't use the term to demonize all the pinko Europeans, and that's too much fun to give up.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Date: 30th July 2009
diatribe
Hey Matt - are you turning into a socialist (small 's')?
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
diatribe
Hey Matt - are you turning into a socialist (small 's')?
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Date: 30th July 2009
Yes, yes. They're still in my camera. I'll have some train time today to get those organized.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Yes, yes. They're still in my camera. I'll have some train time today to get those organized.
From Blog: Opening Megapost!
Bram
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Knowing the French, they would go on strike if they had to open their shops 24-hours a day. A funny anecdote; in Amsterdam, only shops in the touristic center are allowed to open every sunday, except for certain holidays that are also sundays. Thus, a supermarket manager outside the center made a list of all possible holidays in Europe and found that he could thus open his store effectively year-round. Eventually, a judge decided that he couldn't. It's very inconvenient that supermarkets close on the one day I usually have nothing better to do.
From Blog: Closed on Sundays