It seems like the safe overland routes are also kind of dull. Nothing against the enormous expanses of Kazakhstan or southern Siberia, but...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Whatever happened to the old in the Your Choice Branch
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posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Whatever happened to the old "hippie trail" from Istanbul to India? in the Your Choice Branch
Whatever happened to taking your van and some friends and trekking out of Istanbul, bound for Anatolia, then down through Mosul and Baghdad...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Religious anti-blasphemy laws in the Your Choice Branch
I have a couple gooseberry bushes in my yard, and huckleberries grow in the nearby hills. But my favourites are probably the...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Religious anti-blasphemy laws in the Your Choice Branch
Why don't people choose to transcend this so-called "brainwashing" and reject the absurdities imposed upon them by their societies?...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Religious anti-blasphemy laws in the Your Choice Branch
How could anyone possibly support them? I really don't understand this type of berserk psychology at all. How does it form? Why is it so...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Why don't we farm more rabbits? in the Your Choice Branch
Bunnies are also exceedingly easy to slaughter. You don't even need a captive bolt pistol or a rifle. A hammer will do.
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Why do westerners eat so little goat meat compared to the rest of the globe in the Your Choice Branch
Goat is actually the single most widespread and popular "red" meat in the world, but it has a limited presence in western cuisine and...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Why are people on those Mexican soap operas always betraying each other? in the Your Choice Branch
Why do they not hew tight to their promises and intimations?
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Why do Australians tolerate such bubble-level housing prices? in the Your Choice Branch
If you are an average Aussie and you aren't already on the "property ladder," what hope of owning a home do you have outside of simple...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Why do people assume that you are a maniac simply because you take steroids in the Your Choice Branch
This seems like a clearcut case of unwarranted prejudgment. ...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called So there are 308,745,538 Yanks! in the Your Choice Branch
Well, maybe that was due to your lax salesmanship. Sometimes you've got to get out there and "hustle" for business, as they say.
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called So there are 308,745,538 Yanks! in the Your Choice Branch
Gambling fares quite well in hard times. Vegas's problem is that is was not the most proximal gambling option for most consumers. Rather...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called So there are 308,745,538 Yanks! in the Your Choice Branch
Or, rather, there were as of April of 2010:...
about 1 year ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Why is Perth so sprawled-out? in the Your Choice Branch
Apparently the Perth metro area only has 1.7 million or so residents, but if you visit the place, it just seems to ramble on and on for...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called English will prevail in the Your Choice Branch
One other thing to note is that the pressure to learn foreign languages is actually decreasing a bit over time with the rise of...
about 1 year ago







