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College Football Predictions
in Tree House » World of Sport, 19-Sep-2009
Anyone watching football last weekend could see it plainly: the screams swelling at every pass, p...

RE: Too Many Options
in Tree House » World of Sport, 10-Sep-2009
Thanks Lake T. If the season's goal is to win a national championship, OU's season is already abo...

RE: NCAA Football: Vote For Your Favorite Fight Songs
in Tree House » World of Sport, 10-Sep-2009
Cal? USC? UCLA? A Pac 10 fan, I'm guessing.

Oklahoma and Wisconsin should be included among th...

RE: Too Many Options
in Tree House » World of Sport, 10-Sep-2009
Lake, stay focused. It's easy to go back and forth on games, but you don't have to. What's your t...

RE: College Football is my life
in Tree House » World of Sport, 04-Sep-2009
Mr Penney, do you think all conferences should have conference championships? Always felt Big 10 ...

RE: College Football is my life
in Tree House » World of Sport, 04-Sep-2009
Whoops: guess that first sentence wasn't a sentence. How about this:

"Those who don't understa...

College Football is my life
in Tree House » World of Sport, 03-Sep-2009
For those who don't understand why Hunter S Thompson titled his suicide letter "Football Season i...

Re: Experts Advice: Off the beaten track in Myanmar
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, 22-Aug-2009
If you want to see what Shwebo looks like, I made a [little video|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Re: VIETNAM: TOO EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT YOU GET
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, 22-Aug-2009
Pretty much wherever you go, if all you're getting is hassle, look around -- you're probably in ...

RE: The most remote place...
in The Lobby » Gap Year & Round the World Travel, 07-Aug-2009
Interesting list here.

Yakutsk, Russia is a city on permafrost with buildings on stilts. The n...

RE: Are hostels still the way to go for shoestring travelers?
in The Lobby » Travel on a shoestring, 10-Jul-2009
A group of three or four can often do better in a cheap hotel than paying for four beds.

I sti...

RE: Experts Advice: Off the beaten track in Myanmar
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, 19-Jun-2009
One more thing, Mrauk U in the west. The ancient Rakhaing capital -- reached by slow boat from Si...

Re: Experts Advice: Off the beaten track in Myanmar
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, 19-Jun-2009
I really enjoy Shwebo in particular. If you take the ferry down the Ayeyarwady from the north, yo...

RE: Mexico Swine Flu update
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Mexico, 12-Jun-2009
El Gato Gordo, hello. Thanks for your observations. I got the information from Datatur reports co...

Re: All I ask for is purpose
in The Lobby » Gap Year & Round the World Travel, 29-May-2009
Interesting topic here. I agree with the post above that the best trips are ones when we throw aw...