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Post by twothousandonemark on Aug 9, 2018 16:03:10 GMT
Not timeshare home which I've been, I mean being invited in sans payment for BnB or house as museum, etc?
A citizen's house in a foreign nation, have you been?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 16:42:08 GMT
No
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Post by Sulla on Aug 9, 2018 17:42:10 GMT
I've been invited to dinner in city apartments, not houses. Once in Barcelona and once in Amsterdam.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Aug 9, 2018 17:49:55 GMT
Tons of times, in lots of different countries. Partially due to traveling as a musician. Partially due to girlfriends, fiancees, wives.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 9, 2018 18:05:14 GMT
Many times.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Aug 9, 2018 19:12:29 GMT
Yes, in Ottawa
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Aug 9, 2018 19:19:46 GMT
Yes, I have. What do you want to know. I'll tell you everything.
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Post by gameboy on Aug 10, 2018 4:12:10 GMT
Yes, I've stayed overnight many times in Mexican homes. And I'm talking average Mexicans, not wealthy. Now that's a culture shock. For one thing the toilets are never in the house. There are outhouses out back.
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 4:13:48 GMT
Not timeshare home which I've been, I mean being invited in sans payment for BnB or house as museum, etc? A citizen's house in a foreign nation, have you been? No. |
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 4:15:05 GMT
Tons of times, in lots of different countries. Partially due to traveling as a musician. Partially due to girlfriends, fiancees, wives. Your girlfriends, fiancées, wives, or someone else's? |
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 4:16:08 GMT
Yes, I've stayed overnight many times in Mexican homes. And I'm talking average Mexicans, not wealthy. Now that's a culture shock. For one thing the toilets are never in the house. There are outhouses out back. So was my grandmother's.
And this was in the mid to late 1970s in Queensland, Australia.
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Post by poelzig on Aug 10, 2018 4:19:08 GMT
Yes. Several times in Holland, Germany, the UK etc... Is this unusual?
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Post by gameboy on Aug 10, 2018 4:24:58 GMT
Yes, I've stayed overnight many times in Mexican homes. And I'm talking average Mexicans, not wealthy. Now that's a culture shock. For one thing the toilets are never in the house. There are outhouses out back. So was my grandmother's.
And this was in the mid to late 1970s in Queensland, Australia.
As was my grandparent's farm in Colorado when I was a kid. I see the logic behind it. I suppose they consider toilets in the house unsanitary. It's just odd for Americans. |
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 4:33:05 GMT
So was my grandmother's.
And this was in the mid to late 1970s in Queensland, Australia.
As was my grandparent's farm in Colorado when I was a kid. I see the logic behind it. I suppose they consider toilets in the house unsanitary. It's just odd for Americans. It's odd for Australians too.
Her place was the only house in the township that still had an outside loo or long drop.
She was in her 90s, but the house was a lot older.
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Post by gameboy on Aug 10, 2018 4:50:05 GMT
As was my grandparent's farm in Colorado when I was a kid. I see the logic behind it. I suppose they consider toilets in the house unsanitary. It's just odd for Americans. It's odd for Australians too.
Her place was the only house in the township that still had an outside loo or long drop.
She was in her 90s, but the house was a lot older.
In Mexico the average working people will have small simple homes. The furnishings inside are neat and clean. But the streets outside are unpaved dirt roads. There are no sidewalks. I'm talking average homes in Mexicali or Tijuana. It's a bit of a culture shock. There are no street signs either. |
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 10, 2018 4:54:34 GMT
I don't know if I qualify to answer this thread because I have lived last 5 years of my life in UK and Australia (which are foreign countries for me) but I have not been in UK or Australia as a tourist or visitor. If I qualify to answer then Yes I have been to homes of people in Leicester, London and Melbourne quite a few times because I was invited for dinner.
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 5:21:09 GMT
It's odd for Australians too.
Her place was the only house in the township that still had an outside loo or long drop.
She was in her 90s, but the house was a lot older.
In Mexico the average working people will have small simple homes. The furnishings inside are neat and clean. But the streets outside are unpaved dirt roads. There are no sidewalks. I'm talking average homes in Mexicali or Tijuana. It's a bit of a culture shock. There are no street signs either. No surprise there.
I've seen numerous documentaries and several works of fiction over the years, set in Mexico.
A distillation of them all provides a fairly clear picture of what life in Mexico is like for the various strata within society.
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Post by gameboy on Aug 10, 2018 6:29:39 GMT
In Mexico the average working people will have small simple homes. The furnishings inside are neat and clean. But the streets outside are unpaved dirt roads. There are no sidewalks. I'm talking average homes in Mexicali or Tijuana. It's a bit of a culture shock. There are no street signs either. No surprise there.
I've seen numerous documentaries and several works of fiction over the years, set in Mexico.
A distillation of them all provides a fairly clear picture of what life in Mexico is like for the various strata within society.
I got drunk and lost once in Mexicali. I had a devil of a time finding my way back to my friend's house because there are absolutely no street signs! |
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Post by ant-mac on Aug 10, 2018 6:41:27 GMT
No surprise there.
I've seen numerous documentaries and several works of fiction over the years, set in Mexico.
A distillation of them all provides a fairly clear picture of what life in Mexico is like for the various strata within society.
I got drunk and lost once in Mexicali. I had a devil of a time finding my way back to my friend's house because there are absolutely no street signs! A friend of mine once got drunk in a nearby population centre. Even with street signs, he couldn't find his way back to his friend's house. He ended up breaking into the wrong house - just around the corner - and falling asleep on the couch.
When he went to court, he was just about laughed out of the room by everyone.
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Post by loofapotato on Aug 10, 2018 9:04:11 GMT
Yes in more than one country.
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