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Agoraphobia? *is confused* Joel Send a noteboard - 02/07/2012 02:17:35 PM
For someone who hates airplanes, you sure picked the wrong service branch; only one of them can get you to Europe without a plane, and it ain't the Air Farce. :P But, yeah, I have wanted to see Germany for quite a while, Bavaria in particular, and there was small chance of skipping Neushcwanstein even before showing it to the wife just now (however, she has informed me I am buying it for her.... (8)


Well the moment he told me he proposed over there I immediately said 'Paris, Rome, Venice or Fairy Castle?' and he replied 'Fairy Castle, dude I hate Paris more than you do' - incidentally I happen to like Northern France it's just Paris id dirty and smelly, so is Venice. Rome is great. Anyway its not that I hate flying... though I do hate helicopters, I just hate being in cramped quarters with people I don't know and unable to smoke. I have a touch of Agoraphobia rather than Acrophobia. I used to work for the air force as a civilian, planes themselves only bug me a bit more than a bus, smallcraft don't... trains don't, which breaks the crowd pattern [shrugs].

Sounds more like claustrophobia, unless you mean "agora" in the same way ancient Greeks used it. I definitely sympathize you on extended periods in cramped non-smoking quarters though; I REALLY hate transatlantic flights because of that. The only practical response is sleeping to the extent possible. Sadly, despite having often slept on a tiny study lounge sofa with my legs hanging over one hard wooden arm rest and the other behind my neck as a "pillow," sleeping on planes remains a challenge for me. If crowds, cramped quarters and inability to smoke is a problem though, there probably is no service branch that really fits you. :(

I'd forgotten about BG's fondness for Germany, hate to say it but I tend to forget anything people don't tell me directly beyond stuff like nationality, area of study/hobby, and ideological tendency.

No worries, at least from me; commenting on how forgettable women are where visible to them can be dangerous.... (8
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Hands up if you logged in today to see all the colored folders full of new replies and said... TaskmasterJack - 29/06/2012 02:41:06 PM 1209 Views
*Thumbs up smiley* *NM* snoopcester - 29/06/2012 02:49:24 PM 346 Views
I wouldn't say it went quite that far. nossy - 29/06/2012 03:52:02 PM 815 Views
Fair enough. Joel - 30/06/2012 02:08:46 PM 801 Views
well, not really nossy - 30/06/2012 02:56:42 PM 807 Views
No worries; I usually have a pretty thick skin, and you were not too harsh. Joel - 30/06/2012 03:56:45 PM 1064 Views
LOL *NM* ironclad - 29/06/2012 04:59:59 PM 440 Views
My email forewarned me Isaac - 29/06/2012 05:57:45 PM 886 Views
Hey, are you single? ßelals Girl - 29/06/2012 07:55:49 PM 919 Views
Yeah, I've got a +10 in 'dodge matchmaker' Isaac - 29/06/2012 08:50:45 PM 825 Views
Dunno about that, but he has spent time in Germany.... Joel - 30/06/2012 01:50:10 PM 841 Views
lol *NM* TaskmasterJack - 30/06/2012 01:53:18 PM 389 Views
You are an evil, evil man *NM* Stephen - 30/06/2012 06:01:54 PM 426 Views
Stationed there for a little over three years... I get the impression I'm missing something here? Isaac - 01/07/2012 05:50:44 PM 814 Views
Evidently, yes. Joel - 01/07/2012 07:10:01 PM 846 Views
Re: Evidently, yes. Isaac - 02/07/2012 09:40:58 AM 847 Views
Agoraphobia? *is confused* Joel - 02/07/2012 02:17:35 PM 976 Views
Paris is dirty, but Rome is great? We must have visited different cities. Ghavrel - 03/07/2012 03:35:08 AM 758 Views
I would be lying if I said otherwise.... *NM* Stephen - 29/06/2012 06:21:31 PM 438 Views
Ha! Sadly, there's a lot of truth to it. *NM* Tom - 29/06/2012 07:17:38 PM 326 Views
*raises hand* Larry - 29/06/2012 07:24:55 PM 818 Views
Sort of... ßelals Girl - 29/06/2012 07:49:25 PM 831 Views
It could be worse Roland00 - 30/06/2012 03:06:01 AM 753 Views
Or you could... Larry - 30/06/2012 05:28:29 AM 929 Views
aww...poor Joel *NM* Di-new - 30/06/2012 06:04:00 AM 425 Views
eeee he he he eh ehe he he he he LadyLorraine - 30/06/2012 01:20:16 PM 1059 Views
You should talk; after me and Camilla, you have the most posts on RAFO. Joel - 30/06/2012 01:59:57 PM 922 Views
Understood; my average is almost 3 posts PER DAY in the past year. Joel - 30/06/2012 01:45:29 PM 761 Views
You touch on some good points. TaskmasterJack - 30/06/2012 01:58:58 PM 925 Views
I admit I necroed Isaac too much (sorry, man.) Joel - 30/06/2012 02:07:52 PM 808 Views
Re: I admit I necroed Isaac too much (sorry, man.) TaskmasterJack - 30/06/2012 02:26:37 PM 785 Views
I suppose that is a fair point. Joel - 30/06/2012 04:02:38 PM 1153 Views
"The playground of our collective imagination." Kuke - 30/06/2012 07:34:19 PM 783 Views
that kitty has the same hertochromia (sp?) as me Yunalesca - 01/07/2012 01:26:41 AM 859 Views
you have turquoise in your sclera? LadyLorraine - 02/07/2012 10:55:39 AM 1021 Views
i actually think that from time to time, yeah *NM* temeraire - 01/07/2012 04:39:18 PM 478 Views
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