From: d4g4h4 on
Andy Pandy <spam8times(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> message news:1jiwc89.bizrkippijcwN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> > Andy Pandy <spam8times(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> "aquachimp" <aquachimp(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:ba3aa7bd-3e9c-4c1a-87aa-ec18110bfeb5(a)q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Oddly enough, there's not much mention about this kind of thing
> >> > here.
> >> > Or does it go by another name.
> >>
> >> I suspect it's never mentioned here because most people who post
> >> here
> >> are independant travellers who don't go on "beach" holidays or to
> >> typical package holiday destinations where these scum operate.
> >
> > Never bumped into them myself, certainly. Maybe I just look as if
> > I'm
> > skint? :)
>
> They're looking for "couples", and although you may travel as a couple
> I guess you might not be obviously identifiable as such ;-)

Unless we're getting stopped by the Rome police for committing the crime
of being an interracial couple. :)

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
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From: aquachimp on
On May 23, 11:37 am, d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
> > "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> > messagenews:1jiwc89.bizrkippijcwN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> > > Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > >> "aquachimp" <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > >>news:ba3aa7bd-3e9c-4c1a-87aa-ec18110bfeb5(a)q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> > >> > Oddly enough, there's not much mention about this kind of thing
> > >> > here.
> > >> > Or does it go by another name.
>
> > >> I suspect it's never mentioned here because most people who post
> > >> here
> > >> are independant travellers who don't go on "beach" holidays or to
> > >> typical package holiday destinations where these scum operate.
>
> > > Never bumped into them myself, certainly. Maybe I just look as if
> > > I'm
> > > skint? :)
>
> > They're looking for "couples", and although you may travel as a couple
> > I guess you might not be obviously identifiable as such ;-)
>
> Unless we're getting stopped by the Rome police for committing the crime
> of being an interracial couple. :)
>
>

How curious; I say that because at one point during our little
holiday, on account of what we found to be rather odd reactions to the
fact that we are an international couple, I mentioned to my wife that
we should consider ourselves lucky we are both at least of the same
colour.

One of the funniest was just outside a jewellers. The lady stepped
out to entice us in. She spoke to us in French; My wife and I replied
in French just as i was saying something to her in English.
The Jeweller's reation.
"French and English, together.. how can it be?"
From: aquachimp on
On May 23, 12:00 pm, aquachimp <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
> On May 23, 11:37 am, d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>
>
>
> (*)) wrote:
> > Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
> > > "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> > > messagenews:1jiwc89.bizrkippijcwN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> > > > Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > > >> "aquachimp" <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > >>news:ba3aa7bd-3e9c-4c1a-87aa-ec18110bfeb5(a)q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> > > >> > Oddly enough, there's not much mention about this kind of thing
> > > >> > here.
> > > >> > Or does it go by another name.
>
> > > >> I suspect it's never mentioned here because most people who post
> > > >> here
> > > >> are independant travellers who don't go on "beach" holidays or to
> > > >> typical package holiday destinations where these scum operate.
>
> > > > Never bumped into them myself, certainly. Maybe I just look as if
> > > > I'm
> > > > skint? :)
>
> > > They're looking for "couples", and although you may travel as a couple
> > > I guess you might not be obviously identifiable as such ;-)
>
> > Unless we're getting stopped by the Rome police for committing the crime
> > of being an interracial couple. :)
>
> How curious; I say that because at one point during our little
> holiday, on account of what we found to be rather odd reactions to the
> fact that we are an international couple, I mentioned to my wife that
> we should consider ourselves lucky we are both at least of the same
> colour.
>
> One of the funniest was just outside a  jewellers. The lady stepped
> out to entice us in. She spoke to us in French; My wife and I replied
> in French just as i was saying something to her in English.
> The Jeweller's reation.
> "French and English, together.. how can it be?"

er correction, my wife replied in French just as I had been saying
something in English.
From: Martin on
On 23/05/10 12:00, aquachimp wrote:
> On May 23, 11:37 am, d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
>> Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
>>> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
>>> messagenews:1jiwc89.bizrkippijcwN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk...
>>>> Andy Pandy <spam8ti...(a)wonderful.spam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>>> "aquachimp" <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ba3aa7bd-3e9c-4c1a-87aa-ec18110bfeb5(a)q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> Oddly enough, there's not much mention about this kind of thing
>>>>>> here.
>>>>>> Or does it go by another name.
>>
>>>>> I suspect it's never mentioned here because most people who post
>>>>> here
>>>>> are independant travellers who don't go on "beach" holidays or to
>>>>> typical package holiday destinations where these scum operate.
>>
>>>> Never bumped into them myself, certainly. Maybe I just look as if
>>>> I'm
>>>> skint? :)
>>
>>> They're looking for "couples", and although you may travel as a couple
>>> I guess you might not be obviously identifiable as such ;-)
>>
>> Unless we're getting stopped by the Rome police for committing the crime
>> of being an interracial couple. :)
>>
>>
>
> How curious; I say that because at one point during our little
> holiday, on account of what we found to be rather odd reactions to the
> fact that we are an international couple, I mentioned to my wife that
> we should consider ourselves lucky we are both at least of the same
> colour.
>
> One of the funniest was just outside a jewellers. The lady stepped
> out to entice us in. She spoke to us in French; My wife and I replied
> in French just as i was saying something to her in English.
> The Jeweller's reation.
> "French and English, together.. how can it be?"

We haven't been to Crete since 1984, but at the time I found it
substantially more expensive than anywhere we had been in Greece,
including Athens and the people very commercial minded. My wife is a
multilingual Francophone Belgian, but nobody ever commented on this in
Greece.
From: BP killed my turtle on
On May 23, 10:31 am, aquachimp <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
> On May 23, 8:19 am, BP killed my turtle <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:> On May 22, 9:13 pm, aquachimp <aquach...(a)aquachimp.freeserve.co..uk>
> > wrote:
>
> snippy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > > > > Cautiously succinctly expressed. But easier said than done.
>
> > > > > Put it this way,  I popped along here into Usenet Street  and in
> > > > > posting this thread I have in effect approached everybody. What's
> > > > > more, though not Greek, I did so bearing the Gifts of information and
> > > > > opportunity/excuse to converse.
>
> > > > > Not everyone has avoided me.
>
> > > > > A holiday, such as what I've just had, is a feast of freedom and
> > > > > borrowing the phrase "we are what we eat" feasting of freedom lends us
> > > > > to living more freely and, I suspect, even free from a conscious sense
> > > > > of freedom. So when approached, as we were, the under current sense of
> > > > > freedom expressed itself  thus, like someone whispering in your ear
> > > > > saying... ooh go on, listen, check it out, you'll be doing him a
> > > > > favour, you're free to walk away any time you want.
>
> > > > > Trouble is, the same undercurrent, which is the real Trojan Horse at
> > > > > work here expresses itself in the same way as each greater step of
> > > > > risk is encountered. And that's why I think (though making it up as I
> > > > > go along) is why some people get duped, other than those who are
> > > > > tortured into it through tedium, hunger, thirst or as one couple I've
> > > > > since read about, the woman was diabetic, became ill as a consequence
> > > > > of all the missed meal delays, but the scammers still wouldn't let
> > > > > them go until the husband signed on the dotted line.
>
> > > > going on holiday is no excuse for unplugging your brain....
>
> > > I'm not sure what you're saying with that generalisation.
>
> > > If you're in Greece and get approached by someone speaking Dutch,
> > > asking if perhaps you are Dutch, but you're not and don't speak a word
> > > of it and subsequently haven't understood a word... the fact that you
> > > simply continue on your way with hardly a shrug does not amount to
> > > evidence  that you've kept your brain plugged in.
>
> > > Equally, if,say you're English and get approached my someone with a
> > > British accent enquiring if you're English, running away like your
> > > scared of your own shadow doesn't mean your brain is plugged in any
> > > more than taking a moment to engage in line with all the traditions of
> > > your upbringing means you've unplugged your brain.
>
> > would you have done this in your own country ?
>
> Hmm, I'm unsure what you mean by my "own country"
>

you dont know where you live ?!