wanderlust307 Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 10 hours ago, PhileasFogg said: PPS is a theoretical measure that means nothing. It is not supported by any other measure of size - the us remains the largest importer in the world and accounts for about 15% of china’s exports. Our exports are half the size of China’s. China (and the world) need our consumption of foreign goods. If that’s the measure you choose, let’s agree to disagree. t Guys please, I don't want to say it but you make me: Why Americans find it so difficult to accept that US is no longer the leader of the world? (Unfortunately) The pendulum has moved to the East. And as a European (educated in Ivy League and worked for top US corporations) I don't like it, but that's the way it is. marylander1940, BonVivant, pubic_assistance and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie21 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 3 hours ago, wanderlust307 said: Guys please, I don't want to say it but you make me: Why Americans find it so difficult to accept that US is no longer the leader of the world? (Unfortunately) The pendulum has moved to the East. And as a European (educated in Ivy League and worked for top US corporations) I don't like it, but that's the way it is. What??? You mean us Brits 🇬🇧no longer rule the world? No one told us. wanderlust307, pubic_assistance, PhileasFogg and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonVivant Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Just to be helpful / adding fuel to the 🔥: the Deli says “an area to discuss providers”. It doesn’t say “US/Canada providers”. Maybe there should be subfolders for different geographies? wanderlust307 and marylander1940 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ DynamicUno Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 4 hours ago, Jamie21 said: What??? You mean us Brits 🇬🇧no longer rule the world? No one told us. You'll always have the British Museum... Memories liubit, + tassojunior and pubic_assistance 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterisk Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 5 hours ago, BonVivant said: Maybe there should be subfolders for different geographies? There already is. Those subfolders are probably poorly populated because this site's users are primarily US-based, and interested in opinions of hobbyists likely to have experience with nearby providers. This site's mission is not to be a comprehensive google listing of every provider or experience in the world. It caters to its users, and does not spend limited resources where there is low return (because of language, user base, legal reasons, whatever). (And just as RM is not the site to assess providers in Brazil or the UK or wherever, nor is this the site to review those providers. As @wanderlust307 probably meant to write, "This site is not the world." Correct, and nor does my local newspaper list bicycles for sale in Copenhagen, nor review those best beloved by Danes.) pubic_assistance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie21 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 3 hours ago, DynamicUno said: You'll always have the British Museum... Memories Yep, and the Crown Jewels, various islands here and there, the Commonwealth. English as the worlds language, time measured from Greenwich… pubic_assistance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Suraci Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Veruca Salt energy! + Vegas_Millennial, BonVivant, + poolboy48220 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2play Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 8 hours ago, Jamie21 said: What??? You mean us Brits 🇬🇧no longer rule the world? No one told us. Actually Eisenhower told the Brits during the Suez crisis in 1955. 😂 liubit, BonVivant, pubic_assistance and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2play Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 2 hours ago, Asterisk said: There already is. Those subfolders are probably poorly populated because this site's users are primarily US-based, and interested in opinions of hobbyists likely to have experience with nearby providers. This site's mission is not to be a comprehensive google listing of every provider or experience in the world. It caters to its users, and does not spend limited resources where there is low return (because of language, user base, legal reasons, whatever). (And just as RM is not the site to assess providers in Brazil or the UK or wherever, nor is this the site to review those providers. As @wanderlust307 probably meant to write, "This site is not the world." Correct, and nor does my local newspaper list bicycles for sale in Copenhagen, nor review those best beloved by Danes.) I would take exception to the reference to the UK and RM. While I know Sleepyboy and Hunqz are used more by locals, I like the selection available for London in RM. I just wish I could get over there to sample it. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie21 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 53 minutes ago, Luv2play said: Actually Eisenhower told the Brits during the Suez crisis in 1955. 😂 Weren’t listening..! pubic_assistance, Luv2play and liubit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 5 hours ago, Jamie21 said: Weren’t listening..! Would it be churlish to agree? I won't quote FU again. Luv2play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) On 8/24/2024 at 1:50 PM, Luv2play said: I would take exception to the reference to the UK and RM. While I know Sleepyboy and Hunqz are used more by locals, I like the selection available for London in RM. I just wish I could get over there to sample it. 😞 RentMen is taking over in EU very fast because Hunqz has so many free ads that stay forever and rarely respond while if someone is paying $100 for RentMent ads they are usually going to answer. A couple years ago Prague had 3 or 4 RM ads. Now it has some 24 and often 3 pages or more in peak tourist season. Also all the guys travel more everywhere now so it's hard to pin one as a certain continent much less country. Edited August 25 by tassojunior Luv2play and pubic_assistance 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asterisk Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 8/24/2024 at 1:50 PM, Luv2play said: While I know Sleepyboy and Hunqz are used more by locals, I like the selection available for London in RM. Fair enough. And, should you make it over, I doubt you would limit yourself to RM's selection, and rather take a look in Sleepyboy and Hunqz, too. A bit of local knowledge, and interest in the local scene, is perhaps more useful than @wanderlust307's call for global CoM uniformity. MikeBiDude and Marc in Calif 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc in Calif Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 On 8/23/2024 at 6:21 PM, mike carey said: To repurpose my favourite quotation from the original House of Cards, 'You may well say that, I couldn't possibly comment.' By far the version of House of Cards that was not only first but also more concise, taught, and terrifying. It had to be slowed down for Americans in the Spacey version. 😆 mike carey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderlust307 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 7 hours ago, Marc in Calif said: By far the version of House of Cards that was not only first but also more concise, taught, and terrifying. It had to be slowed down for Americans in the Spacey version. 😆 Thank you for reminding me of it. It was brilliant. Marc in Calif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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