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Yes, yes, back in the day it was all wonderful, you could ride round the world on a week's wages, and border officials everywhere would welcome you in with a crisp salute as soon as you waved your British passport.
Not that anyone spoke of the Good Old Days which never existed but since it interests you, I'm sure you're one of those who slept in a shoebox , worked 24 hours a day for 50 pence and tipped your cap to the boss. Never did you any harm, did it?

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Not that anyone spoke of the Good Old Days which never existed but since it interests you, I'm sure you're one of those who slept in a shoebox , worked 24 hours a day for 50 pence and tipped your cap to the boss. Never did you any harm, did it?

The UK passport has been already referred to as a bummer in Iran. Get up to speed!
You were the one going on about how much worse things will be 'tomorrow' than 'yesterday'. I'm 30, I'm not sure I was alive in the 'Good Old Days', whenever they were.

So I can't go to Iran right now, and parts of North Africa/Middle East might be ill-advised. Ok, I'll solve that by *going somewhere else*. By the time I've got bored of all the possible 'somewhere elses', I'll either be dead or the political situation will have changed.
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I hate to be the one to point out that the UK's weakly motorcycle paper MCN has articles this week on diesel bikes and someone on a 50cc trail bike traversing South America and tomorrow the world. I've not tried MCN as loo paper but it would be OK for fire starting. I admit to referring to it as Motorcycle Nonsense, but still find myself checking it out at news stands. No excuse for such double standards. The diesels' economies are epic but they are lethargic slugs. Lindsay.
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. The diesels' economies are epic but they are lethargic slugs. Lindsay.
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Yes, yes, back in the day it was all wonderful, you could ride round the world on a week's wages, and border officials everywhere would welcome you in with a crisp salute as soon as you waved your British passport.
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Not that anyone spoke of the Good Old Days which never existed but since it interests you, I'm sure you're one of those who slept in a shoebox , worked 24 hours a day for 50 pence and tipped your cap to the boss. Never did you any harm, did it?

The UK passport has been already referred to as a bummer in Iran. Get up to speed!
We are not here to start or continue arguments.

Dash, the 2nd part of your post was very balanced and reasonable, much nicer to keep the whole tone like that.
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So I can't go to Iran right now, and parts of North Africa/Middle East might be ill-advised. Ok, I'll solve that by *going somewhere else*.
Thanks Dash

That's one of the points I made, which I think may be an increasing option. So we agree

You'll also agree it's all about adapting to circumstance - financial, political etc. There may difficult economic times ahead, but you don't have to agree with that possibility of course. Yet there are so-called Tent Cities in the US, disabled people are having their incomes slashed in the UK, in Greece and Spain there are protests and some suicides over the economy and so on. Fuel will never drop significantly, but will continue to rise. Food for thought?

For the moment, while I can, I'll be off to the Stella Alpina.
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Hi Palace, I think slugs are hermaphrodite so can, so to speak, do it for themselves, or do they use 69? I am no expert. What can I say when I'm confused enough to be male and use an obviously female username? I hope to god its not a freudian slip. Lindsay.
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Fuel is expensive in Europe. Other stuff is (inflation adjusted) cheaper than it's ever been
Most Eurozone countries have evened out making hotels and food in the previously cheap countries much more expensive.
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