I went to Germany when I was 10, traveled every year to Texas on vacation when I was a kid, went to California and Florida for their respective Disney theme parks, and went on a United States tour with my band when I was 21 (39 or so states).

Also went to France for the 2015 CDM, Canada for my girlfriend's brother's wedding, Canada again when I went to Niagara Falls, Canada again for a baby dedication (Baptist rite of passage of sorts), and England to visit Clark in 2007.

It's extremely rewarding visiting places that you don't see often at all.  

Joe Reinreb wrote on 05/09/19 at 12:14:29:

Since this topic has turned into "which countries/states have you visited", in Europe I've been to Portugal, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, England and Scotland. I won't count Denmark and Norway because there were only flight stops when I came to New York City.

In the US, I've been to NYC through New Jersey, wandered around the Seattle-Tacoma area (Washington) and the Atlanta airport (Georgia), and of course, visited / went through Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kansas recently.

I mentioned earlier that I needed to go back to Taco Bell...

Harvey Kartel wrote on 05/08/19 at 15:35:37:


Guess what, I went today.  

I got the XXL Grilled Stuft with five tacos. I must have underestimated my appetite, because I really could have had at least two more of those tacos (I barely feel "full" at all). Legos stuffed inside folded cardboard never tasted so good. Live Más, everybody! 

I guess Mexican food just never caught on with the British?

Yeah Nick, I did try Taco Bell. Albeit ive only been there that once, but if what I had was anything to go by I wont ever be going back lol. I ordered a 'Mexican Pizza' which in my head meant 'pizza with mexican toppings'. How wrong I was. It was two slightly damp tortillas with some rabbit food sandwiched in the middle, and one teaspoon full of grey looking mince meat thrown on top, with some orange cheese sprinkled on for good measure apparently. The fries wernt too bad though.

Even before the road trip, I had a general dislike (read hatred) of pickup trucks (and their retard cousins tippers). I cycle to work most days, and any motherfucker who drives one seems to make it their mission to get as close as humanly possible to me. They all drive like wankers anyway, and its borderline scary having to share the road with them when on a bike. Im convinced they are actively trying to kill me. So to see so fucking many of them in the USA was disheartening to say the least (they arnt nearly as common as pickups over there, its mainly pikeys and builders who have them here). If its at all possible, they drive them worse than they do here.

So no, im not a fan!

Speaking of pizza I got one from Little Caesar's earlier today. Six hours later, I'm still burping it up, and I even got up in the middle of my MC1 PR session to take two Tums.

I'm honored to be accepted into this group! Truth be told, from the beginning I kinda thought you saw me and Koltz (especially Koltz) as "honorary Kartel members" because we're the most geographically close (and active) Karters to Monroe, plus we all got together on that magical day of April 28, 2019. Great to know that both of us Mississippians are full members now. I've got to get some more PRs now and do this group proud! And most of all, I've got to MAKE IT TO MONROE IN 2020!!!

...On a completely unrelated note, if Zarkov and Antistar ever think western Texas is vast and empty, they're welcome to ask Mr. Sumner over there just how much there is to see between Perth and Adelaide.  
(not to mention how far it is between those two cities)

The good part starts about 1 hour and 15 minutes in. You're welcome.

Karel: I think you need to work a little more on that Southern accent. I can believe Leyla (or any other native English speaker) being able to do it since they probably hear it fairly often in American movies and TV. And hey, Cary Elwes did a pretty convincing Oklahoma twang in Twister, don't you think?

I recognize Matt's and Kyle's voices in this video, who else is speaking in it? (besides you)
At the end it's definitely Joe and Chris Clark talking about the bomb cyclone and the grueling road trip (I didn't realize they only got about 3 hours of sleep the night before the ASC started!)

One of you (probably not a native English speaker) is pronouncing the word "championship" in such a way that it almost sounds (to me) like "chimpanzee".  

I didn't realize Sargoth and Antistar spoke English so fluently. If that was them speaking, I'm surprised that I actually understood most of what they said. I've always heard that the French weren't the best English speakers, but maybe this is a Myth (or Myth+, if you prefer) that Antistar is out to dispel.  
Norwegians seem to be pretty fluent, though, at least the ones I've heard being interviewed during the Winter Olympics (who almost sound American at times!)

I don't remember hearing Eric in this video but truth be told, I only watched the last 30 minutes or so. Obviously he would do the best rural Louisiana accent since he actually lives not in Monroe itself but in a rural area of a neighboring parish. Grayson has a population of about... 500? (If you've seen his Twitter page, it's pretty obvious that he's not in the middle of any city)
He didn't talk like a hick or anything when he came to visit me, but I'm sure he has plenty of neighbors and/or relatives who really might sound like that.

Haha thanks for the praise. Actually, my Dutch accent is quite present (easy to recognize, especially for Dutchies), which especially comes out when I say words like boost (booschtd) and shrine (sccchrrine). Moll even said my accent is stronger than Aron's, but this I respectfully disagree with.  

I do agree some accents are nicer to listen to than even some of the native ones. My personal favourite is Swedish English or Swenglish. It has a singing quality to it, it sounds like they're always happy. Yump, yump!!  

I also like the Chicago one that Joe has after enough beers.  

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It's not nearly as strong now as it was when I was younger, but I find it hilarious to hear myself slip back into speaking with that midwestern accent after I've had a few, haha.