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chasfm11 wrote: Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:57 amA couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to work in multiple European countries. I had a couple of American colleagues with me and I was surprised/appalled at how ignorant they were - on a couple of levels - regarding the laws, rules and norms of countries besides the United States. I called it the "Ugly American Syndrome" after the book title in the 60s From such small things as the date format through the metric system measurements, the Americans were annoyed that italy or France did not do things the way they were used to.

I based my statement on my experiences in Germany in 1980-82. I was amazed at how many of my fellow soldiers did not understand the simple courtesy of recognizing the cultural differences between the US and Germany. A simple example, that always stunned me, was how many insisted on using dollars instead of marks when off base. yes, the stores would generally accept them, but at very bad exchange rates when compares to the bank.

Many of our soldiers also thought there was nothing wrong with making a weekend run to Amsterdam to buy drugs and bring some back with them. Some of them found out the hard way that Germany did not tolerate drugs nearly as much as the US did.

One of my favorite examples of how the Ugly American syndrome played out was with a hobby shop in Wittlich. I learned to fly RC airplanes while over there. As a general rule, we ordered most of our supplies from American companies (saved on taxes and shipping was cheap to an APO). I also went to several of the local hobby shops for more immediate supply needs. This one store I went to, I had usually dealt with the son of the owners, He was about my age, very friendly and spoke English. I had seen his mother in the store before but I saw her refuse to speak English to some customers. One day I needed a starter battery for my plane and she was the only one there. I used my very poor German to greet her and ask for the battery. She got it and asked, in perfect English, if this was what I had meant. Turns out, she just wanted the courtesy of us recognizing this was her country and not ours.

https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/michae ... ut-russia/

Shelia Jackson Lee demands Putin release the wnba player.

Putin been warned.

philip964 wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:29 pm https://www.click2houston.com/sports/20 ... g-charges/

First US pow a wnba player from Houston.

Arrested for drugs in February. Vape
pen with maybe cannibus oil, I’m no expert on this stuff.

WNBA players call on league to stop playing national anthem before games

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wnba-pla ... fore-games

Obviously a pow Xiden can get behind, paying lots of money and/or giving up 10 Russian spies to get released.

Perhaps I’m too naive, but I can see a lot of possible excuses for this happening. Griner plays in Arizona where it’s legal to have CBD oil. I can see for sure that something like that might be used against an American star. Of course, it’s also possible that she has a vape pen that she was using to smoke marijuana. I’m just not going to immediately assume that she is ‘the Ugly American’.

srothstein wrote: Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:07 pmTurns out, she just wanted the courtesy of us recognizing this was her country and not ours.

Akin to foreigners coming here expecting to be coddled and have services provided in their native language.

KC5AV wrote: Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:45 pm

philip964 wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:29 pm https://www.click2houston.com/sports/20 ... g-charges/

First US pow a wnba player from Houston.

Arrested for drugs in February. Vape
pen with maybe cannibus oil, I’m no expert on this stuff.

WNBA players call on league to stop playing national anthem before games

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wnba-pla ... fore-games

Obviously a pow Xiden can get behind, paying lots of money and/or giving up 10 Russian spies to get released.

Perhaps I’m too naive, but I can see a lot of possible excuses for this happening. Griner plays in Arizona where it’s legal to have CBD oil. I can see for sure that something like that might be used against an American star. Of course, it’s also possible that she has a vape pen that she was using to smoke marijuana. I’m just not going to immediately assume that she is ‘the Ugly American’.

Supposedly it was hashish oil not CBD.
https://justwomenssports.com/brittney-g ... shish-oil/

So my friend who escaped Moscow last week, said that there were advised before they went to buy their vape pens in Russia and not to bring any.

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-holds-rall ... 58609.html

Putin holds a war rally in a stadium in Moscow to drum up support for the war.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/business ... index.html

President of Russian oil company died after falling from hospital window.

Seems there have been a number of tragic accidental deaths in Russia recently.