Currency exchange while traveling: why do some still carry wads of cash? (page 28 of 28)

But we must admit that Manondugard really does wake up VF, and that's not bad

How low must we have fallen, lost in the darkness, for the only sparks that wake up the forum to be mythomania, vulgarity, aggression, insults, arrogance, and (sheer) stupidity. Or just smoke and mirrors.

That the trailblazers (or the same ones in disguise) who dig such parallel grooves in discussions are more concerned with polishing their personas, we’ve got... [self-censored]... than with putting their heart into our shared work.

Hello, could you give us an example of my so-called mythomania, please? Did you know that in France and elsewhere in the world, many expressions don’t have the same meanings? Would you prefer a completely sterilized forum where good-natured laughter has no place, as long as it stays respectful toward other participants? Did you know that in Paris and many other regions of France, people mock the southern accent and the way we express ourselves? But as soon as those self-righteous folks have three days off, they rush straight to the very south they criticize. 😏 And when they buy their dream house in the sun at a premium, they drive prices up so much that locals can no longer afford to live there. 🤪 Can you give us an example of aggression on my part, without it being a response to an even more aggressive participant? Your darkness must be quite sad. Best regards!!!

Uh... no, no. First, if I happen to declaim sometimes, I never proclaim

You’ve given a lot of bad advice and shared false information, simply due to a lack of experience and knowledge. You only know round-trip flights from France, and mostly Paris. You have little experience with air travel and never take off your Parisian glasses. You think the world revolves around your own experience, which you treat as the norm. In my opinion, this really limits perspectives and harms the quality of advice. That you found it relevant to take part in little schemes aimed at excluding and banning dissent doesn’t reflect well on you.

I could go on about the slander against VF and its founder that you’ve complacently hosted for years on a personal blog, making your presence here now rather awkward, but that would put me in a rage that would make me very unpleasant—and that’s really not my style.

Michel

I could go on about the slander against VF and its founder that you hosted for years on a personal blog

To this day, I’ve only ever had one blog, which I stopped updating in 2012. And I never mentioned VF or its creator on it—you’re imagining things.

My knowledge of air travel (I assume that’s what you meant by "aérien," rather than your *style*) is admittedly limited—I only fly once or twice every three months—but I can confirm that I’ve always been asked for ID, whether in Europe or elsewhere. That’s just my experience, but it’s factual. Maybe it’s just bad luck, who knows…

To date, I’ve only had one blog, which I stopped updating in 2012. And I never mentioned VF or its creator—you’re imagining things.

This was on an open discussion page you might’ve forgotten to monitor—it’s possible, and I get that. The address was http://masterpo.blogspot.com/. Now, if it wasn’t you but an internet namesake, we’ll accept that. And if it’s identity theft, I apologize. That discussion, with over 2,000 comments, was tearing VF apart. (2,060 as of November 23, 2023, the day the Wayback Machine captured it.) You’ve already been asked elsewhere if it was your blog—you never answered. So put our minds at ease!

It’s just my experience, but it’s factual. Maybe it’s just bad luck, who knows...

Here’s the list of countries where I boarded without showing ID at the gate in the past year, because boarding just involves scanning the card—it’s completely automated and routine: Denmark, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Finland, Latvia, Austria, Poland, Netherlands, Hungary, Norway. It’s not luck you’re lacking—it’s experience. This applies in Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Estonia, and Lithuania too, as far as I know. Not in Italy, Spain, Romania, or Portugal (countries with a Roman-law tradition that prioritize individual freedoms less), nor in Greece.

Michel

It’s really enlightening to read that back in 2007 (almost 20 years ago), you were already playing the "holier-than-thou" card with other members who responded to you, including (quoting directly): "Your idea of dialogue is a bit like pissing on each other while claiming it’s raining: a paradise of do-gooders. I’d rather take the unpaved road to hell—at least it’s not boring there." No surprise, then, to learn from your travel journals or the discussions you’ve started that your world revolves around movies and books, and that you’re only happy when surrounded by yourself—preferably in a desert. Anyway, I’m eagerly waiting for your answers to my questions (assuming your intention wasn’t just to hurt me without offering any explanation or backing up your nasty comments). Best regards!!!

It was on an open discussion page that you might have forgotten to check, it's possible, I can understand that.

I know you're referring to that... mess that has nothing to do with me except for borrowing the name, but you'd have to be pretty... let's say... naive and unfamiliar with the internet to think that a site named masterpo, tatra, or any random username could only be opened by the person in question...

By the end, VF had become a cesspool thanks to (or because of) poor moderation. After it shut down, the cesspool first moved to another blog (whose name I won’t mention), before creating and infecting that said... mess, but with no moderation at all! It took months before it disappeared. For the record, I only posted two messages there, on the same day, under my username, long after it opened and long before it closed.

The question of whether it was your blog has already been asked elsewhere—you never answered. So put our minds at ease!

Those who think messages full of insults and spelling mistakes could have been written by me don’t need reassurance—just therapy...

It’s not luck you lack, it’s experience.

Probably. Since COVID, I’ve only flown to Portugal, Italy, and Japan, multiple times each, and every time, I’ve been asked for ID. (<- This is a point, period)