The New Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Endless_Night]

I got laughed at for my Russian. When I bought us tickets to get to the city from the airport, a bus full of people laughed at me when I spoke Russian. I kid you not. It was bizarre. I even went through the little conversation in my head afterwards and couldn't figure out why they laughed. Oh well. When I tried to buy us tickets for the public transport for 5 days, the lady in the booth got into an argument with another worker about whether or not I speak Russian. We didn't get the tickets, because "tourists don't need those, they always have transportation arranged by the agency". Weeeell, we didn't use an agency.

Loving the Belarus tales, Seela!

This part reminds me of a time when a girlfriend and I were traveling through the Republic of Czech. What was meant to be a day trip en route to France turned into a 48 hour stay. The change in plans was due to a lack of available english speaking employees in the Eurorail station. French and Spanish speakers were lacking as well. We were quite relieved when a employee arrived who could direct us to the proper train!

My friend then lost her passport during an altercation in the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris. She was always a bit of a problem when she drank....

Good times, good times.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Loving the Belarus tales, Seela!

This part reminds me of a time when a girlfriend and I were traveling through the Republic of Czech. What was meant to be a day trip en route to France turned into a 48 hour stay. The change in plans was due to a lack of available english speaking employees in the Eurorail station. French and Spanish speakers were lacking as well. We were quite relieved when a employee arrived who could direct us to the proper train!

My friend then lost her passport during an altercation in the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris. She was always a bit of a problem when she drank....

Good times, good times.

"Friend".
Yep

The squatting toilets are in places in Spain as well. There they are called Moorish toilets.

 

[seela]

How do the ticket prices compare with average salary prices I wonder? Do you know Seela?

The squatting type loo you sometimes still find even in cities like Milan and in places in France.

Squatting is meant to be healthier. Its tough for the physically challenged, especially in countries where no choice and not many public facilities exist.

While if you squat daily you might be less likely to acquire lifestyle difficulty if your difficulty is disability or health its a. Tough one.


The posters are incredibly interesting. It makes me ponder what we are exposed to that becomes normal to us. I have noticed some things when I have moved to new countries, which I have done a lot, but they become some what part of the furniture quite quickly...one knows they are there but...they become accepted, They are usually far more subtle though,

For the Belarusians those tickets would have been very expensive. We bought them when almost all were already sold out and only the expensive ones were left. Those were the cheapest of the expensive ones, but even the most expensive tickets would have been only around 45-50 euros each.

I freshened up my Belarus knowledge before going there and I think the average wage was only about 300 euros (and a large part of the country's financial problems right now were caused in 2010 when Mr. Lukashenka raised the minimum wage by 50 euros, so now the wages are actually even lower than what they used to be, the currency has been plummeting ever since). In Minsk the average wage is obviously more than in other parts of the country, but even with keeping that in mind, I thought the prices in supermarkets and restaurants were pretty high. It's no wonder most of the tables were empty in cafes and restaurants.

There are very cheap tickets to ballet as well. I think the cheapest ones were only around 3 euros a piece, so that's within the reach of "normal" Belarusians too. And I was really happy to see all kinds of people going to the ballet. Old and young, really well dressed and more casually dressed, clearly from all walks of life. You don't see that here so much.

We saw pretty much no people with disabilities in Minsk. We saw one wheel chair when we were walking to the bus station to get back to the airport the our last day there and we saw old people with walking sticks, but that's it. Minsk is a very unfriendly place for anybody with problems walking. During our stay we saw an escalator in three places: on two metro stations and in one shopping center. Everywhere else it was stairs, stairs, stairs. The city is built for cars (and tanks, hence the wide streets...) and pedestrians are often ushered to underpasses if they want to cross the street and that means stairs down and up, definitely no escalators in those underpasses.

Loving the Belarus tales, Seela!

This part reminds me of a time when a girlfriend and I were traveling through the Republic of Czech. What was meant to be a day trip en route to France turned into a 48 hour stay. The change in plans was due to a lack of available english speaking employees in the Eurorail station. French and Spanish speakers were lacking as well. We were quite relieved when a employee arrived who could direct us to the proper train!

My friend then lost her passport during an altercation in the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris. She was always a bit of a problem when she drank....

Good times, good times.

Ah, I've been slightly stuck on train station in the Czech Republic as a teen, too. I needed to change trains, but I didn't understand the signs and nobody spoke English or German. I solved the situation by hopping on a train and hoping for the best. It wasn't the train I was aiming at, but it was a good train nevertheless, took me to some wonderful places.

 

[Endless_Night]

More news on the iPhone front. Apparently it is possible to send more than just a one sentence text message using Siri. One must simply verbally add the punctuation after each sentence. This acts as a marker, indicating you intend to continue.

No doubt evident to the majority of you, but to me it was a revelation. A REVELATION!!!

So nice to know it wasn't my drawly southern accent that was the problem.

 

[midwestyankee]

More news on the iPhone front. Apparently it is possible to send more than just a one sentence text message using Siri. One must simply verbally add the punctuation after each sentence. This acts as a marker, indicating you intend to continue.

No doubt evident to the majority of you, but to me it was a revelation. A REVELATION!!!

So nice to know it wasn't my drawly southern accent that was the problem.

Did you know that the iPhone will also make, ahem, telephone calls? It's really quite an ingenious little device.

I have heard that Siri has a prejudice against some accents, though.

 

[Endless_Night]

Did you know that the iPhone will also make, ahem, telephone calls? It's really quite an ingenious little device.

I have heard that Siri has a prejudice against some accents, though.

And will check emails too, apparently.

As to Siri's prejudice against accents, I have no information.... Though I will say some of his word choices are rather questionable.

 

[midwestyankee]

And will check emails too, apparently.

As to Siri's prejudice against accents, I have no information.... Though I will say some of his word choices are rather questionable.

When did Siri change gender? Or is that variable by user choice these days?

 

[Endless_Night]

When did Siri change gender? Or is that variable by user choice these days?

Oh, it's a choice, Mr. Carefree Spirit Dom.

 

[midwestyankee]

Oh, it's a choice, Mr. Carefree Spirit Dom.

I could get into that, though I prefer the straightforward utility of my robot phone.

 

[Etoile]

Ok, now you're just being cruel to the rest of us

The weekend turned into HOLY FUCKTONS OF DRAMA that I am only now clawing my way back to mental stability from.

That said, I got so laid in ways and with people that I wholly did not expect. *blinks*

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[midwestyankee]

Who Remembers the Beloved troll?

In a random moment of conversation today, I was trying to describe a troll who appeared here off and on for a couple of years several years ago. I'm pretty sure that his screen name included the word beloved. Does anyone remember the name precisely? I'd like to go back and capture one or more of his screeds simply for the entertainment value.

Note: I did a member search on names that included "beloved" but I didn't see any that struck a bell. This makes me wonder if I'm remembering the screen name incorrectly or, if possibly the whole account was purged.

 

[wicked woman]

In a random moment of conversation today, I was trying to describe a troll who appeared here off and on for a couple of years several years ago. I'm pretty sure that his screen name included the word beloved. Does anyone remember the name precisely? I'd like to go back and capture one or more of his screeds simply for the entertainment value.

Note: I did a member search on names that included "beloved" but I didn't see any that struck a bell. This makes me wonder if I'm remembering the screen name incorrectly or, if possibly the whole account was purged.

Yank I just checked my ignore list and it was Bloved...no e.

 

[midwestyankee]

Yank I just checked my ignore list and it was Bloved...no e.

D'oh! I could have done the same. Thanks. I hope your Spring eventually arrives up there.

For anyone who's now curious: here's a link to one of his later screed-based threads: What does a dom risk?

 

[CutieMouse]

Dude. Seriously? You LINKED one of ~smile~'s old rants? What are you, a sadist or something?

 

[midwestyankee]

Dude. Seriously? You LINKED one of ~smile~'s old rants? What are you, a sadist or something?

How nice of you to drop by with a random compliment.

 

[CutieMouse]

I clicked the link... And wandering past all ~smile~'s insanity, found a link to a thread I started in 2009 on warning signs of a batshit insane submissive.

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

 

[midwestyankee]

I clicked the link... And wandering past all ~smile~'s insanity, found a link to a thread I started in 2009 on warning signs of a batshit insane submissive.

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

Link, please. I couldn't spot it in the ~thread.

 

[CutieMouse]

Link, please. I couldn't spot it in the ~thread.

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=687537&highlight=insane+submissive

It was only funny for the first page or two, then ~smile~ went and got petulant and ruined things, but there were some great posts.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

The weekend turned into HOLY FUCKTONS OF DRAMA that I am only now clawing my way back to mental stability from.

That said, I got so laid in ways and with people that I wholly did not expect. *blinks*

Well, obviously it was my "Go fuck somebody" comment that aligned the stars correctly for you. Next time, just don't include yourself in the "somebody" part, and it should be fine
Your welcome! Next time I'll charge you, though, fair warning

 

[Etoile]

Well, obviously it was my "Go fuck somebody" comment that aligned the stars correctly for you. Next time, just don't include yourself in the "somebody" part, and it should be fine
Your welcome! Next time I'll charge you, though, fair warning

Well said!

But I also have a date tomorrow, so, yay

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Well said!

But I also have a date tomorrow, so, yay

In that case...
Here's to all fucking and no drama!
That'll be $5, please

 

[Etoile]

In that case...
Here's to all fucking and no drama!
That'll be $5, please

Reasonably sure there will be no drama. Reasonably.

I have this and will have to owe you the rest:

http://i.imgur.com/Gaw8h4y.jpg

 

[Endless_Night]

The weekend turned into HOLY FUCKTONS OF DRAMA that I am only now clawing my way back to mental stability from.

That said, I got so laid in ways and with people that I wholly did not expect. *blinks*

...........I need new friends. Clearly.

*ponders boring friend situation*