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To: cloudmountain
If they TRULY did that, then they REALLY need a life.

Well,first of all,there was something of a language barrier.One of them spoke no English and the other's English was,at best,only fair.Perhaps I worded my post badly...they didn't give me the impression that seeing Graceland was their *only* reason for coming but I did get the sense that it was their main reason.This doesn't surprise me all that much because the *main* reason why I visited Africa was to see the wildlife parks but it wasn't my *only* reason.

38 posted on 01/08/2014 8:46:16 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Well,first of all,there was something of a language barrier.One of them spoke no English and the other's English was,at best,only fair.Perhaps I worded my post badly...they didn't give me the impression that seeing Graceland was their *only* reason for coming but I did get the sense that it was their main reason.This doesn't surprise me all that much because the *main* reason why I visited Africa was to see the wildlife parks but it wasn't my *only* reason.

The ONLY reason my husband, mother and I went to Kenya (when we lived in Saudi Arabia) was to see the wildlife parks.
Why else would I go there? We had to have a zillion MORE shots than the zillion we needed to live in Saudi Arabia. Oddly enough we also had to have a polio booster for life in the Kingdom.
For Kenya, I can't remember the shots but I DO remeber feeling like a pin cushion again.

One thing I did NOT expect was to be shocked by the color of the Africans. They were called black and they WERE ebony, the color of my computer.

There was an African-American middle aged couple there who MIGHT have thought they were going back to their "roots," but they looked white compared to the native Africans. I hadn't realized, as they probably didn't either, how BLACK native Africans were. No white added whatsoever, ever, no way, NOPE and not a chance. The American couple looked confused. I have to admit, I was really surprised too.

Since I didn't care for Elvis Presley and I have lost all taste for any music but classical (and some occasional salsa) I wouldn't go to Graceland for any musical reason. Is there any other reason to go there?

But that's just me and my likes.
I will admit, though, that no matter the genre of music, there is always and always an exception to the rule. I even liked an occasional hillbilly song; I can't remember which one but I know there was one.

52 posted on 01/08/2014 3:20:12 PM PST by cloudmountain (.)
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