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To: Mark17

I spent time in Izmit and Istanbul and I would have to agree.


26 posted on 06/29/2015 8:59:50 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

I had to fly into Adana once....arriving on day one of the new new airport opening. We land and it was fairly haphazard over getting off the plane. We walked off the stairway and stood there on the tarmac...disorganization ensued. Finally, they led us on some kind of walk (half-a-mile) to the edge of the terminal itself. I needed to utilize the restroom, so I stopped at that point and found the nearest WC. I stood there at the urinal and did my business, and then heard this odd noise....like liquids hitting the floor. I looked down and realized that the urinal was simply attached to the wall, with no pipe connected to the floor. All six urinals were the same way. Brand new airport, and this? I got my bag and got out.

There to greet me was a taxi guy, in a cab with zero suspension. When I stepped into the car...it actually leaned over about four inches. With every bounce on the streets....you’d leap about half-a-foot into the air.

I think everyone needs to spend a week in Turkey....to appreciate civilization and where we are today.


29 posted on 06/29/2015 9:13:54 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Bulwyf
I spent time in Izmir and Istanbul and I would have to agree.

Izmir and Istanbul are the garden spots of Turkey. I was at Incirlik. If Izmir and Istanbul are the arm pits of the world, then Incirlik must be like another part of our anatomy. I don't know for sure why Turkey is a member of NATO, but maybe it is because they control the Dardanelles.

30 posted on 06/29/2015 9:19:04 PM PDT by Mark17 (Lonely people live in every city, men who face a dark and lonely grave. Lonely voices do I hear)
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To: Bulwyf; Mark17
Good morning.

I spent time in Izmit and Istanbul and I would have to agree.

I have been all over TU, and I have to agree also.

Chakmakli TUSLOG Det 67. [A nuke site that didn't exist].

5.56mm

43 posted on 06/30/2015 5:52:38 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Bulwyf

“I spent time in Izmit and Istanbul and I would have to agree.”

Ever been to Karbala, Iraq? The smell is pungent. Following a visit the clothes are put outside and a shower and nasal purge are required -seriously. I would describe it as a close-up whiff of burning rotten garbage, raw sewage, burning crude oil and cow anus. Yeah, that’s it.


52 posted on 06/30/2015 6:32:46 AM PDT by Justa
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