COOL OR WHAT? ( Archived) (18)

Oct 11, 2009 2:24 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
I was speaking to a friend yesterday and got told this:

There is an organisation with over a million people world wide that you can join and stay totally free anywhere in the world!

You stay at the homes of members and just go and buy food to cook there. You can be single or a couple.

You have the opportunity to offer the same free service to other members - they can come and visit you and just go and buy their own food.

I love visiting other countries - visiting friends and families is what I like best but this extends my ability to travel and hotels can be VERY expensive if for more than just a few days!

Cool or what?

I think so - how about you?

I love having friends come and visit me......... and I mean friends (they do NOT have to be lovers). It's a real joy to help others have a great vacation and I love visiting friends too...... this membership thing is obviously not a friendship thing but a great help in travelling cheaply round the world!

dancing
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Oct 11, 2009 2:25 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
Olsojente
OlsojenteOlsojenteOslo/Zadar, Oslo Norway51 Threads 5 Polls 5,070 Posts
I've read about this, and it seems really cool!!

thumbs up
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Oct 11, 2009 2:26 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
AsleepInNJ
AsleepInNJAsleepInNJCherry Hill, New Jersey USA53 Threads 3 Polls 2,862 Posts
link?
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Oct 11, 2009 2:28 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
AsleepInNJ
AsleepInNJAsleepInNJCherry Hill, New Jersey USA53 Threads 3 Polls 2,862 Posts
bobbyc i would love to bring blondie to your home, party all weekend with her and leave you to clean up the mess. sound good? let me know when is good for you. cheers
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Oct 11, 2009 2:34 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
Olsojente: I've read about this, and it seems really cool!!


We could travel together to protect each other just in case we stayed at some member's place who was a bit of a weirdo - oh! I forgot - you LIKE weirdos! laugh
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Oct 11, 2009 2:38 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
Olsojente
OlsojenteOlsojenteOslo/Zadar, Oslo Norway51 Threads 5 Polls 5,070 Posts
RobertC2: We could travel together to protect each other just in case we stayed at some member's place who was a bit of a weirdo - oh! I forgot - you LIKE weirdos!



Well, it's not something I'd do on my own... laugh

Going with you, I'd be the one bringing
the weirdo, wouldn't I??


tongue



You know I love you...wink



teddybear
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Oct 11, 2009 2:40 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
Boban1
Boban1Boban1bigplace, Central Serbia Serbia144 Threads 5 Polls 18,789 Posts
RobertC2: I was speaking to a friend yesterday and got told this:

There is an organisation with over a million people world wide that you can join and stay totally free anywhere in the world!

You stay at the homes of members and just go and buy food to cook there. You can be single or a couple.

You have the opportunity to offer the same free service to other members - they can come and visit you and just go and buy their own food.

I love visiting other countries - visiting friends and families is what I like best but this extends my ability to travel and hotels can be VERY expensive if for more than just a few days!

Cool or what?

I think so - how about you?

I love having friends come and visit me......... and I mean friends (they do NOT have to be lovers). It's a real joy to help others have a great vacation and I love visiting friends too...... this membership thing is obviously not a friendship thing but a great help in travelling cheaply round the world!


you got a friend???shock

when did that happen ???













rolling on the floor laughing Sorry Man... could`nt resist
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Oct 11, 2009 5:14 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
There is also an organisation where you can exchange houses for holidays. You spend your holidays in someone's house in Paris while the French people are in yours. They can use your car but also have to feed cats & dogs, water the plants, ...
Will give you more infos as soon as I remember the name. doh
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Oct 11, 2009 5:39 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
RobertC2: I was speaking to a friend yesterday and got told this:

There is an organisation with over a million people world wide that you can join and stay totally free anywhere in the world!



Yes, it's a really cool thing to do. Here is one addy...



House sitting sites are also available. I have a g/f who has done this locally on many occasions when she had her own property rented out. She stayed in some lovely homes, which sometimes came with the resposibility for walking the pooch or feeding the cats(s). I had occasion to visit her in a few such homes, and also a girls' night with middle eastern banquet, inspired by one particular home being furnished in lavish Egyptian decor.

cheering wine
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Oct 11, 2009 5:46 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
venere08: Yes, it's a really cool thing to do. Here is one addy...



House sitting sites are also available. I have a g/f who has done this locally on many occasions when she had her own property rented out. She stayed in some lovely homes, which sometimes came with the resposibility for walking the pooch or feeding the cats(s). I had occasion to visit her in a few such homes, and also a girls' night with middle eastern banquet, inspired by one particular home being furnished in lavish Egyptian decor.


Hiya gorgeous! wave

No - this isn't exchanging homes.....it's staying with somebody as their guest... but not in the same bed! sigh
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Oct 11, 2009 5:47 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
Boban1: you got a friend???

when did that happen ???

Sorry Man... could`nt resist


It's ok.

I have some VERY beautiful friends...... some are the most beautiful women in all of CS world! blushing
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Oct 11, 2009 5:53 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
RobertC2: Hiya gorgeous!

No - this isn't exchanging homes.....it's staying with somebody as their guest... but not in the same bed!


Oh, I misunderstood. Still cool, though.

In my case, I have been doing that anyway, sometimes buying some/all my own food, anyway. Mostly with various relatives and other times, a few people I have met on the internet, including a psychiatrist I met on his 'chronic pain' site. He ended up inviting me to the clinic for 2 weeks, and stayed at his mansion with him and his wife, one of the richest families in Maryland! I think it's wonderful meeting new people like that, and would welcome same at my home. Particularly playing host...it really does force you to get out and about, and show off our wonderful state:)

hug wave
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Oct 11, 2009 5:56 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
venere08: Oh, I misunderstood. Still cool, though.

In my case, I have been doing that anyway, sometimes buying some/all my own food, anyway. Mostly with various relatives and other times, a few people I have met on the internet, including a psychiatrist I met on his 'chronic pain' site. He ended up inviting me to the clinic for 2 weeks, and stayed at his mansion with him and his wife, one of the richest families in Maryland! I think it's wonderful meeting new people like that, and would welcome same at my home. Particularly playing host...it really does force you to get out and about, and show off our wonderful state:)


Same here.... but in my case small villa garden instead of my own state; plus my own psychosis is all naked to see and free instead of me making money from other people's mental illnesses! lips
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Oct 14, 2009 6:41 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
Amenda
AmendaAmendashenyang, Liaoning China84 Threads 2,867 Posts
Olsojente: I've read about this, and it seems really cool!!


really cool....cheering
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Oct 14, 2009 6:58 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
Lee464
Lee464Lee464Surin, Northeastern Thailand Thailand4 Threads 1 Polls 397 Posts
Robert is talking about "Couch Surfing"...just Google it.
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Oct 14, 2009 7:15 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
venere08
venere08venere08Puglia and Autumn, South Australia Australia121 Threads 2 Polls 9,996 Posts
RobertC2: Same here.... but in my case small villa garden instead of my own state; plus my own psychosis is all naked to see and free instead of me making money from other people's mental illnesses!


How did you money from other people's mental illness? confused

I thought you helped others make money insteadgrin

wave
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Oct 14, 2009 7:23 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
Lee464: Robert is talking about "Couch Surfing"...just Google it.


Lee is right...... just got given the link by my friend in Malta..... I think it makes sense - I'm happy to pay hotel accommodation for a week or two in NZ but more than that gets a bit expensive - plus I would get to meet interesting people instead of staying in a 'bland' hotel! thumbs up
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Oct 14, 2009 7:25 AM CST COOL OR WHAT?
RobertC2
RobertC2RobertC2Xaghra, Gozo, Gozo Malta91 Threads 8 Polls 8,344 Posts
Amenda: really cool....


Yes darlin'........... I want to surf your couch! heart wings
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