Re: Hurricane Bertha

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:37:14 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:47:16 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Oh, and since you are harping on drug-resistant TB:

http://www.aegis.com/news/ads/2004/AD040564.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/21/1079789938958.html?from=storyrhs

Care to comment?

Good grief, I'll have to stay away from those pestilent European
tourists. [1]

John

[1] we get about 16e6 per year of them in San Francisco, about 20 for
each resident. They spend about $8e9 per year. Lots of Germans, for
some reason; they seem to like the Wild West.


That number sounds high. This table shows about 1/6 of that for 2000,
and of course the numbers of overseas visitors to the US are WAY down
since 2000 what with fingerprinting and other hassles, despite the
bargain-basement USD and almost 30% growth in worldwide travel since
then.

http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/f-2001-45-561/index.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/05/travel/trfreq7.php
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1202935805619.shtm

Maybe they should make it more fun by giving away free mug shots of
visitors along with the prodding, scrutinizing, interrogating,
scanning, de-shoeing and fingerprinting:

http://www.clintanderson.com/gallery/mugshots/paul_reubens.jpg

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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