HIYA!!
2:34 Fri Apr 17
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Don't shave your upper lip, you will be fine.
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Mr Polite
2:10 Fri Apr 17
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Hock
Just making a conscious effort to post less. Most (not all) people on here are dicks and I don't want to waste my time with them.
Pop my head in to post on the betting thread and have a nose.
Not a WHOicide, just a break for a while
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riosleftsock
2:06 Fri Apr 17
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"...the goats will probably get more attention"
Very true if I am out there.
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IsaacHock
2:06 Fri Apr 17
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Mr Polite 2:04 Fri Apr 17
7 posts in the last week? Is everything OK?
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Mr Polite
2:04 Fri Apr 17
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bruuuno 8:34 Thu Apr 16
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Are you 'worried' about getting raped by a dirty Turk?
She's worried she won't be..
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Swiss.
2:02 Fri Apr 17
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Nurse
If you are scantily clothed, young nubile woman you will get stared at anywhere. But as you ain't I doubt anyone will notice you. the goats will probably get more attention.
Turkish people are very curtious and hospitality is very important culturally. Excpoct for my wife who's a bitch.
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Nurse Ratched
12:10 Fri Apr 17
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Excellent! Ta.
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Darby_
11:39 Fri Apr 17
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This is a great website for researching a trip:
http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/WomenTravelers/index.html
The old town part of Istanbul, Sultanahmet, is full of tourists, anyway.
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The Dursley Massive
9:40 Fri Apr 17
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Turkey is lovely. Beautiful country. Not seen anything but courteous respect towards women when over there. Although you do see a lot of old dears carrying massive amounts around on their backs whilst the blokes all have a smoke and a chat in the street...
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Britannia Pub
9:00 Fri Apr 17
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Went as part of a cruise in 2013. Done our own thing rather than an organised tour and the only person who was targeted by people trying to sell something was me. Missus and grown up kids were left alone and Gould it highly amusing.
You will offered guides of the mosque, guidebooks of Istanbul and lots of other shit by people who try to make out they are helping you and then asking for donations. Drove me bonkers to be honest.
If you can out up with that it is a fantastic place to visit and very vibrant. Did not have any real problems and away from the main sights things are pretty normal. You can always pop across the bridge to Asia where it seemed a bit quieter. We had a cab driver on call and paid him less than £100 for the day and no money changed hands until the end of the day. He dropped us off everywhere and picked us up at arranged times and was able to give some info. Spend some time sitting in the park where the palace is. It's beautiful, peaceful but expensive for drinks.
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icwhs
6:12 Fri Apr 17
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Been a few times, nice place
Just do what you'd do in any other city re dress, where and when to be alone and you'll be fine
Enjoy
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Private Dancer
6:10 Fri Apr 17
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It's just a knee jerk from watching a tv show. We've all done it.
She would be welcome into Private's quarters at anytime, although I feel it will be way too sunny for her here.
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Coffee
6:06 Fri Apr 17
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Private
Ha ha! I thought along similar sceptical lines, because Nurse's horizons to date seem to be somewhat encumbered. But people change and if her trip goes well, she might think about going out to visit you on her next trip?
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Private Dancer
6:00 Fri Apr 17
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Coffee - Could be a stopover job on the way to the UK? I looked at it before.
If Ratched goes to Turkey on her own I will retire from WHO. I'd need prove, mind.
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Coffee
5:57 Fri Apr 17
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Never been, but definitely on the To Do list. If you can feel safe going, don't hesitate.
But I wonder if this is Nurse's way of announcing her recruitment to Islamic State?
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balders
5:13 Fri Apr 17
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Nurse
If you stand the blokes staring at yer your be Okish
Just don't go out late at night on your tod , same as most countries
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Private Dancer
5:00 Fri Apr 17
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One city that I want to see, and there is much more chance of me going than than there is of you rocking up there on your Jones.
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HairyHammer
3:11 Fri Apr 17
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Yes its pretty safe but Istanbul Is a big place so It has some dodgy areas but Sultan Ahmet the Grand bazaar is a great place to start as it is full of Police and no protests are allowed their, Taksim can be a protest area keep away.
Dress slightly conservatively and you should be OK but if I am honest I would be happier If you went with someone because a foreign place Is a foreign place.
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One Flew
2:30 Fri Apr 17
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Seemed pretty safe to me, like said earlier go for a dry run in North London innit Mehmet. Also , buy a carpet early , get that bit over with, then enjoy yourself.
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SilverSurfer
1:51 Fri Apr 17
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Nurse
no.
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gph
12:51 Fri Apr 17
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I'm 57...
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