I fully agree that the essence of present giving should be evidence of consideration for others and that a personal gift shopper is not thoughtful yet there could be a category of presents where it is not so much the recipient but the location you have been to.
For example, I had no idea about Geneva's chocolate pots until in the city. They are an insight into the history there and maybe are not so much a 'present' as a souvenir. There is nougat from Montélimar, some (rather tasty) sticky bun from Bordeaux, (or their wine). - Virtually portable versions of some of the reasons for going travelling there in the first place.
I can envisage a wiki post - Place - Souvenir - say 100 words max of details each.
Bit like "Your favourite Loire chateaux and why" Q.
Maybe two Qs (I'm getting ambitious) what to bring back for one and what is appreciated there when carried in for another (by country)?
Asking, What should I get my friend? is basically unanswerable because it is impossible to know what the friend likes, the budget of the person buying, the cultural norms for gift giving itself.
etc.
I wasn't trying to take spite at the question
Merely that it seemed out of scope
Maybe something on the travel site similar to documentation?
II usually answer the Japanese posts (cause I live here) and there seem to be a lot of very similar questions
Something like,
Tokyo Capital of Japan Famous spots: Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Sky Tree Associated Foods: Tokyo Banana
I agree (3x over! - just not sure about Documentation here, its a mess there). For present FROM Japan I thought a hand-made tea pot suitable (as a suggestion) without necessarily being obvious. (Like Brits, they do like their tea - ceremonies etc)
Some drinks (like melon Soda) can't be bought readily overseas
Anyway, if you will excuse me. It is 6pm Friday and I will be going home. If you would like to continue / want some more ideas etc. I shall be back on Monday
Great work with the tagging. Tags are a shambles on SO, would be a shame not to learn from that experience (ie to do as you are, catch the degradation in time).
they're a bit of a mess here too. there's more than one agreed decision to take on tags sitting in meta from over the years that were never actually enacted
the one involving cleanup of documentation vs paperwork and related stuff springs to mind
but i stopped taking upon myself to try to keep them in shape after i was scolded for messing some tags
but if you're interested in cleaning up any other tag problems i think it's always worth talking about in chat
although i was just scolded in meta for talking about hypothetical stuff, which to my mind means thinking out potential problems before encountering them. or at least trying to.
I'd like them cleaned up but am not prepared to contribute. Appreciate the work of (some) others though. (HYPOCRITE!) Users don't like hypothetical stuff full stop (answering is more fun and askers don't give a damn). I set up a Gallery chat room on SO to try and get a plan for the Excel family and among the Top Users there was next to no interest - though most felt the status quo 'left a lot to be desired'.
jargon is generally technical language created to be more precise than the existing terms which turn out to be a little to generic to use in technical fields
it's hard to find people talking about on-topic / off-topic seemingly thinking about both its meanings at the same time without realizing it
exactly. they've got enough to struggle with without unheralded jargon meanings secretly in place of the literal meaning used everywhere else in the world
i wouldn't ask about topic I would ask about on-topic and/or off-topic
i hope the russian, spanish, japanese, and portuguese stack overflows each have non native speakers of russian, spanish, japanese, and portuguese too. because they translated the term literally on those sites too as far as i can tell. no idea if they realized they were creating new site-specific jargon in each language
I don't like them without a specific Travel aspect. (Which somewhat clashes with "don't ask why someone is asking/don't question motives".) Windows 10 screen savers a bit of a disgrace.
Only "where is it" when either I have been there or am seriously contemplating going (that's the 'Travel'). Not "Look this up for me" / "Resolve our dispute" / "It's a nice picture" / "Idle curiosity" / "rep whoring" / etc.
I think I was in Georgia when I asked the armenia one. but maybe it was after my trip.
i only like look this up for me when i've already tried umpteen ways to look it up and failed. especially if i think someone might be able to look it up in another language or aided by local knowledge
like i'm getting nowhere finding a sports bar in taichung. google maps comes up with some red herrings
While browsing Wikipedia and the Internet about some damaged Armenian churches in Tbilisi Georgia I came across an amazing photo (but I know this one is not in Tbilisi).
This link is to the Armenian language web page with the original picture I found but could not include for copyright reasons.
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we don't have to ask about only our own stuff either. or things we don't already know the answer to.
four years ago = 2012. i was in georgia in 2012. not sure about the months
november 2011 actually so i was definitely in georgia working in the hostel in tbilisi. i didn't end up going to armenia on that trip but i had been on my previous trip in 2010.
I'm in Taichung, Taiwan. One of the three biggest cities in Taiwan.
There's lots of expats, but mostly from other Asian countries from what I've seen.
Normally I would look for a sports bar on Google Maps or just Google the question and find somebody has already asked or already created a list ...
i just found a Daiso around the corner so I bought a new compass just like my old compass that seems to have forgotten where north might be. And the worst fake Rubik's Cube ever (-:
the very gall of somebody curious about a factoid relevant to not one but two countries and wanting to identify the origin of something asking on a site strictly dedicated to travel!
stayed in a hostel with a dodgy air about it. befriended an algerian guy. loved the scenery. thought it was underrated. exchange rate was really against me at that time so i didn't do much.
Maybe the Q was not interesting enough. (discounts for people over a certain age, which he said are not worth it, as early booking is cheaper for any age.)
I will tell boyfriend, (who is old enough to qualify), I will have to wait 8 more years.
In Europe you can often get 25% if you own a national discount card for one of the European railway companies. And only when over 60 or over 65, depending on the country.
Early booking can get you 50% off, but if the 10% goes on top of that it will help.
I'm so glad that this question can be discussed like this which helps me a lot. My point is that I can legally drive in UK since I have a UK licence, which means hiring a car with Chinese licence won't break the law. The agreement between me and the car hire company is still valid because they gi...
One of the comments is by someone working for an insurer who has many rentals under his clients, he says it is not allowed.
@chx I have read that you legally turn 42 on the day before your next birthday, but but most people I know would say that you are 41 until (and on) that day.
@chx Some Asian countries have a completely different notion of age, when I design questionnaires I ask “When were you born?” instead...
I don't recall the detail but you count based on the calendar year, no matter your birthday, or something like that. I.e. you become one year older on January 1, no matter your actual month of birth.