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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4514641, member: 15481"]Well, naturally, as it’s situated between them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have been travelling a bit in Lebanon. Once we were going to take a taxi from Sidon to Beirut, late at night. The state of the taxis in Lebanon at the time left something to be desired; two of the passenger doors wouldn’t fully shut, the old Mercedes was kinda wobbly and I had a feeling the wheels might come off at any time. We asked the driver how long time it would take us to Beirut.</p><p>«Seventeen minutes, insh’Allah»</p><p>«Oh.... That’s fast...», we didn’t seem convinced. I looked around for the safety belt, but there was none.</p><p>He proceeded to tell us that he had been an ambulance driver during the civil war, and that he held the record Saida-Beirut among the ambulance drivers at that time. «You want me to show you, gentlemen?»</p><p>We promptly ensured him we believed every word, and that we had plenty of time but no lives to spare. Lebanon is wonderful. The people there are used to living on the edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4514641, member: 15481"]Well, naturally, as it’s situated between them :) I have been travelling a bit in Lebanon. Once we were going to take a taxi from Sidon to Beirut, late at night. The state of the taxis in Lebanon at the time left something to be desired; two of the passenger doors wouldn’t fully shut, the old Mercedes was kinda wobbly and I had a feeling the wheels might come off at any time. We asked the driver how long time it would take us to Beirut. «Seventeen minutes, insh’Allah» «Oh.... That’s fast...», we didn’t seem convinced. I looked around for the safety belt, but there was none. He proceeded to tell us that he had been an ambulance driver during the civil war, and that he held the record Saida-Beirut among the ambulance drivers at that time. «You want me to show you, gentlemen?» We promptly ensured him we believed every word, and that we had plenty of time but no lives to spare. Lebanon is wonderful. The people there are used to living on the edge.[/QUOTE]
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