[vinman]

I've always found that when I travel outside of America people tend to gravitate to me for conversation. Maybe it because I'm a big Black dude, and it's not the norm. Even in Australia (as mentioned above) I had absolutely no problems drinking and talking to people. I'm a people watcher and a Anthropology nerd the enjoys watching and learning about other cultures, so I'm sure I'm a lot more open than my fellow Murricans (that's how George Bush used to say "Americans"). I was know to go native when I deployed. It was nothing for me to live in the hood, or some hovel for days at a time in some pretty seedy neighborhoods around the world.