On 24 Sep 2001, at 14:10, Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
> > At the other had there is story of Israeli woman who went home to
> > New Jersey for several hours by foot. Being Israeli she tried to
> > stop cars on the bridge and nobody stopped.
>
> I must be missing something here. I can imagine that someone who faces
> a several-hours walk to get home would try to get a lift. But what
> does being Israeli have to do with trying to get a lift?
Hitch-hiking is downright common in Israel. I've done it any number
of times when I've been out there. I wouldn't DREAM of doing it in
the UK...
Andy
Dawn Falcon
