Joy !!!!!
Yesterday my local English Food Shoppe got a shipment of Scottish Kippers...so I had them for breakfast...first time in 25 years !!!....such pleasure makes searching for a Chinese wife pale into insignificance :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Its amazing what little things give pleasure isn't it !!!
For the International Bros who dont know what a Scottish Kipper is, I will leave it to Rob Scotwong to explain :):)
Jeeeez...I hope this thread is REALLY for "this and that"...or somebody gonna blast me !!!!!
DavidE
Quote from: 'David E' pid='23366' dateline='1258613642'
Joy !!!!!
Yesterday my local English Food Shoppe got a shipment of Scottish Kippers...so I had them for breakfast...first time in 25 years !!!....such pleasure makes searching for a Chinese wife pale into insignificance :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Its amazing what little things give pleasure isn't it !!!
For the International Bros who dont know what a Scottish Kipper is, I will leave it to Rob Scotwong to explain :):)
Jeeeez...I hope this thread is REALLY for "this and that"...or somebody gonna blast me !!!!!
DavidE
What, you ate the WHOLE shipment of Scottish kippers for breakfast David? Jeeeez...that's some appetite you've got! Not only that, but I don't think anyone from here will be blasting you - I think you will be blasting all of us!!! Kippers can be lethal if you're down-wind.....Haha (heads down boys!):icon_lol: Johnboy:icon_arrowu:
Joy !!!!!
Yesterday my local English Food Shoppe got a shipment of Scottish Kippers...so I had them for breakfast...first time in 25 years !!!....such pleasure makes searching for a Chinese wife pale into insignificance :icon_cheesygrin:
Its amazing what little things give pleasure isn't it !!!
For the International Bros who dont know what a Scottish Kipper is, I will leave it to Rob Scotwong to explain :)
Jeeeez...I hope this thread is REALLY for "this and that"...or somebody gonna blast me !!!!!
DavidE
What, you ate the WHOLE shipment of Scottish kippers for breakfast David? Jeeeez...that's some appetite you've got! Not only that, but I don't think anyone from here will be blasting you - I think you will be blasting all of us!!! Kippers can be lethal if you're down-wind.....Haha (heads down boys!):icon_lol: Johnboy:icon_arrowu:
Johnboy
Thank you for pointing out my erroneous use of syntax and grammar....39 years in Aus and I get a bit rusty on the Queen's English :):)....but I know you are lurking there to give me a good caning when I stray :):)
So...correction "My English Food Shoppe got a shipment of kippers and I ate ONE for my breakfast "
OK Sir ???
David
Paul, i asked my wife and she says she thinks they meant Psychiatry. Although you can never tell, they may be researching something. They truly believe you must heal the whole body, not just the injured part.
David, very impressive. How is each part held together? is it by screws, bolts or did you weld?
One thing I did notice on my down to the x-ray dept with the mother in law were two treatment rooms,with signs on the doors saying "Clairvoyance dept" I had to stop and just make sure that's what they said !:huh: I wondered if you go there would someone look into the future an see the outcome of your treatment?:dodgy: If it looked bad would they be honest an say, well it's a waste of time as your going to die next week anyway so why bother! This really has me beat, any idea's Jim? or am I somehow missing the obvious!
Quote from: 'Paul Todd' pid='23566' dateline='1258795040'
When I was in Zhuhai they had a deprtment at teh hospital named 'The Easy Clinic' one doctor dealt with 120 patients a day - Bloody glad I did not have to go to 'The Hard Clinic'
Willy
On a lighter note....
Just finished an important project from the history of the American Railroad System
The photo is of my 1/32 museum scale Berkshire 779 from the New York, Chicago & St.Louis Railroad Co.....the famous "Nickel Plate Road".
The loco is completely to museum scale and is a fully operational steamer with boiler feed pump, operating throttle and reversing, drive wheel lube system ,blow down, cylinder pre-heat , automatic steam oil injectors.............and a whistle !!
It contains 5846 seperate parts and took 10 months to construct.
The Berkshire was the largest, most powerful steamer ever constructed in the USA, and other than the twin engine composite locos was the most powerful single engine in the World. They were made by Lima-Hamilton in Ohio. The 779 was the last of the series built and when she was complete, the Lima-Hamilton Factory was finished building steamers.!!
It had an all up weight of over 350 tons and developed 65,000 lbs of tractive effort....carried 22,000 gallons of water and 22 tons of coal.
THe model weighs in at 84 lbs and is overall 59 inches long. Uses Methanol for fuel...can be coal-fired, but too messy and dangerous in a model of this type.. Boiler pressure operates at 125 psi.
There is not a single piece of plastic...all brass, steel and copper !!!
Nostalgia !!
david
WOW, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, WHAT A PROJECT, WHAT DETAIL. CONGRADULATIONS !!!
Guys,
Taking offence because she was late and crying scam is wrong. But when one has issue after issue after issue then there is a point when he has to draw a line and say no more. Drawing where that line should be is difficult because each relationship and each issue is different. The sad thing is that it is in general not the woman but the agency that is the cause of the problems and they are messing with two people as evidenced by the site found by Paul.
I have often wondered about how Pinky is and what her thoughts were when I gave up. I wonder what was told to her. I wish there was a way to find out.
Shaun
My god don't drop that thing, the engine alone must have cost a fortune. Have you flown it? you must have a computer console just
to operate it. Super excellent !!
Is that a carb air cleaner I see?
I don't know? I know the christmas theme is there but when I come on I get my default theme (Chnlove).
In that case, I'd invest the money, bring my wife to Estonia (wherever that is) and live there with her. Sounds like their pretty loose there. What do they do in estonia anyway?
Just wondering, if anyone on here has ever had laser treatment to their eye's for correcting vision?
Really? Is it the eating of the flesh or would you never be with/kiss a woman who has had oral sex? Just curious.....no need to answer.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091228/oddities/china_road_women_offbeat This is an interesting news story.
Paul Todd,
I think someone is kinda exaggerating just a little here, i can believe 7.9cm!! ...haha!! It doesn't however look like the floors have collapsed, so i would imagine it's failure has a lot more to do with foundations, steelwork (re-bar) and columns, and probably a totally inappropriate concrete mix (strength)...
David....
Are most house in America built of Wood? I see Vince mentions a framed house on a slab. That seems to be the only way I see them built. Maybe I am wrong. But in the UK we refer to our 'Bricks and Mortar'. Wooden houses I think went out with the Anglo Saxons and getting mortgage for any built of wood nowadays would be almost impossible.
Willy
Willy,
Nothing wrong in this type of construction, so long as they maintain the vaporlock membrane that protects the wood frame!!!
David.....
:huh:
The Chnlove.com site is down for system upgrade and maintenance from 14:00 to 15:00 (GMT), Jan 5, 2010. Our technical team are now working hard on it and the newly designed Chnlove will be launched as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
David E: why do you think that? Why organized sex tours?
:icon_cheesygrin:I just saw on yahoo news, that 60 people were stranded in a pub in the uk, for 3 days due to a heavy snow storm, with only beer and chips to eat and drink, those poor people must have suffered greatly....I feel so sad for them....:icon_cry:
"Answers To Quiz"
1. Boxing
2. ??
3. Asparagus and ?
4. Strawberry
5. The pear grows inside the bottle.
6. Dwarf, Dwell & Dwindle.
7. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. Lettuce.
9. Shoes, Socks, Sandals, Sneakers, Slippers, Stockings, 2 more?
Well almost everything? :icon_biggrin:
bananas?? they dont have seeds
David E the one that's missing is the one not in the deck? 52 cards in a deck.
Quote from: 'Vince G' pid='29567' dateline='1264653317'
David E the one that's missing is the one not in the deck? 52 cards in a deck.
Yes Vince, you are correct...but forgive my lack of explanation !!. There will be 51 cards left AFTER you have removed one card...and you did not look to see exactly WHICH card it was. The task is to go through the remaining 51 cards and deduce which is the "mystery" card you first removed.
Hope that makes it all more clear :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
David
A question for our American friends here???
I was watchin a program 'American Idol' tonight on Televion. And one of the Audions took place in Texas 'The Lone Star State'. My question is WHY is it referred to as this??? And also WHY is The Big Apple so called???
A good example of how things get twisted in American history.George Armstrong Custer.Was a famous Indian fighter.He attached a Cheyenne and Sioux camp on the Wichita river in Oklahoma in the dead off winter.The soldiers Killed about 70 Indians and ran the rest off into the river and the snow.Or captured them.And made them March across Oklahoma in the bitter cold.No food.Not enough warm clothing.For this he was a hero.He ended up being promoted to a general.
I want to hear what the Brits have to say about Sir Francis Drake.Depending on what history book you read in the States.He is a Hero.Or a dirty lowdown murdering pirate.
So I want to hear a Englishman's opinion of him.In the beginning when the hero.Does his brave deeds.Everybody thinks it is good.After time the Hero's brave deeds are subject to scrutiny.So where Does Sir Francis Drake stand in British History.
A good example of how things get twisted in American history.George Armstrong Custer.Was a famous Indian fighter.He attached a Cheyenne and Sioux camp on the Wichita river in Oklahoma in the dead off winter.The soldiers Killed about 70 Indians and ran the rest off into the river and the snow.Or captured them.And made them March across Oklahoma in the bitter cold.No food.Not enough warm clothing.For this he was a hero.He ended up being promoted to a general.
A couple of years latter.He tried the same thing with 220 Calvary soldiers.Against probably 3000 Sioux Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. At the little bighorn river in South Dakota.Needles to say the Indians wiped his whole command out in about 30 minutes.Custer was still considered a brave hero.
About 60 years latter military historians started to look at Custer.And really seen what a over eager. Ego manic that he really was.The quote I remember the most from one historian was.What kind of Idiot splits his command.And attacks 3000 Indians .In broad day light with 220 men.And no heavy guns.
So how doe's your history see.Sir Francis Drake.
Throw off the shackles of political correctness my brothers!
Who wins?
US poiticians Vs British Royal family.
Random selections from W's verbal assault on the English language:
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —LaCrosse, Wis.,
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." —Greater Nashua,
"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo.
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Saginaw, Mich.
"You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo
"They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn.
W's gaff's where always good for a smile but he was nothing in comparison to the master that was Ronald Reagan:
My fellow Americans. I'm pleased to announce that I've signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes." -joking during a mike check before his Saturday radio broadcast.
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency -- even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."
"Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
"You can tell a lot about a fella's character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." -explaining why he liked to have a jar of jelly beans on hand for important meetings.
"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."
"My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" -introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."
"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."
"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale
"We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."
"As a matter of fact, Nancy never had any interest in politics or anything else when we got married."
Now you have Barack Obama its just not the same:
I would have to investigate more of Bill's dancing abilities, you know, and some of this other stuff before I accurately judge whether he was in fact a brother.
Ok, look, you know, when I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.
Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to save the Planet Earth. Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for "That One." And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president. If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it's possible that I'm a little too awesome.
Now the US may have the politicians but WE have the royal family and especially Prince Phillip.{ That's the queens Husband}
There seems to be an indulgent embarrassment about Prince Phillip among many Brits like one would have for your crazy, crotchedy, sometimes kinda drunk old uncle or grandpa who’s uncomfortable around people “different” from him. But really, the guy is a hardcore, straight up bigot with a history saying very uncool things of an ethnic nature
China State Visit, 1986...If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.
To a blind women with a guide...“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”
To an Aborigine in Australia...“Do you still throw spears at each other?”
To his wife, the Queen, after her coronation...“Where did you get the hat?”
When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union...“The bastards murdered half my family”
To a Briton in Budapest...“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”
To a driving instructor in Scotland...“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”
After the Dunblane shooting...“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”
To a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea...“You managed not to get eaten, then?”
To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin...“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”
On the London Traffic Debate...“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”
To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes...“You look like you’re ready for bed!”
Unknown...“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”
On key problems facing Brazil...“Brazilians live there”
To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean...“You have mosquito's. I have the Press”
Then threre's the queen, Ahrrrr bless. I'm not saying she's out of touch but sometimes well...
Queen Elizabeth II....."And what do you do?" speaking to Jeff Beck and Brian May, at reception for British music industry at Buckingham Palace.
"Have you been playing a long time?" to Eric Clapton
"Are you a guitarist, too?" To Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page
Don't take this tooo seriously guys...I think we get the leaders we deserve.
Dave I've heard of it but I couldn't have placed it where it was? I guess the brain is full? The more I learn some of the old knowledge falls out the other ear? hehe
Willy if you kept dating all those chinese ladies before you found angel
maybe the govt here would have put you on a boat by yourself, point,
and tell you to go home :icon_cheesygrin:
WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ
Answers will be posted here tomorrow, ...unless someone gets them all correct today!! ...haha!!
There's another... Who's buried in US Grant's tome?
Ted,
Now why would they want to change that law?? :icon_cool:
David....
BTW, here's a tip, let the bank and the credit card company know you are going to Singapore or China or wherever is outside of your country, otherwise you might find yourself in a bad position.
Dave,
Since you're going to Singapore, I would not be too concerned. In fact, I would recommend going there then getting cash out of the ATMs there. I have a TD card and my limit was C$500 two years ago a day. Pretty much any bank will take your debit card. Just follow the standard safety precautions you do here... OCBC, DBS or UOB are good ones. So is HSBC. Having some S$ doesn't hurt, but I would not change too much.
another suggestion also. i always had 500 dollars on me tucked in
my wallet just incase something like a confusion with the bank had
occured. never had to use it but at the rates of exchange that would
more than cover quite a few days while you sorted it out. and when i
returned home i had 500 dollars that i didnt use
Dave,
That's harder to estimate, but I'd say... $40/day for food... the places I mentioned in the private message I would have to check to see... C$3000 seems kinda over the top (I've never had to carry that much cash on hand anywhere I go).
As for what all those letters mean, those are the main banks in Singapore. :icon_biggrin:
I have a gsm phone but the AT&T web site said that it won't work there. I have a blackberry pearl that is a spare phone from a friend that I could use. I have not checked to see if it takes a simm card. I will figure something out. I just figured that I would ask the experienced members. I had read somewhere on the web about ordering simm cards from another country for use in the respective country. I just didn't mark the page and I am having trouble finding it again. I like the pay as you go plans but the drawback is you have to get one for each country you want to visit. I have a US one for travel in the US. The phone is a good little phone. It cost me $4.95 US. I put $100 on it every year and it keeps the account open and I can use the phone anytime I want. I live less than 5 miles from the US border so the phone works well here. When my parents are in florida I can call them from here and a 20 minute call is only about $3.00. I think I will be alright with the blackberry. I will dig it up and check it out. Thanks for the advise again.
Dave C
I sold my last spare phone it was locked anyway and there are ways to unlock it? But with all the crap to go through I'll get a pay by phone when I get there. Just in case it's needed.... Hello honey, I'm lost?
TigerDirect has unlocked phones (well, the Canadian one does).
6
Willy, ya beat the football star, but then how many women are there in
China?....so much work, so little time.....:icon_cheesygrin:
Willy,
Or you could eat them, be it fried, boiled, poached, scrambled, omelettes many varieties...etc
But you do stand a very good chance of ending up very much ''Egg Bound'' ..lol!!!
David.....
Willy,
its the easiest thing to cook so maybe they are just looking out for you
and making sure your erstwhile angel is gone:icon_cheesygrin:
Willy, do you need a couple of eggstra recipes?
At least it is not me Egging them on!! How many hatching days now Shaun?
Willy
Shuan,
whats the air mattress for? sleeping in the airport?
Quote from: 'ttwjr32' pid='33797' dateline='1268224471'
Shuan,
whats the air mattress for? sleeping in the airport?
absolutely!!!!! Since I will be there most of the night. I don't want to arrive there at 4:00am for a 6:15am flight.
David, You are headed for China, there is no need to waste the money or time at the Brothel. If I can abstain for over two years then so can you.
Don, Of course I was included in her comment.
Shaun, put your arm through the strapping on it, then put your head on it and it will be safe (works on Harley's)...don't snore...haha
David E,
Yes, thats whats nice about having a father that is a psychiatrist. He suggested ativan. I can only bring 1 pill though. I don't want to be labled a drug smuggler in Singapore. He also wrote me a script for the blue pills too! I will have to check up on these.
Just read an article on Singapore in the january issue of National Geographic. "According to a poll by the Durex condom company, Singaporeans have less intercourse than almost any other country on Earth." NOW I'm really depressed!!
Dave C
You just notice Willy's avitar Don? Now who is the druggie?
Gee and those comments coming from a man who completely tore his house down because he bought a new toy. :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Can't wait to see what you're going to do with the new boat. 28'? Cabin cruiser?
Got my new debit card at last - how long has it been - 5 or 6 weeks. Problem is the pin number no longer works so another week at least before I can start drawing money from it.
Willy.
Hole through the deck to fish through, bilge pumps running wild...and thats Captian Rocky.....:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
OK. Now look who is on drugs. Willy did you change your avitar before or after my comments in post 336?:icon_redface:
Great avitar Willy. :s
Willy,
For the first time since I came on this board I think Vince is wrong. I felt the earth tremble. I understand Obama is declaring a national holiday. The bottom of the boat is called the hull.
The flag Don will be flying is "The Jolly Old Codger."
A boat dealer said it's an intermix cooler for salt water, what Shaun said, has somthing to do with the metal, so it won't
corrode, but if you flush it out after every use, with fresh water, I don't see a problem.
Shaun, got the zerks and I'm on it....also the L hitch at 5 1/2 inch lower, so will have to see what that does also. I can get one even lower so to put the weight on the back of
the truck and less weight on the tandem axels in the rear, sort of "shifting the load". Friend of mine said if you are two high, then the load is on the rear tandem axel, too low
and it's all on the front tandem, you have to watch, also he said a little extra on the front doesn't hurt as it makes the back axel a "floater" so to speak.
I just wonder, how many of these leap of faith marriages will last past the 3 year mark!!! ...Lets face it, you never know that person until you live with them.
It's a shame our western governments don't make it easy for us to bring our ladies back to our countries for visits, ...that would go a long way, to help find out if your relationship is on the right track and more importantly, ...really compatible together!!
This is just my thoughts and observations on recent events....
David....
Shaun, poke your head out of the covers and write us a line or two...:icon_cheesygrin:
My Son in Law will be home next weekend for two weeks. Thankfully he has been safe for the first half of his tour. He hopefully will be here when the babies are born. The Dr. said could be as early as next week. Incredible that he can come home. They would not let us go anywhere past Hawaii from Vietnam for our R&R. I guess they were afraid we would not come back. Also they talk to each other about every other day. That still amazes me. Phone bills are high from Afghanistan but not outrageous. Plus he gets on facebook.
..... Nice new avatar and
your looking good in that photo. :icon_cheesygrin:
.I love Monty Python's stuff. Sometimes it is hard for Americans to understand them, but I usually get it. Life of Brian is my favorite.
I first came across this video clip early last year, and today i recieved it in an email from a friend in NZ.
It's well worth watching, ...See what you think??
Galaxy?
We are on quite a ride ...... turn up the sound. It's not over till it asks if you want to view again.
This clever piece originated in Australia . It is so very well done! Just click on the link below..... Speakers on. Photos by NASA.
Enjoy your journey! Click here:
http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf
Had lunch with Martin today (thanks again!) and got to meet Allison (cute as a button as the saying goes). We talked quite a bit. :icon_cheesygrin: It's amazing how easily everyone here can connect without meeting. Looking forward to having bigger get-togethers with some of the other guys here... Once Chong gets back, Bee and RCSingles coming into the area, we'll have a GTA meetup. Maybe with some of the wives as well.
(And yes, we were at Table 10... Martin has the proof)
On that dragster stuff, last time I went to the drags, a guy with a jet dragster whipped up on about 3 fuelers without any problem,
it was incredible. He even let them get halfway down the track, before taking off the brakes. Now that is acceleration! Wonder what
the spec's were on that one .... :icon_cool:
By the way, I agree with everyone enjoying the weather and the spring. Last weekend I launched my boat for the first time since I
bought it. Just a look see launch to see if it leaked, engines run ok, what was needed and most important, to see if it sank...LOL
Everything went good, and I caught a sh*t load of fish...eat yer hearts out guys...lol
It's hard to write with a fishing pole in your hands....:icon_cheesygrin:
Bee964.
I can remember watching a TV program on the Blackbird, ....what intrigued me was, that the plane leaked like a sieve on the ground, as it relied on air pressure to seal the plane up tight. As the airframe needed to cope with extreme expansion and contractions....
David....
I think that is where I caught this nasty head cold too. In the plane. There was a very sick little boy a couple rows behind me.
Once out of the United States, do they allow you to smoke on the planes ? Like which airlines will allow this or is it forbidden all
over the world ?
.
Unlikely you'll catch any bug on a modern plane unless your sitting next to an affected person.
The amount of air changes and filtration is such that makes plane flying very safe indeed.
Remember the good old days when you could light up a ciggy?? the next seat down from the smoking section would hardly know there was a smoker behind them. The airflow/amount of air changes and Super Hepa filtration saw to that.....
People have been watching too many films, where plane fulls of passengers are contaminated by a single passenger, ....It's just never going to happen!!!!
If you managed to pick anything up on your journey, the chances are it was at the airport NOT on the plane you traveled on.....
David.....
Willy,
13 hours is really a long time for someone who smokes to
go without a cigarette.
something to ponder- why do the new planes have ash trays on the
arm of the seats?
Dave C,
It's all a nonsense this no smoking on aeroplanes. Smokers never affected anyone from the non smoking areas on these planes, the air conditioning systems saw to that... All it means is that the airlines don't have to replace the air filters so often these days!!!
As i said, i reckon there's a good market for certain routes around the world flying these smoking only flights. I wonder how long it would take, before the main carriers started smoking areas again, if these smoking flights really took off in a big way, ....Not long i would warrant!! ...haha!!!
David......
there was Hooters Air :dodgy:
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on March 6, 2003
...
All commercial services were suspended on January 9, 2006.
I remember seeing a few of the airplanes ...
ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooters_Air
Mike O.
that would have gone well at home
"well honey i have my ticket booked on HOOTERS Air lol!!!!!
Whens the next batch of Guys due to visit China? We need some new posts.
Willy and Maxx,
For those who are in the dark you will need to clue us in on Teo. Where can you find his comments? chnlove.com?
Teo is scattered around the forums that are constantly updated...
Log-in -> HELP/SUPPORT -> FORUMS (For those of you who don't know where the "official" forums are)
God, now I have to find a flowered shirt I guess.... :o
This is video of a tornado that struck just south of where I live. It was produced by the storm that flooded my basement. Living here we never get enough lead time warning from Enviroment Canada. We have to depend on warnings from the United States.
LEAMINGTON TORNADO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V9FvS9CiNY#ws)
This video runs along Hwy 20 (Seacliffe Drive) and Robson Road...
Dave C
How to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew.
Well it might not save your life, but it will impress your date.
http://www.wimp.com/wineshoe/ (http://www.wimp.com/wineshoe/)
Saw this and had to repost it...
Now I have been here a year now and all who visits China mention the traffci and the driving.
With chaotic road system and driving conditions and drivers who do not care which side of the road they drive on then can someone tell me where all the bumps and dents in cars are.
I look out of my window and see cars in good conditions not dents not scratches no damage at all.
Willy
This guy has a death wish....! WOW.
Wonder if this guy is still alive?
Watch this guy as he navigate through Moscow traffic at rush hour. Imagine being a passenger with him, if you can. Six and a half minutes of sheer terror! Note the "wheelies" under extreme acceleration.
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22534&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=html&utm_campaign=2010-9-28 (http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22534&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=html&utm_campaign=2010-9-28)
I found that very interesting to say the least .
Do that and you could run for Major of New York City .
Regarding the Mosque near Ground zero, I say let them build it. And across the
street, we should put a topless Bar called " You Mecca Me Hot." Next to
that, a gay Bar called " The Turban Cowboy" and next to that, a pork-rib
Restaurant called "Iraq o' Ribs"? And a Check cashing center called
........." Iran out of money." Lets see ...who's really tolerant!!!!
That is some funny stuff. Did you read it some place or just make it up?
Leno would use it I bet.
Regarding the Mosque near Ground zero, I say let them build it. And across theAs long as it faces east there should be no problem. Right?!?
street, we should put a topless Bar called " You Mecca Me Hot."
Just been on to the other Forum. No new messages showing there for four or five days in some cases.
Even my new postings of two days ago have not been shown yet.
Or maybe they are all guesting on this forum looking in on the latest goings on here!!!
Willy
I haven't seen anything about it so I wonder how they were rounding up these guys?
I haven't seen anything about it so I wonder how they were rounding up these guys?
I can just see a press gang sweeping through the LA and NY singles bars...
Plastic back into the oil it came from.
Not surprised at this at all, just a case of Japanese ingenuity and perseverance.
Somebody gonna get heavily conned here...it is impossible to get oil out of heated/molten plastic. !!!!
Well it did look a little like th Mr Fusion from "Back to the Future" What do you think?
Kiwi
If you used much of this in Kiwi Land, then you would all end up with two heads...or some such genetic disorders (!!!!!!!!!!!)...mmmmmm ???
David ;D ;D
Well it did look a little like th Mr Fusion from "Back to the Future" What do you think?
Arnold. being a newbie here, I have to tell you this. I spent a lot of time looking at the forum before I joined. It was input like yours that made me decide to sign up. The long time posters here have experience that guys like me can learn from. For what it's worth, I hope you stick around.
Alan
I appreciate all you Guys's concern about me leaving , but I'm really a Prisoner of this Forum .. so maybe I need to " Fake " that I'm Shot ? ::)
David, have you asked Ming if she knew what a smidge or a dash or a bakers dozen are?
Most of the time if I am telling of an amount of travel in miles or temperature I will put the conversion in there too. Just wasn't sure if they would understand fractions as westerners do.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
and to the republic of Richard Stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. :D
British humor ....
http://www.wimp.com/animalvoiceovers/ (http://www.wimp.com/animalvoiceovers/)
:P
?? Cell Phone: short for Cellular phone. Mobile was just another term for it. It may have started for the first cell/mobile phones were in automobiles?
Hey Willy I just read your last post.And it had allot of spelling mistakes.You had the letter u all over the place.No worries mate I fixed the words for you.Wouldn't want the world to know that the Brits can't spell ;DThanks Maxx,
Willy no worries.We will set up your own area so you can practice the Queens English.I have a friend who lives in New Mexico.He is from a village just outside of London.Nobody could understand what he said till he had lived in New Mexico for 15 years.So I'm sure that we can help you learn good English.
On a side not thiere was a guy from the U.K. on the official forum.He made a couple of posts.But nobody could understand what he had posted.So after a couple of days.I translated what he posted.So everybody else could understand it. I have done a little work as a translator.And I could probably help you.Get it all sorted out.
Cheerio Willy God save the Queen.
Maxx
However, despite that, I am alive and well and keeping a bit quiet for the moment...still licking my wounds after a narrow escape from disaster and a VERY hurried trip to Chengdu to rescue my relationship...which cost me a lot of money and a lot of time which was not anticipated.....'nuff said !
So why is a Russian woman sending emails from Vietnam?
Who cares? ;D
I hate to bring up old worn out topics but I was looking at a travel map online of Guangdong province. I think I know why Willy lives there. It is where he gets the purest form of Viagra to sell worldwide. I saw on the map just northwest of Shaoguan is Golden Cock Mountain. Willy your secret is out!!!!!!!
I can't decide if this is true or made for TV storyline?
Her solace, she said, is that her story might "touch people's hearts" and help others.
Have to agree I loved seeing so many people happy ;D
The Rape of Nanking - Nanjing Massacre -English Language Edition (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4920138942953644691)
Is that the one?
*edit: I can't bring myself to watch it. I skipped through some.
Children of Huang Shi was a good movie. True story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889588/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889588/)
It made my head hurt so gave up halfway!
Willy
Come on Willy, just because the Keep Up Appearances marathon was delayed for an American Football game is no reason to run it down. The reason it is called football is because there was already a sport here called soccer. Maybe you heard of that game. It's kind of boring anyway. It is a game where men, if you want to call them that, are frolicking around on a field kicking a round ball trying to get it into a very large net. ;DI knew that someone would bite.
That's what laptops are for. 8)I can think of a FAR better use for a laptop!!!!!!!!!!!
Willy
David E have you been out shopping for your good lady and misplaced something?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Mystery-surrounds-man-left-yahoofinanceuk-3255908072.html?x=0 (http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Mystery-surrounds-man-left-yahoofinanceuk-3255908072.html?x=0) ;D ;D
i KNEW IT HAD TO BE YOU BECAUSE OF THE RED SURF SHORTS...OOOPS IT WAS A CHINESE MAN ;D ;D ;DDavid E have you been out shopping for your good lady and misplaced something?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Mystery-surrounds-man-left-yahoofinanceuk-3255908072.html?x=0 (http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Mystery-surrounds-man-left-yahoofinanceuk-3255908072.html?x=0) ;D ;D
Dammit !!!!!....I TOLD her to be careful with my beer money ....prolly have to drink Fosters for the next week or so..... ;D ;D ;D
Funny. Before reading what John wrote I looked at the pictures. Picture #3 with the back out of the dress I thought WOW she looks a little thick and masculine in the lower back.
I will use the over the phone check service (or internet) in which you take the checking info and it becomes the same as receiving the check itself. So my acct # is 080087722 at BOA. Please accept it as my $15.00 Transaction Fee. I expect the $500.00 within 5 working days. Thank you
Talking about a bad day.A Iranian man was in Bangkok Thailand was going to blow up a embassy to protest something or another.He had the hand grenades and the explosives all ready.While walking across the house to get into a taxi.One of the hand grenades.Fell out of the bag.When it fell out of the bag.The safety pin was pulled out of the grenade.The grenade rolled across the floor and detonated.Blowing the roof off the rental house.And blowing both of the mans legs off.The mans 2 accomplices ran down the street dripping blood.One man was arrested in Malaysia as he was boarding a flight to Iran.The other accomplice ran off into the Jungle.And is still being hunted.Not quite right Maxx. They told him take out the pin and count to ten before throwing it. He started that process but then run out of fingers on one hand to count on. So put the grenade between his knees and held it there and resumed counting up to ten on other hand. But only got to 8 when..............! :o
No your right - we waited for the americans to do that. ;D
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'.
But I don't agree with the Philippine acclaim? I've always heard the opposite due to allot of banging and not from guns. Stationed Americans there intergraded the natives and then left for home leaving it all behind. This didn't go over so well. So walk into a bar and announce you're an American? Well you just have to run faster then the brit?
Hmmm....... And everybody who lives south of Macon is a redneck, especially if they drive a pick-up and work with concrete. ;D
Maxx I'm sure you would have been called worse...lol ;D ;D And irt did not seem like a bad name to us Celts...lolWhoah you Rab C Nesbit look a like i will YANK your teeth out when we meet next month;D
Forbes Thought Of The Day
“ He is always a slave who cannot live on little. ”
— Horace
Willy, maybe America can trade Mississippi & Alabama for debt relief.
Willy you must of never heard of the Jamacan Bobsled team :P
I did try to look up some attendence numbers.But I couldn't find anything.So you are probably still right. good luck with the 16 hours.Ive probably watched about 5 minutes so far.Go team U.S.A.
Just picked up some figures for you Maxx.
They are expecting 200,000 to come through the main gates of the Olympic park today. As well as the main stadium, where the track and field start today, the Olympic Park also holds the Aquatic Centre for swimming, hockey stadium and Cycling velodrome.
Cheapest tickets for London 2012 are 20.12 GB pounds - most expensive 2012 GB pounds.
William
Australia is officially in deep mourning....1 gold medal :'( Dont expect to hear much from us until we have sunk enough beer to get over this tragedy.
Canada also has only one gold so far.
I'm not a huge fan, so I don't pay a lot of attention, but it seems like this Olympics has a lot of drama and unsportsmanlike behaviour. Is it this bad every year?
well, technically, I'm not watching the Olympics. It's just that's all the news websites report on now.
Wow ! . Australia just doubled its Gold medal tally , but still sad especially in a house full of Chinese girls .
I'm surprised the crowds were so small on your last vist.... Stay humble Wills. :PThe crowd was much smaller than usual as I had kept my arrival secret. But as you see a small band of followers heard the rumour. :D ;D ;D
I heard that was the crowd making sure Willy got on the plane to leave again after his last visit....... ;)You may say that but I could not possibly comment. ;D ;D
...I can cheer myself up when I can get back to bashing you know who's. 8)
Willy
...I can cheer myself up when I can get back to bashing you know who's. 8)
Willy
I wonder if he means me?.... ;D ;D ;D ;D
I know there is already a thread for this but I cant find it.
I was looking for something skype like to load on my android cell phone so I or any of my relatives can be reached from China via china mobile cell phone.
I tried skype once beofre and it was terrible sounding. Very poor quality.
I downloaded a couple more and they all sucked. All knds of setup problems and restrictions. Then I took a look at the magic jack website and behold they have an Android magicjack application. Wow. I have always had good luck with my three magic jack hardware devices so I took a chance. I went to the google store and clicked on the download button. A few minutes later I checked my phone it was already installed and ready to use. a minute later I was talking to my sister in Oklahoma on my China mobile cell phone absolutely free. (its free because I already own a magic jack device)
This is amazing. I wish someone had told me about it before!
I wonder what "Agency" Rob is with and did he had to pay a hefty price to join? Meeting fee's.... man this got to cost a fortune!Hefty fees??? He pays a little here a little there. But maybe everything is not so little with our Robbie - that I do not know. But I know a few women who could tell me so.
Little Big Man. ly
$30 per year ... for unlimited calls to phones in North America (US & Canada)
Unfortunately if he were to call you today all he would say is glug glug glug...
I hope he is weathering the storm OK.
Willy... Can you help a poor guy out without me having to connect the dots? ;)
Two words. Mexico City... I'll take care of the rest. ;D
Just joking!!!!! ::)
I wish they had this when I was there.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/12/content_16221026.htm (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/12/content_16221026.htm)