China Romance
General Discussion and Useful Links => Ask An Experienced Member => Topic started by: ttwjr32 on January 07, 2010, 11:55:18 am
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hello everyone as we have talked many people will
be in china in feb and we talked of all meeting up.
well gentlemen it is getting close and if we all meet in Guangzhou
then we need to decide a day and time and i will try with the help of my wife to secure us an excellent restuarant were we could all meet
Willy is close and can be here and i believe Ronan will be here and he is close so we need to star coordinating this
Ted
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I will be in Chengdu from Feb 10th to Feb 24th.
I am happy to go to GZ for the gathering, once we decide a date. Prefer not to be in GZ on Feb 14th...got other things to do :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
David
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Count me in in principle, I should be in or around GZ from Feb 6 until departure on the 22nd.
Frank
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Because of the Chinese new Year probably best to fit in a date after the holiday so somewhere round about 18 -20th will be best for all concerned.
My dates are flexible I think - hang on I will check my diary - no it's ok it is blank for the rest of the year!!!!!
Willy
PS on the get together -any want a message -sorry a massage - I can bring two ladies from Zhongshan if they are still speaking to me!!!
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I will be out of Shenzhen from 12 Feb and come back on Feb 22
Even I live in Shenzhen but I haven't have a chance to walk around Guangzhou.
I hope I can join in if time available
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you are welcome to jion Chen Yan and i will keep
Willy away from you hahahahaha
Hey Willy can you give those two women a message from Sisi hahaha
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Chwen Yan
Do not worry. I will behave like a true English Gentleman.
After all I am betrothed to be married sometime in the next decade!
I will tell you story of the land of my forefathers, because like the Chinese us Englishen have a long history, maybe not as old as China's but much older than the countries of the rest of the colonials that are on this forum. I can tell you how my own Father came to China many, many years ago before any of the Rif Raf now on this forum was born!!! Including myself.:icon_cheesygrin:
And no Ted he did not come with Marco Polo!!!! It was the year after!
Willy
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Marco Polo, do you mean Ralph Lauren? They have factories in China now? :icon_cheesygrin:
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Marco Polo, do you mean Ralph Lauren? They have factories in China now? :icon_cheesygrin:
It's three o'clock in the morning in France. Is this all you Frenchman have to do at this time of the night!!!!! Or are you secretly back in China where its nearly 10am?
Willy
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Chen Yan you don't have to worry about Willy he is just a old British guy.With big delusions of grandeur.He will spend most of the time setting in a corner drooling on himself.Dreaming of the days of past glory. Of the old Britsh emipire lost and detroyed over 200 years ago.:icon_cheesygrin:
Everybody Knows that North America and south America have alot more history.Then the little island Willy comes from.
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It's three o'clock in the morning in France. Is this all you Frenchman have to do at this time of the night!!!!! Or are you secretly back in China where its nearly 10am?
Willy
Hehe I'm busy writing an EMF ... 4:13am now, lucky it's the weekend! But then I think I'm still jet lagged, I feel fresh and awake, still on China time I guess.
Frank
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Frank , has nothing to do with China time , but everything to do with beautiful Chinese women , he he , regards Ying and Robert .
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It's three o'clock in the morning in France. Is this all you Frenchman have to do at this time of the night!!!!! Or are you secretly back in China where its nearly 10am?
Willy
Hehe I'm busy writing an EMF ... 4:13am now, lucky it's the weekend! But then I think I'm still jet lagged, I feel fresh and awake, still on China time I guess.
Frank
Do you get a cheap rate after midnight or is it that you have so many to write too.LOL :icon_cheesygrin:
Willy
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It's three o'clock in the morning in France. Is this all you Frenchman have to do at this time of the night!!!!! Or are you secretly back in China where its nearly 10am?
Willy
Hehe I'm busy writing an EMF ... 4:13am now, lucky it's the weekend! But then I think I'm still jet lagged, I feel fresh and awake, still on China time I guess.
Frank
Do you get a cheap rate after midnight or is it that you have so many to write too.LOL :icon_cheesygrin:
Willy
I will definitely not be there. Circumstances have changed for me. I will be going the first week in April. Ted I am sure we will be passing through Guangzhou to Shaoguan. When I get more details I will contact you.
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Chen Yan you don't have to worry about Willy he is just a old British guy.With big delusions of grandeur.He will spend most of the time setting in a corner drooling on himself.Dreaming of the days of past glory. Of the old Britsh emipire lost and detroyed over 200 years ago.:icon_cheesygrin:
Everybody Knows that North America and south America have alot more history.Then the little island Willy comes from.
Well Maxx you knew that I would bite on that didn't you. All I can say is that this little island gave you the World because we owned the most part of it once.:icon_cool:
Willy
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Hey Maxx that was to funny (drooling) angel keeps
him wiped up now :icon_cheesygrin:
Shaun,
looking forward to meeting the both of you
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Ted,
Funny maybe, but you also have to give credit where credit is due. You colonials often forget how you came about in this modern world, most of it was through a tiny little Island thousands of miles away from you. In fact, most of your forefathers were British or of British decent. An Island that over the years built an Empire that stretched around the globe, so that in effect ''the sun never set over that British Empire''. All this from an Island that could fit many, many times into the countries it once ruled....
We didn't lose it 200 years ago either, most of the British Empire was ceded back to it's modern population over the last hundred or so years. During the British rule of this Empire, It brought the ''Rule of Law'' to many countries that were previously ruled by local warlords, Princes, and self appointed Ruler/dictators. Where life was anything but Rosy!!!
Maybe life was not perfect under British rule, but it was a darn site better and fairer than it was before British rule, and in more than just a few cases, better than after the British left!!!
David....
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David,
i was talking about the drooling part not the tiny island part
lets not get upset here we can all say many good things about
our countries
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We didn't lose it 200 years ago either
Maybe life was not perfect under British rule, but it was a darn site better and fairer than it was before British rule, and in more than just a few cases, better than after the British left!!!
David....
Dave I think Maxx was reliving elementary school nightmares brought on from having to do research papers using the acient tome "Encyclopaedia Britannica" :huh:
And lets not forget "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson
I still get a kick out of the movie "Carry On... Up the Khyber" - Is this Madness.... No it's British
I have been entertaining the notion of going in Feb. My wife will have a zither contest and it will be our 1 year Redbook aniversary, but this is our busy season at work. Looks like the oil industry here is recovering as all indications point to a very busy 3 months.
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David I was just messing with Willy he was hacking on the Americans earlier So I hacked back.it is all in good fun.
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Maxx, Ted...
I've had over 30 years of working overseas, and i get this stuff everywhere i've been, so it wears a bit thin every now and again. So even though it was all a bit of messing around, it was just one of those times, it hit a sore spot!! ...lol!!
So i guess i should appologise, ...just wanted to make a point!!
David
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no appology needed david
Rhonald congrats on the 1 year anniversary
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Nothing that is said on here is ever a problem for me.
I have stuck up for Englishmen wherever they have been in the world. That is why I go overseas a lot to get away from the irate Englishmen I have stuck up for when they have left their wives in England whilst workling overseas.
Well 'a womens need are many fold' goes the old Benny Hill song and I just liked to fill the gap when the husbands were away:icon_cool::icon_cool:
Willy
PS That was the old willy.
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David,
You know why the sun never set on the british empire don't you? Well, God would never trust an Englishman in the dark!:icon_cheesygrin:
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some pointless signs from the u.k.
yes your right i am a little bored when
my wife is working :s
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Ted,
Are you SURE all these signs are from the UK?? Because at least one isn't!!! We don't use dollars in the UK, and there is a Newcastle i believe in the States!!! lol!!!
David....
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Ted,
Are you SURE all these signs are from the UK?? Because at least one isn't!!! We don't use dollars in the UK, and there is a Newcastle i believe in the States!!! lol!!!
David....
Your right there but I am pretty certain the disabled person one is not from tHE USA because theirs would say - HEY YOU GET OUT THE SAME WAY YOU GOT IN - WITHOUT ANY HELP.
Willy
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taken from a sight that has funny uk stuff???? didnt notice that
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Got to be fake signs (photoshopped). I think there is a Newcastle in New York? Westchester County?
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Try Newcastle , New South Wales , Australia , regards Ying and Robert .
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Ted, Rob...
So does anyone know if there Newcastle has a tramway or not?? I think it could well be the Aussie Newcastle??
I think the idea is, ....if the power doesn't kill you, the 200 dollars fine might kill the wallet haha!!
David...
Paul,
With very good reason too!!! I don't trust myself in the dark hours, and Lucy definitely doesn't!! ...haha!!
Oh, and I think we mostly snatched these places during the dark hours, while all were asleep!! ...lol!!
David.......
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David :icon_cheesygrin:
I like to think that Lord Harlech was correct when he said "In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it".
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I hear that in the US that Tramways go up mountains but in Europe they go along the street and in the US Cable Cars go along street where in Europe they go up mountains!!!!!
Talk about getting things ass about face.
Thought they spoke English out there? - No wonder they will all be speaking Spanish soon:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Willy
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we also call them cable cars that go up the mountains Willy
and we will be speaking spanish because the govt is
allowing it to happen we certainly dont want to
offend the mexicans???
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Trams here go along the road too. :icon_razz:
The spanish speaking thing isn't that bad. It's just in dedicated areas.
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The spanish speaking thing isn't that bad. It's just in dedicated areas.
I understand that that dedicated area only goes from the Atlantic ocean across to the Pacific!!!!LOL :icon_cheesygrin: Or very soon will.
Willy
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I understand that that dedicated area only goes from the Atlantic ocean across to the Pacific!!!!LOL :icon_cheesygrin: Or very soon will.
Willy
Let me correct that. Dedicated area only goes from the Atlantic ocean AND the Pacific!
Lower western states have more Mexican (Calif, AZ, NM,Tx). Here we have more Cubian , some Mexican but even more hispanic from South America. New York has more Puerto Rican then any other. So though it's all latino speaking they are different cultures.
In all, the population of hispanic in the whole country is 20%.
To work or live in Miami Dade you must know spanish. 1 or 2 counties away you just need to know some? If you go for a job in Miami you must know spanish, here and in PBC bilingual helps. Outside of these it's all english.
P.S. I know your kidding but there are some that don't realize how it is here.
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The other problem, is that they don't just have 1 or 2 kids, ....it's more like 4 to 6 or more!! So your Hispanic population is just going to keep growing and growing, even if you didn't allow another Hispanic into the country.... lol!!!
David.....
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There's a reason for the kids. Citizenship (easier to get) and Welfare. Welfare is given to women that have children and more to women with kids under 5 yo. So they keep popping them out so there's always one under 5 yo. Clinton changed the welfare to a maximum of 2 years then they have to get a job. But having kids keeps them at home. So that's the loophole.
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They need to put a maximum of 2 Kids that can receive more welfare for under 5 yo.
The purpose of law makers, is to close these loop holes as and when they appear, especially if they are being taken advantage of, as a means of an income without the need to work!!!
David......
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The Navajo Indians do the same things as the Mexicans.They just keep punching out kids for that welfare check.Then they take the welfare check and buy booze.While they send there kids out to live with there relatives.Or push them off into government supported Boarding schools.That have Native American preference.Which means for you that don't know.Native American preference means.That if you aren't native American.You aren't getting any help.And you aren't getting the job either
They have a huge farm south of where I live.It is owned by the Navajo Nation.When the Navajo Nation wanted the farm.B.I.A.(Buero of Indians affair) bought them everything they would need to run the farm.Tractors, trucks,plows, columbines, Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, grass, seeds,Water, buildings, to run this farm.And B.I.A. also payed the wages of all the help they would need.To run a farm of this size.Right around 300 people full time. And another 300 at harvest time.
The first five years they had this farm.It was running in the red.The head honcho and The Navajo nation president were stealing all of the money using it for vacations and Vacation homes in Florida. When I moved to New Mexico in 1994 they locked one of them up in prison for embezzlement.The next 3 or 4 Navajo nation presidents.All suffered the same fate.They were either impeached for embezzlement or for taking kick backs.2 or 3 ended up doing time in a federal prison.The rest got off with a slap on the wrist.
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Talk about getting things ass about face.
Thought they spoke English out there?
Willy
yes...I agree...posting about toilets in every thread...kind of sad! Have no life????
ASSumptions...are usually incorrect...this thread and peeps posting anti-American crap here are pathetic! May I remind you self-proclaimed "experts on everything"...this is a forum about "meeting that special someone from China" and how we help each other with this...you people have gone WAY OVERBOARD with your crap! I will not lower myself to your levels...unlike you I have respect for others and the countries they live in...including that tiny island that you come from!:@
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I was just messing with Willy he was hacking on the Americans earlier So I hacked back.it is all in good fun.
Exactly abigbutt a bit of good fun whilst nothing else was happening on this forum. Maxx and I have joked to each other on this subject previous. But I have a word for any I have upset on this forum dilligaf.
Willy
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dilligaf??? ok i give up whats that mean??
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dilligaf??? ok i give up whats that mean??
I will PM you Ted
Willy[/u]
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Bad Willy very bad
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I will be in Shenzhen around the 1st of March if all goes according to plan.
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So, does anyone have an idea for fixing a calendar date for the get together? February starts in 2 weeks ...
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i agree frank we shoulld see who all will be here and
put together a day to meet for lunch dinner drinks
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My trip to Chengdu is booked and confirmed.
I will be in China from 12th Feb to 21st Feb.
I have 2 important meetings on 13th and 16th Feb...after which I would love to go to Guangzhou to meet up with the guys...and girls....that is provided I can get a flight !!!!
David
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Ok well all the concerned, post your agendas, I'll gladly do a summary and we can try and find a convenient date for most.
I'm landing on the early afternoon on Feb 6th in HK and will be in the vicinity until Feb 22nd mid afternoon.
Frank
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Any day will suit me - just need to be sure that we do not get caught up in the Chinese New Year traffic cos that holiday is for several days either side of 14th Feb.
Willy
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I'm avoiding Chinese New Year and coming to Hong Kong on the last day of the week long celebrations.
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I'm arriving on Thur Feb 11th , coming back on March 6th.
Most days are fine except new years eve and day which will be spent with parents.