Originally posted by mlpriorConsider it done, SocMom! 😛 Sipping on some homemade blackberry wine as I play, here 😵
Have a drink gidget, fidget, midget, I mean widget!
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😉 Are you implying that you, too, then, are of the same mutant species as your buddy, Red?
We can only hope that breeding proves insurmountable - missionary? evangelical? - for you two 🙄
Originally posted by XanthosNZDon't worry Belching F loves you.
You should ask Darvlay, he says he's a Canadian... but is half Korean and that doesn't really count. He's probably got a lot of Oriental friends from China, they tend to lock all the Orientals in one lab regardless of if they are doing science or math.
I'm sure he could be of great assistance, and if you're lucky he may share an ancient Chinese secret.
...[text shortened]... ick small primate reflexes. And they'll probably do all for a modest quantity of rice!
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Originally posted by ThudanBlunderI think thats the place, I have to go to Phoenix Arizona to refurbish 4 semiconductor furnaces and then we ship them to China and re-assemble them into a hopefully working unit, 4 units actually.
Just north of Hong Kong would be Shenzhen. Is that where you are going? I lived in nearby Guangzhou (aka Canton) for nine years. What will you do there?
It would suck big weenies not to have the net for the time I will be there, about 2 months minimum.
If some of you followed my posts, you know I was in Toledo for several weeks, doing the same thing, re-engineering, refurbishing some semiconductor furnaces which should have BEEN in a furnace 10 years ago!
Another thing that crossed my mind: Do you know if there is any problem having middle eastern countries on your passport? Like when I was in Israel, worked there for three years, so there were lots of Israeli stamps, I could not use that passport if I wanted to visit Iran or Syria. I worked in Thailand for two years also and a couple of years on Andros Island, nice gig, that one! So do the Chinese have problems with any of those countries?
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Originally posted by sonhouseThe Chinese would only have a problem with Taiwan, and then only if you were Chinese yourself. To them there are basically only two types of people in the world: Chinese and non-Chinese. You could also say there are two Chinas : the China of the cities and the China of the countryside. The former is surprisingly modern while the latter is still stuck in the Dark Ages. You will have no problems with having high-speed broadband in Shenzhen. They even have wireless points these days. It is a new city, a Special Economic Zone. You will find it hard to believe that 25 years ago it was just fields. Western visitors are still so rare in China that you can expect to be stared at in the street, especially outside of the big cities. Don't walk around with a backpack. Thieves target tourists who do that, especially on buses. And be careful around the railway stations. These thieves believe that all foreigners are stinking rich and deserve to be robbed. But other than that it is a great place.
I think thats the place, I have to go to Phoenix Arizona to refurbish 4 semiconductor furnaces and then we ship them to China and re-assemble them into a hopefully working unit, 4 units actually.
It would suck big weenies not to have the net for the time I will be there, about 2 months minimum.
If some of you followed my posts, you know I was in Toledo fo ...[text shortened]... Andros Island, nice gig, that one! So do the Chinese have problems with any of those countries?
As I said, I lived in Guangzhou (Canton). China’s 3rd largest city after Peking and Shanghai. It lies about 100 miles along the coast from Hong Kong. My first job was teaching English at a girls’ boarding school near the airport. You probably think that giving oral lessons to 600 sexually-curious schoolgirls is not a bad job, and you would be right. Still, some of them can get quite cheeky. One day a sixth-form girl asked me if she could use my Dictaphone. Reluctantly I told her to use her finger like everybody else. As I had met some really shifty mainlanders in Hong Kong, the first thing I did when I got off the train was to go up to someone and say, “Excuse me, how do you say ‘Fvck you!’ around here?” In fact, most of them are very nice people. But corruption is widespread, especially amongst officials. The government obviously hires only the best that money can buy. Actually, when it comes to money, some of them can’t see any further than their flat noses. In fact, their definition of a pervert is somebody who loves women more than money. And I now know why the Chinese are called ‘inscrutable’ - they go around bowing and scraping to each other, even when they hate each other’s guts. (But China is utopia compared with North Korea. I can give you some idea of how bad it is there. The other day I saw a competition in a local English-language newspaper. The 1st prize was a week’s holiday in North Korea. “So what?”, you might think. However, the 2nd prize was two week’s holiday in North Korea.) But one of the more interesting aspects of life in this part of China is the many ‘hair-salons’ which offer even more than meets the eye. You go in and choose a girl. She washes your hair, and then you go upstairs for a cut and blow-job (or so I was told 🙄).
Winter is very similar to a British autumn but without the rain, and the summers are notoriously hot and humid. Arriving in October, I experienced only the end of the summer but was still sweating profusely. On arrival I got talking to a Chinese guy who spoke reasonable English. “What’s your name?”, I asked pleasantly. “Yu Pong”, he replied. “I’m not standing for this!”, I thought. “Yer what??”, I said. “Mister, Yu Pong”, he insisted. Well, as you can imagine, I didn’t know whether to dash straight home for a shower or fix his buck teeth for him first! But in general the people are very friendly. On my very first day I remember meeting a very attractive and vivacious young lady. Unfortunately, not only was she married but she was also accompanied by her lover, a guy called Fuk Mee Tu.
I also lived for two years in Hong Kong. Unlike in China the crime-rate is low, especially for petty crime. Women and children can walk the streets safely, at any time of the day or night. Nonetheless, as in the UK about 30 years ago, there is a growing awareness of the amount of unreported domestic violence and child abuse, particularly sexual abuse. But what else can you expect in a place where the word for ‘uncle’ is ‘suk suk’?!? The metro (called the MTR) is very clean and efficient. To change lines one simply gets off the train and walks to the other side of the platform, with trains invariably arriving every 3-4 minutes. But the carriages can get so packed that there are ‘platform assistants’ whose sole purpose in life is to cram people in while ensuring that the doors will still close securely. Nevertheless, you wouldn't hear me complaining as there were often a couple of petite office-girls crushed up against me, wondering what to do with their prim little derrieres. Only the British could think of calling such periods ‘the rush hour’. Why rush? Surely they mean Happy Hour! Due to the mild winter weather, there are plenty of tourists all year round - mainly Americans and Australians. (The American tourists were always so goddamned polite, probably because Back Home every other person is running around with a gun sticking out of their pocket.) There are also many British ex-pats and even a few English yobbos. I was accosted by one of the latter at a party with the words, “Hey mate, the birds ’ere are a bit small, ye nawhatamean??” “No”, I said. “Yer know……a bit tight, like”, he explained helpfully. I told him that buggers can’t be choosers.
Originally posted by ThudanBlunderGot some giggles with that post! Great one, thanks. In Thailand things are differant, I got the feeling Thai's don't automatically put you in two catagories, I think they are much more laid back than that.
The Chinese would only have a problem with Taiwan, and then only if you were Chinese yourself. To them there are basically only two types of people in the world: Chinese and non-Chinese. You could also say there are two Chinas : the China of the cities and the China of the countryside. The former is surprisingly modern while the latter is still stuck i ...[text shortened]... r know……a bit tight, like”, he explained helpfully. I told him that buggers can’t be choosers.
But I was only there for two years so maybe so real long termers would say differant.
In the Bahama's we found out you had to pay a worker by the job.
For instance, you tell a Bahamian laborer you want him to dig this ditch 30 feet long one foot wide and one foot deep and we pay you 5 dollars an hour. So you come back a couple of hours later and you find about one foot dug. He's thinking, wow, 5 bucks an hour, I can drag this sucker out for three days! Then the foreman rethinks the deal and says, forget the 5 bucks an hour. We will pay you 25 bucks to dig that trench. Oh, why didn't you say so in the first place? then
boom slash boom the trench is dug!