A little bit of China, once in awhile

[deuem]

501 millions? 

Sorry, 501 million + ArMap...lol

deuem

[The Seeker]

Yes, life can be very hard here. deuem, sing "My brown eyed girl" again [swoon] deuem let me rub your back, Oh no, let me do it, [cat fight] Ok, there is enough of deuem to go around. Such a life.

People hire these girls for protection. The Chinese guard. It will cost you about 8,000 USD a month for the service for 1. They are trained in martial arts and the warfare of protecting the rich. Not a cheap body guard. The one bab laws have set the girls back a lot. Some of the school classes are over 80% boys. So you know when they get to age they will be seeking a wife. Watch out! They will be on the move and buy the states to take the women. Nothing worst that 500 million horney men. I guess that is as good of a reason as oil wars..lol

That is a question/statement I have made many times:what are they going to do when they wake up someday and there aren't any females left in China?
Answer: go looking elsewhere...

Yes, I can see this leading to a lot of conflict...


seeker

[Elvis Hendrix]

Thankyou I will store that image in my internal mental cinema.
I belive it may be of some use from time to time.

[deuem]

Awh, Mr Seeker, your a smart person.. Of cource this is going to happen sooner than later.. They treat the boys like GOLD that is another problem. Spoiled Rotten. Girls tossed out in the Hospital or other places (abortion) not because of defects, just no penis... The re-cycle of girls is very high. I think at least 30%, maybe more. The law is needed for population and I have heard they are now letting up a little on the girls and might change it to 1 boy. So you could have up to 2 girls and then a boy. If you have a third girl, you stop and get tied off.
Deuem

[deuem]

For the Wild Bill

My first real Chinese wood working tool. A wooden block plane. Posted for any wood workers. Once you get used to it you can shave with it. I like the pull handle which is one rod that you can bang out. Back to basics for me.......



Deuem

[deuem]

It seem that every country has its own PWM.

enjoy

[guohua]

deuemd, Great Thread.
I really wish I could upload my pictures from my computer to here.
No, I used photo-bucket before and was very disappointed with the two (2) virus's I got after my account was hacked.
No ones fault here, I won't use that program again.

American fast food chain in China, The service is not So Fast! I know we had a one hour & forty-five minute wait for our Pizza we want to take with us on the train in Beijing back to Harbin, that was a little over 12 hours of YEA, Look At The Big American On The Train!
All the school kids came up and practiced their English on me. There was this
little girl about 7 or 8 that just kept staring at my Face
My wife finally ask her in Mandarin, What are you staring at? The little girl got embarrassed and pointed at my Big Mustache and asked if it was Real or was I Deceased!
They don't see much of that there and it did take my wife years to get use to it,,,, it's Tickles  !!!!!!! You Know

They also kept looking at my feet, I ware a size 14 triple E shoe but I was wearing my Harley Boots that year (2004).

deuemd, I'm sure you've been on their trains, Very Narrow Tracks and the sleeper cars Well,,, if you're six foot or better and wear a 56 shirt You Are Not Going To Fit and That Two Inch Thick Mattress Come- On!!
OK, So, there's four bunks and there's just the two of you, Not to worry, you're not going to be Lonely!!
You Have Compartment guest, the guys on one side and the girls on the other. No Hanky Panky, Nasty American!
OK, evey one brings there own food for the trip and of-course, this is China, it's time to Share!
Before you eat, it off to the bathroom,,, Great, brush your teeth and do your business, Right?
You wait in line for a sink and then Remember to bring your own Toilet Paper and Squat Over The Hole!
Wait in line to wash your hands and then eat!
I wish I had pictures!!!
   

[guohua]

Again, American Fast Food Places that Chinese People are Finally Accepting, One is my favorite there, I go with my
Old Buddies From The Basement,,,,( don't ask ) when ever we're in Beijing.
Now, it took the local Chinese awhile to accept Hooters, they were not to Happy about having their young Ladies
dress in so Little Clothing and Dancing in a Public Place.

OOOOPPPPSS Sorry, That wasn't it was it!!


Yes, I like Shanghi too, it's just a little Humid in the summer.

[deuem]

I think I have taken almost every type of transportation they have here. Would have to make a list. But that hole in the train I took was exactly that a hole right through to the outside. If a kid fell in it he/she would have been on the tracks.  I do love the new bullet trains. They get an OMG from me. It was the highest tech train I have ever been on. What is the matter with the USA and trains?


 

AMERICAN trains now

CHINESE Trains now

Deuem

We lost the train race,

the car race

and are in the process of loosing the space and jet air linner race.

What are we doing at home?

We do have nice horses and buggies

[deuem]

Ok, I have to share with you another stupid Deuem moment in china. 

When I first got here I was introduced to many people. A lot of them I would add the phone numbers to my phone. There is a name here they use that sounds to us like "IE". Over several months I had been introduced to many women named IE. So I presummed this was a name like John Smith or Joe Blow. Some standard name off the shelf.

Some where along the line I stopped and had to ask a translator. "Please tell me, why are there so many women in China with the name IE?"

She looked at me and said " IE is not her name it is her title. IE stands for maid"

Ok living in a hotel at the time, guess how many IEs I got to know. lol

Basicaly here in China people are mostly called by what they do while in public. I'm glad I don't have the septic tank cleaning job!

Deuem

[The Matrix Traveller]

Beijing....

Spent 7 Days in Beijing this time in China.

Would I live in Beijing ?

NO.

Oh by the way, that dim glow up there on the left, is the Sun   

I appreciate the NZ environment even more than ever now.   

[ArMaP]

Beijing....

That's a good photo for Deuem, with all those shades of white.

[The Matrix Traveller]

I still have a very, very sore throat, from when I was in Beijing 4 weeks ago, from the effects of air pollution.
Skin stung all day and went red. Eyes stung from what was probably Nitrogen oxide... and on the second day
throat became very, very sore....

[ArMaP]

I still have a very, very sore throat, from when I was in Beijing 4 weeks ago, from the effects of air pollution.

On my previous post I was thinking if I should tell you this or not, now I think I should.

A childhood friend of my boss went to Beijing some two years ago and came back with complaints like those, with throat and nose problems, and he was diagnosed some kind of unusual cancer one year later, from which he died six months or so after.

Although I don't like going to the doctor (I went on November, more than 20 years after my last visit ), I think you should get that throat checked.

[deuem]

I don't think it is that bad Matrix, You can still see the cars. When it tis really bad you can't. Don't forget that they are one of the few cities in China that also get sand storms from the nearby desert. Silicone in the air. Nobody gave you a face mask? So forgetting you for a moment, hows the other half doing? Was she there also and is she OK?

Snort some salted water, 5ml per clean 100ml  water. That will kill anything in the nose and top of throat  then some boiled ginger root in cola will clean you right up. If not check it out.

I guess ArMaP wants me to process the photo so I will be back soon.

Deuem