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    I saw my name in another thread wondering where I've been so I thought I would post an update. I have been lurking on here from time to time since my last log-in though.

    Yes, I am still in China and doing well. We are going to sign another two-year contract. We'll see after that. 4 years is a long time to be away. We will be back in America for the whole summer so that will be nice. We've done some traveling while we've been here, mostly within China. Though I did go to Seoul for a student conference back in November. We also spent a week over Christmas break in Hong Kong.

    I'm getting back into roto this year. Just a 12 team mixed league (Bleh!), but its something. I haven't really missed playing roto that much to be honest.

    Yes, I am on Facebook quite a bit pumping up my Mizzou team. Mizzou B-ball is back bay-bee! Of course, I'm pumped with Mizzou's signing of the #1 high school prospect, Green-Beckham (DGB!)

    I guess that's pretty much it. Still a Christian; still a conservative so I'm sorry to disappoint there.
    拖裤子,
    放屁

    Literally means "pulling your pants down to fart" which is a Chinese idiom for "wasted effort." Makes sense to me!

  • #2
    Damn - was hoping socialist China would change that

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Trader Mac View Post
      Of course, I'm pumped with Mizzou's signing of the #1 high school prospect, Green-Beckham (DGB!)
      34th ranked class according to rivals.
      "The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable." -NY Times

      "For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, you’ve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she’s talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts" - Joe Biden

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Trader Mac View Post
        I saw my name in another thread wondering where I've been so I thought I would post an update. I have been lurking on here from time to time since my last log-in though.

        Yes, I am still in China and doing well. We are going to sign another two-year contract. We'll see after that. 4 years is a long time to be away. We will be back in America for the whole summer so that will be nice. We've done some traveling while we've been here, mostly within China. Though I did go to Seoul for a student conference back in November. We also spent a week over Christmas break in Hong Kong.

        I'm getting back into roto this year. Just a 12 team mixed league (Bleh!), but its something. I haven't really missed playing roto that much to be honest.

        Yes, I am on Facebook quite a bit pumping up my Mizzou team. Mizzou B-ball is back bay-bee! Of course, I'm pumped with Mizzou's signing of the #1 high school prospect, Green-Beckham (DGB!)

        I guess that's pretty much it. Still a Christian; still a conservative so I'm sorry to disappoint there.
        Trader Mac! Good to hear from you and that all is well.

        Glad to hear you are still a Christian although the thought of you not being never entered my head.

        Don't be stranger. It doesn't take that much to drop a line when lurking.

        God bless you and yours.

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        • #5
          Glad you are doing well. As a Hawk fan, I will be sorry to see Mizzou leave next season. West Virginia just does not carry the same caché.

          J
          Ad Astra per Aspera

          Oh. In that case, never mind. - Wonderboy

          GITH fails logic 101. - bryanbutler

          Bah...OJH caught me. - Pogues

          I don't know if you guys are being willfully ignorant, but... - Judge Jude

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          • #6
            buy an counterfeit apple products yet?

            what kind of car are you driving over there?

            silly questions but I just have to know

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            • #7
              No counterfeit products though they can be bought.

              I will NOT drive in China so no car for me.
              拖裤子,
              放屁

              Literally means "pulling your pants down to fart" which is a Chinese idiom for "wasted effort." Makes sense to me!

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              • #8
                Hey Mac....my daughter is going to China in April...she'll be travelling with a group. Any suggestions on things to do/try, or things to avoid? Thanks...
                "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
                - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

                "Your shitty future continues to offend me."
                -Warren Ellis

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
                  Hey Mac....my daughter is going to China in April...she'll be travelling with a group. Any suggestions on things to do/try, or things to avoid? Thanks...
                  The food





                  Certain universities have started putting up these signs due to the increase in Chinese student numbers ... and spills / injuries:

                  Last edited by johnnya24; 02-26-2012, 01:35 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Holy crap...that was truly disturbing. "Looks like a bag of condoms"..."can't decide what to eat first, the head or the ass"...classic.
                    "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
                    - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

                    "Your shitty future continues to offend me."
                    -Warren Ellis

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                    • #11
                      tough loss for mizzou today.
                      "Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?" Albert Hofmann

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
                        Hey Mac....my daughter is going to China in April...she'll be travelling with a group. Any suggestions on things to do/try, or things to avoid? Thanks...
                        Depends where she is going. A lot to see in Beijing. I would head over to Xi'an where the Terracotta Warriors are at. I want to go to Datong next year. Has a Hanging Monastery there that is built into the side of a cliff. If she is going south, Hong Kong is nice. I plan on going to Guilin/Yangshuo in April. Very beautiful place. Perhaps if you could share where specifically she is going I could be more help.

                        As for the toilets, the Chinese (and Koreans) stand on the toilet seats because they see it as unsanitary to put their butt cheeks where previous butt cheeks have been. We had a sign in our school telling the students not to stand on the toilets. They are used to the squatty potties which seem odd to us.

                        And yes, very tough loss for Mizzou.
                        拖裤子,
                        放屁

                        Literally means "pulling your pants down to fart" which is a Chinese idiom for "wasted effort." Makes sense to me!

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                        • #13
                          As for things to avoid, I would be very leery of street food. It seems cool to participate in Chinese culture, but I have heard of quite a few Westerners get food poisoning because of it. I have tried here in Tianjin and haven't gotten sick, but I go back to the same people over and over.
                          拖裤子,
                          放屁

                          Literally means "pulling your pants down to fart" which is a Chinese idiom for "wasted effort." Makes sense to me!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
                            Hey Mac....my daughter is going to China in April...she'll be travelling with a group. Any suggestions on things to do/try, or things to avoid? Thanks...
                            Re-education camps, tee-shirts proclaiming her love of the Dalai Lama and jobs at Foxconn.
                            "There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "

                            Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer Infantry

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
                              Holy crap...that was truly disturbing. "Looks like a bag of condoms"..."can't decide what to eat first, the head or the ass"...classic.
                              An Idiot Abroad and the current series, An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List is truly some of the funniest TV I've ever seen.
                              "There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "

                              Abraham Lincoln, from his Address to the Ohio One Hundred Sixty Fourth Volunteer Infantry

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