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Yes, actually, you are entirely correct. When I buy bread flour, I check the gluten content. The higher the better... Within reason. Good for baking Good for taste Good for texture I am not a sensitive person. (When I was born, we never heard, almost on a daily basis, the phrase gluten free.)

What is the difference between a tosser and a bounder? A tosser is sort of a bounder, in my opinion. But, a bounder might not necessarily be a tosser. Slang is often difficult to define in these contexts. Although, a BOUNDER is definitely NOT slang. You can find the word bounder used in many English (British) novels. However, decades ago, the word bounder never appeared in the Merriam-Webster dictionary...because... I know. Many years ago, decades ago, I checked. Bounder was not included in the American dictionary.

Nobody here is on the verge of going off the deep end. However, there is a very poor speller amongst us, and I am the culprit. Rubbernecking is what I intended to write, and not Rubber Necking, something that I never tried when I was a teen. Also, one can never have too much time on one's hands, especially when one reaches his or her seventh decade. The problem is that there is just not as much time as we would like. When we age, time becomes compressed and passes ever more quickly. When you get to be my age, you will experience this phenomenon directly.

No Way, Jose! I like to get everything together at one time, and at one sitting. I was brought up this way at our dinner table when I was young. We had a Black Mamba who would serve our meal at dinnertime. And, she would first serve the soup, after lighting the candles. And then we would have various dishes spread out, all piping hot, on the tablecloth... And, after we had had our fill, then we could have dessert. This is why I like to have everything hot at the same time. If my rice is not hot when the cabbage is hot, then how can you eat either one, since they must be eaten together. This is the way it should be.

You are not the first one to say this, by the way.

Those that create the newest advances in technology are trained in the West. And, those that create the newest technology represent less than a fraction of one percent of the population. Shanghai is a city where you will find the best schools, and the guys who get into MIT, Harvard, CalTech, and Princeton. These guys are at the very top, a fraction of one-percent of the population. China's ed system could be much improved if ideology, gov control, and thought control, could be totally removed from the system. And, China's ed system could be much improved by removing ALL controls over free exchange of information via the Internet. And stop the Chinese Intranet which is almost totally cut off from the rest of the world. One problem for students and researchers in China is idiotic internet control by the governments of each province, and by the state, nationally. But back to the topic: At this present moment, the political system of China is CRUSHING the young people of China, today, especially those attending school at ages 13 to 18. The government is after increased control of the society, and they probably have decided to increase their control through increased control over young people...through the Chinese ed system. This is new, and this is fairly recent. Parents in China, of course, do not like to see what is happening to their children under the new ed system in China. They voice their opposition when and where they can. But, their protests are stifled. And the CCP machine just rolls over them. I know this to be true, just from reports personally conveyed to me. So...basically, these reports were the impetus for this topic...because.... Nobody wants to see young children crushed by a political machine. This has already happened during the Cultural Revolution, and at other times, post revolution. The CCP is disgusting. It needs to go. Crushing a child's curiosity and creativity and happiness at such a tender age, for political control...is... Barbaric....

Yes. Now you know. And now, after reading your comment...I know...why...I...so much... Love TV!

You are always welcome to join me, Sir, wherever I go. I have no doubt that you and I might be able to "hit it off" together and enjoy each other's company, outside this virtual world.

I COMPLETELY disagree with your view about this thread....COMPLETELY. Anyway, concerning your statement: "I'm amazed at the vile tropes that keep getting echoed here, especially about non-farangs.", I am completely in disagreement with you on this point. Perhaps you are amazed through your own misunderstanding of what is actually being said in this thread. Also, here you will find various views that may not entirely agree with your understanding of what you perceive to be reality, which is definitely not anyone else's reality. For example, let's say you are from Singapore, then you have have been drinking the Kool-Aid from a very early age, even before you could think for yourself, and, as a result, have different views from someone who may have grown up under a less authoritarian regime. As for me? I have spent MOST of my life in China, and while there, I did not interact with many farang, for sure.... After all, most Farang I met during my years in Asia were just too depressed and sad from having to carry the White Man's Burden for so many years, and I steered clear of them because I did not want to become so depressed myself.

That was a few years back, I think. Anyway, my hat is off to Rogers for being one of the first westerners to ride around China on a motorcycle, at least post revolution. That takes real guts, I must admit. However, say what you like.... MIT and CalTech are still the best in the world. And, ChongQing university and BeiDa ....cannot...even... Come close!!!!!!!!!!!!

YumCha...is Hong Kong speak, maybe, for farang....(Cantonese) Mandarin is YinCha In HK, you got....dim sum... Which is Cantonese for dianxin...meaning to eat "snacks" while drinking tea. Anyway, I have spent many happy hours in HK imbibing in dim sum/yum cha...etc....

I need FOUR Microwaves, as already stated. Simple Logic, and why are you unable to follow it? I want all my dishes piping hot AT THE SAME TIME. Let us say, just for argument's sake, you have ... a. bowl of rice b. cabbage and ginger soup c. five-egg omelet d. one chicken breast e. Two AirCons going full blast.... What do you do to get all four dishes heated to the desired temps at the SAME TIME? Obviously: The only SENSIBLE thing to do is to obtain FOUR Microwaves and NUKE the four dishes at the same time. Anyway, this is what I do. I have one microwave in the kitchen, one microwave in the living room, and one microwave in my study. But, next week, I will go to Big-C, and get my Panasonic microwave repaired, and buy one new microwave.... Then, I will have... One in the kitchen One in the living room One in my study And, one in my bedroom.... Capisce? Makes plenty of sense when you consider the logic of it all, or, of them all... Note: Mr. L.... I am NOT joking about this. I have tried various other solutions, and the only way to get four dishes hot at the same time...so that I can enjoy my meals, is to have FOUR microwaves.... In addition: These days, microwave ovens are super cheap, and I would say TOO cheap. So, for about Bt.2800 time FOUR, you can have enough equipment to do what I need to do... AND, I recall the day we bought our first microwave oven, sometime around 1967, or so, .... That microwave was SUPER expensive, and much more high-powered, and lasted a LONG time. The brand name of our first microwave....? I think it began with an L... But, I forget.... Note2: I just recall, in 1967, I was at that age when I enjoyed exploding raw eggs in the oven....BOOM!

Next time you need an English-Chinese or Chinese-English interpreter... Please just PM me. Thank you.

I agree with you that the language schools, such as the one at ChuanDa, are TOPS... With EXCELLENT teachers. And...the teachers there are kind, dedicated and patient, and some become good friends, too. Some of the teachers at ChuanDa are geniuses, as well, with very, VERY dry wit. They teach foreigners, and so... They are used to irony and irreverent repartee...especially...from... Recalcitrant students like ME.

I must agree with you, one more time, though I always hate to admit it...that.... I DETEST ideology. The UDDER contempt for ideology, ... Is my bag, Sir!

While in China, I never saw a restricted area, having been mostly in Shanghai and SiChuan, and Dalian, etc. Nobody restricts your movement. And, I talk to anyone I like, at will, both in English and mostly in Chinese. And, people reply with very little restraint. There are topics that are considered to be out of bounds, as I already mentioned, those dealing with criticism of the gov, and such. But, with a friend, you can talk about almost anything. it's not North Korea, after all! The Chinese gov does not control people in that way. Instead they use the point system and social media and AI, as you know.

These two words ARE accepted and spoken in everyday English. Same with GongHo, for example, and many other examples of borrowed words in English. Gung ho is an English term, with the current meaning of 'overly enthusiastic or energetic. Toro is the same... Ole is the same.... Gung ho is borrowed from the Chinese, I believe.

Not my opinions. While in China, and while in Taiwan, I seldom, very seldom, watched or read western media. I know what I know from living in China, for many years. Also, YES, you are absolutely correct that the Chinese gov gives great personal freedom to people in areas that do not matter. I could write a book about this, and have started two.... But, here is not the proper forum to delve into this topic in greater depth and detail.

Toro! Olé!

Trump, the narcissist that he is, loves to be mentioned. We are just humoring him, I think.

Right. Pago Pago will be nothing more than a Pit Stop for me, on my way to Antarctica....and... Beyond...

I remember being in Taipei at the time, and listening to the events unfold on the radio.

Freezer directly to microwave is GOOD. Saves MUCHO Timo... Chicken breast cooked in convection oven. Cabbage cooked in slow cooker. Omelet cooked in wok by my restaurant chef. Rice cooked in one of my two Panasonic family-size rice steamers. Why is it not good to go directly from freezer to nuke, in case of chicken breast/ Or from fridge to nuke, in the case of rice, cabbage soup? Any particular accepted, peer-reviewed evidence you have to support your claim?

A Rose is a Rose, as you say.

I have no pan. I do not need a pan. I do not wash pans. And, it takes 4 minutes to heat up a bowl of cabbage soup, straight out of the fridge. Omelets from the freezer take two nukings of 2 minutes per nuke. Rice from fridge takes 4 minutes. Chicken breast from freezer takes 1.5 minutes, plus final 1.5 minutes. Believe me.....