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While we’re on the Reminiss.. Three of us from The Old Country met up to go to Hong Kong. Stepping off the plane at Kai Tak was like a clap in the chops with a warm flannel, and I let the young lad, who’d interned there the year previous, lead the way. He’d arranged a bevvy with his brother in Lan Kwai Fong, and we were shortly sat down. ”Whair you boys fi?” asks the Chinese waiter. “Ah’m fi Dunfermline” I woke up early, back in the apartment, and walked down into town. At the lower part of the hill, the path took me past some shops selling stuff that looked like it was supposed to be eaten, though for the life of me, I can’t imagine why. Then down to the main road, with the big signs in Chinese and the trams clanking by, and it all seemed a bit foreign. I crossed the road, and then my ears pricked up - I followed the sound of The Bagpipes, to Northpoint Logistic Depot, where the HK Ambulance Corp Pipe Band were practising. ”Aye, I think this is going to be OK” I thought to myself
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What is the Secret to Happiness?
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You will need to big it up a bit more than that to persuade me to move to Antarctica. Furthermore, I think that life in Antarctica is made more pleasant by the optimistic confidence that it is not till the end of your days. We are not all Captain Oates. -
What is the Secret to Happiness?
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I’m happy, I’m happy I’m happy, I’m happy and I’ll punch the man who says I’m not - Ivor Cutler -
Back in the day, I was getting a flight from Southampton to Liverpool with Vulcan Air (How far wrong can you go with Spock at the controls). I was glad that I ran out to the plane, as I had the choice of two seats left, and I didn’t fancy driving after a couple of beers at the airport. A young man in a white shirt came out, walked once round the plane, kicked the tyres and drove off. I’m sure he was looking at a road atlas as we flew North, and he was forever fiddling with the altimeter. I almost leaned over to say “I think that’s important and you shouldn’t fiddle with it” , when he pointed out the Runcorn Bridge below us, lit up in its majesty. Suddenly he side slipped and wheeled right, and we were down at Speke Airport “Sorry, we had to turn quickly to get in before another plane”. Weighing up the pros and cons, I think that was a better option than the earlier flight to Manchester, but the deciding factor was the couple of pints at Eastleigh Airport
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What is the Secret to Happiness?
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
We are lucky he dropped one. Who knows what was in commandments 11 - 15? -
There are quite a few DYNAMITE writers on this forum
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Maybe he meant much as in quantity, not cost. “Who knows the expanse of a woman ‘ere they are married?” -
There are quite a few DYNAMITE writers on this forum
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You don’t need to suffer the slings and arrows, nor do you need to take up arms against them on a forum with the expanse of the prairies yet the complexity of the tropical jungle. try the Motoring forum -
There are quite a few DYNAMITE writers on this forum
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I love posts about what you had for breakfast; they are sadly sparse on Facebook nowadays -
There are quite a few DYNAMITE writers on this forum
StreetCowboy replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
That was a bit Tweedledee and Tweedledum. It could have been written sarcastically, but that would make it all the more true. Joseph Heller would have been proud. -
And while we’re about it, would it not be more aerodynamic to have the handlebars behind the seat? Remember, you heard it here first
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People who retire in Thailand - Whats your plan?
StreetCowboy replied to Leveraged's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I take it you're not from Afghanistan, then? Nor a Muslim from Myanmar? etc. -
People who retire in Thailand - Whats your plan?
StreetCowboy replied to Leveraged's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Why would you choose the country you were born in? For a lot of us, that was a long time ago. -
Do you mean “save for a pension, just in case you do”?
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I’m not going to reopen the Monty Python sketch about disc brakes (yes they are, no they’re not) but it seems like most people agree hydraulic disc brakes are better than cable-pull disc brakes. So where are the hydraulic rim brakes?
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In my case, I do. I don't know what you expect of your neighbours.
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Stopping publication is different from not publishing. You can repeat your nonsense anyway you want. I don't need to repeat it. When I repeat your slanders, I am guilty of slander.
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That is a bit repressive. I expect you will be sending out the hit squads because I won't echo your ranting.
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Free speech is not free publication. I am not obliged to repeat your views, and nor is TV or Facebook.
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Restaurants are allowed to reopen for double-vaccinated patrons only in KL and Selangor, and some pubs are taking full advantage. The breweries might still be closed, though…
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It took starting this topic for you to realise? You're just as oblivious as everyone says. Have you figured out what this topic is intended to distract you from? Do you know where the white van that was parked outside your house has gone? Did you even notice it was there?
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Maybe where you are. Here it's two-thirty - time to see the dentist.