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10 minutes ago, aldriglikvid said:

Another user that has nothing fulfilling to do in life besides sitting on this forum all day and everyday is @bignok - perhaps you could socialize? 

You might think Thailand is exciting. 

 

Thailand is BORING compared to HK years ago. 

 

I feel sorry for you. 

 

 

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Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

You might think Thailand is exciting. 

 

Thailand is BORING compared to HK years ago. 

 

I feel sorry for you. 

 

 

Where can I get  flights to "Hong Kong years ago " 

I would like to go there in 1983 if possible 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Where can I get  flights to "Hong Kong years ago " 

I would like to go there in 1983 if possible 

Pre-1980 was better. 

 

No more flights to pre-commie HK, anymore... alas. 

 

That chapter of history is now so sadly closed. 

 

RIP 

 

 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The British were not actually kicked out of Hong Kong , they leased the land from China and the lease  expired 

You seem to be such an apt student of history... 

 

Congrats! 

 

But, were you there? 

 

 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The British were not actually kicked out of Hong Kong , they leased the land from China and the lease  expired 

No. 

 

You are WRONG about a lease on HK expiring. 

 

But why should I correct your misunderstanding of this fine point concerning HK? 

 

 

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The British were not actually kicked out of Hong Kong , they leased the land from China and the lease  expired 

I wasn't there no .

I once bought a flight from Philippines to Hong Kong in about 1990 , I went out for a drink the night before , got slaughtered , missed the flight and didn't ever end up going to Hong Kong 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

No. 

 

You are WRONG about a lease on HK expiring. 

 

But why should I correct your misunderstanding of this fine point concerning HK? 

 

 

You cannot correct me, because what I stated is true 

Posted
19 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The British were not actually kicked out of Hong Kong , they leased the land from China and the lease  expired 

Are you smart enough to understand the meaning of CEDED IN PERPETUITY? 

 

 

Think about it. 

 

 

 

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Posted
11 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I wasn't there no .

I once bought a flight from Philippines to Hong Kong in about 1990 , I went out for a drink the night before , got slaughtered , missed the flight and didn't ever end up going to Hong Kong 

Your loss. 

 

And, nothing gained, obviously. 

 

 

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Posted
52 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

How many here have made love on the rooftops of buildings in Hong Kong, before 1997, and before the British were kicked out....

Was there in 88, stayed in .something? Ching ..Mansions, everybody got in the lift until the overweight alarm went off then one person stepped  out, the last flight I took on that journey was from Sidney to HK the rest was 3 months  overland through China starting on 8/8/88 and the Trans Sib 7days 120 USD to East/west Berlin>Amsterdam> London 'cept the ferry shortly after was Tiananmen square then the wall came down. 

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23 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Stop replying to that troll

Please stop trolling me. 

 

Find a GF, if you can, and.. try to be happy.. even if happiness may be beyond you... 

 

At least, try to be happy, why don't you? 

 

 

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Posted
11 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Was there in 88, stayed in .something? Ching ..Mansions, everybody got in the lift until the overweight alarm went off then one person stepped  out, the last flight I took on that journey was from Sidney to HK the rest was 3 months  overland through China starting on 8/8/88 and the Trans Sib 7days 120 USD to East/west Berlin>Amsterdam> London 'cept the ferry shortly after was Tiananmen square then the wall came down. 

YES!

 

Correct.  And I think you are thinking of Chungking Mansions.

Plenty of great Indian food in that great monstrosity of a building.

 

But the most interesting thing about that building is the film....CHUNGKING EXPRESS.....

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Mansions

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Was there in 88, stayed in .something? Ching ..Mansions, everybody got in the lift until the overweight alarm went off then one person stepped  out, the last flight I took on that journey was from Sidney to HK the rest was 3 months  overland through China starting on 8/8/88 and the Trans Sib 7days 120 USD to East/west Berlin>Amsterdam> London 'cept the ferry shortly after was Tiananmen square then the wall came down. 

 

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38 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Was there in 88, stayed in .something? Ching ..Mansions, everybody got in the lift until the overweight alarm went off then one person stepped  out, the last flight I took on that journey was from Sidney to HK the rest was 3 months  overland through China starting on 8/8/88 and the Trans Sib 7days 120 USD to East/west Berlin>Amsterdam> London 'cept the ferry shortly after was Tiananmen square then the wall came down. 

Chunking mansions ?

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Posted
5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You might think Thailand is exciting. 

 

Thailand is BORING compared to HK years ago. 

 

I feel sorry for you. 

Everywhere is boring compared to everywhere years ago. Along with ageing and nostalgia, the world in general has also become less fun, less free and horribly left/right wing. 
 

And, no, the Brits weren’t booted out as you well know. Lease expired on surrounding territories. Despite your obvious disdain for the British, it was them being there that made Hong Kong such a fun, eclectic place, while your beloved China was in proper Orwellian mode.  

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30 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

And, no, the Brits weren’t booted out as you well know.

If not booted out, then why was Chris, Chancellor of U. Oxford, Crying?

I never wished the British to leave.

They should NOT have left.

HK was ceded to England, where it should have remained, forever.

And now, after the British have left Hong Kong...

HK has turned into even more of an Animal Farm than it ever was.

 

 

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Posted
47 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Despite your obvious disdain for the British

The British should have installed a desalination plant on HK.

HK could have been sustained, easily, for perpetuity, according to the original agreement.

There was no need to leave.

 

Maybe they were just too worried about potable water and vegetables from the Mainland.

 

If only the British had had a bit of backbone, in 1997,  we would still be there, today.

 

What a mistake to leave.

 

 

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Posted
7 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Chunking mansions ?

Yes.

A real rat trap.

I have been in that building MANY times.

The Indian food is vindaliciious 

 

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Total rat trap, however.

And it stinks to high heaven, too, of spices and sweat.

And also stinks of too much humanity.

 

 

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