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Aidan in HCMC Vietnam Expert

Member since 23 December 2017

Aidan in HCMCVietnam Expert06 July 2022 09:03:16

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The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who simply wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love.

They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over.

The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of murder/suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. This is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives.

They will fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.

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RTLisSB Contributor

Member since 23 April 2022

RTLisSBContributor06 July 2022 10:49:45

#42

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@Aidan in HCMC

Very interesting, and well said.

Would love to discover who the author is/was.

Roger

regjackson4465 New member

Member since 26 April 2022

regjackson4465New member07 July 2022 01:04:43

#43

Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC

Guest2023 Guest

Guest2023Guest07 July 2022 01:08:32

#44

Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC
- @regjackson4465

Best bring an assault rifle and some tasers with you for protection.

To answer your question, NO.

OceanBeach92107 VIP Member

Member since 31 January 2018

OceanBeach92107VIP Member07 July 2022 01:28:24

#45

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Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC
- @regjackson4465

Best bring an assault rifle and some tasers with you for protection.

To answer your question, NO.
- @colinoscapee

Not difficult or not safe? 😁

Guest2023 Guest

Guest2023Guest07 July 2022 02:02:53

#46

Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC
- @regjackson4465

Best bring an assault rifle and some tasers with you for protection.

To answer your question, NO.
- @colinoscapee
Not difficult or not safe? 😁
- @OceanBeach92107

Changed my answer, just read it and confused my self. No and yes.

goodolboy ViP

Member since 08 February 2020

goodolboyViP07 July 2022 04:23:41

#47

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Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC
- @regjackson4465

Best bring an assault rifle and some tasers with you for protection.

To answer your question, NO.
- @colinoscapee
Not difficult or not safe? 😁
- @OceanBeach92107

Changed my answer, just read it and confused my self. No and yes.
- @colinoscapee

only one thing to add...................make sure they are crisp & new!

Hooked Active member

Member since 04 September 2020

HookedActive member07 July 2022 05:22:33

#48

No ink spots on them no tear no matter how small

alexneoh Active member

Member since 18 May 2022

alexneohActive member14 July 2022 04:08:26

#49

Women can't remember where they left their hair clip but they remember what you said 5 years ago on Tuesday at 8:45pm

alexneoh Active member

Member since 18 May 2022

alexneohActive member14 July 2022 04:15:18

#50

5 DEADLY TERMS USED BY A WOMAN

1. FINE

This is the word woman use to end an argument when she knows she is right and you need to shut up.

2. NOTHING

Means "Something" and you need to be worried.

3. GO AHEAD

This is a dare, not permission, don't do it.

4. WHATEVER

A woman's way of saying SCREW you.

5. IT'S OK

She is thinking long and hard on how and when you will pay for your mistake.

Source: whatapps circulation.

alexneoh Active member

Member since 18 May 2022

alexneohActive member14 July 2022 04:17:43

#51

Conversation between 2 woman

Woman A: Where do you work?

Woman B: It's with oil and gas

Woman A: Wow!!! Where are you based at?

Woman B: KITCHEN

alexneoh Active member

Member since 18 May 2022

alexneohActive member14 July 2022 04:26:08

#52

Roses are red, nuts are brown,

Skirts go up, pants go down,

Body to body, skin to skin,

When its stiff, stick it in,

It goes in dry and comes out wet,

The longer it's in, the stronger it's gets,

It comes out dripping and it start to sag.

It's not what you think, it's a LIPTON tea bag.

Get your mind out of the gutter....

Source: whatapps circulation.

mikeymac Contributor

Member since 06 January 2016

mikeymacContributor15 July 2022 21:08:00

#53

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mikeymac Contributor

Member since 06 January 2016

mikeymacContributor15 July 2022 21:10:46

#54

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How much can a Koala bear?

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat16 July 2022 02:18:39

#55

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The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who simply wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love.

They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over.

The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of murder/suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. This is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives.

They will fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.

Author unknown
- @Aidan in HCMC

Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?

Mac.

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

A smile is the universal welcome.
Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert16 July 2022 03:17:20

#56

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Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

I never drink the stuff

RTLisSB Contributor

Member since 23 April 2022

RTLisSBContributor16 July 2022 03:23:49

#57

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Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

Can you confirm, Mac? I'd love to read more if he was the author.

Roger

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

A smile is the universal welcome.
Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert16 July 2022 03:28:49

#58

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Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

Can you confirm, Mac? I'd love to read more if he was the author.

Roger
- @RTLisSB

I believe he did.

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

A smile is the universal welcome.
Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert16 July 2022 03:30:10

#59

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and my ruddy solar panel hasn't turned up yet. How can I get all geeky if the delivery lot are this slow?

It just rolled in - Seeing what cables I need then shopping in the morning

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat16 July 2022 07:45:58

#60

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Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

Can you confirm, Mac? I'd love to read more if he was the author.

Roger
- @RTLisSB

I believe he did.
- @Fred

Hmmmm.... try this link, http://www.freepdf.info/index.php?post/ … rchipelago

Not completely sure but take a read, great book.

Mac.

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

A smile is the universal welcome.
Max Eastman

FredIndonesia Expert17 July 2022 03:27:55

#61

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Using a few salvaged cables of the wrong type, but not so wrong as to be a fire hazard, I set up the panel, controller, sealed gel battery, and inverter.

I plugged a lamp in as gingerly in action as my sister's hair is in colour.

What was that in Genesis (not the "in the air tonight" sort)? Let there be light and there was light.

Not in Genesis is, "Let there be wind and there was because the fan worked as well".

I must pop to the shop and get the stuff to do it properly.

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat18 July 2022 10:20:54

#62

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Fred,

Wonderful, marvelous. Looking forward to doing these things after we build our home. I must play a little coy, as Expat unfortunately exposed forces us to deal with contractor at inflated prices, and/or work w architect

locally. This I can do without hesitancy. I've a Viet friend who will help)

So after heal from surgery it's back to home town.

Mac

mikeymac Contributor

Member since 06 January 2016

mikeymacContributor18 July 2022 14:34:38

#63

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The best book by Solzhenitsyn is called 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' It is a short book of one of his days in a Gulag camp. Marvellous read.

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat19 July 2022 00:25:46

#64

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Quite a number of years ago, while performing a seminar of Industrial Safety, I received a question from a participant. He was originally from Louisiana, USA:

With a wonderful lullaby accent he said: "Mac it's just common sense." So I paused for a few moments, listened to his reasoning.

As I ponder today, I wonder of this ponder again.

Anyone take a stab at this, then I'll give up my own definition

Mac

goodolboy ViP

Member since 08 February 2020

goodolboyViP25 July 2022 04:54:36

#65

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Happy Days Are Here Again

https://i.postimg.cc/7bRnMfXQ/happy-days.png

OceanBeach92107 VIP Member

Member since 31 January 2018

OceanBeach92107VIP Member25 July 2022 06:30:36

#66

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Happy Days Are Here Again

- @goodolboy

Good For You 😁

Not too surprising, since the official rate was ₫23,455 VNĐ as recently as July 17th (I wonder how much you would have received if you'd bought your đồng that day?)

goodolboy ViP

Member since 08 February 2020

goodolboyViP25 July 2022 08:32:33

#67

2325

Happy Days Are Here Again

- @goodolboy
Good For You 😁

Not too surprising, since the official rate was ₫23,455 VNĐ as recently as July 17th (I wonder how much you would have received if you'd bought your đồng that day?)

- @OceanBeach92107

buying rate at Sacombank today...............23,300. buying rate today at Standard Chartered 23,280. Of course its a double edged sword, just shipped 2 billion VND out today to Singapore in USD & the rate was 23,540, you win some & you lose some as they say!

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat01 August 2022 07:51:50

#68

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Last day in HCM today: coming back from bank, prior to rain.

"UP pulled a Harley 107 E-glide, not common.

Sold my 03 88 E-glide 'last a while ago' in US.

Nostalgia, ran deep, but think bout it here, ...na, not happen-in.

Saw a 3 wheel water cooled trike P/U, w pull back handle bars.

Still trying to locate our Suzuki used carry van.

MAc.

alexneoh Active member

Member since 18 May 2022

alexneohActive member01 August 2022 07:59:10

#69

@Mac68

You win some... you lose some. Facts of life man...

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat01 August 2022 09:18:10

#70

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@Mac68

You win some... you lose some. Facts of life man...
- @alexneoh

Yep,

Aidan in HCMC Vietnam Expert

Member since 23 December 2017

Aidan in HCMCVietnam Expert06 August 2022 09:05:04

#71

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True account from yesterday;

Drinking and smoking a few last night on the back patio here in Phu Quoc, my friend visiting from Canada and I witnessed a rather bright shooting star.

Eventually, no doubt partly due to our altered state, the topic drifted on to that of UFOs.

I took the position that there is absolutely no evidence that any of the sightings of these things supported the ET hypothesis.

"Besides", I said, "Why would an advanced civilization come all the way here, just to play hide-and-seek and mess with us like that?"

His answer was priceless.

"I dunno," he said. "Maybe because they're just a$$holes?"

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat06 August 2022 11:55:43

#72

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Well, not all of them.

MAc

Guest2023 Guest

Guest2023Guest06 August 2022 17:09:59

#73

True account from yesterday;

Drinking and smoking a few last night on the back patio here in Phu Quoc, my friend visiting from Canada and I witnessed a rather bright shooting star.
Eventually, no doubt partly due to our altered state, the topic drifted on to that of UFOs.
I took the position that there is absolutely no evidence that any of the sightings of these things supported the ET hypothesis.
"Besides", I said, "Why would an advanced civilization come all the way here, just to play hide-and-seek and mess with us like that?"
His answer was priceless.
"I dunno," he said. "Maybe because they're just a$$holes?"

- @Aidan in HCMC

Great answer to an interesting question.

Aidan in HCMC Vietnam Expert

Member since 23 December 2017

Aidan in HCMCVietnam Expert08 August 2022 20:09:44

#74

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Well, not all of them.

MAc
- @Mac68

I'm intrigued.

Do tell.

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat08 August 2022 23:53:46

#75

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OK, well here goes. ... but......

Have you ever flown a small plane on full moon lit night, climbed as high as you could go, cut power then drifted down to the valley below?

Did you ever lay on a mountain top, gazing upward on a moonless night, finally after many moments, seeing the curvature of the sky above and wondered how far does it go?

Have you ever wondered about man's concept of a G-d head? ...and our attempts to explain that which seems unexplainable?

Have you ever had a near death experience of which left you baffled, but so grateful to come out the other side intact?

How do you explain the unexplainable?

Remaining in awe is all that is required.

MAc

PS: Should you be willing to share what you are drinking and smoking, I'll be most happy to share w you more.

AndyHCMC ViP

Member since 29 February 2020

AndyHCMCViP09 August 2022 02:40:16

#76

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I think you missed his point

he was talking about "aliens" - Independence day, war of the Worlds, E.T. type stuff.

I think maybe they have been but thousands of years ago when we didnt have HD camera and video or just not at this time frame where we do have.

It takes 12+ hrs just to get from one side of the globe to the other, visiting from another star would take a while so maybe its just our timeline not matching up with theirs if they did/have?

Good topic though

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat09 August 2022 02:47:10

#77

357

I think you missed his point he was talking about "aliens" - Independence day, war of the Worlds, E.T. type stuff.

I think maybe they have been but thousands of years ago when we didnt have HD camera and video or just not at this time frame where we do have.

It takes 12+ hrs just to get from one side of the globe to the other, visiting from another star would take a while so maybe its just our timeline not matching up with theirs if they did/have?

Good topic though
- @Andybris2020

Yes,

Maybe I did. All about a space time continuum, an accepted reality of same

watch?v=an0M-wcHw5A

MAc

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat09 August 2022 03:18:12

#78

357

I think you missed his point he was talking about "aliens" - Independence day, war of the Worlds, E.T. type stuff.

I think maybe they have been but thousands of years ago when we didnt have HD camera and video or just not at this time frame where we do have.

It takes 12+ hrs just to get from one side of the globe to the other, visiting from another star would take a while so maybe its just our timeline not matching up with theirs if they did/have?

Good topic though
- @Andybris2020

Yes,
Maybe I did. All about a space time continuum, an accepted reality of same
[link under review

Edit; Enjoy while editing, he, he, he.

MAc
- @Mac68

Mac68 Serial expat

Member since 29 August 2015

Mac68Serial expat10 August 2022 12:39:06

#79

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Does it break Buddhist sutra teachings to eliminate mosquito larvae, would it be considered to be larvae infanticide?

just wondering,

MAc

THIGV ViP

Member since 26 September 2012

THIGVViP10 August 2022 16:46:01

#80

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Does it break Buddhist sutra teachings to eliminate mosquito larvae, would it be considered to be larvae infanticide?

just wondering,

MAc
- @Mac68

It seems to me that most Vietnamese are rather practical about their Buddhism. I doubt that even the most serious practitioners would object to throwing out a stagnant bucket of water because it might have larvae in it. For the adults, burning coils should be OK too as I think they are mostly repellant. If you are concerned about your Karma and don't want to reincarnate as a mosquito, you might want to avoid using one of those electric tennis racquets, as they clearly depend on an intent to kill.