SOME SIGNS OF THE TIMES IN VIETNAM

@goodolboy

You could drown a lot of people's sorrows with that. You could also drown a lot of people.

He'll look like a sucker when someone comes out with a bigger bottle next year!

& before anyone comments why that photo is a "sign of the times"..........people who have lived here in Vietnam long as I have will understand.

@goodolboy   Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?

@goodolboy  Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?
-@THIGV

yes, but the flag its self is not the "sign of the times"

@goodolboy Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?
-@THIGV
yes, but the flag its self is not the "sign of the times"
-@goodolboy

no trash?

@goodolboy Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?
-@THIGV
yes, but the flag its self is not the "sign of the times"
-@goodolboy

How about the fact that there is only one?  Go to a Mekong delta town and you will see almost every home flying the flag

@goodolboy Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?
-@THIGV
yes, but the flag its self is not the "sign of the times"
-@goodolboy
How about the fact that there is only one? Go to a Mekong delta town and you will see almost every home flying the flag
-@THIGV

you got it......a few years ago there would have been a flag from at least 90% of the balconies. When I came here 2008 & lived in Trang Bang Tay Ninh every house would have a national flag flying & not to have one would have been ....lets say frowned upon. Some but not all would have the National flag with the hammer & cycle flag alternately on display.

So my post "sign of the times" that mostly long timers like me would remember or understand.

@goodolboy Is that a VIetnamese flag flying next to the 8th fkoor window?
-@THIGV
yes, but the flag its self is not the "sign of the times"
-@goodolboy
no trash?
-@Aidan in HCMC

well it is pretty clean here & even on the 4 days National holidays the gardeners, cleaners & security team are working all through!! But trash is not the answer though.

You got it......a few years ago there would have been a flag from at least 90% of the balconies. When I came here 2008 & lived in Trang Bang Tay Ninh every house would have a national flag flying & not to have one would have been ....lets say frowned upon. Some but not all would have the National flag with the hammer & cycle flag alternately on display.
So my post "sign of the times" that mostly long timers like me would remember or understand.
-@goodolboy

People no longer honor the Hammer and Sickle as the symbols of the working classes, while at the other extreme they look up to a man who can buy the world's largest bottle of Scotch whiskey which only exists as a way to show off excess wealth. One doesn't have to be a Communist or Socialist to feel that something is wrong with what and who people honor these days.  This is probably just as true in many Western countries as it is in Vietnam.

Bigger, bigger, bigger?

Bigger, bigger, bigger?
-@cougarcar20

... bigly!



@goodolboy

He, a hopeless alcoholic. She, a whiskey maker.

But he loved her still.

@goodolboy
He, a hopeless alcoholic. She, a whiskey maker.

But he loved her still.
-@Lennerd

winner winner chicken dinner

Has tattooing always been as prevalent with VN ladies as it is now? Even 6-7 years ago it didn't seem as common. I do remember back then several conservative VN frowning on the idea of ladies being inked.

It almost seems to me like some sort of an aposematic response, something like "danger, keep back, poison..."

Has tattooing always been as prevalent with VN ladies as it is now? Even 6-7 years ago it didn't seem as common. I do remember back then several conservative VN frowning on the idea of ladies being inked.

It almost seems to me like some sort of an aposematic response, something like "danger, keep back, poison..."
-@Aidan in HCMC

you wont see any ladies with tattoos working as nurses, working in banks etc. My advice for what its worth, stay well clear of birds with tattoos they have a screw loose & attention seekers or linked to Vietnamese Mafia.......just my thoughts like but I was with a "tattoo lady" for a year so have some experiences & it was not good!

  It almost seems to me like some sort of an aposematic response, something like "danger, keep back, poison..."
   

    -@Aidan in HCMC

You win today's prize for esoteric vocabulary.

It almost seems to me like some sort of an aposematic response, something like "danger, keep back, poison..."  -@Aidan inHCMC

You win today's prize for esoteric vocabulary.-@THIGV

Also, oft times I employarize the stretchification of wordisms to sound more educationalistic.

See post #632.

@Aidan in HCMC

Vietnamese people have gradually become more open about tattoos.

Vietnamese people have gradually become more open about tattoos.-@hatuandat

In my considerable experience, no  tattoo is the new  tattoo.

Like an unblemished canvas.

-@goodolboy

SWEET!                                               Sawww-weeet!                                Ahh, how sweet!

-@goodolboy     SWEET!                                               Sawww-weeet!                                   Ahh, how sweet!        -@Aidan in HCMC

which one the Porche, the Citroen, the moped  or the chicks?

Porche - SWEET!   (vrrooommm)

Lady, centre pic -  Sawww-weeet!   (wolf whistle sound effect)   

Rural bicycle ride, with sidesaddle ride pillion - Ahh, how sweet!   ("Singing In the Rain" soundtrack)

Yeah, I know. I'm having those dreams again

    Has tattooing always been as prevalent with VN ladies as it is now? Even 6-7 years ago it didn't seem as common. I do remember back then several conservative VN frowning on the idea of ladies being inked.

-@Aidan in HCMC

I've been here over 10 years.  When I first got here I rarely saw tattooed women.  A few years later the ankle tattoos started cropping up.  Where I live now there are many university students and young people with disposable income, probably half of them have at least one tattoo, the men usualy have complete sleeves covering their arms and legs, the women have arm, ankle, shoulder, thigh, and or chest tattoos. 

Has tattooing always been as prevalent with VN ladies as it is now? Even 6-7 years ago it didn't seem as common. I do remember back then several conservative VN frowning on the idea of ladies being inked. -@Aidan in HCMC

I've been here over 10 years.  When I first got here I rarely saw tattooed women.  A few years later the ankle tattoos started cropping up.  Where I live now there are many university students and young people with disposable income, probably half of them have at least one tattoo, the men usualy have complete sleeves covering their arms and legs, the women have arm, ankle, shoulder, thigh, and or chest tattoos.          -@mtgmike

Tattoos rise in Vietnam as prejudices fade

"The Vietnamese tattoo industry is booming thanks to a culture that is destigmatizing the art form. Tran Thanh Nam, head of the board of organizers of the Vietnam Tattoo Convention, gave more insights as an insider. According to him, there are around 1,000 tattoo shops in HCMC as of now. This figure rises between 30-40% annually." (Link VN Express)

even the tree's at Celadon City have bar codes now. You can scan the bar code & it tells you all about them, very interesting I must say.

@goodolboy

Not sure whether I should be embarrassed or not about not knowing what a "Dyson" was. I had to Goog it

That said, that "Pizza 4P's" caught my eye!

    @goodolboy
Not sure whether I should be embarrassed or not about not knowing what a "Dyson" was. I had to Goog it
That said, that "Pizza 4P's" caught my eye! -@Aidan in HCMC

Jeez man you did not know who Dyson is.................only the man that invented the dual cyclone bag less vacuum cleaner thats all!!

@Aidan in HCMC

OMG, I don't believe it are telling the truth or you are just joking? I guess you have never heard of Zwilling knives also? I hope you have heard of Hoover and apple (I phones)

OMG, I don't believe it are telling the truth or you are just joking? I guess you have never heard of Zwilling knives also? I hope you have heard of Hoover and apple (I phones)    -@cougarcar20

The name "Dyson" sort of rang a bell, but if someone asked me what it was known for, yes, seriously I would not have been able to tell them.

Zwilling knives? Nope, not a clue.

Hoover? Okay, that one I'd get . In fact it was the nickname I gave to a long ago GF of mine (I'm assuming you're not referring to the paranoid cross-dressing former head of the American FBI, or of their hydroelectric dam).

Apple? No problemo, of course. I own an iPad and had owned in the past a 4, a 4S and a 7 phone.

I'm just really not very good (at all!)  with brand recognition.

    OMG, I don't believe it are telling the truth or you are just joking? I guess you have never heard of Zwilling knives also? I hope you have heard of Hoover and apple (I phones)    -@cougarcar20


In fact it was the nickname I gave to a long ago GF of mine........................interesting

-@Aidan in HCMC

@Aidan in HCMC

Because she sucked up all your money or she just sucked well?

@cougarcar20

LOL!

Neither. It was because between her ears at times there seemed to be a total vacuum. She'd do the most asinine things, especially so where it concerned driving a car.