Escaped Lunatic
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Civet Burger? Sounds tempting. Can I get fries with that?
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Post by Escaped Lunatic on Dec 5, 2006 8:26:25 GMT 7
My final post before leaving. I get up at 3 am, and then it's . . . No Sleep Till Hong Kong!!!!  Can't wait to hit that mattress in Dongguan.  "Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air, Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye" - Pink Floyd, Learning to Fly |
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Post by Stil on Dec 5, 2006 8:34:53 GMT 7
Can't wait to hit that mattress in Dongguan. Mattress? This is China! We don't need no stinking mattress. |
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Post by Lotus Eater on Dec 5, 2006 8:50:27 GMT 7
He'll hit the mattress alright - and bounce right back off it! Not yet experienced a Chinese mattress, has he?  |
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Post by mich on Dec 5, 2006 15:48:43 GMT 7
He'll hit the mattress alright - and bounce right back off it! Not yet experienced a Chinese mattress, has he?  You took the words right out of my mouth |
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Eagle's Nest
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Post by Eagle's Nest on Dec 5, 2006 15:56:35 GMT 7
Oh Lordy, this is going to be fun. Wait until he lands AFTER hitting the mattress. EL - Safe flight and happy landings.
eagle
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Post by Lone Traveller on Dec 5, 2006 19:55:57 GMT 7
[insert evil laugh here]  |
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Post by cheekygal on Dec 5, 2006 21:58:55 GMT 7
Well, 5th is almost over. No news about EL. The mattress must have been VERY comforting comfortable  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Dec 6, 2006 0:17:33 GMT 7
I'm sure he's fine. Some of us are just to weird to die.  Not sleeping on the flight here worked well for me. Not a trace of jet lag!  |
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Non-Dave
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Post by Non-Dave on Dec 6, 2006 6:36:14 GMT 7
I'm about to head to Hong Kong to pick him up. He's arriving at 6pm tonight.
I was checking out his apartment yesterday - hard doesn't even beging to describe the mattress - stay tuned for the whole humourous story tomorrow morning!
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Post by Missi on Dec 6, 2006 7:20:05 GMT 7
Can you imagine his first post after arriving? I would suggest now that you all put downt he hot drinks and plastic coat your computer incase what you are drinking comes out your nose from laughing. (have heard about this happening but have never seen it)
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Post by Dragonsaver on Dec 6, 2006 7:30:48 GMT 7
They sell mattress pads. I bought one for my bed when in Wuxi. I inherited 2 more from teachers leaving, one is 2 inches thick. I have them on my bed here. Soft doesn't begin to describe the result.  You can tell him about this after he has slept survived his first night. Carrefore sells them and most large stores. I bought mine at the local supermarket but the 2" one was bought at Carrefore. |
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Post by cheekygal on Dec 6, 2006 13:12:43 GMT 7
I'll second Missi - can't wait for his stories!!!!
Where's Icey? And OG?
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Newbs
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Post by Newbs on Dec 6, 2006 13:41:16 GMT 7
Hong Kong and mattresses. I keep thinking of a famous line from "Khe Sanh" by Cold Chisel, and I don't think they were talking about sleeping. EL as I post this you are somewhere on your trip. Thoughts and prayers, mate. |
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Post by solongtinik on Dec 6, 2006 15:39:26 GMT 7
or mybe he would be changing his name to escaping lunatic..........
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Non-Dave
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Post by Non-Dave on Dec 7, 2006 8:32:58 GMT 7
... or enslaved lunatic He made it, he's here, My God! What have we done?  ? He should surface about lunchtime - I'll lead him to a computer. |
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Post by cheekygal on Dec 7, 2006 11:45:16 GMT 7
Ask him to post pictures BEFORE and AFTER |
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Post by Missi on Dec 7, 2006 13:22:33 GMT 7
EL's in China!!!!!
I don't know if we should run and hide or stare gwaking-like at the new foreigner in town?
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Newbs
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Post by Newbs on Dec 7, 2006 13:56:19 GMT 7
Someone warn Xiao Jiba.
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Ruth
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Post by Ruth on Dec 7, 2006 20:57:50 GMT 7
Congrats on a safe trip, Lunatic. Waiting impatiently to hear your first thoughts of China. Surely you're awake by now?
See you in a couple of days. Tonight's my last sleep in my comfy bed. It had a thick foam mattress when we arrived. Gotta replicate this in my new home.
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Escaped Lunatic
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Post by Escaped Lunatic on Dec 9, 2006 17:48:15 GMT 7
"My God, it's full of stars."
- David Bowman's final transmission
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Post by solongtinik on Dec 9, 2006 18:10:17 GMT 7
My God, it's full of stars...
that's what u see when u grab a bottle of baijiu the moment u arrive in china...LOL!
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Escaped Lunatic
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Post by Escaped Lunatic on Dec 12, 2006 9:42:35 GMT 7
The Baijiu was good.  I'm still wondering where non-Dave found a slab of titanium big enough to serve as my mattress.  I didn't bounce off of it, but there was a noticeable thud when I hit it. "I love fair rides. China is just like my favorite barf-o-matic ride at the state fair, but the ride never stops." - Something I said to ND a couple of nights ago |
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Post by cheekygal on Dec 13, 2006 21:08:27 GMT 7
Since when there are stars in Dongguang?  By the way, I am sure we are all DYING to know about the mattress. HOW WAS IT? |
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Post by Stil on Dec 13, 2006 21:34:22 GMT 7
Hey Loony, Donguan is like China lite. Get out of there and look around some small towns. That's where the real Chinese carnys are. Last time I was in Dongguan I was very nervous. Too many people obeying traffic laws, lining up at banks. Shops and restaurants with doors, bathrooms with doors, plants and other forms of nature, people speaking English everywhere, pizza delivery. All very unnerving.
Or, it might have been that George was there that made it so frightening.
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Post by cheekygal on Dec 13, 2006 21:38:10 GMT 7
Then you shouldn't ever come to Beijing! |
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