loller
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Post by loller on Apr 19, 2006 15:26:00 GMT 7
I see a lot of you use the acronym "FT," which means Full Time right? Well, when you have time off, what do you usually do? I'm sure there's a wide array of things available to you, so have you gotten past the point where you want to explore or go to some cultural museum of some sort, or is that appeal always favored? Do you go out to clubs/bars? Some sort of sport? Play video games? Merely take walks? I've seen some pictures of various parks in Shanghai and ...some other city whose name escapes me. Any particular events/festivals/locales only in your city?
Fill me in.
List your age (Old people have boring tastes, am i rite peeps?) and whether or not you live in a rural/urban area. (Which could just be as simple as listing the city for most people, but I won't have a clue unless you're saying "Beijing/Shanghai/et al.")
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Post by Dragonsaver on Apr 19, 2006 15:33:28 GMT 7
FT means foreign teacher.  Age is relative.  You are as old as you want to be.  Free time?  What's that?  I teach, eat, do Raoul Raoul's, mark papers, sleep, teach etc. |
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Post by joe on Apr 19, 2006 15:36:14 GMT 7
"FT" is "Foreign Teacher"
Free time is hooker bars, hashish, and beer.
Or if you live in a school, it is riding your bike past old women with swords making slow motion death stabs as they practice Tai Ji Quan.
Me, I have no free time! I work for a chain school. I ride my bike in the morning and work in the afternoon/evening. When I worked in a college, I rode my bike on my free days and watched vcds late into the night.
Every town is different.
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 15:40:02 GMT 7
In my spare time I write.
Eat. Shower. Study art and Chinese. Cook. Play badmitten in the summer and go for walks with no destination in mind.
What do you mean old people have boring tastes? That's a wide generalisation and could be said of a whole lot of youthful prats with nothing under their skins except arrogance.
If you want to discuss this matter further sonny I'll be in the pub with Nana Woza drinking raspberry lemonade and picking the fluff out of our navels.
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Post by Dragonsaver on Apr 19, 2006 15:51:27 GMT 7
What do you mean old people have boring tastes? That's a wide generalisation and could be said of a whole lot of youthful prats with nothing under their skins except arrogance. If you want to discuss this matter further sonny I'll be in the pub with Nana Woza drinking raspberry lemonade and picking the fluff out of our navels. Right on AJ! I couldn't have said it better - which is why I didn't    |
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Post by George61 on Apr 19, 2006 15:54:53 GMT 7
Evil, young bastard! Last night I was out drinking and barbecueing, then off for coffee, then home to the Cointreau.....and the lovely Babe!
She isn't boring.
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 15:55:50 GMT 7
Dragonsaver Woza and I have ordered you a glass of Raspberry lemonade.
Did you ever see Harold and Maude?
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Post by Dragonsaver on Apr 19, 2006 16:00:09 GMT 7
Dragonsaver Woza and I have ordered you a glass of Raspberry lemonade. Did you ever see Harold and Maude? Raspberry is my favorite, favorite, FAAVORITE!!!! Thanks, I will enjoy the drink with you!!  No I don't think I have seen Harold and Maude - but then with CRAFT disease, I don't always remember!!  C=Can't R=Remeber A=a F=Flippin T=Thing For the young'uns!! |
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 16:02:56 GMT 7
I thought it was the mushies.
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Post by Hamish on Apr 19, 2006 17:19:17 GMT 7
List your age (Old people have boring tastes, am i rite peeps?) and whether or not you live in a rural/urban area. (Which could just be as simple as listing the city for most people, but I won't have a clue unless you're saying "Beijing/Shanghai/et al.") We live in Baoding and are old. You are correct my good man, we do have boring tastes. We are left with sitting at home watching the latest films on a screen using a laser projector connected to one of our MacIntosh computers. The DVDs we have here are those crappy kind that sell for $1.00 and are director's cuts only available about the same time the films hit the US theaters for the first time. It's a bitch resting here, sipping some fine wine or Cognac and lamenting that we are not back in the US being excited. During our last holiday (six weeks of the 16 we get off every year, with full pay), we were stuck with traveling from Baoding to Beijing to Japan to Honolulu to Kona to San Francisco to Portland to Seattle to Anchorage to Chicago to Columbus to Dallas to Tampa Bay to Washington, DC to Rochester, NY to Chicago to Traverse City, to Chicago to Stockholm, Sweden to Amsterdam to Beijing to Baoding. What a boring deal THAT was! It was almost as bad as the trip we took the summer before that stuck us in Hawaii for several weeks, and hanging around the ranch in Oregon. Before that we had to go to Germany. We had no choice. Then we thought, "It is boring to go back the way we came," so we went on to New York, Chicago, Oregon, Hawaii, and back to China via Japan. It SUCKED! Here in China, we've got nothing to do at all. The Trains just go along the tracks. They NEVER get off 'em. So, when you ride a train you have to go where it goes. They do go everywhere, but it is China so, so what? If I were you, I would stay where you are and hang out with all the swell, interesting kids down at the mall. |
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Post by Stil on Apr 19, 2006 18:20:10 GMT 7
I'm in a rural area of Hunan. late 30's. 13 classes per week.
On weekdays I have my classes, play basketball, hang out with some of the teachers, wander around the town practicing my Chinese with the girls and usually end up sitting at a little restaurant gawking at the gawkers and having a few beers.
On weekends I usually go into the nearby city and hang out with some other foreigners. A few beers and lobster on the riverside, maybe pool or bowling, a club or disco, massage, whatever's going.
Once a month or so I go into a big city. on some 3 day weekends I make little trips to places I can get to overnight (Guangzhou is 8 hours away)
When the weather is bad I might just stay in for a few days and watch movies and 'play computer'
You're right pretty boring stuff and no stress at all.
Oh yeah, there is also a girlfriend that I fit in on that busy schedule.
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gengrant
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Post by gengrant on Apr 19, 2006 19:08:52 GMT 7
Shenzhen, late 30's. I am married with a 3 year old daughter, so my free time is spent with them... making cookies, drinking milk, watching cartoons. flying kites in the park, taking excursions to the grocery store (with a 3 year old, it's an adventure). watching movies with Mrs. GG, hanging out with Raoul and the gang. taking walking tours of the city with some expat dude I met online. and shopping. but I'm a weird guy...I like shopping. yep. pretty boring. but I like it.  |
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Post by con's fly is open on Apr 19, 2006 20:26:00 GMT 7
Loller, think of Shanghai as a discount New York: tons of stuff, fitting all descriptions. Decadence is an old tradition: in the 19th century sailors took to calling it The Whore of the Orient, a nickname that still thrives today.
I read a story about a survey done of Shanghai women. Claims they average 19 sex partners before marriage, making them the most promiscuous in the world. For what it's worth. They also have a reputation for being cynical money grubbers...
The music and arts scene are forefront of China. And by some calculations, Shanghai is THE most populous city in the world.
In short, Shanghai can offer anything your heart desires... except peace, quiet and other small-town specialties. And it's expensive to live there; consider that when looking at job offers.
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loller
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Post by loller on Apr 19, 2006 20:30:53 GMT 7
I will.
Notice how the old people spent more time complaining rather than addressing the question?
That's called irony.
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Post by Dragonsaver on Apr 19, 2006 20:33:33 GMT 7
I will. Notice how the old people spent more time complaining rather than addressing the question? That's called irony.I don't remember complaining.  I answered your question politely and succinctly. |
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Post by Hamish on Apr 19, 2006 20:48:29 GMT 7
I will. Notice how the old people spent more time complaining rather than addressing the question? That's called irony.Nope. It's called KICKING YOUR ASS! |
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 21:01:36 GMT 7
I will. Notice how the old people spent more time complaining rather than addressing the question? That's called irony.You are not only arrogant but obviously failed reading comprehension at school. I can't imagine why you want to be an English teacher. Nor can I think of anything you can offer our students unless it's the opportunity to give you a shaft up the backside and a kick in the balls. Come to think of it there's a job over in the other thread for that particular karma and I have a feeling you'll cop both experiences plenty with your attitude. Crawl back under the covers and wank yourself to sleep baby. Unless you want to reconsider the meaning of the word irony. A concept of which you have displayed an almost incomprehensible grasp. |
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Post by George61 on Apr 19, 2006 21:31:44 GMT 7
My goodness! Flames!!.and we haven't had Fire drill for ..oh..must be..umm...probably years...
A word of warning, young Loller...It doesn't pay to antagonise the old blokes. Not only do we have years of experience under our belts, but we (especially Hamish) have a way with words that will leave you gasping.
The old women are, of course much more prickly....and dangerous!
So if you don't want the house to fall on you, be a little more selective in your style of humour.
I felt most people answered your question nicely.
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woza17
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Post by woza17 on Apr 19, 2006 21:33:37 GMT 7
Wow, I feel I am back at Daves.
Loller, us geriatics and aspiring geriatics did actually answer your question. Not much complaining really, only about your gross generalization.
People are people and I find both young and old can be boring it is not an age thing in my experience, more attitude. Boring people is also subjective. Usually a narrowness of thinking leads to this type of attitude
The people on this forum have a wealth of life experience and are willing to share their experiences to newcomers and show a lot of tolerance.
Something to aspire to, don't you think?
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gengrant
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Post by gengrant on Apr 19, 2006 21:38:52 GMT 7
hey, I resemble that remark!  |
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 21:43:01 GMT 7
hey, I resemble that remark!  |
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Post by Hamish on Apr 19, 2006 21:48:32 GMT 7
...us geriatrics and aspiring geriatrics Hell, I'm damned near an EXPIRING geriatric. |
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Post by woza17 on Apr 19, 2006 21:54:12 GMT 7
Far from it Hamish but I did notice that Bart has developed haemooroids. Excuse the spelling but I thought a bunch of grapes growing out of his bum was a bit vulgar
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 21:55:20 GMT 7
And one with a sense of humour, thank God.
Well and a beautiful wife.
....and a life fully lived.
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Post by acjade on Apr 19, 2006 22:00:00 GMT 7
Far from it Hamish but I did notice that Bart has developed haemooroids. Excuse the spelling but I thought a bunch of grapes growing out of his bum was a bit vulgar Right. That's it. I insist we have a Woza alarm built into the computer. I just spat onto the screen and i'm wearing new PJs. Woman, you are too funny for my laundrey bill. |
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