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Aidan in HCMC
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
RTLisSB
@Aidan in HCMC
Very interesting, and well said.

Would love to discover who the author is/was.

Roger
regjackson4465
Will it be difficult and safe to exchange $100 dollar bills while in HCMC
Guest2023
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.1f600.svg

To answer your question, NO.
OceanBeach92107
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.1f600.svg

To answer your question, NO.
- @colinoscapee
Not difficult or not safe? 😁
Guest2023
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.1f600.svg

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
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.1f600.svg

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
No ink spots on them no tear no matter how small
alexneoh
Women can't remember where they left their hair clip but they remember what you said 5 years ago on Tuesday at 8:45pm

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alexneoh
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.

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alexneoh
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

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alexneoh
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.

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mikeymac
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mikeymac
How much can a Koala bear?
Mac68
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
Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

I never drink the stuff
RTLisSB

Uh, how about Solzhenitsyn?
Mac.

- @Mac68

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

Roger
Fred

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
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

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

Not completely sure but take a read, great book.
Mac.
Fred
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
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
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

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
Happy Days Are Here Again





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OceanBeach92107
Happy Days Are Here Again

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- @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?)

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goodolboy
Happy Days Are Here Again

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- @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?)

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- @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
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.
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MAc.
alexneoh
@Mac68

You win some... you lose some. Facts of life man...
Mac68
@Mac68

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

Yep,
Aidan in HCMC
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
Well, not all of them.

MAc
Guest2023
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?"

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- @Aidan in HCMC

Great answer to an interesting question.
Aidan in HCMC
Well, not all of them.

MAc
- @Mac68

I'm intrigued.
Do tell.
Mac68
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
I think you missed his point 1f601.svg 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
I think you missed his point 1f601.svg 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
I think you missed his point 1f601.svg 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
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Edit; Enjoy while editing, he, he, he.


MAc
- @Mac68
Mac68
Does it break Buddhist sutra teachings to eliminate mosquito larvae, would it be considered to be larvae infanticide? 

just wondering,

MAc
THIGV
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.  1f47d.svg

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