China Romance
General Discussion and Useful Links => Newbies Corner => Topic started by: Willy The Londoner on March 11, 2010, 08:16:02 am
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Not started to dream in Chinese yet. In fact my dreams never have words just pictures!!!!!
So all being well I should be having a conversation in Chinese in about another 14 months or so time.
Oh well I will save what I wanted to say five minutes ago until then. But maybe I should practise and see if the neighbour understands me tomorrow - 'Excuse me but did you know that your apartments is on fiire' now should that be in mandarin or Cantonese? Never mind let me get back to the forum - maybe the wind will not blow the sparks as far as my place across the street.
Willy
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thats like me when i was cooking popcorn and it burnt and i threw it out the window
i had about the whole complex looking and talking chinese good thing i didnt understand
what they said----- stupid western man hahahha
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As far as the throwing the popcorn out the window,
what is the chinese word for OWW you hit me in the head...:icon_cheesygrin:
or the Chinese words for "look it's raining popcorn":icon_cheesygrin:
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Don't know about speaking Chinese mate, but you don't have speak double dutch to me.....hahahaha:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
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Willy, how about; ???????????????????? :angel:
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Do you guys recognize swear words? I heard some the other day in Cantonese.
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Maybe I will wake up soon. I thought that when I posted the original it was on another thread!! Now I find I have my own thread. Wow that was some dream.
Willy
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Most people count sheep, Willy on the otherhand counts EGGS....:icon_cheesygrin:
Be careful Willy, eating eggs before bed will cause you to hilucinate and the paint on the walls will run down in a multi-colored rainbows looking like alien crop circles and hundreds of eggs will dance and sing at the foot of your bed, and you find yourself muttering "far out man" and a large red hen is sitting next to
you saying "your hot big boy"...and there is a multi-colored giant rooster banging on your front door saying "what have you done with my wife" and you find yourself floating two feet above your bed looking down on all your subjects..for you are tonight "king egg" .:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin: have some more eggs Willy....
and don't believe Shaun's "hen scratching" he
had a chicken write that for him....,:icon_cheesygrin:
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Hey I was wondering since China is on the other side of the planet will I dream back words? or will all the words in my dream still be forwards.... :icon_cheesygrin:
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I really like the multicoloured rainbows. Reminds me of a story a friend of mine related to me. Lets just say his work was not that regular but often well paid but with a heavy risk factor. He was a safebreaker. Not a legal one but he blew safes for a living.
He told me that one night they broke into a factory and there was a huge safe in the office. The did the usual things of attaching retaining wire to the heavy brass handle so when it flew off it did not become a missile and they slipped a condom into the keyhole and filled it with the explosive.
They realised that they may have put in to much of the explosive so went to the factory floor and found a number of boxes filed with goodness know what and they placed these all around the safe.
They both hide behind filing cabinets and blew the safe. There was the usual bang and but also unusual splatts They looked around the office and it was like a phycadelic nightmare. Everything was in multi colours. The boxes had been filled with paint - and because they used too much explosive they and the whole room were multicoloured.
Now that is what I call a multicolour nightmare.
Willy
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true story Willy??
i also have this reoccuring dream were i am living in the forbidden city
with all my wives.
and their all b******* at me at the same time. its like i am being
ganged up on. now go figure that one out as i am such a nice guy
its like i ran into a pack of badgers:dodgy:
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True story Ted. A few years ago I met up with this old fellow, now in his early 70's. He hung out with the London Gangsters of the early 60's. For the UK guys - he was not with the twins - he was in North London. He ran a couple of illigasl gambling clubs. And did 'a bit of work' as her called it in his spare time. I speak to him from here every week by phone.
He has maintain a diary every day since he was 14. That is nearly 60 volumns. He has proimised them to me when he dies as some of the entries could get him sent to prison!! It has a lot of infor on many people who were celebrities or plain gangsters - they are all dying off now but he has related a lot of it to me and that was one story.
He also related the story of a well known UK Bookmaker who is now dead but his name is on hundred of betting shops in the UK. (Not William Hill I hasten to add.) But as this is a love site I wil retell it here. Well his only son met and fell in love with a woman but because of his fathers business her parents did not think he wassuitable for her and took her to Australia and he never married, still being in love with this woman. Then about 20 years later she contacted him and told him that she a made a mistake all those years ago and she was coming home. By this time he was in his late forties. He was very pleased to hear from her. He went to Heathrow to meet her flight and got so excited when they announced it had landed he had a heart attack and died there and then. Never to meet again the women he had loved all his adult life.
Many oif the names he has related will not mean much to you but to Brits they are or were hosuehold names. It will make some story.
Willy
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Willy,
now that would be interesting reading. if you ever get the volumes as
you finish reading them i would be interested in reading them also.
probably some really great stories in it. when i was younger and yes
that was many years ago i would always love to talk with the older
people and listen to their stories of what it was like immigrating to
the USA and other stories of their lives. it always fascinated me
with what they spoke.
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Willy,
now that would be interesting reading. if you ever get the volumes as
you finish reading them i would be interested in reading them also.
probably some really great stories in it. when i was younger and yes
that was many years ago i would always love to talk with the older
people and listen to their stories of what it was like immigrating to
the USA and other stories of their lives. it always fascinated me
with what they spoke.
When he 'goes' i will have 60 odd volumes of 365 pages at least to read in each. It will not be a normal read as everything is coded. This is because everything thing he ever did is listed and every one, lords ladys, celebrities, entertainers, UK and American Gangsters he ever met are in the diaries and what they did. I have been able to read a few entries and I know what each code means.
He has told me to see what I can do with it as I think fit after he goes and to share the royalties with his wife. I think that there will be a good few stories in there for Sunday papers for a start.
Willy
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The hell with sunday papers willy, with that many volumes, you need to write the next UK novel. I for one would buy a copy of
that. Need a ghost writer? I'll get to see you on Larry King and Jay Leno....providing the mob don't get you first....:fi_lone_ranger::fi_lone_ranger::fi_lone_ranger::icon_cheesygrin:
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i will ghost write it for you or we could do it together now that
would be very interesting to do
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Willy,
Just be sure to reserve us a copy. :icon_cheesygrin:
Dave C
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copies will be available to download thru pay pal lol
we will also autograph them :icon_cheesygrin:
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Just make sure you mention all the "big" names and what they did, dates and where you and Ted plan on hiding.....:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
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lol, when I saw the title of this thread, I was too scared to open it and read it. I mean, since it's Willy, is gotta have eggs, viagra, and dreaming in pictures, right? Or some combination thereof. So my curriosity got the better of me finally, and I find not only eggs and dreaming in pictures (somehow viagra was left out, lol) but also condoms filled with explosives (now there's a mental image for your dream Willy!) and the Gangster Diaries!
Now we'll all probably be hunted down one day by the international gangster cartels, taken to an abandoned egg factory, and blown to bits by condoms filled with high explosives (oh God I hope they are some unimaginative bastards) all because we read this thread and saw the mention of these diaries!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot guys!
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lol, when I saw the title of this thread, I was too scared to open it and read it. I mean, since it's Willy, is gotta have eggs, viagra, and dreaming in pictures, right? Or some combination thereof. So my curriosity got the better of me finally, and I find not only eggs and dreaming in pictures (somehow viagra was left out, lol) but also condoms filled with explosives (now there's a mental image for your dream Willy!) and the Gangster Diaries!
Now we'll all probably be hunted down one day by the international gangster cartels, taken to an abandoned egg factory, and blown to bits by condoms filled with high explosives (oh God I hope they are some unimaginative bastards) all because we read this thread and saw the mention of these diaries!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot guys!
Funny I have got through a thread without mentioning any of this items myself. I now leave that up to others to slip it in.
But another story from the diaries. One night two went to an office where there was said to be a lot of money kept on certain nights of the month. Off they went and got to the rear of the building up a fire escape to a pair of steel covered doors. Well they spent an hour or so trying to get a door open. Conscious of the fact that their efforts could be overheard. They kept going - then one of them walked a few feet to the second door - tried the handle and it was not even locked!!!!
The upshot of this was that the large cache of money turned out to be a figment of someones imagination.
From what I read most gangsters and crooks made more money from Reddy Eying other thieves than doing crimes themself.
Willy
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sounds like something i would do try to break into the locked door when the
other was open lol thats why i didnt take a life of crime up lol
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Well, Willy's not the only one who has friends in low places, lol. I have a couple of stories I could share, but unfortunately I think it is better to not mention them, and they have little comedic value anyway. But let's just say my father had a couple of friends who were what you call 'professionals', and I do not mean hookers. I will tell about one story though.
One of my dad's 'professional' friends, who everyone called Snake, had a business in a very poor nieghborhood in St. Louis back in the day. I remember him telling my father one time about something that happened before he took one of his, ummm, 'vacations'.
He was getting ready to leave on his trip, and he and another of my father's friends (we'll call him Joe) were leaving his establishment. Snake didn't lock the front door of the place when they walked out. Joe told him, 'Snake, you better lock this place up, you won't have anything left when you get back'. Snake said he looked at Joe and said, 'Everyone here knows who I am. Nobody is going to bother this place.' Joe kept arguing with him. 'Well, someone who doesn't live in this neighborhood and doesn't know who you are might come by and empty the place out while your gone.' Snake said he told him 'No, everyone in this neighborhood knows who I am, and they ain't gonna let anyone mess with this place while I'm gone', because they wouldn't want to deal with Snake when he got back. Back and forth Snake and Joe went, and finally Snake took a dollar bill out of his pocket, walked over to the telephone pole in front of his business, and stuck it on the pole in plain site of everyone on the street. He looked at Joe and said 'Tell ya what, I'll give you $1,000 if that $1 isn't still right there when I get back. If it is, you owe me another $1.'
Needless to say, Snake's $1 was still right where he left it a couple of weeks later when he returned. And Joe was $1 poorer, lol, a debt he paid pretty quickly I imagine.
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Willy, When you get the books please mark out all references to me prior to publishing information. :angel:
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Shaun, I believe there is a whole chapter on you and those "shifty" friends of yours in the oil field..:icon_cool:
However, look at the price of fuel, and tell me you don't belong to the "mob"....Oh the story's....taking the pensions
of little old lady's for their last gallon of gas....(for that 1/4 mile) haha :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
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OOooo Don, I'd say something here but we are not suppose to be political here. But want there something in a presidential campaign about putting an end to high gasoline prices? There we go. I had to say it. :icon_cheesygrin:
I for one would like to see the prices go down instead of up. Boating season is just about to start.
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OOooo Don, I'd say something here but we are not suppose to be political here. But want there something in a presidential campaign about putting an end to high gasoline prices? There we go. I had to say it. :icon_cheesygrin:
I for one would like to see the prices go down instead of up. Boating season is just about to start.
That is not political Shaun - its plain fantasy - petrol going down!!!! - you should have UK prices $1.5 usd a litre when I left nearly $7.5 an English gallon.
Willy
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7.50 a gallon? good lord, they are slipping it to you aren't they. That's almost like having a second wife Willy, very demanding
and uses your credit cards. Only 3.00 a gallon here and we are screaming rape, guess I'll have to learn to "row" that boat huh.
Shaun, stroke, stroke, stroke.....haha :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Perhaps I'll just sit at the dock, siting on the fantail and drinking toddies and try to look like I'm rich.....girl magnet...haha
By the way, we found that little old lady, she's living in Pasadina and drives a super stocked dodge...hahaha
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we in the USA always did cry about the price of fuel it is
the one thing that we seem to complain about the most
as we have no other really great forms of transportation
their other than get in our car sit on the freeway for hours
to get to our destination. but in reality we do have one of the
cheapest prices around. in china right now it is 7.07 rmb a liter
which is about 4.10 a gallon and like Willy said the UK is also high
i am sure it is even higher than the USA in other countries.
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At the moment in Cyprus ....were paying anything from 89.7c to 94c (Euro) per litre.
One thing about over here though is that they follow the up's and down's in oil prices pretty closely. Unlike the UK, where they have to have a price war to see any decrease in pump prices .... But are always quick to increase the pump price!! haha
David......
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Petrowise, I know we have it good compared to other countries. My comment wasn't about the price so much as it was about the promises made from the current administration. I was have a little fun at Don's expense.
But since we are talking about the price of gasoline and how much higher it is in other countries, if we paid as much as England or China it would completely destroy the American economy. There are a few factors to consider. American can still be considered a rural nation compared to an England or China. It is not uncommon for a person to put 100 miles on a car each day just commuting to work and back. Couple that with the fact that we also do not have the mass transit systems that other nations do. The county in which I live has a mass transit department that is less than 10 years old and we used glorified vans. There isn't a bus, other than the school system, that exists for public transportation. Our school buses are 1/2 empty because many parents prefer to take their children to school.
If we were to just up to $4.00 or $5.00 per gallon the school buses would fill up about a month later as parents give up the luxury of taking their children to school. For the record I paid $2.52 per gallon this morning for fuel in my SUV. Am I lucky? You bet. Can I afford it? Heck no.
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shaun,
Same here, we have no metro system and no trains of any size on the Island (and no plans for any either) ..lol!!
We rely only on the roads with Buses, and taxi's as a public transport means. So most, if not all families use cars to get around Cyprus.... Oh and virtually all the taxi's here are the bigger Diesel Merc's some of them are of the stretched type.... used a lot for communal inter-city travel....
David.......
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Shaun,
all the years i worked for the oil company and c store chain my fuel was paid for thru my
corporate card but when i retired i was probably the biggest complianer becuase i had to
now pay for it hahahhaa when i needed fuel for my personal vehicles i just drove them to work and
took them home filled up. but with freinds and family i would always volanteer to drive so as to
not have them spend money for fuel. thats what i miss most in china driving hahahaha
but your right about the transportation system there it really does stink and they need to look
at that instead of some of their other pet projects they waste money on
ok back to my corner lol
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But since we are talking about the price of gasoline and how much higher it is in other countries, if we paid as much as England or China it would completely destroy the American economy.
So you are saying that England and China have a better economy to support high gas prices than America? In otherwords, in these
countries, they make more money than us?
Thought, America was the fat cats, but will now bow to England and her RICH people (this also goes for Canada) :icon_cheesygrin:
They must get fantastic gas milage or walk a lot.
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UPDATE ON PRICES.
UK Government being asked to stop increase due on 1st April. Petrol (Gas) is due to rise to 1.2 GBP a litre that is $1.80 a litre multiply that by 4 and a bit and you get a gallon.
Willy
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No wonder England has lots of 4 cylinder engines....don't see how in the heck you limey's can afford to drive at all, unless your
all friends with Bill Gates....:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
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Me thinks the fuel prices are adjusted to fit the economy and usage in a nation. It is funny but the smaller and more compacted the nation is the higher the fuel cost is because the less they use. It isn't logical but think about it. Show me it is not true. But what is logical about the oil industry?
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Shaun,
Most of the gas (fuel/petrol/diesel) price in the UK is actually tax, and nothing to do with the oil companies. I forget what sort of percentage the UK tax is on pump prices, and it is High!!! But i'm sure there are others here that ''WILL'' know ...lol!!!
David........
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Queen's gotta get her's....:icon_cheesygrin:
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David, The American Government gets the highest percentage of profits in gasoline prices. Somewhere around 30% while the oil companies get 11%, and do all of the work.
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Shaun,
I think you'll find that they have a much higher tax rate in the UK on petrol/diesel at the pumps than a misery 30%!! .....Think yourself very lucky !! hahaha!!
David.......
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Tax on fuel in UK is currently running at 69.9% for Deisel and 67.9% for petrol according to the Financial Times.
Willy
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Willy and Shaun, ether you make a fortune over there in the UK or the queen is really having her way with you. That much tax
on fuel, wow and I thought it was bad here.
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If the general public knew how much they were paying in taxes they would have their own tea party.
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When I was in Canada several years ago, I noticed that the taxes were pretty stiff up there also as compaired to the United States, so
I would guess that it's for everything up there. Food, tobbaco, fuel, and anything else they can think of. Wonder what they spend
the tax dollars on that causes them to rape the people of their money so much? Perhaps it's because they have fewer people?
and need to make up the difference?
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Rocky,
It's government mis-spending that's the problem. I am all for spending when necessary. But when I see government fat and mis-spending our money, then I get really annoyed. Then there are the unions. Honestly, all three levels of the government are really fatter than they should be and need some trimming.
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It's also all those agency's who yell and scream they don't have enough money, so the goverment gives them more, and of course
puts the bill to us. When it comes down to it, we need a few less agency's, or have someone look at them and delete what we don't
need and over spending. Who says that the government should get NEW cars every year? what's wrong with the old ones? so what
if an IRS agent or county car is a POS we don't care, make em take care of what they have, and lower the cost of taxes. A good
president is one who don't drive new, but gets around in a old POS ford pickup that smokes and has bad valves.....hahaha
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It's the waste that bothers me. Actually, that's only sorta true. It's the fact that government agencies only know one word... SPEND. I mean I don't know about where you live, but over here, our municipal government is beyond socialist... For the 2009 budget, we were facing a shortfall...so what does our government do? Increase spending on NEW programs by $1.3 billion... At a time where programs need to be maintained (not increased), I'm being asked to pay a 5% increase (known) in property tax (on top of other new tax measures). So I have LESS money to spend and will cut my own spending to ensure that I can cover my taxes...
Maybe after this new municiple government is elected this year, and if things go well for me, I will try going for mayor... City council here needs a change...then if that's done (ha ha), I will start moving up the tree...
(Sorry for the rant)... now Willy, why don't you get us back on track!
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(Sorry for the rant)... now Willy, why don't you get us back on track!
Ok - Have you seen the price of eggs this weekend. I am sure they are putting an extra tax on them.LOL
Just 12 days to Easter it is a rip off. Its enough to stop Humpty ever going on that wall again.
Jusr saw a great apartment today on the complex where I am living. Three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 120 sq M. 5th Floor. Just 550,000 rmb. For UK thats 55,000 UK pounds or 83,000 USD, fully finished to my colour choice with new leather sofa again to my choice up to 10000 rmb and 42" TV. This block should be ready for end of the year so my money has gone on the table for it. Zhongshan is certainly cheap when it comes to housing.
Now how many eggs do I have to sell to get..........Hmm that a bloody lot of eggs.
Willy
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so willy save a room for me when i visit
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If It warm you can also sleep on the balcony - thats as large as our second double bedroom as the moment. I know how you pioneers to the West love to live in the open air!!! Well it sounds that you all go around knocking down walls!!!
Willy
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Ah, now we see the results of all of those eggs. They have to sleep outside on the balcony. Why pray tell? Could it be because of the smell at night? Hmmmm.....?
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Methinks his highness has to sleep on the balcony, because the queen would send him to the guillitine if he didn't....hahaha:icon_cheesygrin: You see it's those 1,000 year old eggs that do it.....by the way, if you stay on the balcony
look to see if the paint is peeling, and you'll know for sure.....haha :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Kim-Chee anyone ????
lol, lol
Willy, any chance of getting this live on CNN or wide world of Sports?
Contest Rules:
1. The one eating the most amount of eggs loses wife and all friends, and is banned from all pubs for a period of one week.
2. The one eating the least amount of eggs gets to keep wife and saves face...well sort of...
3. Foul air contest, the one fouling the air the most is declared the winner, but with no one around to award prize.
4. Prizes are awarded for , the loudist, the sneakyist, most longest lasting, most musical, biggest blow out, paint peeling ability, scaryist, lingering ablility, and knock out power.
5. Any one trying to pass bad gas, but crapping their pants instead...is disqualified.
:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
let the games begin....
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you guys are killing me with the eggs already can we switch to
something else like " what do you have for breakfast with your chinese lady"
or-- what is your favorite chinese food you miss from china
these egg comments are killing me already i cant see a egg without
thinking of the forum not a good thing :icon_biggrin:
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But you love it. Yes? We could return to the squat toilet conversation. :icon_eek::icon_redface: I'd like to withdraw from the contest. I am still not sure how I am going to handle the squat toilet yet. :s
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But you love it. Yes? We could return to the squat toilet conversation. :icon_eek::icon_redface: I'd like to withdraw from the contest. I am still not sure how I am going to handle the squat toilet yet. :s
find a bucket and cut the bottom out of it. place it over the spuat toilet and now you have something to sit on. problem solved. :idea:
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oh no i hope i didnt bring that back--squat toilet
another subject beat to death
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oh no i hope i didnt bring that back--squat toilet
You called for me M'Lord :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Willy
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WILLY'S EGG EATING CONTEST ON THE BALCONY...:icon_cheesygrin: OR COULD WE JUST SAY WILLY'S NEIGHBORS....FROM THE GROUND FLOOR....lol
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The Chicken run has come to an end. He knew his time was up as he had been reading this forum of late so off he ran and hide away. Problem was that nice warm spot was the oven and once in, he was unable to extracate himself and slowly he was cooked to a turn.
After all the friendly banter he has created for so long the of course we did ensure he had a good burial. :angel: Like hell we did he was served up with all the trimmings in True Chinese fashion - waste not want not.
But the Chicken and his eggs are gone. I hear you all sighing with relief. And no the squattie and viagra are not making a come back.
Watch this space.
Willy
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for the new and exciting chapter hahahha
cant wait to see whats in store Willy
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Willy,
glad you changed the avatar it made me want to have a turkey dinner
which by the way i found turkeys for sale at Carrefour so i will have to buy
one and cook a turkey dinner for you and angel sometime in the future when
you can come to GZ. the oven here is big enough to cook the size turkey
that they have for sale there
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I'm turkeyied out until next christmas or thanksgiving...once a year is good enough for me....now, prime rib is always welcome. :icon_cheesygrin:
YOUR AD HERE
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I'm turkeyied out until next christmas or thanksgiving...once a year is good enough for me....now, prime rib is always welcome. :icon_cheesygrin:
But I can't afford to give another away. I already lost one to make Woman.:icon_cheesygrin:
Willy
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I'd ask for my rib back...or at least a refund....:icon_cheesygrin:
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Talking of food! Was we?
Well I was with this woman and I looked at her and said 'You are looking so beautiful I could eat you'. ' Do you feel the same way?' I asked. She looked at me and whispered in my ear. Naw I don't eat junk food!'
Willy
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It could be "fattening" Willy...:icon_cheesygrin:
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thats a good one Willy. Angel has a good play with words hahahahha