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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 10:22 am |
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| Buenos Dias CJ & Jane........boy you two are early birds !!
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 10:28 am |
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Getting up this early was not my idea Steve-O. Parent duty called!
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StewartM
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 11:17 am |
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Steve Adkins wrote: They don't speak English but know key terms like "you're not being serious, what is your real price". After 2 or 3 rounds, where you hold firm, you walk away. I had 2 girls follow me at least 50 feet on separate occasions, lock their hands around my wrist, I try to keep walking......like dragging the dog to the vet.
Kept telling them "$100.00, no more", they keep saying "not enough money, be serious", but wouldn't turn loose.........a tactic like this in the USA would be assault & arrest. In virtually every case, they will drop to whatever you offer.
One girl said "I don't like you", when I said "OK, I'll leave", it's "no no no, tell me your price". I guess she decided she liked my money more than me.
Steve better watch what part of town you go in  Those red lights mean something
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 11:40 am |
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Interesting you should bring up red lights.
The "oldest profession in the world" is rampant over here.
Newspapers full of ads, signs all over the place, very well advertised.
Sailors dream
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 11:42 am |
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Good morning to you Steve. Thank you so much for all the pictures. The building with the satilites or cables or what ever on it is huge. What are the insides like?
I do have to make a statement though about our competing with China. I do feel if we pollute ourselves off this earth what is the point?
Article in this mornings paper by Stephen Hawking stating that if we can keep from blowing ourselves up or having an enviornmental disaster we will have to establish colonies on other planets, starts etc for the human population to survive.
Hewy Steve it is raining here so you had better hurry home. Your grass is growing.
Thanks again for the tour. Wish I was there.
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 01:18 pm |
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Crackah's useless info for today:
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
It's the law.
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 02:33 pm |
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Just to let y'all know, my attendance may be spotty the next couple days.
On Thursday morning (your Wed night), I'm leaving Shanghai China to go about 4 hours to Ningbo China........kind of like going from Greensboro to Myrtle Beach. Will be dealing with a different situation down there, not sure how much time I'll have to post. but rest assured I haven't forgotten you guys, and will jump on when possible.
Sure glad I left those lawnmower blades to be sharpened at the Feed & Seed store.
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 02:47 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote: I do feel if we pollute ourselves off this earth what is the point?
Jane, thanks for the kind words. Maybe some day I'll be familiar enough with this place to organize a tour here. Summerfield residents first priority.
A comment, my opinion only.
The USA went thru the Industrial Revolution, the word pollution wasn't even invented yet, things got pretty messy, but in the past 30 years, the USA has gotten much cleaner in many regards, ie air, water, soil contamination, etc. It was a.......maybe 100 year cycle?? (mas o menos??)
Mexico 15 years ago was a pretty raunchy place, now their EPA standards are more stringent than USA. Granted they've got plenty grandfathered in, but new construction is cleaning up many polluting practices. Shorter cycle than USA.
China the boom has only been in the past 5 - 7 years, Let's hope they wake up faster than USA and Mexico. There's alot of good stuff here too, not all pollution. Also many countries in the world who are ultra serious about pollution prevention.
I'd rather focus on competing with China, keeping jobs at home, keeping food on our own kitchen tables, as first priority. Then hound our elected officials in Washington to press China for pollution abatement (when those officials get done worrying about illegal immigrants)
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 03:38 pm |
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| Thanks again, Steve! Pappy's really enjoyin' the tour!
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 03:42 pm |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
It's the law.
Dang! I think we need a resolution about that! Hee hee!
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 04:01 pm |
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FatPappy wrote: Cracker Jax wrote:
You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
It's the law.
Dang! I think we need a resolution about that! Hee hee!
I hereby resolve to NEVER plow a cotton field with an elephant.
I'll present it to ya'll for signatures just as soon as I get DC's John Hancock.
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 04:16 pm |
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Macca.... this one's for you. I know you'll find it when you get back home.
Today on the View they had David Lee Roth singing songs off of his new album.
It's called "Strummin' with the Devil - The Southern Side of Van Halen"
Picture this..... Van Halen gone Bluegrass.
He sang "Jump". It was pitiful.
Now I like some pickin' and grinnin' from time to time, but not Van Halen.
BTW... David Lee Roth is whacked.
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FatPappy
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 04:55 pm |
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Reckon I'll just tarn ol' Tantor loose in the kudzoo patch then. No more plowin' cotton fer him.
Ungawa, big feller, ungawa. I'll give you a Pappy yell if anybody needs he'p.
Hee hee!
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 05:43 pm |
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Pappy did you play Tarzan in the movies ???
Lets hear that yell.......
Please wear more clothes.....
Is mom Jane?????
Sorry Pappy about that last question
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Posted: Jun 14th, 2006 05:57 pm |
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StewartM wrote:
Is mom Jane?????
Mammy is Jane. Mom can be Cheetah.
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