Comments on: Oh, to be China

By: Ron Snyder

Ron Snyder — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:34:10 +0000

Heh. Based on my suboptimal memory, I had to start using the following method: an entry in my PDA, on my work calendar, and on a hardcopy calendar at home. A bit of effort, but, oh so worth the effort.

Lessons Learned.

By: Pixelkiller

Pixelkiller — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:24:54 +0000

Yeah, yeah, heard that. Eggs and omelets, but it’s always someone elses eggs.

By: Quartermaster

Quartermaster — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:44:51 +0000

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:04:53 +0000

”the Earth being flat, it will be an easy walk”

THE take-away line! Go Ahead Uncle Mike!

By: MaxDamage

MaxDamage — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:51:24 +0000

I long ago worked up a way to never forget an anniversary, birthday, or other important event, and to always have the perfect gift available.

I set my e-mail tool to send a one-line note to my cell phone three days in advance. It simply says, “Place chocolate in living room, do dishes.”

After a couple of years I added a second line, so I’d know what event I was buying the chocolate for.

– Max

By: bobble

bobble — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:11:11 +0000

I also happened to be visiting the PRC w/ my family during the last two weeks of August. I had to constantly correct myself whenever my kids asked if they could do one thing or another. Whereas my usual response back home would have been, “Hey, whatever you want/think, it’s a free country.”, that was soon appended with, “Oh, wait a minute, no, it isn’t.”

We had a hired driver transport us to one of the larger airports in southern china (Guangzhou). Every toll plaza had cameras taking pictures of the front of each vehicle, and for the 1.5 hour ride, we passed through 2 checkpoints that had PLA members checking vehicles. Kinda creepy if your not used to it.