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Post by 3piggles on Aug 2, 2015 14:15:01 GMT
Love the pictures I've never seen cigs for free at a restaurant. Wow! Great expressions in the first picture. That is a really cool U boat! Where is that located?
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Post by bazookagoof on Aug 4, 2015 1:58:08 GMT
Thanks, everyone! Let me try to answer everybody's questions- Bean, that pic was in 2011 in a typical Shanghai restaurant (I think it was one of those ones with private rooms, so regulars would not necessarily get free cigs.) Staying in China is expensive, although we saved much money because my wife is Chinese, so there were lots of family willing to provide accomodations. 3Piggles, that U-boat is in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. It used to be outside, until a few decades of rain & snow were destroying it slowly. Some years back the museum undertook a vast project to move it to a new location inside the building, and there it's been ever since. A wonderful exhibit- you can even go inside, but I have yet to take that tour. Someday... I have some more pics from China: This is a temple in Beijing: This is the Temple of Heaven, also in Beijing:
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Post by Bean on Aug 4, 2015 8:53:17 GMT
Glad you could stay with family and save a bundle on what must be an amazing trip. The architecture alone is just amazing, it must be fascinating to explore.
Have you got another trip over planned?
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 4, 2015 19:23:32 GMT
Thank you for more gorgeous piccies, staying anywhere is expensive now love but I am glad you managed to save some money.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 4, 2015 21:02:08 GMT
Glad you could stay with friends and save money. Thstvmust have been a fabulous trio for the whole family
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Post by bazookagoof on Aug 5, 2015 2:29:29 GMT
Have you got another trip over planned? Not for awhile; my wife & child just got back last month from visiting family (I couldn't afford to take time away from work) and most of my vacations are usually short getaways to neighboring states. Let me amuse everyone with a few more China pics; I actually have a video slideshow, but maybe I'll create a separate thread for that. My daughter and I are overlooking The Forbidden City! Inside The Forbidden City! And finally, clowning around in The Forbidden City! (my daughter is so much fun...)
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Post by cogearhead on Aug 5, 2015 2:52:00 GMT
Since it seems I'm gonna be around here since I have piggies now... This is after 5 hours of trying pull an Eaton 10 speed from a Peterbilt. Whoever put hardening sealant on the bell housing bolts should be forced to do nothing but main caps on a C-15 for a month, without air tools. I believe it's 190 ft lbs + 60 degrees. This is me at the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. I am wearing the clan colors of Bad Taste and Looks Stupid, topped with the hat out of the house of Who Dressed You and completed with the yellow glasses of You Went Out In Public Like That?! I do believe I made several of the actors/vendors day.
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Post by Bean on Aug 5, 2015 11:22:54 GMT
You can really understand the origin of the term grease monkey looking at that first picture! (Although the monkey part always sounds a bit dismissive to me, no offence is intended here!) Plus I've learned what a Peterbilt is. And it's blooming massive! The festival picture is super too - looks like you had a great time! Many people say my tops tend to look like they're made with fabric from curtains from the 70s, so I can't pass comment on fashion sense...
Love the Forbidden City pictures, bazookagoof, and that there's barely anyone else in shot - looks like you almost had the place to yourselves! Would love to see some more pictures, and learn a bit more about the places you've been. How old's your daughter?
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 5, 2015 14:28:15 GMT
Great pictures of The Forbidden City, Bazookagoof. I'm glad you got to go. Cogearhead, love the outfit I also totally understood everything you said about the Peterbilt, which for our UK friends is a brand of truck cab used to pull the big trailer, 18-wheelers or semis, as we call them.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 5, 2015 18:37:22 GMT
I would love to imagine all the things that had happened there in the past, or maybe not LOL!! Many thanks for more great pictures honey.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by bazookagoof on Aug 6, 2015 2:57:13 GMT
Love the Forbidden City pictures, bazookagoof, and that there's barely anyone else in shot - looks like you almost had the place to yourselves! Would love to see some more pictures, and learn a bit more about the places you've been. How old's your daughter? Actually, it's quite crowded near the entrance, and the further you go, the population thins out quite a bit... (My daughter is 9, but the China pictures were from 2011, so she's about 5 or 6 at that time.) Here's a shot of Shanghai: The side you can see is super-modern and quite futuristic looking; the other side is traditional and almost bland in comparison!
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Post by Bean on Aug 6, 2015 8:29:48 GMT
That's a crazy contrast of architecture! It must really add to the impact that visiting makes. I recognise a few of the buildings including Pearl Tower, but what's the building to the right with the globes at either side?
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 6, 2015 18:41:19 GMT
I still think I prefer the traditional, I have never been much for lots of metal steely buildings.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 6, 2015 20:05:34 GMT
I like traditional buildings, too, but I also like some of the modern, steel and glass buildings. We're used to the traditional buildings, but they were the architectural challenges of their time. The modern buildings are the architectural challenges of the current time, and I think there are some great examples. They are also built to much more exacting standards than the old buildings were, in places where earthquakes and tsunamis are common. Even fire retardant house siding and roofing materials are mandated where forest fires are common. We watched a show about the ways building materials are tested for different extreme weather situations, such as hurricanes, forest fires, hail, extreme heat/cold, etc. It was really interesting all the products and processes now available to keep the elements out.
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Post by bazookagoof on Aug 7, 2015 2:48:17 GMT
That's a crazy contrast of architecture! It must really add to the impact that visiting makes. I recognise a few of the buildings including Pearl Tower, but what's the building to the right with the globes at either side? My wife says it's an exhibition center of sorts. She said it's the Shanghai International Convention Center. Of course, no trip to China is complete without the Great Wall!
(Yes, parts of the Wall are VERY steep!) (Again, compare this picture to the U-boat and you can see how much my daughter has grown in four years!)
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Post by Bean on Aug 7, 2015 8:34:21 GMT
Amazing - looks like a good workout too! Can you just get on and off where you like and get home easily, or once you've started a longer stretch, do you have to finish at particular set places? We walked along the City Wall in York which was really interesting and made you feel like you were travelling back in time, but it doesn't look a patch on the Great Wall of China!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 7, 2015 19:10:21 GMT
Thank you for more truly amazing photos love.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 7, 2015 20:51:24 GMT
The Great Wall of China is such a marvel of engineering! Of course, easier to pull off with endless amounts of slave labor, but they still had to build it to spec.
UK has some great ancient monuments, from the baths and aqueducts, to Hadrians Wall is it? US is a bit too new for much ancient stuff, though we do have several stone henges.
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Post by cogearhead on Aug 8, 2015 2:17:38 GMT
Awesome photos Bazooka, about the coolest place I've ever been is Ireland, and I don't remember much of the trip. Put an 18 year old american boy in a place where you can drink at 18 and you can guess what happens...
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Post by Bean on Aug 8, 2015 8:24:25 GMT
You go and sit on a rock and meditate to avoid the temptation?!
I remember my American friends from uni being so excited they could buy alcohol over here at 18! At the time, the UK was pretty slack about checking ages in pubs and off licenses, so you'd have no problem getting served from about 16 really. But it's much tighter now and if you look under 25 they ask for ID.
We planned to go to Hadrian's Wall when we last went up that way, but didn't get round to it. Lots of people walk it, coast to coast - over a period of days, not all in one!
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