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The Boss in his wisdom is sending me to China to inspect Manufacturing sites (blah, blah). My First trip to China 
Fly to Hong Kong and cross at Futian into Shenzhen, Fast train to Taizhou, then Hefei. Car trip to Tongling, and then fast train to Qingdao. Fly back to Hong Kong and then home.
All in eight days and 8 facilities to inspect - gonna need a beer here at the end TsingTao Beer[^]
Any tips for a China novice?
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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When eating if you find something you don't recognise, don't ask what it is the answer can be  .
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Agree with you on that.. 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Never been to china but some of the creatures thrashing around in buckets outside shops in Chinatown, NYC, are certainly unknown to science
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When in Hong Kong...
Try to get over to Lantau and visit the world's biggest Buddha.
Also, do the Mid-Level Escalators on a Sunday if you can.
You must have a go on the Star Ferry to Kow-Loon side and go shopping.
Also a must...take the cable car up to the top of Victoria Peak and look down on the Island, a great view and some great food too.
(Bubba-Gump Shrimp Company is good if you like shrimps)
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Good luck in Shenzhen, even through you just need to catch a train. Was there 2 years ago for 5 days, didn't find a single person speaking any English. Or anything resembling English.
LOL, had to Google a picture of KFC to show to our hotel front desk to get directions to it, and only got a few hand gestures to the KFC about 2km away 
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Fast train to Qindao is still going to take a really long time - and the restaurant cars on Chines trains are more often closed or the rules too arcane - bring plenty of snacks 
The phrase you will need is "ting bu dong" which means I hear you but I don't understand - i.e. I don't speak Chinese.
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Cleverly done!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Brilliant.
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Too funny, wonder where they got the trained flying squirrel?
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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"Series of drawings by means of which she barely makes a living!"(8)
Nice!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Sketches
something to do with sh - she barely, ekes, and another bit.
tc - terms and conditions - by means of which?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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No, sorry, try again.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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She's not the only one can do it - Channing did too, in fact he made a movie about it.
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Cartoons
-Guess, series of drawings made to look lifelike by creating the appearance of movement.
Sketches seemed a better guess.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Series of drawings => STRIP
by means of => PER
she barely [i.e. without clothes] makes a living => STRIPPER
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I want one![^]
Particularly the Parallel <-> petrol / gas converter...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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No conversion to bacon! What the heck would you want that for? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Typical region bias - there's no European '98' setting on the petrol.
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That's an aftermarket sticker to cover up the US labels. The US and EU use different octane tests with the result that the same gas has different numbers depending on which side of the pond you're on. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Pffffft - no Coaxial cable plug, how am I meant to attach my Sinclair Spectrum to my iPod nano?
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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It's covered by the 50lb bag of accessories - didn't you read the mouseover text? 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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You mean a 50lb bag of "gender changers". That's enough to scare anyone off, unless you want The Snip...
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I thought that was the F-connector.
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