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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 19:28:26 GMT 7
Luke, what where you doing during your time in HK (workwise)? Mostly construction . Ma Wan viaduct , North Lantau Express Way , Ting Kau Bridge . As well as other jobs I worked on some of the other related sites, Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui Mun Bridge & CLK. Guess being in construction over there and Macau you must know Stoke Glen, aka Glen The Mouth, aka Foghorn Glen?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 19:32:03 GMT 7
CMK, if you are going to use Google to try to prove a point at least offer the full data and not just the selected part that helps to strengthen your argument, it’s called giving a fair and honest perspective. You forgot to mention that North America has a staggering 14,267 McDonalds. That is more than the whole of Europe (including Russia), Japan, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand, Argentina and Malaysia combined, who share a total of 14,243 between them. You can check with Google if you have any reason to dispute these figures. My point was that there are three countries that have a lot of McDonalds in Europe; UK, France and Germany. Given that it is foreign to their cultures those three countries would be far more likely to think of McDonalds as cultured as opposed to Americans who never put fast food and cultured together. Hippity was as usual trying to belittle America as a land that has no culture. More Americans travel and have passports than people from the UK and speak far more different languages are better educated and cultured simply because there are so many Americans. It's OK to belittle Americans because you all gang up on anyone who brings up facts about the situation. Cultured to Americans means educated about culture be it American or another country. 300 plus languages are spoken in the USA. 60 million don't speak English at home. 42 million people from the UK have passports and almost 3 times as many Americans have passports. Per capitas don't travel - people travel and 113 million Americans have passports. More Thais live in America than Korat. Mexican food is better in America than Mexico. There are 1200 symphony orchestras in America. The average pay in LA for symphony musicians is $148,720 UK $50,000 Culture? Money talks and the best symphonies are in the USA. So you all think the USA finds McDonalds as culture? Hardly. We actually think Europeans are mostly rubes (Slang An unsophisticated country person). NYC has Broadway, the Met, one of the best comedy scenes, The Metropolitan Opera, and live music galore. The ability to thrive in the arts has always been one of NYC’s biggest draws. While London’s theater scene is much more reasonably priced than NYC’s, I’ve found that the quality of musicals suffers in comparison. Winner: I still believe NYC is the cultural epicenter of the world. darcyunrooted.com/nyc-vs-london-city-better/So why not stop with the American farmer redneck stereotype that went out with the repeal of the Volstead act. I know you were just kidding but we all know (as I have demonstrated) that you can't take a joke about your home countries.
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Post by onionluke on Feb 25, 2016 19:34:35 GMT 7
Back on topic with the worst MacDonalds ever .
I drove up to Ubon to try and catch a Celtic match one night , they got beat and I ended up drinking about the town into the early hours . I got a bit of kip in the Padaeng Mansions then before I headed back home I thought I would try the very new one and only Macas drive through . I didn't drive through though and just went in to see what it was like . I ordered a breakfast burger thing with coffee , no sugar please. So it took them a while to get the order together , no problem , but the coffee was disgustingly sweet and the burger had been half heartedly fried at a low heat and was basicaly undercooked , greasy and not very warm. I ate it anyway .
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Post by onionluke on Feb 25, 2016 19:38:07 GMT 7
Mostly construction . Ma Wan viaduct , North Lantau Express Way , Ting Kau Bridge . As well as other jobs I worked on some of the other related sites, Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui Mun Bridge & CLK. Guess being in construction over there and Macau you must know Stoke Glen, aka Glen The Mouth, aka Foghorn Glen? I do know Glen , he drinks in the Queen Victoria . He is a mate of Robbie Campbell's , aka Black Bob , he was around then too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2016 19:57:12 GMT 7
As well as other jobs I worked on some of the other related sites, Tsing Ma Bridge, Kap Shui Mun Bridge & CLK. Guess being in construction over there and Macau you must know Stoke Glen, aka Glen The Mouth, aka Foghorn Glen? I do know Glen , he drinks in the Queen Victoria . He is a mate of Robbie Campbell's , aka Black Bob , he was around then too. Don't know Bob by name but I would probably know him by sight, maybe drank with him a few times without remembering his name. Glen's a good man, loads of onsite experience, great welder and bags of common sense. If he's not already one he'll make a great Project Manager one day. Last time I saw him was when he came to visit me in Thailand, after that he went back to Uni to get his NEBOSH, which he passed with flying colours. However, doen't matter how good he is, you don't want his loud voice in your ear as you delicately nurse a hangover, he's not nicknamed 'Foghorn' for nothing.
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Post by onionluke on Feb 25, 2016 21:15:56 GMT 7
I do know Glen , he drinks in the Queen Victoria . He is a mate of Robbie Campbell's , aka Black Bob , he was around then too. Don't know Bob by name but I would probably know him by sight, maybe drank with him a few times without remembering his name. Glen's a good man, loads of onsite experience, great welder and bags of common sense. If he's not already one he'll make a great Project Manager one day. Last time I saw him was when he came to visit me in Thailand, after that he went back to Uni to get his NEBOSH, which he passed with flying colours. However, doen't matter how good he is, you don't want his loud voice in your ear as you delicately nurse a hangover, he's not nicknamed 'Foghorn' for nothing. Aye , well he is international and specialising , maybe the voice projection carries over borders. Anyhow a good man tae drink with.Well up and managerial so he is.
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Post by Mérovingien on Feb 25, 2016 21:27:16 GMT 7
I guess to millions of Americans he'll come across as cultured And the UK, Australia, Germany and France. 1,249 McDonald's in UK, 900 McDonalds in Australia, 1477 in Germany, 1342 in France. Want me to go on? I think you're missing the point or perhaps you're just reinforcing it
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Post by onionluke on Feb 25, 2016 21:37:13 GMT 7
: tony are you Welsh and love singing and like the sing song ? i guess that the red lion and the vinestube are boozers where our workd's did collide.
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Post by cmk on Feb 25, 2016 22:06:48 GMT 7
And the UK, Australia, Germany and France. 1,249 McDonald's in UK, 900 McDonalds in Australia, 1477 in Germany, 1342 in France. Want me to go on? I think you're missing the point or perhaps you're just reinforcing it You wrote, "I guess to millions of Americans he'll come across as cultured (re eating at McDonalds)" Why did you write that? You imply that Americans are not as cultured as the French many of whom would rather eat McDonalds than French food. More Macs per capita than any other European restaurant. The French like McDonalds. I believe there are more McDonalds in France than any French restaurant. So the French must prefer American food over French food? N'est–ce pas?
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Post by me on Feb 25, 2016 22:11:13 GMT 7
I think you're missing the point or perhaps you're just reinforcing it You wrote, "I guess to millions of Americans he'll come across as cultured (re eating at McDonalds)" Why did you write that? You imply that Americans are not as cultured as the French many of whom would rather eat McDonalds than French food. More Macs per capita than any other European restaurant. The French like McDonalds. I believe there are more McDonalds in France than any French restaurant. So the French must prefer American food over French food? N'est–ce pas? Not really, maybe they can get a Big Mac and Fries and eat it in their lunch break... French food takes too long.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Feb 25, 2016 22:17:03 GMT 7
CMK, if you are going to use Google to try to prove a point at least offer the full data and not just the selected part that helps to strengthen your argument, it’s called giving a fair and honest perspective. You forgot to mention that North America has a staggering 14,267 McDonalds. That is more than the whole of Europe (including Russia), Japan, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand, Argentina and Malaysia combined, who share a total of 14,243 between them. You can check with Google if you have any reason to dispute these figures. My point was that there are three countries that have a lot of McDonalds in Europe; UK, France and Germany. Given that it is foreign to their cultures those three countries would be far more likely to think of McDonalds as cultured as opposed to Americans who never put fast food and cultured together. Hippity was as usual trying to belittle America as a land that has no culture. More Americans travel and have passports than people from the UK and speak far more different languages are better educated and cultured simply because there are so many Americans. It's OK to belittle Americans because you all gang up on anyone who brings up facts about the situation. Cultured to Americans means educated about culture be it American or another country. 300 plus languages are spoken in the USA. 60 million don't speak English at home. 42 million people from the UK have passports and almost 3 times as many Americans have passports. Per capitas don't travel - people travel and 113 million Americans have passports. More Thais live in America than Korat. Mexican food is better in America than Mexico. There are 1200 symphony orchestras in America. The average pay in LA for symphony musicians is $148,720 UK $50,000 Culture? Money talks and the best symphonies are in the USA. So you all think the USA finds McDonalds as culture? Hardly. We actually think Europeans are mostly rubes (Slang An unsophisticated country person). NYC has Broadway, the Met, one of the best comedy scenes, The Metropolitan Opera, and live music galore. The ability to thrive in the arts has always been one of NYC’s biggest draws. While London’s theater scene is much more reasonably priced than NYC’s, I’ve found that the quality of musicals suffers in comparison. Winner: I still believe NYC is the cultural epicenter of the world.darcyunrooted.com/nyc-vs-london-city-better/So why not stop with the American farmer redneck stereotype that went out with the repeal of the Volstead act. I know you were just kidding but we all know (as I have demonstrated) that you can't take a joke about your home countries. Have said it more than once on here and elsewhere, NYC is the best city on earth, its all about attitude. Plus Lou Red and The Velvet Underground came from there, nothing more needs be said. Was stood at a set of traffic lights downtown. Some old lady was tying to get a taxi, no avail. Some lawyer type almost pulled the old lady out her shoes as he pulled her backwards. Look here you explitive driven rant followed. Somthing along the lines of, I will sue your sorry ass all the way back to Mexico, then I will sue the illegal taxi company you work for, then I will sue the State of NY for ever issuing you a license. He then opened the door, and almost threw the old bird in the back, heres my card lady, if this schmuck so much as looks at you the wrong way, you phone me. Now Pedro take this lady to where she wants to go. Young man she said, I suggest you go home and rinse your foul mouth out with soap and water, not so much as a thanks, only in NY.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Feb 25, 2016 22:37:43 GMT 7
I do know Glen , he drinks in the Queen Victoria . He is a mate of Robbie Campbell's , aka Black Bob , he was around then too. Don't know Bob by name but I would probably know him by sight, maybe drank with him a few times without remembering his name. Glen's a good man, loads of onsite experience, great welder and bags of common sense. If he's not already one he'll make a great Project Manager one day. Last time I saw him was when he came to visit me in Thailand, after that he went back to Uni to get his NEBOSH, which he passed with flying colours. However, doen't matter how good he is, you don't want his loud voice in your ear as you delicately nurse a hangover, he's not nicknamed 'Foghorn' for nothing. NEBOSH= Jobsworth.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 7:28:05 GMT 7
: tony are you Welsh and love singing and like the sing song ? i guess that the red lion and the vinestube are boozers where our workd's did collide. No, definitely not Welsh, as far as I know Welsh is the only British blood that doesn't course through my veins. I have no doubt that we have propped up the same bar in the past. I drank anywhere and everywhere when I lived in HK, White Stag Canton Road (and all of its reincarnations), Kangaroo bar, Blacksmith's Arms, Friar Tuck, Tiger Bar, Flying Pig, Ned Kelly's (when desperate for Jazz), Old China Hand, The Wanch, New Makati (and the 7-11 opposite), Strawberry's Neptunes 1 & 2, Pussycat, The Big Apple, Papa Docs (on Lantau) and of Course, The Red Lion. Bouncing the door on The Red Lion was my first job in HK, way back when Joyce was the owner (so the real Red Lion). The 2 gweillos that were working the door left suddenly, so Joyce asked me if I wanted the job but she forgot to tell me the reason why the previous bouncers left. The night before the local Triads had paid a visit and said that they would be back the next day, my first night there was very interesting to say the least.
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