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Speaking of decolonization

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    #5

    Last one relinquished. It’s in east Asia so focus there.

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • 89th8 Offline
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      Not sure. Would guess a french colony somewhere near Indonesia. At first I thought UK and Hong Kong in like 2000, but not really a colony.

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        It’s safe for work!!!
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        Macau Portugal sometime in the 70s??

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          Mine is safe for work I don’t know why it says that

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          • bachophileB bachophile

            It’s safe for work!!!
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            Macau Portugal sometime in the 70s??

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            George K
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            @bachophile you can edit what the spoiler alert is when you post.

            ***for you***

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            So there.

            Screenshot 2022-12-02 at 10.26.47 AM.png

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              @bachophile you can edit what the spoiler alert is when you post.

              ***for you***

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              So there.

              Screenshot 2022-12-02 at 10.26.47 AM.png

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              @George-K that’s not safe for work!!!!

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              • bachophileB Offline
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                Actually maybe mine isn’t safe for work. Maybe someone in the ******* government is reading this

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                • jon-nycJ Offline
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                  Renauda got it - Macau was handed over from Portugal to China in 1999. IIRC, it was December 31st symbolically, ending 500 years of European colonization of Asia.

                  I was there maybe 7 years later and found no one spoke any Portuguese. It’s a huge gambling Mecca and has a separate visa regime than China because of it.

                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                    Hey I did too but got the year wrong

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                      My real estate selling agent was born there. First time I ever met someone from there. My wife has visited several times.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        Macau was an occasional (but long) night out when I would be in Hong Kong. Untold debauchery often ensued.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          Macau was an occasional (but long) night out when I would be in Hong Kong. Untold debauchery often ensued.

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                          @jon-nyc said in Speaking of decolonization:

                          Macau was an occasional (but long) night out when I would be in Hong Kong. Untold debauchery often ensued.

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                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            It was pretty "seedy" when under Portugal. I think it really took off when China took over, which is kind of surprising.

                            (I once had a taxi drive me around the course that the Formual 1 (or maybe Formula 3) raced. Do they still have that race?

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                            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                              It was pretty "seedy" when under Portugal. I think it really took off when China took over, which is kind of surprising.

                              (I once had a taxi drive me around the course that the Formual 1 (or maybe Formula 3) raced. Do they still have that race?

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                              @taiwan_girl said in Speaking of decolonization:

                              It was pretty "seedy" when under Portugal. I think it really took off when China took over, which is kind of surprising.

                              (I once had a taxi drive me around the course that the Formual 1 (or maybe Formula 3) raced. Do they still have that race?

                              It's F3 - and they still run it, although it's been cancelled of late due to Covid. Both Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher won the race before becoming big stars in F1.

                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Grand_Prix

                              I was only joking

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