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Speaking of decolonization

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

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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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            @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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                • bachophileB Offline
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                  Hey I did too but got the year wrong

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                  • HoraceH Offline
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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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