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Speaking of decolonization

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

      ***for you***

      click to show

      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***

        click to show

        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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            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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