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scos said:
When you get off in HK you will walk from the gates to the central hub where they have a large board with all the connecting flights posted. Be sure to check that since they sometimes change the gate the connecting flight will be at and it will say if there is a delay.

The reason Tagum probably had a problem was that even though you don't leave the secure area, they will run you through a security checkpoint again. I don't remember if you start downstairs, go through the checkpoint and end upstairs or the other way around but you do change floors as well. Then you can make your say to the connecting gate. Tagum probably got the keep the rum because he was coming from a secure area going to a secure area. Don't ask me why they have that checkpoint, it is an incredible pain in the nether regions, but it is there. And the faster you get there the better chance you have of avoiding a line up.

Once you get to your connecting gate you are fine. Bored but fine. And be sure to check the boards occasionally in case the gate changes (had it happen once and had to go trotting off at the last minute).
FOOK THAT IM NEVER GOING THRIUGH CHINA AGAIN
 

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Just make sure to get a new seal. Saw a case where someone tried to reuse an existing one. Messy...
IVE NEVER USED ONE TWICE ,,,,ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT CONDOMS
 

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No question mixed kids can look pretty amazing but I don't want to be an old dad so I missed my chance.

I need my wife to work if we ever want to move back to the Philippines to retire well....and young. I have a kid now then that is guarantee 20 years hard labour just for 1. To have a kid now would be a purely emotional reason.
I don't mind being an old dad. I used to. But then I watched a documentary about an old man who runs (ran, he may be deceased now) a bookstore near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. I watched it because I was at that store (but too late, they had closed for the night). Apparently he had met many very famous authors because he would let them sleep in his store when they were unpublished unknowns.

Anyway, he was 94 and they asked him if his daughter would take over when he died. He said he didn't know but it would be her decision. The daughter was very pretty and it turned out was 23 years old. I did the math and was amazed that this guy was still in the baby-making business at 71 years of age! But they got along great and you could tell she very much loved her father. She said she never felt she had missed out on anything by having such an old father. In fact the two were very close and shared so many interests. After seeing that most (though not all) of my bugaboos about fathering a child later in life went away.
 

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scos said:
I don't mind being an old dad. I used to. But then I watched a documentary about an old man who runs (ran, he may be deceased now) a bookstore near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. I watched it because I was at that store (but too late, they had closed for the night). Apparently he had met many very famous authors because he would let them sleep in his store when they were unpublished unknowns.

Anyway, he was 94 and they asked him if his daughter would take over when he died. He said he didn't know but it would be her decision. The daughter was very pretty and it turned out was 23 years old. I did the math and was amazed that this guy was still in the baby-making business at 71 years of age! But they got along great and you could tell she very much loved her father. She said she never felt she had missed out on anything by having such an old father. In fact the two were very close and shared so many interests. After seeing that most (though not all) of my bugaboos about fathering a child later in life went away.
Still don't think I will become a Dad.....but the bookstore idea is sounding pretty good.
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
IVE NEVER USED ONE TWICE ,,,,ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT CONDOMS
Almost... I'm talking about the OTHER thing you never use twice. Wax toilet seals.
 

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Still don't think I will become a Dad.....but the bookstore idea is sounding pretty good.
Yeah, the guy was amazing. He had a number of cots in the back and would provide tea and snacks and whatever else he could make available. In return he would ask that they maybe give a reading of their works. I don't remember the list of authors except for Hemingway who went through there. But the bookstore was supposedly very well known in literary circles. Nice looking shop too. Very old fashioned, lots of used books in the window. The type of place you see less and less of these days.
 

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scos said:
I don't mind being an old dad. I used to. But then I watched a documentary about an old man who runs (ran, he may be deceased now) a bookstore near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. I watched it because I was at that store (but too late, they had closed for the night). Apparently he had met many very famous authors because he would let them sleep in his store when they were unpublished unknowns.

Anyway, he was 94 and they asked him if his daughter would take over when he died. He said he didn't know but it would be her decision. The daughter was very pretty and it turned out was 23 years old. I did the math and was amazed that this guy was still in the baby-making business at 71 years of age! But they got along great and you could tell she very much loved her father. She said she never felt she had missed out on anything by having such an old father. In fact the two were very close and shared so many interests. After seeing that most (though not all) of my bugaboos about fathering a child later in life went away.
OH FATHERING,,, I think jeepguy should just let god do what was intended,,,,,,why pay the chatholic church for condoms when they preach no birth control, but charge 12 dollars a dozen for their condems,,,,,,is birth controlonly for the rich,,,,i think jeepguy deserves a new ,little bab,,,,,my little daughter is going to be called ASHIA,,,,god bless you all whether you want children or not,,,,pray for me and annalyn that we have a child salamat
 

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Where's Moose and Bear tonight?
 

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scos said:
Yeah, the guy was amazing. He had a number of cots in the back and would provide tea and snacks and whatever else he could make available. In return he would ask that they maybe give a reading of their works. I don't remember the list of authors except for Hemingway who went through there. But the bookstore was supposedly very well known in literary circles. Nice looking shop too. Very old fashioned, lots of used books in the window. The type of place you see less and less of these days.
where were the sexy girls,,,im lost,,,,is this poetry
 

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scos said:
Where's Moose and Bear tonight?
Do you suppose they went jacking Deer?,,,,i heard a lot about the women on steph's side of the family!!!!!!!!!!
 

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scos said:
Where's Moose and Bear tonight?
They are off being happy. As well they should be.
 

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
They are off being happy. As well they should be.
ah shit I was just trying to make them happy with thoughts of being together,,,,goddam their stuck together like flies on fly sticker
 

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steph hope you and your hubby had a great weekend and now are enjoying the rest of your first week together,,,,hope you had as much fun as I did trying to make up jokes to carry the gang on,,,,they are acting like dead insects lately without you,,, poor jeepguy couldn't even remember if his wife was Filipina or Japanese,,,,scos didn't know if youtube originated from mars or the moon, goner clank couldn't even get his fish out to get them salted,,, and poor me I spent so much money at the NBL just so I could get t o sleep,,,,,,WE MISS YOU
 

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OK JEEPGUY I REDICT U A ,,,,THAT MAKES ME SOUND DRUNK,,,I PREDICT U WILL HAVE A CHILD BORN APRIL 28,2014 7LBS 7 OZS BABY ???? IM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ,,,,THE UTRASOUND ON DEC 1 WILL TELL YOU
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
OK JEEPGUY I REDICT U A ,,,,THAT MAKES ME SOUND DRUNK,,,I PREDICT U WILL HAVE A CHILD BORN APRIL 28,2014 7LBS 7 OZS BABY ???? IM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ,,,,THE UTRASOUND ON DEC 1 WILL TELL YOU
We all know that when the capslock comes out that your are wasted. :p :p. I will do my best to not make that prediction come true.