Well 2005 is the year of the Cock. :blush:

Ya HADDA go and mention that, didn't ya? I was holding off myself.

I was holding off myself.

TMI Dude TMI !!!!!!!

What about, Three Mile Island? :p

The Chinese legal marriage age: male: 22; female: 20. They can have child after the marriage.
I cant find the ideal girl to marry now. In China the single cant adopt children.

I returned to work today from my trip to home town. It is very good that I happened to the snow. I took some pix in home town. Hope you can know some about China.

My house. It has been built for 25 years old. I spent almost all young time there.

Shrine.

Goose & duck
They were dirty because they did not go to swim in pool for a long time in winter.

Long narrow lane. the left yard is my house.

Billy, I love to look at these images of your country.

wasn't an image posted on this thread of a man being followed by hundreds of ducks? Does anyone know which page it was on? It takes about 5 minutes for my dial up to load each page, so I'm wondering if any of you dsl or cable or T1 folks can post a link to those images.

Thanks

Billy, What is this small building, and why are there holes built into the wall?
http://www.cellar.org/attachment.php...tid=5136&stc=1

Billy, I love the pictures of your house. More, more! Here's my house in return!
(not exactly urban images, I agree!)

I love your pictures, Billy! I REALLY need to plan a trip to China--I've always wanted to go. And limey, your house is beautiful--you guys are making me want to travel again! :thumbsup:

In Chinese architecture, we hope to make the yard much sight. This wall has 3 functions: 1). Prevent to directly see the inner yard. 2). Protect the inside privacy. 3). Add the yard beauty.
The holes decorate the wall and have no specific function.

Sorry, I have no my blog to post on the pix. I think it would be better to apply one blog and post them there. I will try. I will inform you as soon as I get.
Thank you.

Welcome back Billy. What is the covering material on the flat roof? It looks like some kind of rubber. :)

btw 3foot, that picture wasn't in this thread. :(

Do you meen this , http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...1&page=4&pp=15


It was just me being a smart ass .

I have a larger version some where if you want .

Why, thank you! :blush:

Thanks Zippyt, that was the image.
SWMBO is always talking about "getting her ducks in a row"

I'm gonna print it out and hang it over her desk.

The Chinese legal marriage age: male: 22; female: 20. They can have child after the marriage.
I cant find the ideal girl to marry now. In China the single cant adopt children.

What happens if an 18-year-old girl gets pregnant? Is she required by law to have an abortion?

Thank you. Now I am in Bangkok, Thailand.
You are right, and it is the rubber. My dad put it on because my house roof leaks rain in summer.

She must have an abotion if the goverment check her out. She cannt have the birth in hospital if she misses the checkup. The hospital need the marriage certification and ID Card. They would not help her if they find that she is under 20 years old.

What are you doing in Bangkok, business trip or sex tour? :blush:

Business trip? No. Or sex tour? No! No! I don't want to see the Ladyboys.
I think it is my Wat (temple) trip this time. I cna post the pix in this trip if you want see.

What a fantastic country. Proud and unsettling that my background is deeply rooted there, even though my great-great-grandparents fled long before they filled the place knee-deep in poo.

Bangkok is a fabulous place. I recommend it to anyone who is considering a trip to Asia. I love telling people how my parents, their friends and I went to a massage parlor and got a two-hour session for about $3.

No, it was not one of *those* places. I went there with my brother the next night. :cool:

I found an amateur photographer named Vlado Marinkovic from Serbia who has a website with his work. Check out his stunning pictures of China.
I was very impressed with all this guys work. :)

I agree Bruce, some excellent pictures on that site. I especially like the reflections pictures, gave some inspiration. :thumbsup:

Yes, please Billy! More pics!

We need only look at China when our own totalitarians both left and right ask us to hand over our personal responsibility for the greater good. All that wonderful culture sacrificed...

I will post the pix in my trip to Bangkok.

Vendor Shops on wheels keep the economy moving. They are all over the city.

Lottery Vendor of Inability
Goods for Worship

I would really enjoy seeing any and all temple pictures. Are you going to Angkor? It is one of my fondest hopes to go there some day.

Wat Phra Kaew
 

One of Thailand's most revered temples,Wat Phra Kaew is located inside the grounds of the Grand Palace. This Royal temple contains an exquisite Emerald Buddha which dates back to around the 14th century.

No one is allowed near the Buddha which is raised high on a series of platforms, except H.M. King. A seasonal cloak, changed three times a year to correspond to the summer, winter, and rainy season covers the statue. A very important ritual, the changing of the robes is performed only by the King to bring good fortune to the country during each season. The temple is beautifully decorated and has a great sense of peace about it.

I believe that you have seen the decorated wat many times. No one doesn't feel surprised when seeing it.

I don't know its English name, but they make me feel weight of the tower.

Your pictures are better than the website you linked. :thumbsup:

King's Gold Belt
King's Gold Coat

Eudemon fresco

More

Thai Tale history. There are many that frescos on the wat alls. I cannot understand the story.

Fresco about their culture, history, war, medcine...

I guess they all know the story behind the murals. Seeing the picture just reminds them of it.
You're getting good with that camera Billy. :)

They kind of remind me a bit of gargoyles. Gargoyles were popular back in the middle ages in Europe. They were bizarre and grotesque statues placed on the outside of buildings (inside too?) to scare off demons. But the Chinese ones are much more brightly decorated, and I kind of doubt they're there to scare of demons, but what do I know.

Billy, do you know anything else about the ones in your picture?

Lottery Vendor of Inability

The correct english would be 'lottery vendor with disability' or 'lottery vendor with handicap'.

If you wanted to use an adjective, you could write 'handicapped lottery vendor' or 'disabled lottery vendor'.

"Vendor of Inability" implies that the person is 'selling inability' or that the person is a god or other fingure representing inability. Inablility, while technically correct, is not used to describe people with missing limbs or other physical or mental attributes. Inability refers to a persons inability to perform a task. Disability or handicap refers to the reason they cannot perform a task.

Handicap is also used as a term in betting. We handicap horses and people by measuring their inability and ability to win a race. In a more negative sense it also means harming someone to cause his or her inability to perform a task.

www.dictionary.com defines these words.

Aw Rich, you broke the code of silence. Now Billy will be talking more gooder American than we's do. :D

More. I just can guess some from the pix.

I had to restore the balance. The American most of the rest of the world now sees on a regular basis on the news is GWB, who as President represents the best and brightest of 250 million Americans. :eek:

Lotus in the Wat. Lotus is the holy flower in Buddhism.

I don't know the flower's name. I think it is the noble flower in Thailand.

Billy, is that Wat as in Angkor Wat ? I thought that was in Cambodia.

It is not Angkor Wat, but Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, Thailand.

I take it that Wat means temple/home of a god/place of worship and Angkor or Phra Kaew identifies which one.

Do I see what I think I see? :blush:

The resemblence is striking, now that you point it out. :)

Thank you very much. Indeed I don't know how to correctly express it then. I have good lesson from you.

I found one good Angkor Wat website for your information.

Visual Dynamic - Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2004
 

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

USA Today=Bullshit
USA=World

Space
!!!!!

Forget the name