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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 18, 2014 15:22:41 GMT 7
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 18, 2014 15:25:33 GMT 7
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 24, 2014 23:04:09 GMT 7
It's still bloody cold over here.
And folks may laugh but where I am gets down to 18 at night and doesn't rise much above 26 during the day.
But when you are accustomed to temperatures that are at least 6 degrees above that it does seem cold.
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Post by Banjo on Jan 25, 2014 7:51:54 GMT 7
It's right across south east Asia, I'm in the mountains and it's been down to 4 or 5 degrees of a night.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 25, 2014 10:44:26 GMT 7
It's right across south east Asia, I'm in the mountains and it's been down to 4 or 5 degrees of a night. we'd be better in the heat wave in SA... lol
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Post by stomppr on Jan 25, 2014 10:52:44 GMT 7
It's right across south east Asia, I'm in the mountains and it's been down to 4 or 5 degrees of a night. we'd be better in the heat wave in SA... lol No ya would,nt like to be in adelaide!!! ok temp is about 30 but tour down under is on men in lycra everywhere..just plain fekin wrong!!!!
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 25, 2014 11:52:15 GMT 7
sorry stompprI grew up a tad north and east of Adelaide... When I was a kid we used to love it when it got to 120 on the old scale because then we had a day off school. I think 120 is about 48.8C Mind you, it would get to -5 on the old scale on winter nights as well. The condensation created small ice blocks in some some sheep foot imprint so I could see an ice block for real. And we never got electricity until I was 17. I have been on a potato sorting machine down in the Midlands of Tasmania in the middle of the freezing night but I have to tell you that nothing beat the coldness of sitting on an open tractor while ploughing a field while the wind out of the Southern Ocean came straight up from Robe, SA. Then in summer you were sitting on another open tractor while the wind came in from out of the northern SA desert. I cannot believe how people think that it is HOT in Australia. As long as you carry water or know where your next water stop is then you are okay to walk and run. Mind you, you don't get as fat in the gut as I now am. We were on the remnant south eastern NSW edge of the Great Sandy Desert which extends from far NW WA right through to even Lake Boga in Victoria. Now I can tell you about the time in the 1970's that were far hotter than now but who cares. Let us as a country spend billions on gobal warming and make sure we deprive DSP folk
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Post by Banjo on Jan 25, 2014 12:12:58 GMT 7
I grew up near Robe, certainly cold on the knees going to school in winter. When I was old enough to know better we fished off the beach in shorts and bare feet all winter. Lose concentration reeling a fish in and a big freezing wave straight off of Antarctica would hit you before you could run back
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 25, 2014 13:02:06 GMT 7
I grew up near Robe, certainly cold on the knees going to school in winter. When I was old enough to know better we fished off the beach in shorts and bare feet all winter. Lose concentration reeling a fish in and a big freezing wave straight off of Antarctica would hit you before you could run back The first place I ever saw such huge white sandhills I launched myself off the top of one, running downhill to the beach. It was like flying through the clouds. I got about half to 3 quarter way down and my right foot drove into the sand on top of a broken beer bottle. It nearly cut my heal off. I was about 7. From then on I would nearly snap the head off anyone, big or small, that would drop a bottle outside a bin. Let me give you the tip. But at least I got to eat a huge Robe Cray the day before my blood was running down the dune.
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Post by Banjo on Jan 25, 2014 13:14:41 GMT 7
One of the best thing South Australia ever did was putting a deposit on empty drink containers, you never see a beer bottle or a drink can lying around now. I've got a 15 stitch scar on my ankle after stepping on a bottle in the sea when I was about 14.
Funny, when ever it's suggested in the other states they carry on like it's some sort of Communist plot. One of the leading opponents is Coca Cola... go figure.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 31, 2014 21:45:46 GMT 7
I had the opportunity this evening to attend the dedication and celebration feast of a family's new home.
It was a nice experience.
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Post by latindancer on Feb 1, 2014 2:29:13 GMT 7
Glad to hear you're socializing, mate. The Filipinos are very welcoming and social people.
I'm in the club too. I was running along a dry creek bed at age 10 and jumped on a piece of broken glass, which cut deep. Still have the large scar and no feeling in half my little toe. And I take a very dim view of drunken idiots who break glass bottles.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Feb 4, 2014 6:26:39 GMT 7
Glad to hear you're socializing, mate. The Filipinos are very welcoming and social people. I'm in the club too. I was running along a dry creek bed at age 10 and jumped on a piece of broken glass, which cut deep. Still have the large scar and no feeling in half my little toe. And I take a very dim view of drunken idiots who break glass bottles. I nearly lost my heel.
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Post by chris on Feb 20, 2014 15:17:51 GMT 7
Chilly and windy up north, La Union, Vigan City and a bit further north. 15-18 in the early AM.
Been biking in the AM, about 8...to 10 AM. Still swimming about 4 PM, although the surf doesn't get up now ad it did September-late January.
Dunno what to add, but I have never been to Borocay, Palawan, Angeles, or any place like that, and my best advice would be to avoid such places. Girls roam like ants around Metro Manila, Malls and markets, so, if I had to, I would try to meet someone there, rather than in a bar. Of course, I have tried the nightlife, but again, I usually don't take my own advice.
Disclaimer: I'm not disabled and I have done bike racing, triathlon, etc, along with other sports.
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Post by Banjo on Feb 20, 2014 16:38:29 GMT 7
I was warned off of Boracay by several people but quite liked it. There's virtually no nightlife other than a few places on the beach to drink, eat and watch the sun go down and I never saw one lady of the evening plying her trade.
The sandy track that is the beach/market/hotel strip is traffic free other than service vehicles and the beach is about as good as it gets in the tropics. I booked a hotel online for 1500 pesos a night, about $40 back then, it was beach front and well worth the price for the location.
Seeking out a life partner in Asia is always a minefield. I offer no advice at all other to say in my experience people should take things very casually for as long as they can. And that's about as much discussion as I allow on this subject on DSPoverseas.
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