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by JR8
Sat, 03 Dec 2022 5:46 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Thoughts on 377a repeal
Replies: 193
Views: 16201

Re: Thoughts on 377a repeal

Religion is not bad. People are bad. My religion takes it a step further, identifying the pope as the antichrist (might sound radical, but there is sound rationale behind it). For those looking at religion as outsider, you only see the <1% of what religion is all about from headline grabbing storie...
by JR8
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Cargo/passenger boat service between Singapore & Hong Kong in 1980
Replies: 7
Views: 2864

Re: Cargo/passenger boat service between Singapore & Hong Kong in 1980

Howdy fellas, nice to see you abouts. Yep still here too, head down battling on. Not as immortal as SMS's Methuselah (969 years), unless the reference is to the 6L bottle of wine rather than the biblical figure.
by JR8
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 5:42 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Cargo/passenger boat service between Singapore & Hong Kong in 1980
Replies: 7
Views: 2864

Re: Cargo/passenger boat service between Singapore & Hong Kong in 1980

There certainly would have been cargo ships, and some of them might have have taken a small number of passengers. Some shipping lines/routes still offer such today, though IIRC I've only ever met one person who made such a journey. See for example: https://www.cargoshipvoyages.com/WhatToExpect/ Re: ...
by JR8
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:27 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Music
Replies: 2099
Views: 460147

Re: Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5iX9YhCCp8 'Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink (Full Album)' -------- 'Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan in 1968.[1] The band have not ...
by JR8
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 9:30 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: airplane seating etiquette
Replies: 90
Views: 20601

Re: airplane seating etiquette

I sense a slight shift in style on the forum, there seems to be more abrasiveness than there used to be, and some people are far quicker to rise into conflict than they used to be. Who knows why and that's just my impression. I have pondered why; might it be as a result of the anti-FT purges, or oth...
by JR8
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 9:05 pm
Forum: Relocating, Moving to Singapore
Topic: Ex-SPR, LOC?
Replies: 20
Views: 5538

Re: Ex-SPR, LOC?

His son holds a British passport from birth and part of the obligation to retain the passport was for him to return to the UK before the age of 18. Just for the record, I've never heard of a Brit in such circumstances having their passport cancelled. Furthermore Brits are entitled to have dual citi...
by JR8
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: airplane seating etiquette
Replies: 90
Views: 20601

Re: airplane seating etiquette

I know you're kidding Raj but it has struck me how of late the forum seems to have picked up the style of that other place aka 'The Angry Board'.
by JR8
Wed, 03 Aug 2016 4:01 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: airplane seating etiquette
Replies: 90
Views: 20601

Re: RE: Re: airplane seating etiquette

ecureilx wrote: Unless it was some orientation camp
Somewhere they get sent as part of NS induction to determine if they're heterosexual?
by JR8
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:45 pm
Forum: Latest News & Current Affairs
Topic: South China Sea ruling .....
Replies: 145
Views: 42338

Re: South China Sea ruling .....

There was a world-wide trade in Opium and later heroine. Scroll about halfway down this page for a pic of a retail bottle of Bayer brand Heroine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium#Regulation_in_Britain_and_the_United_States The US didn't ban opium until 1905*. I can't see when it was banned in the...
by JR8
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 9:53 pm
Forum: Beauty, Health & Fitness
Topic: recommended optician
Replies: 12
Views: 17151

Re: recommended optician

My suggestion for an optician's shop is Foresight in the Toa Payoh hub [just about opposite Burger King]. I bought decent looking but unbranded reading specs for about $100. That included an eye-test, lens cutting, adjustment, and re-testing the final result. I've also had them later do a tune-up, r...
by JR8
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 4:21 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Music
Replies: 2099
Views: 460147

Re: Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wn6UHWXiyc
Chicane - Red Skies
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Liked them for many a year. Always thought they're very chilled out ambient etc ...
[absolute A1 recording/tech, if you put this through a hifi that can render it].
by JR8
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 6:20 pm
Forum: Leisure Chat, Jokes, Rubbish
Topic: Sundry humour
Replies: 348
Views: 127661

Re: Sundry humour

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by JR8
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 4:18 pm
Forum: Latest News & Current Affairs
Topic: The Euro/EU
Replies: 1
Views: 2060

The Euro/EU

The subject has been discussed within the BREXIT topic and the 'Currency moves' topic, I thought it might be better to start another topic for the EU's ongoing challenges, esp. since they're probably going to run for the foreseeable... I was surprised to read a news item this morning. In fact for a ...
by JR8
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 3:48 pm
Forum: Latest News & Current Affairs
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 153
Views: 40696

Re: Donald Trump

A few excerpts: https://mishtalk.com/2016/07/28/puppet-theory-is-trump-putins-puppet/ 'Puppet Theory: Is Trump Putin’s Puppet? ...No one is pulling Trump’s string. Indeed, the Democrat and Republican leadership hate Trump precisely because he is no one’s puppet. ...The irony of the Slate article is ...
by JR8
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Ielts do it on purpose?
Replies: 28
Views: 15307

Re: Ielts do it on purpose?

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