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    I like that HHH. No crime for me then. Well other than with my fitness crimes against Fellrunning.

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    The only crime is not to go running when you get the chance.

    Quote Originally Posted by tri-mind View Post
    I like that HHH. No crime for me then. Well other than with my fitness crimes against Fellrunning.

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    For Hes, off on her travels soon;

    It took me a while to get it as I'm a bit slow this evening. John Hegley is one of my favourites...

    I'm in India
    feeling more secure
    and less likely to get chinned 'ere
    I made friends with a steam-train firemen
    who asked how long I would stay in his country
    'Two weeks,' I replied
    'Very short?' he probed
    'I'm a very busy man.' I joked.
    'What is it, the you do?' he probed further.
    'Poetry!' I announced.
    'Aha!' he pounced,
    'Now I understand you,
    my brother does the same.
    Yes, very hard work:
    the feeding, the cleaning, loading all the eggs on to
    the lorry.'


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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill View Post
    I like this international poetry relay. A different forumite heading off every month to another part of the world, and reporting back in poetry. Who's next after Hes?

    I've never had the pleasure of going to India, but the company I work for is now Indian-owned so there is a chance I'll get a trip out there some time.

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    I'll be in Shanghai in April and probably away somewhere before then

    I've been to India two or three times for work but on the same Delhi, and then North to Paniput and Ludihana areas route
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post


    I'll be in Shanghai in April and probably away somewhere before then

    I've been to India two or three times for work but on the same Delhi, and then North to Paniput and Ludihana areas route
    I know these business trips aren't often glamerous in the least (sorry, maybe yours are!) but I always enjoyed carrying a camera wherever I went. There are some happy memories looking back, now I've forgotten the constant wish to be back home soon.

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    With all this talk of travelling, I've been going through my photos. These are the words from a street billboard sign found all over Burma. Posted by the government no less!

    People’s Desire

    Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views.
    Oppose those trying to jeopardise stability of the state and progress of the nation.
    Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the state.
    Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill View Post
    I know these business trips aren't often glamerous in the least (sorry, maybe yours are!) but I always enjoyed carrying a camera wherever I went. There are some happy memories looking back, now I've forgotten the constant wish to be back home soon.
    Mine certainly aren't glamourous but you meet intersting people, have the chance to eat amazing food and generally come back with some happy memories I'm still working on a haiku about the congealed blood and 'vegetable jelly with a kind of cough medecine and honey' I had on Sunday
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill View Post
    With all this talk of travelling, I've been going through my photos. These are the words from a street billboard sign found all over Burma. Posted by the government no less!

    People’s Desire

    Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views.
    Oppose those trying to jeopardise stability of the state and progress of the nation.
    Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the state.
    Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy.
    Sounds sadly familiar. I'm still ploughing my way through Wild Swans and that sounds just the kind of rhetoric Mao was using in the 50s and 60s
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Sounds sadly familiar. I'm still ploughing my way through Wild Swans and that sounds just the kind of rhetoric Mao was using in the 50s and 60s
    Sadly this wasn't quite so long ago, and they are probably there now still.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Mine certainly aren't glamourous but you meet intersting people, have the chance to eat amazing food and generally come back with some happy memories I'm still working on a haiku about the congealed blood and 'vegetable jelly with a kind of cough medecine and honey' I had on Sunday
    Sounds delightful. It sounds like their marketing department has got a little work to do.

    Feeling peeky?
    Need a boost?
    You need a bowl of conjealed blood and vegetable jelly with a kind of cough medecine and honey!
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