Scarborough Shoals

[zombie]

I am a STAY PUT kinda guy. Put up a "Boat Repairs" sign, kick back with my dogs, and wait for the Herbs to dry... Really just an apartment above a nice shop, a few lawn chairs, and I'm good to go.

[Vivo]

and a computer....

[zombie]

Figured I could make one out of coconut shells, and salt water.  Good call... I'd surely go stir crazy without my knowledge base.

[axy]

Stop selling everything to China. Boycot them! Sell for half the price to anyone else just not China. The US dollar built chinas economy into a world power, and now the results are being seen. Treat them like the bullies they are developing into.

This is simply not possible because they have the most money.

Brits were bullies of the past, USA are bullies of today and tomorrow there will be some other bullies. Probably multi-polar world with Russia, China and USA in the role of declining empire.

Walmart is the biggest corporation in the world. You'd have to shut down Walmart because it sells mostly Chinese goods. We, (the West) do not produce anything anymore and we depend on China now.

As the things progress, China that has its new economic power will soon ask for political power too. And military.

[zombie]

I do know you are more right than wrong. I really have NO IDEA how to address such a situation. Boycotting sure did one hell of a job on Cuba tho... Same with Chili, and Panama, and African nations of all sorts. It is more a matter of People co operating, and getting used to doing with what they need vs what they want. IDK...

[Peters]

China will implode on itself eventually. No way their infrastructure is going to hold up to its own demand and time itself. I give it 15 years. I'd like to move to Brazil or New Zealand. F'n gorgeous and stable. If I had no family here I would leave in a second.

BTW Croatia is a beautiful country too axy. Would like to visit someday.

[zombie]

China will implode on itself eventually. No way their infrastructure is going to hold up to its own demand and time itself

You mean like the US? Or England? Or Mesopotamia? Or Persia? Or Rome? Or Egypt? Or well yeah. I do believe you are right.
Croatia is beautiful. So many temperate climate areas are... To bad I Hate the cold. Imagine the luck...

[Peters]

You mean like the US? Or England? Or Mesopotamia? Or Persia? Or Rome? Or Egypt? Or well yeah. I do believe you are right.

Exactly!

And imagine the time, attention to detail, and effort that was paid building and planing those infrastructures compared to what the Chinese are doing.

[Peters]

This is why I get so pissed off when one of the topics of an election year is gay marriage. Are we going to care about gay marriage when there's no running water, no sewage, no transit systems. Our bridges, roads, water supplies, and power grids are decaying and we're talking about gay marriage  . These are the things that make the country work. Don't people realize where we would be without the trucking industry alone? Year 1890. No grocery stores, no gasoline, no Walmart. I'm sorry but Christianity should not be a part of our government. I honestly don't care if gay people get married, but why don't supporters of it realize there are much more important things to worry about right now. Suck it up. That's my new saying.

[axy]

China will implode on itself eventually. No way their infrastructure is going to hold up to its own demand and time itself. I give it 15 years. I'd like to move to Brazil or New Zealand. F'n gorgeous and stable. If I had no family here I would leave in a second.

BTW Croatia is a beautiful country too axy. Would like to visit someday.

The regime in China is holding back the demand. You cannot move and live where you want in China, they have a national registration system

I hope you are joking about moving to Brazil. Crime and slums all over the place. Rampant criminal. Not much better than Mexico.

Croatia is nice, but not so nice if you have to do business here. The highest taxation in the world, bureaucracy and declining local purchasing power.

[Vivo]

This is why I get so pissed off when one of the topics of an election year is gay marriage. Are we going to care about gay marriage when there's no running water, no sewage, no transit systems. Our bridges, roads, water supplies, and power grids are decaying and we're talking about gay marriage  . These are the things that make the country work. Don't people realize where we would be without the trucking industry alone? Year 1890. No grocery stores, no gasoline, no Walmart. I'm sorry but Christianity should not be a part of our government. I honestly don't care if gay people get married, but why don't supporters of it realize there are much more important things to worry about right now. Suck it up. That's my new saying.

And they have millions in funding studies on how fruit flies multiply...

[zombie]

I think doing what I do works pretty well... Eat everyones brain. That way eventually I will be the smartest person. I'll have all the brains! Other than that there is really nothing any of us can do except quit caring. Maybe go slap an elderly person for fun but not much else to do.

[CROSSBOLT]

I might be old but I can still shoot, drive ships and what ever you or the PI needs. Just call and if I can figure out a way to get there I will help in any way.

Karl

[streido]

I might be old but I can still shoot, drive ships and what ever you or the PI needs. Just call and if I can figure out a way to get there I will help in any way.

Karl

Right on Karl!!!

We're not old, we're experienced with a nice patina.

If youre passing Scotland pick me up on the way, Vivo may be a pain in the ass but he's got Rum over there

[Vivo]

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU GUYS!!  I'LL KEEP THE RUM COLD!!!

YES, WE'RE NOT OLD, JUST WISER...