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  1. baggywrinkle

    Just watching SAN...

  2. baggywrinkle

    Looks like clear night in Ely..will have some dinner and get the scope out, want to try a new hyperion lens

  3. baggywrinkle

    Now have a place t live. 2 bed apartment, however no garden, that will have to wait until I buy something locally.

  4. baggywrinkle

    Found a place to rent in Ely, now I can start to settle. Hoeever Mrs B has had her visa refused. Trying to get to the bottom of this.

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Does this mean several trips to the passport office in Peterborough ?

    2. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      No it means dealing with the folk in the British Consul General in Shanghai. We have the right to appea but....

  5. baggywrinkle

    Flew from Asia (Shanghai) to Europe (Istanbul) and then crossed back into Asia over the Bosphorus..

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      can we swap jobs pretty please lol

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      how come you flew from asia back to asia by the way? :)

    3. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      Work. Doing some visits in Turkey before I move onto the UK where I am going to live again..20+ yeasr away in Asia

  6. baggywrinkle

    Off for a dinner with Mrs Baggy before I head to the airport. She will be joining me later in the UK when we have somewhere to live. First a week in Turkey doing some business...and trying some wine.

    1. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      Have also packed a bodhran in case I can get to some decent folk music venues...been playing for 20 years now. Even had 2 Irish pubs in Shanghai

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      wow you certainly get around!! sounds like a wicked life style you have :)

  7. baggywrinkle

    a little over 24 hours and I am out of here. May weekend in China means extra interuption on the web and huge q's on the roads

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    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      wow how come they have banned it all!!! :(

    3. tingting44

      tingting44

      does not seem like a very nice place to live with the smog filled sky you mentioned a couple weeks back also :(

    4. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      It used to be OK, but the leadership in Beijing while appearing more opne have cracked down on dissent and any media they cannot control...

  8. baggywrinkle

    One week to go until I leave China, looking forward to doing some stargazing after a 5 monthenforced break

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      how come you dont stargaze in china? or is there too much smog there

    2. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      Right on the nail...if the sky is clear whwre I live mag 2 stars are about the best you can see.

  9. baggywrinkle

    One week to go until I leave China, looking forward to doing some stargazing after a 5 monthenforced break

  10. baggywrinkle

    One week to go untilo I leave China

  11. baggywrinkle

    One week to go untilo I leave China

  12. baggywrinkle

    £ weeks left in Asia....looking for some smog free skies in the UK

    1. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      £=3...banana fingers..

    2. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      £=3...banana fingers..

    3. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      £=3...banana fingers..

  13. baggywrinkle

    No Easter Bunnies in China....

  14. baggywrinkle

    The Govt in Beijing is adding even more layers to the Great Firewall of China. BBC now blocked again, along with New Scientist, Guardian, etetc. 3 weeks to go!

  15. baggywrinkle

    Idiot! I work from home and did not even look at what day it was...just done a mornings work!

    1. tingting44

      tingting44

      oh no!!! well make sure you book it in, atleast you will get time and a half :D

    2. tingting44

      tingting44

      or take monday off :)

    3. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Haha..been there, done that!!

  16. baggywrinkle

    Internet in China again being played with..glacial and erratic

  17. baggywrinkle

    Picked up a chest infection on the flight back from Taiwan...scraped my car against the neighbours...3 hours down the local nick to sort it out...4 weeks and I am out of here!

    1. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      And no here it is not a simple exchange f insurance details, hence a visit to the boys blue.

  18. baggywrinkle

    4 weeks and I am in the UK...for good!

    1. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Ahhh, at last you will have access to proper chocolate! (I found the chocolate in China just isnt the same).

  19. baggywrinkle

    4 weeks and I am in the UK...for good!

  20. baggywrinkle

    Back in China and the old barstewards in Beijing are blocking the BEEB again...

  21. baggywrinkle

    Heading for Aus on Sunday wished I was feeling less rough!

  22. baggywrinkle

    Waiting at Arlanda airport...will the flight be on time or will the UK stroms delay me.

    1. ronin

      ronin

      Stay where you are, the UK is being blown towards you, no need to catch a flight we will get there in a day or two.

  23. baggywrinkle

    Big Bang tonight..no not that one! Chinese Spring Festival starts at midnight and that probably means an explosion of fireworks city wide, both public and private and personal.

  24. baggywrinkle

    Chinese web misbehaving yet again....

  25. baggywrinkle

    One week and I am in the UK, will get my sticky paws on my ST120 and AZ4....

    1. baggywrinkle

      baggywrinkle

      Also ordered a decent diagonal and barlow...please be clear..

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