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That's going to be a heavy bike, OT!

I'm sure I've seen him in Star Wars. On the dark side of course.

I get "coincidence" for 11. There's probably a German word of 50 in there.

Well if you're ever looking for images of a hairless cat, don't go searching for "shaved pussy" or you might have a heart attack.

12.

I don't get it. They have custard bao buns.

If you think Top Gun is bad, check out the Indian version "Fighter" - also heavily subsidised by their military. At least it has Bollywood dancing as well though.

Sadly, it's probably one of his classier moves, when compared with everything else he's done.

See? Needed again!

Doesn't Trump like taking other people's trophies?

It has its bonuses. Funnily enough, I had this conversation with my wife a couple of months back, without using the "mindful" term which I hate. https://theconversation.com/finding-stillness-in-motion-how-riding-a-motorcycle-can-teach-us-mindfulness-272396

Jeez, how do you corner with a square section tyre like that?

As far as I can tell a lot (in agricultural areas) is shared between a few families - fields, animals, equipment etc. We met an old lady who has the machine which separates the rice grains from the husks. Each farmer pays her according to the weight of rice processed - at 700 dong (about 4 cents) per kilo. To give some comparison, street food like bahn mi (salad roll) is around 20,000 dong ($1.10). Poor old thing had lost the fingers on her right hand to the machine, and was about 80, but still working all day. Fortunately now the tour company pays her a bit to show foreigners how the rice is processed. As far as looking after equipment, I reckon they're a country of motor mechanics - they must be good to keep the millions of scooters on the road! We've been here for 2 weeks today, and fly back Tuesday (arriving Wednesday).

Talking of tractors, we went on a bicycle tour a couple of days ago, the local guide was very informative. Apparently here the water buffalo were traditionally used to work the rice paddles. Now however there's a communal tractor in each area. The locals refer to them as "Chinese buffalo".

Well that gave it away. Mr Chekov - Walter Koenig