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The Bar Room => The Saloon Photo Album => Topic started by: Calach Pfeffer on December 09, 2010, 09:36:03 PM

Title: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 09, 2010, 09:36:03 PM

I enjoy a phone cam pic, so that's what I'll post, but what random stuff has caught your eye?

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bW-2010-11-15-16-31-53-008.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bW-C360_2010-11-2719-58-44.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bW-C360_2010-11-2417-00-46.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bW-2010-11-15-13-14-30-015.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bW-C360_2010-11-2720-28-51.jpg)


/random.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on December 09, 2010, 11:10:00 PM

Nice work, Cal...some striking shots here. Keep 'em comin! akakakakak

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Stil on December 11, 2010, 09:33:41 PM

Out and about

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/c7734f9d.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/d26b7bc3.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/0660ada8.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/eb6128d9.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/f3728a57.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Stil on December 11, 2010, 09:41:49 PM

A rope and a squeegee

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown003.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown002.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown001.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 13, 2010, 03:09:14 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/overexposed-C360_2010-12-1217-27-55.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/overexposed-C360_2010-12-1217-35-56a.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/overexposed-C360_2010-12-1217-48-55.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/overexposed-C360_2010-12-1217-50-06.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 13, 2010, 03:15:35 AM

Hey Stil--reply #2, second photo--what is that?  Some kind of fruit or melon hung out to dry?  I've seen it around here the last few weeks too.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Stil on December 13, 2010, 03:26:09 AM

It's a kind of white carrot that they dry and pickle in a spicy brine out here. It's called 胡萝卜 húluóbo.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 13, 2010, 04:14:51 AM

Ah, that stuff!  Perhaps I know it as luobo gan then.  Often to be consumed with la rou, the Chinese bacon that isn't bacon and only good if not too salty though it frequently is.

I am, sadly, reminded of the best la rou I ever had, made by a Jiangxi couple who had a literally tiny restaurant in a hole in the wall in Wenzhou.  They cured their own meat and instead of being out and out saltlick like most la rou seems to be, this one had a sweetness as well.  Very tasty.  I never met the like again.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: A-Train on December 13, 2010, 05:31:52 AM

Quote from: Stil on December 11, 2010, 09:41:49 PM

A rope and a squeegee

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown003.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown002.jpg)

(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac89/ChangshaNotes/Hunan/AroundTown001.jpg)

These are out-takes from the movie "Brizil", aren't they?

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: old34 on December 13, 2010, 06:02:20 AM

 胡萝卜 It's like a very large radish more than a carrot, IMHO.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Stil on December 13, 2010, 12:50:22 PM

Yeah, I agree old34 but they call it a carrot. 红萝卜 hóngluóbó seems to mean carrot or radish around here too.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: The Local Dialect on December 13, 2010, 04:14:35 PM

My husband calls the white ones 白萝卜, which I guess means radish or turnip. He's pickling some now and they smell awful when they're pickling!

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 17, 2010, 12:12:04 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/shiny-C360_2010-12-1617-01-58.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/shiny-C360_2010-12-1617-10-02.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on December 29, 2010, 09:30:33 PM

Amazing stuff, Cal, and again greatly appreciated.

Why aren't ALL you wankers posting photos? You're in CHINA. Not exactly a lack of stuff to photograph out there... bibibibibi mmmmmmmmmm

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Borkya on December 30, 2010, 02:26:59 AM

Ok! I admit....I don't know how too.

There, I've said it. Now enlighten me Raoul! (So I can blackmail ErictheRed with a ton of heeelarious pics I have of him!)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on December 30, 2010, 03:12:43 AM

No problemo!

I'll move this to a new thread so Cal's photos keep coming here...see ya there!

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: thedogateit on December 30, 2010, 06:02:40 AM

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5289578732_5c7d636403.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_larmon/5289578732/)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5303041507_8a6e216aac.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_larmon/5303041507/)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5303698148_ae39a1151d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_larmon/5303698148/)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on December 30, 2010, 08:02:04 PM

Wow.  Christmas mass?

That second pic is fascinating. 

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on December 31, 2010, 04:01:12 AM

Excellent photos! Wow!
Keep 'em coming!!! agagagagag

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on January 07, 2011, 11:30:08 PM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/night-C360_2011-01-0316-02-21.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/night-C360_2011-01-0316-01-44.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/night-C360_2011-01-0518-32-37.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/night-C360_2010-12-2520-23-20.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on January 25, 2011, 06:56:01 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/snoz-C360_2011-01-1219-23-47.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/snoz-C360_2011-01-2015-03-22.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/snoz-C360_2011-01-2419-06-57.jpg)


/lonely planet

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: George on January 25, 2011, 10:31:43 AM

Good stuff, Calach!! agagagagag agagagagag

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on January 29, 2011, 02:08:30 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/int-C360_2011-01-2618-32-34.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on February 03, 2011, 03:42:40 AM

The scourge of modern, mannered society that is binlang has brought
with it other more insidious social problems.  Littering, for example.

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/binlang2-C360_2011-02-0216-18-58.jpg)

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/binlang-C360_2011-02-0216-18-09.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on February 23, 2011, 07:14:53 PM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/asploder-1298355016282.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on February 23, 2011, 07:15:11 PM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/asploder-C360_2011-02-1613-39-22.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: thedogateit on February 23, 2011, 07:37:37 PM

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/5396017435_17c96e4a52.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_larmon/5396017435/)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5211/5408725216_d41108c1c6.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_larmon/5408725216/)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on March 13, 2011, 03:26:08 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/red-C360_2011-03-1217-54-01.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on March 14, 2011, 04:52:21 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/wth-C360_2011-03-1317-46-47.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on March 14, 2011, 08:47:58 AM

Ausgeseichnet, Cal. bfbfbfbfbf
Why oh why don't we have, like, 30 more threads like this? llllllllll

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: George on March 14, 2011, 12:34:09 PM

He's good, isn't he!

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on March 15, 2011, 02:44:39 AM

Did photobucket just go tits up in China?  I was going to post a message exclaiming how good I am at making China appear depopulated, and I was going to ironically back it up with my one and only crowd scene--Walmart on Day One of 2011--but Teh Bukkit in't willing to appear and accept the upload.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: xwarrior on March 15, 2011, 03:38:07 PM

I took this photo in 2000 - the year I arrived in China. The platform boots the girl is wearing were the height of fashion at that time.

The photo is a scanned copy of a photo (digital was not a real option for anything here at that time) and somehow it has survived my moves around the country.

I am still in China.

... and that brings up 1000 (yi qian) for the Saloon.

I think I will have a beer tonight and reflect on a lot of things.  agagagagag

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on March 15, 2011, 10:00:17 PM

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Student Cheer Leader.Longdong tif.jpg

Ah, yes. Longdong, indeed. afafafafaf

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: xwarrior on March 16, 2011, 05:18:16 AM

Quote

Ah, yes. Longdong, indeed.

To be honest, the town had that name before I arrived.

Something to do with a local legend derived from a sexual version of'cargo' cultures. You know the story - one day a white god will fly out of the sky on a silver bird and he will known to us through the size of that part of his anatomy in which we have been deficient .....

Anyway, I was made to feel very welcome in Longdong by nearly half the population.   

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: xwarrior on March 31, 2011, 03:19:28 AM

ummm .... I made a mistake ...... I will now have to figure out where to put my photos  bibibibibi

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on April 24, 2011, 05:07:09 AM

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh35/calachpfeffer/bighole-C360_2011-04-2118-43-34.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Granny Mae on April 25, 2011, 10:54:29 AM

Pardon my ignorance calech pfeffer, but what is being done here?

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: adamsmith on April 25, 2011, 03:30:47 PM

this is the ever popular taxi trap. The local hunters had to change tactics when the tigers disappeared. uuuuuuuuuu

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Calach Pfeffer on April 26, 2011, 03:43:11 AM

That is the largest of four holes being dug in the road.  They jackhammered the road one day and dug a big hole and lined it with concrete and then dug some more.  And on the other side of the campus a giant trench is being dug either to or from the lake.  Apparently some kind of sewerage system is being created.  

Until now, and probably for some little time to come, the considerable quantities of, um, processed food generated by the collections of dormitories on three adjacent campuses had been, well--collected in poo ponds, basically, and washed out into the once beauteous lake our school resides upon.  Soon however it is to be collected in giant tarpaulin-covered bus traps.  Beware unwary traveller, Hunan people have a fairly basic sense of humour.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: xwarrior on April 26, 2011, 04:39:44 AM

I have always associated holes like that with the construction of a subway line - but the Hunan explanation is far more interesting  xxxxxxxxxx... and should keep the enemy guessing.
 agagagagag

I just hope that the  ababababab in Langley do not think they are IBM silos. If they do then not only will the lake soon disappear in a big splatter but also most of the city.
(this paragraph should be read while humming 'Star Spangled Banner.')


PS

Quote

I was going to post a message exclaiming how good I am at making China appear depopulated,

Calech - now we know where all the people in your area are going        
  

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: imsky on May 29, 2011, 05:47:03 AM

Suzhou's Musician Shuttle

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l510/imedwei/OctoberHolidayShanghai_2010-10-08_15-50-32_IMG_9497_EdwardWei2010.jpg)

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l510/imedwei/OctoberHolidayShanghai_2010-10-08_15-51-14_IMG_9498_EdwardWei2010.jpg)

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: old34 on May 29, 2011, 06:22:36 AM

That's my old Bank of China branch on Shiquan Jie in Suzhou. I still have the ATM card from that branch.

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on May 29, 2011, 11:30:04 AM

I passed it a zillion times, satisfied that I never had an account there. bjbjbjbjbj

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Booger Presley on May 29, 2011, 09:20:45 PM

From earlier today...

(http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j440/BoogerPresley/ThefountianatthePagoda_.jpg)

(http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j440/BoogerPresley/Readthis_.jpg)

*posted these in wrong thread earlier.  bibibibibi

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Raoul F. Duke on May 30, 2011, 12:33:59 AM

Nice, BP. Start your own thread for these if you want...

Title: Re: TIPhC: This is Photographed China
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on May 30, 2011, 06:04:10 PM

I think that statue is objecting to badly written Chinglish on the plaque. ahahahahah