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Elliot_Cannon
post Aug 15 2005, 02:39 AM
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Finally got out of the hotel today to take a few pics and do some shopping. These were taken from Kowloon across Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong.
Cheers, Elliot


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post Aug 15 2005, 02:41 AM
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Star Ferry terminal.


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post Aug 15 2005, 05:17 AM
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Hong Kong... PHOOEY! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

That is cool! Besides flying, which is just about the mostest-coolest thing a human can do, you must have really enjoyed your job... with all the travel.

When did you start flying, Elliot, and what were you flying then? I mean all the way back.



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post Aug 15 2005, 05:45 AM
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There is just something about the phase "I went to Hong Kong and rode a ferry."

Just don't sound good.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)


Is it always overcast there? Every pic I see it's always gray.

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post Aug 15 2005, 05:48 AM
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Paul, that is the haze of capitalism.


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post Aug 15 2005, 07:07 AM
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QUOTE (redshift @ Aug 15 2005, 03:48 AM)
Paul, that is the haze of capitalism.


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I think it is no EPA and a billion people cooking on open fires.
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post Aug 15 2005, 07:37 AM
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Indoor sports Elliot....notice the very phallic building that is prominent in your pics?
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:11 AM
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QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Aug 15 2005, 06:37 AM)
Indoor sports Elliot....notice the very phallic building that is prominent in your pics?

Attsa greeeat big one ain't it?
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:18 AM
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I started flying in 1967 in a Cessna 150. Hong kong is hazy because it has water all around it. Beijing on the other hand is just fuching smooogggy! I went to Hong Kong and rode a ferry not a fairy. I'd explain it more but it's 10 pm here Monday night and I gotta get up early. Mombai (yuck) and Dubai (kewl) tomorrow.
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:20 AM
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with 3 days of bad flying weather, i now understand why my crates of bootleg dvds are late.

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post Aug 15 2005, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Aug 15 2005, 06:20 AM)
with 3 days of bad flying weather, i now understand why my crates of bootleg dvds are late.

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Auto Atlanta is using the Hong Kong weather excuss also. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:29 AM
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plus, i'm waiting for one of type4parts' fancy new cooling shroud. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) . hi jake (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chair.gif) .

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post Aug 15 2005, 08:45 AM
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QUOTE (Elliot Cannon @ Aug 15 2005, 06:18 AM)
I started flying in 1967 in a Cessna 150. Hong kong is hazy because it has water all around it. Beijing on the other hand is just fuching smooogggy! I went to Hong Kong and rode a ferry not a fairy. I'd explain it more but it's 10 pm here Monday night and I gotta get up early. Mombai (yuck) and Dubai (kewl) tomorrow.
Cheers, Elliot

Hong Kong gets a lot of their smog from the industrial growth in Southern China now. I have been been traveling there for the past 7 years on a fairly regular basis and it sems to me that its become a bigger problem with the growth explosing just across the border.
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:47 AM
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QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Aug 15 2005, 06:29 AM)
plus, i'm waiting for one of type4parts' fancy new cooling shroud. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) . hi jake (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chair.gif) .

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Those are being made at the former Kathy Lee clothing factory. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

Amazing what they can teach a 8 year old to build.

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post Aug 15 2005, 08:50 AM
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Did you take any pics of that "St. Elmo's Fire"?
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post Aug 15 2005, 08:52 AM
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QUOTE (balljoint @ Aug 15 2005, 06:50 AM)
Did you take any pics of that "Tickle Me Elmo's Fire"?

WTF? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

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post Aug 15 2005, 08:56 AM
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St. Elmo's fire is a plasma (i.e. a hot, ionized gas) that forms arounds the tips of raised, pointed conductors during thunderstorms. It is known as a corona discharge or point discharge to physicists. The few people that have had the privilege of viewing an actual St. Elmo's fire have given various descriptions. It has been seen with different physical characteristics depending on the conditions of the viewing. It could be blue to bluish-white, silent to emitting a hissing sound, and ghostly to solid. Some people belive that the Hindenburg was ignited by St. Elmo's fire in 1937, however this theory has yet to be proven.


Elliott said that he had seen some on the jet in a previous thread.
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post Aug 15 2005, 09:03 AM
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QUOTE (balljoint @ Aug 15 2005, 06:56 AM)
St. Elmo's fire is a plasma (i.e. a hot, ionized gas) that forms arounds the tips of raised, pointed conductors during thunderstorms. It is known as a corona discharge or point discharge to physicists. The few people that have had the privilege of viewing an actual St. Elmo's fire have given various descriptions. It has been seen with different physical characteristics depending on the conditions of the viewing. It could be blue to bluish-white, silent to emitting a hissing sound, and ghostly to solid. Some people belive that the Hindenburg was ignited by St. Elmo's fire in 1937, however this theory has yet to be proven.

I understand completely now. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)
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post Aug 15 2005, 09:14 AM
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I know. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) No coffee this morning. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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post Aug 15 2005, 09:21 AM
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Drop by "Mad Dogs" and have one on me!!

I LOVED HONG KONG!!!!!

I was there in 94,95 and 96 before they were taken over! Of all the ports I went into I liked it the best!
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