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greatauntoftriplets

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6. When I was a little girl, I kept digging a hole in the back yard trying to get to China.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 12:56 PM

Apr 2018

My parents made me stop because they weren't very happy with the hole. So when I was an adult and China opened up to Western tourism, I went there. Being there and walking through the streets with ordinary Chinese is far different from when Spanky went last year and spent his time in a bubble created by Xi Jinping.

LOL, I didn't go to Taiwan.

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Trump weighs rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership amid trade dispute with China [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 OP

When I was a kid bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #1

But we also heard this BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #3

When I was a little girl, I kept digging a hole in the back yard trying to get to China. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2018 #6

You weren't the only one hole-digging! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #7

I was part of a tour group because individual travel wasn't allowed at the time. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2018 #11

I know you had fun too! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #12

I did! greatauntoftriplets Apr 2018 #13

Who told Americans that China is where they'd end up if they dug straight down? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 #14

Here is an interesting article speculating on the origin BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #15

best negotiator ever. unblock Apr 2018 #2

And dont forget his supporters, christx30 Apr 2018 #16

All talk and no substance. This guy is an embarassment. Serves him right if they said NO. politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2018 #4

I once heard that a main reason why these trade pacts are pursued Tobin S. Apr 2018 #5

The current members of TPP should tell him to pound sand. n/t Still In Wisconsin Apr 2018 #8

He will probably demand some irrelevant adjustment to TPP and then claim victory. Trust Buster Apr 2018 #9

For whatever its worth TranssexualKaren Apr 2018 #10