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Aristus

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12. I've wanted to visit Vietnam for years.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #11)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 12:07 PM

Aug 2014

About twenty years ago, I was working in a bookstore the assistant manager of which was a Vietnamese woman. Her husband was a Vietnam vet who married her during his tour and brought her to the US.

She and I became close friends and she taught me a little Vietnamese.

She was beautiful. "Shockingly beautiful" as described above. She looked like a Vietnamese Ingrid Bergman.

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Saturday, August 23rd. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. [View all] Aristus Aug 2014 OP

I think some people just have a secret fantasy of killing someone. Tobin S. Aug 2014 #1

What a great line, my dear Aristus! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #2

The Vietnamese have an expression pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #3

A culture that is 3,000 years old will almost always have a great way Aristus Aug 2014 #4

One expression I have always marveled at was taught to me by a South Vietnamese Army officer pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #5

Yet another reason why one does not want to fuck with the Vietnamese. Aristus Aug 2014 #6

Bah. Amateurs. malthaussen Aug 2014 #8

The punji stakes and wooden shoes expression are not really good examples pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #9

I find Vietnamese culture very complex and interesting. Aristus Aug 2014 #10

Your classmate sounds like a friend of mine pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #11

I've wanted to visit Vietnam for years. Aristus Aug 2014 #12

I've seen net posts advising people to visit VN soon, while it's still an 'adventure destination' pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #13

My hovercraft is full of eels. antiquie Aug 2014 #7