this reminds me of that twilight zone episode where the guy is the greatest pool player in the world. but his curse is that he has to spend the rest of eternity proving it.

Job seems to be accomplished.

@Dolphin are you talking about the old twilight zone "A game of pool" (1961)? because that was a good series, the new ones are not so great, they seem to be over politicized!

@Ishmael, I am trying to high-jack the discussion and take it on a journey, a journey beyond time and space. There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. Welcome to ......................... the Twilight zone!

Agree. The latest

version is SJW version. Glad it is over. Hope it is cancelled.

yep, the old series.
i didn't realize they re-did the same episode. will have to watch that one too. it's on youtube. woohoo!

no one is "hijacking" anything. conversations go off topic, but so what?

i would like to suggest that peter is correct in accusing you of being a control freak. you are in every single thread and you expect to direct the conversation to what YOU think is important. this is absurd. you're a pompous arrogant fool.

@michael2015 Nope I don't read French. Do you?

It just seems to me that there is a bit of hypocrisy in playing hall monitor and trying to regulate the behavior of others whilst be guilty of the same major infraction. But then if one finds the need to comment or question everyone else's errant posts by assuming some sort of authority, I guess that would remain one of those slightly humorous behaviors that must endure in life.

So we could maybe have this as the 'official off topic thread'.

Lets continue this offtopic stuff here, and not mess other threads. I put a photo link here one rainy day.

For the fu*k of it, I could even upload an album so some of u guys see life can be really good - it is. Even on the subway here, every breath is a breath of life, which is a modern miracle. I had great life in Yunnan too, before China went badly off the rails.

Ended up in Athens last November, on the way to Spain from Asia - where I moved after Yunnan and still have a house in - the Singapore - Athens flight was under 200USD with Scoot Airlines. So took it by chance, other flights to Europe were around 500USD - to Spain even more. Had no idea this place was so good - full of creativity and spirit of freedom - and immediately knew I wanted to stay. (Spains mental landscape has been destroyed by the socialists/lefties/feminists/sjw comrades and those life and freedom hating modern leftist morons are making it worse by the day there). Went to Meteora to pray I get a job in Athens.

A fortune teller in Taiwan had said few weeks earlier 'next year you have good life, work in an office and also have luck in love. Your destination in south east', he gave a Tibetan mantra which I threw in the rubbish bin and naturally took him as a fraud. Cost was 3000TW$ for a charlatan mantra next to Longshan temple.

But he was right. First time I tried a fortune teller, and did it just to put in Wechat some entertaining story for the Chinese ladies. But, yea, he was right, likely a charlatan, but he hit the bulls eye.

You know, Peter, you write interesting stuff and seem rather likeable when you're not being a jerk. For example, I enjoyed reading this post.

Why not experiment with dropping the jerk act -- what's the worst that could happen?

I suppose this was the bit you found particularly interesting and likeable.

Spains mental landscape has been destroyed by the socialists/lefties/feminists/sjw comrades and those life and freedom hating modern leftist morons are making it worse by the day