Thread: Months to go before I Woodwork

I should add that I am in Langfang.

Holiday or work?

If work do you get the opportunity to do the tourist thing?

Pure holiday.

Go for it - take plenty of pix and give us a rundown when you get back.

Originally Posted by Christos

Landing temperature in Beijing was minus 8 degrees Celsius. This is the first time that I have ever been in such a cold place. Currently 5 degrees so ok for me as I am wearing thermals.

Positively balmy

'twas -18° C (-30° with the wind chill) where I was on Jan 18.
didn't feel a temperature above -5 for something like 10 days.

Holiday my foot he means Honeymoon meet the in-laws

Have great trip Christos & Bai

Edited added

Christos just think your in a good buying position right now for pen kits, tools, shoes, watches, tools, pen kits.

No Photo's - It Didnt Happen.





Just joking have a great time in China, such a big country and the history "wow"

I will try and update as and when I can. I purchased a sim card that I am using on my phone. So I have internet access via the phone but not the best.
Yes I am here to meet the in-laws. I have met them before so not entirely nervous.

I woke very early almost three hours ago. No internet access so I started to read a book on Epidemiology, Study design and data analysis. Second Edition. By Mark Woodward.
Started in the middle of chapter two. Interesting book, some 820 pages. Not a field that I work in or wish to. But there are others that thrive on this including the person that owns this book. A friend of Bai's.

Another aspect of being so long away from the tools is the factor of rust. Well G15 was used on everything. The garage was cleaned up, yes I know the optimal word is cleaned.

Originally Posted by Christos

I will try and update as and when I can. I purchased a sim card that I am using on my phone. So I have internet access via the phone but not the best.
Yes I am here to meet the in-laws. I have met them before so not entirely nervous.

I woke very early almost three hours ago. No internet access so I started to read a book on Epidemiology, Study design and data analysis. Second Edition. By Mark Woodward.
Started in the middle of chapter two. Interesting book, some 820 pages. Not a field that I work in or wish to. But there are others that thrive on this including the person that owns this book. A friend of Bai's.

Another aspect of being so long away from the tools is the factor of rust. Well G15 was used on everything. The garage was cleaned up, yes I know the optimal word is cleaned.

of that you could have done before departing.

Well to keep you in the loop you have missed a top 2 days down at Sturt school wood n tools and demos

Next weekend 3 days more wood n tools at Artisans Retreat.

Other than that all is normal Pat stuffing up, Nick making pens NZ buying his 4th lathe

Originally Posted by wheelinround

of that you could have done before departing.

You are right I could have taken photos of the cleaning but that's boring to see.

Maybe when I return and the dust settles in the garage.

Some photos as mention

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Confirmation that I am in China, no idea what it says.


These are some dumplings that were made with the family. See how the first batch are all the same and the ones that I made are not.

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For those that are familar with hotpot did that last night.

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You get an individual pot boiling in front of you and you take some items from the dish and place in your boiling pot. Let is cook for a little bit and then move the item from the hotpot to the sauce bowl. Then eat it.

Afterwards I had some fruit,

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I was told this is an orange and can be eaten skin and all. They are very sweet and I ended up eating 4 or 5.

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This is a banana which I also had eaten but only one as I was full.

Wow Bai must be excellent cook or her mum.

either you now the size of a Sumo or its a tiny orange and Banana.

I say her dad's a better cook, as I am learning from him.

It is a tiny orange and banana no bigger then my thumb. That's why you see my mits in the photo.

Normally when I go on holidays I loose weight.