Randy W Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 No fishing, huh? Electro-fishing at the (nearby) Hi-tech Resort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg.D. Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Probably better for the planet than dynamite or cyanide fishing. I wonder if it is as fun as trying to hook them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 It's been raining some lately - not sure if it was enough to put a damper on things, or if maybe the sky lanterns were just outlawed! With all the coal dust, it's a wonder they don't cause more fires! You can see some of the stuff that washes out of the air in a light rain, and how it's discolored the bricks in just the five years since they put them in. The coal dust seems to have a consistency like atomized papier mache, and can be VERY difficult to scrub out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Jiaying says that the builder of this complex decided that this would be the optimal point at which to skip town - AND out of the country! After he had collected money from a few pre-sales, and couldn't get loans to continue the work. There are other sites where a build demolished existing structures, only to find out that they couldn't get loans for the new construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 This scooter thief was led away in handcuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 When it's time, it's time! It's good to not have far to go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 The girl on the right is the youngest beer waitress I've ever had. Her and her mother each brought a bottle - unfortunately, we only wanted one, so we had to send hers back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Time to renew our driver's licenses - they expire on the 26th. Yes, six years! Looks like an easy process - need to drop by the PSB (their may be some controversy about her hukou address, which no one in her family lives at any more). The first step was to get pictures - the guy at this shop usually does a little extra Photoshop work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 This guy (another laowai) is obviously WAY more entertaining than I am, although some of the kids took a temporary interest in me. One of them even recognized me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) This is where we go for the driver's license They send you to this little shack out in the parking lot, where they test your vision (just point in the direction the E's face on the chart, one eye at a time), a color blindness test, wiggle your fingers (I'm not kidding - they specifically check them)), and take another picture. The renewed licenses are good for 10 years, which, in my case, will be until I'm 74 years old. But they need to see my old passport first (the one that the first license shows), so we go back tomorrow. Edited March 10, 2016 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Now that I'm in my sixties, we have to go to that little shack every year for the eye-test, color blindness, and finger wiggling. Then it's off to get the car inspected (once every two years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 My new license - good until 2026 at the age of 74. After you hit the age of 60, you have to drop by the police station every year for an eye test, colorblindness test, and to wiggle your fingers (I kid you not - not sure if this proves motor control, or that they're real fingers, or what). The cost of this license was ¥10 (about $1.50USD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg.D. Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Congratulations! Can you drive only with that in the U.S.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 Congratulations! Can you drive only with that in the U.S.? Yes! I was able to both rent a car (from Enterprise), and survive a traffic ticket on my last trip to the U.S. with only a (current) Chinese license and an expired Texas DL. I had a certified translation of the Chinese license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberjack1234 Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 My new license - good until 2026 at the age of 74. After you hit the age of 60, you have to drop by the police station every year for an eye test, colorblindness test, and to wiggle your fingers (I kid you not - not sure if this proves motor control, or that they're real fingers, or what). The cost of this license was ¥10 (about $1.50USD). Randy, the last time that I went to get my license they had just changed the law on issuing license to every 6 years but I hit it just right and got mine for 8 years and I don't have to go in every year for an eye test and to test my fingers. I can tell you one thing the license was more than $1.50 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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