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Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« on: 27 January 2015, 21:14:02 »
So I've been living in China for the past year and this week I started re-reading the Warrior Trilogy and its almost got a new spin on it (to me). The flavor of the Capellans, even the simple things such as Justin Xiang Allard's startup sequence on his Valkyrie "Zhe Jian Fang Tai Xiao" seems to come alive a lot more when your living in...well basically the Capellan Confederation.

...side note. My real-life boss here in China is named Max Liao. You just can't make that stuff up! (of course he would never understand the irony)
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #1 on: 28 January 2015, 00:16:46 »
Does that make you an MIIO plant?

Seriously strange coincidence...

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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #2 on: 28 January 2015, 00:29:03 »
Does that make you an MIIO plant?

Seriously strange coincidence...


Possibly. Send cheese. No seriously, I can't find any decent cheese here!
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2015, 10:57:23 »
I hope your don't tell your boss about this book franchise your really into.  :-X
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #4 on: 21 February 2015, 11:47:05 »
I hope your don't tell your boss about this book franchise your really into.  :-X

Yeah that'd be a mistake, although he did just have a baby girl last month and wanted me to suggest an English name for her. I suggested Candice or Romano...I couldn't help myself.

(it gets better, his wife's English name is Beth, as in short for Elizabeth). LOL!!  ;D
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #5 on: 21 February 2015, 15:05:38 »
Yeah that'd be a mistake, although he did just have a baby girl last month and wanted me to suggest an English name for her. I suggested Candice or Romano...I couldn't help myself.

(it gets better, his wife's English name is Beth, as in short for Elizabeth). LOL!!  ;D
;D  That's hilarious.  Reality mirroring fiction in the most unexpected way.

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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #6 on: 21 February 2015, 21:07:41 »
;D  That's hilarious.  Reality mirroring fiction in the most unexpected way.

Yeah if it gets any weirder, I'm going to start checking plates for names of planets...
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #7 on: 21 February 2015, 21:14:29 »
Be VERY WARY if a competitor invites your boss to a wedding. Just sayin'.
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #8 on: 22 February 2015, 01:11:38 »
That could be tragic. On a side-note, for the last 8 months; I've been referring to Max's office as his "throne room".   O0
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #9 on: 17 October 2015, 09:24:37 »
That could be tragic. On a side-note, for the last 8 months; I've been referring to Max's office as his "throne room".   O0
The office, not the W.C.?
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #10 on: 17 October 2015, 16:11:53 »
Yeah that'd be a mistake, although he did just have a baby girl last month and wanted me to suggest an English name for her. I suggested Candice or Romano...I couldn't help myself.

(it gets better, his wife's English name is Beth, as in short for Elizabeth). LOL!!  ;D
Quick Question, i know your HPG windows to communicate with have a narrow window send a message.

Hows the book and what did your boss's family name their newborn?
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Re: Re-reading the Warrior Trilogy (in China)
« Reply #11 on: 10 September 2023, 23:59:53 »
Necromancing here...

I miss everyone of these folks who posted here, I hope they are all right.

Still curious about how Wombat has gone Grey Monday on us again...

I think he's an agent of Blake.

Think about it, wonton destruction, causes chaos and gets to use a wet noodle as a weapon of Mass destruction...

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