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30 Jul 2019, 3:01 pm

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What I noticed in my travels is that when one side is strongly inclined towards buying and the other towards selling, language becomes completely inconsequential!


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30 Jul 2019, 3:29 pm

I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge. He walked behind me for hours as if I was royalty, and wouldn't let anyone near me. The curator of the Aya Sofia mosque invited me for dinner, though I declined his offer because I am cautious of such things .
They are wonderful, generous people. They also love women with ample bottoms so this was probably the true secret of my success :D . The quality of their craftsmanship is superb. Not keen on their leader though.

Bender, absolutely, the desire to trade breaks down all barriers.


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31 Jul 2019, 1:58 am

According to the dictionary both the word "tea" and "chai" come from different pronunciations of the same word in Chinese — eg. Hokkien Chinese tea or Mandarin Chinese cha.

But I have it on good authority that the south Indian Tamil word for tea is also "Chai" and tea is grown in that part of India in the Ooty hill stations. Tamil is the oldest language in India and is the region is geographically cut off from China so I'm guessing they first imported or traded tea to the Arabs.



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31 Jul 2019, 2:16 am

Teach51 wrote:
I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.



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31 Jul 2019, 3:56 am

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I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.


The greatest tragedy in Iran , which led to the rise of extremist Shia there, was the coup d'état against the secular and democratically-elected government on 1953, orchestrated by the US and UK, the Shah was a traitor.

Khomeini was a traitor too for what he did to the leftists and communists, whom thanks to them, ignited the revolution against the Shah.

Jeez...those Brits, it's not just the tea they f****d up. :mrgreen:



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31 Jul 2019, 4:01 am

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How was she able to communicate with them, the typical Turk is so monolingual.


As a Turkish shop owner whose main customers are foreign trade I'm guessing he learned the basics for his trade. He did manage to say that Turks with blue eyes get the same problem as my GF. My GF said a lot of the shop owners are very convincing at knowing the English language but when pushed it becomes apparent it's just the basics.


What's fascinating in Turkey, that I have met people in very high positions like a CTOs or chief programmers in some major banks yet they don't know a word of English.

I always wondered how the hell these were able to learn coding and IT stuff with zero knowledge in English.



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31 Jul 2019, 4:05 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
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Teach51 wrote:
I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.


The greatest tragedy in Iran , which led to the rise of extremist Shia there, was the coup d'état against the secular and democratically-elected government on 1953, orchestrated by the US and UK, the Shah was a traitor.

Khomeini was a traitor too for what he did to the leftists and communists, whom thanks to them, ignited the revolution against the Shah.

Jeez...those Brits, it's not just the tea they f****d up. :mrgreen:



Absolutely :D I love the Brits also, but they have robbed the world of all its natural resources by colonialising left right and centre. Not so polite as they would have us believe. :wink:


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31 Jul 2019, 4:08 am

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I think adding milk to coffee is a Brit invention too, the traditional Arabic and Turkish coffee is milkless, have you ever tried it?

Coffee originated from Yemen.


Yes I love Turkish coffee! We call it "Botz" or "mud" in Israel.
The best coffee I ever had was brewed by a Bedouin. It was boiled several times and had Hel in it. Cardamon? My son always tells me to drink the Turkish coffee because chemicals are used in processing instant coffee.


The Arabic coffee has added Hel in it, it's the same here, - Turkish coffee usually has no added Hel.

I think Hel is that species of Cardamon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elettaria_cardamomum



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31 Jul 2019, 4:11 am

Teach51 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Teach51 wrote:
I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.


The greatest tragedy in Iran , which led to the rise of extremist Shia there, was the coup d'état against the secular and democratically-elected government on 1953, orchestrated by the US and UK, the Shah was a traitor.

Khomeini was a traitor too for what he did to the leftists and communists, whom thanks to them, ignited the revolution against the Shah.

Jeez...those Brits, it's not just the tea they f****d up. :mrgreen:



Absolutely :D I love the Brits also, but they have robbed the world of all its natural resources by colonialising left right and centre. Not so polite as they would have us believe. :wink:


The Brits made your country exists. :|



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31 Jul 2019, 5:00 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
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Teach51 wrote:
I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.


The greatest tragedy in Iran , which led to the rise of extremist Shia there, was the coup d'état against the secular and democratically-elected government on 1953, orchestrated by the US and UK, the Shah was a traitor.

Khomeini was a traitor too for what he did to the leftists and communists, whom thanks to them, ignited the revolution against the Shah.


Agree with this. I just mean't the Shah's reign was the last chance for Iran to westernise. I agree he himself was a corrupt autocrat and stole Iran's rightful democracy in 1953. Thanks for the history lesson.



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31 Jul 2019, 5:04 am

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Went to a Turkish restaurant the other week and tried Turkish tea - my taste buds didn't agree :eew:


If I ever frequent a Turkish or Lebanese cafe I order Turkish coffee boiled in a little Turkish coffee pot. The order comes with a glass of rosewater which compliments the strong coffee. I highly recommend it.



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31 Jul 2019, 5:19 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Teach51 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Teach51 wrote:
I love the turks, I was once in Istanbul alone and my taxi driver insisted on being my personal bodyguard free of charge.


The Anatolian Turks, Greeks and Iranians are from the same stock of people and extremely cultured with a long history. After Germany's flirtation with Nazism the second greatest tragedy was the fall of the Shah of Iran and the rise of Shia extremism in Iran. The Persians were extremely advanced once upon a time and had they had a chance to westernise the middle east would be a far more stable place.


The greatest tragedy in Iran , which led to the rise of extremist Shia there, was the coup d'état against the secular and democratically-elected government on 1953, orchestrated by the US and UK, the Shah was a traitor.

Khomeini was a traitor too for what he did to the leftists and communists, whom thanks to them, ignited the revolution against the Shah.

Jeez...those Brits, it's not just the tea they f****d up. :mrgreen:



Absolutely :D I love the Brits also, but they have robbed the world of all its natural resources by colonialising left right and centre. Not so polite as they would have us believe. :wink:


The Brits made your country exists. :|



Indeed Boo. Plus the UN resolution back then. They also gave my family shelter when fleeing antisemitism in Russia in the 1890's after my great grandfather was lynched.


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01 Aug 2019, 8:22 pm

Does this song describe your relationship rite now Ferris :?:


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01 Aug 2019, 9:08 pm

Awesome song :P


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05 Aug 2019, 5:59 am

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Milk is a blasphemy in the tea faith.

Agreed.


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05 Aug 2019, 7:36 am

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Does this song describe your relationship rite now Ferris :?:



Ha , not quite , but I always have that wrongfully convicted feeling :twisted:


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