Well, apparently I lost a bet that I don't remember making--cuz' I'm headed back to Southern India on 3-7 to do some work.

The first time I was there I had access to YORF, but the last two times I didn't, so I may be out of the loop for a couple of months.

If you're curious, I'm going to Tiruchipalli (or "Trichy"--to the locals) in the state of Tamil Nadu. It's about 10 degrees north of the equator and it's never below 95 F day or night.

Desparate poverty, malaria, typhoid, dengue fever, cholera, rabies, and accidents are pretty much the norm there. I've never gotten sick or injured there fortunately--but ONLY because I'm very careful. When I was there in 2010, the guy I was working with ate "something bad" and was so sick he could have s**t through a screen door at 50 yards.

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That's funny- the stable half and I travel a bit, and we were talking just yesterday that India is a place neither of us ever need to visit. Have a safe trip, stick to the "Taj Mahal", it's better than the "Flying Horse".

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We joked that Trichy was so named because of a certain little buddy you could pick up quite easily in the region. You going to the HAPP?

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"The complexity of living is eminently favored to the simplicity of not."

You nosis true.

Probably not. We'll be working seven days a week.

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The "taj" is too far away to visit on this trip, besides I don't care to visit it--or any other muslim mausoleum.

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I was referring to the beer...

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Ah, so. There's a couple of decent beer brands in Trichy: Kingfisher and Calyanni(sp?). And yes, that's Kingfisher--as in the airline.

Now as far as liquor goes, I'll either have to hit the duty free store in Brussels for Scotch on my way there or do without. I can testify the local "hooch" in Trichy is quite nasty and dangerous. My eyesight DID eventually return, though.

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4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

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I think I would rather take an equal time stretch in Cell Block D of the Local JAIL instead of ever having to be anywhere near that pit that is about 125 years behind the USA in just rudimentary sanitation procedures.

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