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In china for a while just now, and feel the need to get some souvenirs...

The stalls down the beach just sell seashells, so i was thinking maybe some bike bits.

How about a 11-42 deore cassette for [url= https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.227.41df5ffcOHl2J7&id=36299804539&ns=1&abbucket=20#detail ]£19[/url]

I dont especially [i]need[/i] anything, although drivetrain bits could be worthwhile.

Inspire me, what should i spend my money on?


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 12:18 pm
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Bloke I work with came back with a Terracotta Army replica figure made of clay and fired like the originals.

It's about 8ft tall and weighs about 500lb.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 12:21 pm
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Just get a teapot like everybody else 🙂


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 12:22 pm
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kinda limited with my baggage allowance, so a 500lb figure is out.

they sell teapots here?

thinking of investing in a palm-reading, but being a non chinese speaker, it wont mean much to me...


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 1:27 pm
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Get yourself a Taisui mushroom :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 2:13 pm
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electronic led-festooned singing spinning top derivatives.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 2:25 pm
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I got a cheap silver chain that I wore for constantly for the next 20 years. Always remembered China when I noticed it. And a pair of folding scissors.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 2:27 pm
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Cant go wrong with an opium pipe though most tourists seem to opt for those conical hats made of reeds.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 2:38 pm
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Cant go wrong with an opium pipe

Aren't they illegal in the UK, or did I dream it?

Anyway - a waving cat.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 3:04 pm
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A singing waving cat surely?


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 3:22 pm
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a silk dressing gown with a massive dragon embroidered on it.

obviously.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 4:49 pm
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Be careful. A lot of the souvenirs are just cheap tat knocked out in factories in the UK by workers on meagre wages....maybe.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 6:27 pm
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i got 2 waving cats in singapore a few years ago. Im not allowed any more.


 
Posted : 13/11/2017 11:57 pm
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Chairman Mao waving watch or an itchy (or worse) reminder of a night in a “karaoke” bar especially if you’re in Ningbo.....


 
Posted : 14/11/2017 12:11 am
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Waving cats are only for businesses. They are bad luck for domestic use.


 
Posted : 14/11/2017 2:18 am
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What you can get is some of those wall hanging scrolls. Some.are very new and tat, others have been aged and are a bot tat. Others are actually the originals and are not tat at all
Get the ones that look most like the originals


 
Posted : 14/11/2017 2:20 am
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Cats. Not waving, but beckoning. FFS.


 
Posted : 14/11/2017 5:46 am
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Tiger's foot and a cup of worms?

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Posted : 14/11/2017 11:43 am