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Thank you. Not to me though (I wasn’t there), to them yes.

I live where ‘A Bridge too Far’ happened. Some of my friends in their late eighties still sometimes talk to me about it.

Yes.

Well said. I totally agree.

Fear is that thing that makes you piss in your pants. You feel it, you know what it is. That’s all.

@Planet_Venus apologies for going off-topic.

No “Darrell” on this page, but it does have his picture https://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/citations/ll-d-b-a-m-a-din-cheuk-lau-lau-din-cheuk Both are mentioned in “Oth: Darrell D. Lau Author: D. C. Lau” on https://www.powells.com/book/tao-te-ching-9780140441314 “Oth”? ‘Otherwise known as’, I assume.

Good point. Idk I don’t see anything in the characters that would explain it: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53704-looking-for-a-new-teacherschool-after-healing-tao/?do=findComment&comment=984342 Nor in the English name: Darrell [wiki] is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman-French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

Sorry, what am I supposed to see?

Idk. Chinese puts the last name before the first names. Seems D. C. Lau was Cantonese. D. C. Lau [wiki] in characters: 劉殿爵 劉殿爵 in Cantonese Yale: Lau Din Cheuk 劉殿爵 pinyin: Liú Diàn Jué 劉 [wiktionary] surname … Two origins are recorded: from 劉累 Liú Lĕi, descendant of Emperor Yao and dragon-keeper of King Kong Jia of Xia; and from the Liu state (劉國) ruled by Duke Kang of Liu, younger brother of King Ding of Zhou. “Darrell D “ changes both first names. Doesn’t seem to be related to the characters: 殿 - hall; bring up the rear 爵 - wine vessel; rank of nobility

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Removed (off topic).

Very true. : )

Hallo, wat leuk.

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Hi Thefootybum, welcome to the forum. : )

In my experience the lights are not a metaphor, but neither are they the final station. : )

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I have always understood this, was born that way. : )

True. That’s how I did it. : )

Yes, it makes perfect sense to me what you say. I totally agree with what you said and will take it to heart. I will make sure the problem will not reoccur. Thank you very much for explaining.

Moved to my PPD.

My alpologies. That certainly was not the intention at all. : ) Lol, no, that doesn’t interest me at all. Possibly. I always post like this, because I like to make things clear by putting one point only per post. I always posted like this on OD. I would like to keep on posting like this. But if you say it is unacceptable, I will of course stop posting. Please let me know.

You could try a proper dictionary like the Kroll.