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03-12-2009, 01:27 AM
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#1 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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| man walks 34 days to see his mother
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A man walked 34 days home to join his 70-year-old mother for the Lunar New Year celebrations after his money was stolen in a railway station, the Dahe Daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
Li Haitao, 30, a migrant worker from central China's Henan Province, walked more than 800 kilometers from Beijing to Zhengzhou between Feb. 3 to March 9 to spend the Spring Festival with his mother, said the newspaper.
It was surely too late as the Spring Festival, the most important occasion in China for family reunions, fell between Jan.25 and Feb. 9.
Li found his 2,000 yuan (292 U.S. dollars) in his pocket had been stolen before he paid for a ticket on Jan. 21 at the railway station of Baotou in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where he worked as a welder, said the paper.
His identity card, electrician's certificate and mobile phone were also stolen. He called the police but the police did not catch the thief, reported Henan Business News, another major newspaper in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou.
Henan Business News reported the penniless man was then sent toa local rescue station. Li was given a ticket to Beijing on Feb. 1.
"I arrived in Beijing on Feb. 2. The police also sent me to the rescue station," he said. "But they only provide food and accommodation," it reported him as saying.
After staying in the rescue station for a day, Li chose to walk home, and picked up and sold empty mineral water bottles on the way in order to get money to eat. He slept during the day because it was too cold to sleep at night with only a blanket in the open air, reported Orient Today, another newspaper in the capital.
He arrived in the provincial capital Zhengzhou at 8 a.m. Monday morning when the police found the unkempt man with a pair of worn-out shoes, said Orient Today.
The police gave him the money to buy a ticket home. Coincidentally, he met a bus to Xinmi City and the driver game him a free ride after hearing his story, the newspaper reported.
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03-12-2009, 01:29 AM
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#2 | | Banned (ABWS)
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much respect
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03-12-2009, 01:32 AM
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#3 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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mad props to the guy
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03-12-2009, 01:39 AM
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#4 | | Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
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Chinese people are hardcore.
Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's...
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03-12-2009, 01:43 AM
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#5 | | Banned (ABWS)
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he must've really wanted to get his red pocket huh....
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03-12-2009, 01:50 AM
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#6 | | 2013, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NHL Fantasy RS1 Champion
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fucking props!
what a crazy guy! hahaha
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03-12-2009, 01:53 AM
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#7 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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so.... beautiful
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03-12-2009, 01:56 AM
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#8 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by Jason00S2000  Chinese people are hardcore.
Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's... | LOL yeah dont some have delivery service? LOL
man chinese peeps are hardworkers
no laziness.
i m chinese and i m lazy as fuck..
lol
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03-12-2009, 05:01 AM
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#9 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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I always give props and shout outs to those chinamen. they're out there in the rice fields hauling sacks of rice and doing other crazy shit all day long.
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03-12-2009, 05:19 AM
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#10 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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damn... that's very touching!
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03-12-2009, 06:17 AM
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#11 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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I thought my high school friend was the craziest guy on earth, not now.
his mom couldn't pick him up at alexendar road in Richmond, so he walked 7 hours back home (4:00 to 11:00pm... he lives on victoria and 22nd) 34 is just fucking crazy
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03-12-2009, 06:32 AM
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#12 | | ESKETIT
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lol thats nuts ^ ur buddy lives preety close to me 
MUCH PROPS TO THE GUY!
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03-12-2009, 07:30 AM
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#13 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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wow props, he loves his momma
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03-12-2009, 08:16 AM
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#14 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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much respect to the guy for his determination.
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03-12-2009, 09:19 AM
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#15 | | SFICC-03*
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Originally Posted by Jason00S2000 Chinese people are hardcore.
Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's... | not true, my white friend discovered his car was stolen at bcit after class, and decided to walk to his home on the north shore.
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03-12-2009, 09:52 AM
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#16 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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recycled empty water bottles off the streets to get money for food... man oh man that's intense
props tho
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03-12-2009, 10:34 AM
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#17 | | Banned By Establishment
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you have no idea how much props this guy deserves, Feb in Beijing is friggin COLD.
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03-12-2009, 10:43 AM
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#18 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by asian_XL I thought my high school friend was the craziest guy on earth, not now.
his mom couldn't pick him up at alexendar road in Richmond, so he walked 7 hours back home (4:00 to 11:00pm... he lives on victoria and 22nd) 34 is just fucking crazy | 7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total.
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03-12-2009, 11:39 AM
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#19 | | RS controls my life!
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Originally Posted by Jason00S2000 Chinese people are hardcore.
Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's... | ROFL.
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03-12-2009, 12:18 PM
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#20 | | RS controls my life!
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Damn, that's pretty intense.
One of my friends once walked from Port Kells to my house in East Abbotsford. He said it took him a bit over 9 hours. He left around 11:30 PM and got to my place at 9:00 AM just as I was waking up. I called him an idiot for not calling me to pick him up  . Oh, and the funny thing is, apparently I passed him on the highway around 12:30 AM without even knowing it! He ain't got nothin' on this guy though.
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03-12-2009, 12:42 PM
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#21 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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hahah, ppl do that all the time before cars r invented.
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03-12-2009, 12:48 PM
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#22 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Son of the Year award 
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03-12-2009, 01:23 PM
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#23 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by ToyotaPowah Damn, that's pretty intense.
One of my friends once walked from Port Kells to my house in East Abbotsford. He said it took him a bit over 9 hours. He left around 11:30 PM and got to my place at 9:00 AM just as I was waking up. I called him an idiot for not calling me to pick him up . Oh, and the funny thing is, apparently I passed him on the highway around 12:30 AM without even knowing it! He ain't got nothin' on this guy though. | why did he walk to your house? was he bored?
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03-12-2009, 01:49 PM
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#24 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by SuperSlowSS 7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total. | He is including dinner-break?? lol
Extra 5km, at normal walking pace including the uphill section, it would take 2 hours.
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03-12-2009, 01:55 PM
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#25 | | I don't get it either
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 hahah, ppl do that all the time before cars r invented. | haha thats true. Now days doing something like that seems so impresseive but if you think about it. thats how people traveled 200 years ago.
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