Monkeyboy wrote:Got an interview with a school in Xi'an, China. Anyone ever been there? The terracotta warriors are there. It would be cool for my daughters to speak chinese. We're concerned about the pollution. And Trump may bomb us.

Slowhand wrote:I've been having these dreams lately where my parents invite the family and me to go on a trip to China. Usually something pretty scary happens. Often something to do with the plane. Sometimes we end up in outer space with no way back. Anyway, yesterday I learned my parents are planning a trip to China during the summer (if Trump doesn't screw it up). I hope they don't invite me.

Napalm wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I've been having these dreams lately where my parents invite the family and me to go on a trip to China. Usually something pretty scary happens. Often something to do with the plane. Sometimes we end up in outer space with no way back. Anyway, yesterday I learned my parents are planning a trip to China during the summer (if Trump doesn't screw it up). I hope they don't invite me.

did they ever bring up China prior to you having these dreams? That's an interesting premonition

mozartpc27 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Got an interview with a school in Xi'an, China. Anyone ever been there? The terracotta warriors are there. It would be cool for my daughters to speak chinese. We're concerned about the pollution. And Trump may bomb us.

What school? I believe a friend of mine taught at Xi'an University.

Slowhand wrote:

Napalm wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I've been having these dreams lately where my parents invite the family and me to go on a trip to China. Usually something pretty scary happens. Often something to do with the plane. Sometimes we end up in outer space with no way back. Anyway, yesterday I learned my parents are planning a trip to China during the summer (if Trump doesn't screw it up). I hope they don't invite me.

did they ever bring up China prior to you having these dreams? That's an interesting premonition

As my dad nears retirement, they've been talking about traveling more. Maybe two years ago or so I seem to remember them casually mentioning they might like to go China one day, so I'm sure both those things probably stuck in my subconscious and didn't completely come out of nowhere. But it certainly didn't come across as more than a passing remark at the time and don't recall anything more about China specifically. Just odd that I'd been having these dreams right before them announcing that they're definitely planning on going.

Slowhand wrote:

Napalm wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I've been having these dreams lately where my parents invite the family and me to go on a trip to China. Usually something pretty scary happens. Often something to do with the plane. Sometimes we end up in outer space with no way back. Anyway, yesterday I learned my parents are planning a trip to China during the summer (if Trump doesn't screw it up). I hope they don't invite me.

did they ever bring up China prior to you having these dreams? That's an interesting premonition

As my dad nears retirement, they've been talking about traveling more. Maybe two years ago or so I seem to remember them casually mentioning they might like to go China one day, so I'm sure both those things probably stuck in my subconscious and didn't completely come out of nowhere. But it certainly didn't come across as more than a passing remark at the time and don't recall anything more about China specifically. Just odd that I'd been having these dreams right before them announcing that they're definitely planning on going.

In the first half of 2016, Finns used nearly twice as much mobile data on portable devices as South Koreans, who came second in a recent comparison of 32 European and Asian countries by Swedish telecommunication specialist Tefficient.

Finns spend so much time on their phones that authorities are concerned: the city of Helsinki's department of health and social services recently launched a campaign telling parents to get their priorities straight.

In a controversial video that angered many parents, a black raven swoops down and carries away a little girl on a beach while her mother focuses on her smartphone, followed by the message: "Negligence is modern day violence."

Offended Helsinkians flooded the city with negative feedback, accusing it of criticising all phone usage, and especially women by depicting only the child's mother in the video.

But the city said it was intended to highlight the fact that some mothers spend too much time on their smartphones instead of playing with their children, and that some fathers are largely absent from their children's lives.