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Earthquake near the Turkish coast, with already a worrying amount of reports of buildings collapsed in Izmir, flooding (from a tsunami) in towns around and heavy damage on some Greek islands as well.

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5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Earthquake near the Turkish coast, with already a worrying amount of reports of buildings collapsed in Izmir, flooding (from a tsunami) in towns around and heavy damage on some Greek islands as well.

https://apnews.com/article/turkey-aegean-sea-earthquakes-istanbul-ebd99da6825d19391bfeb59f6e568aa1

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31 minutes ago, dcro said:

Has anyone here played Mahjong? I have been wondering if it is a game worth learning. :p

Used to play it a long time ago.  Yeah, it’s fun.  You need four, though.  Don’t gamble, though. You can lose a lot of money quickly!

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1 hour ago, dcro said:

Has anyone here played Mahjong? I have been wondering if it is a game worth learning. :p

once every while I play the solitary version available on the Microsoft Store for free...the basic entry level, of course...just to waste a few minutes while waiting for something to happen...

 

meanwhile, I've seen on the Japanese TV a few tournaments between pro players, but I don't really understand how they play it on tables of 4 people (actually, I didn't even try to understand, but that's another story)...:mumble:

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4 hours ago, dcro said:

Has anyone here played Mahjong? I have been wondering if it is a game worth learning. :p

No, but Crazy Rich Asians did make me want to learn.

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5 hours ago, dcro said:

Has anyone here played Mahjong? I have been wondering if it is a game worth learning. :p

I know the rules but seldom play it. Basically only when I visit relatives during Chinese new year to kill the time. 

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7 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

I know the rules but seldom play it. Basically only when I visit relatives during Chinese new year to kill the time. 

I used to live in Asia & when you went round the teashops etc you’d see guys playing all day every day.

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8 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I used to live in Asia & when you went round the teashops etc you’d see guys playing all day every day.

Yes for people have plenty of leisure time. It's a good activity and gamble sometimes. But for me personally not into it very much.

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17 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

Yes for people have plenty of leisure time. It's a good activity and gamble sometimes. But for me personally not into it very much.

This one guy was the owner of the shop.....:rofl:...and probably about half the town, really.

 

Was actually a very rich guy, but dressed in very shabby clothes & just played all day.  Old school Hakka Chinese, not like today.  My father worked with his son & actually I was at school with one of his grandsons.

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