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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Reporter on April 25, 2023, 11:05:05 AM

Title: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on April 25, 2023, 11:05:05 AM
A striped bamboo shoot right from my childhood village. Photographed personally
by me.

I have framed it.

This type of bamboo spreads fast but is very small, and its
shoots don't taste that good. We ate them just because we
had to back when I was a toddler in KM52.

I did bring back a bamboo stick, too, but US Customs confiscated it
at the border because it was a young, raw bamboo.

(https://scontent.ffcm1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/343312149_2160995430777010_4447205887614396853_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=gpxTmpS5MQ0AX8uGPNo&_nc_ht=scontent.ffcm1-1.fna&oh=00_AfBiURt5a6kXxbQD5hpYfoWneM87aF19xjNWfWT4zhOUXA&oe=644C8D0B)
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: ProudLao on April 25, 2023, 05:06:51 PM
That’s cool. Something from home.

My sister brought me a small khaen. It’s always reminded me of my childhood and home.
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: hmgROCK on April 25, 2023, 10:21:06 PM
why you fame a picture of a bamboo

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on April 26, 2023, 03:02:03 PM
That’s cool. Something from home.

My sister brought me a small khaen. It’s always reminded me of my childhood and home.

Nice.

I’ve been wanting a cast net. But no one has been willing to get one for me.

(https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1143488809/photo/silhouette-fisherman-fishing-nets-on-the-boat-thailand.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=wu74AD922359B-Lxx52JKlro4IhZFR74K4STbKQqxtI=)

A PHer got me a fish basket awhile ago though. It’s very nice for smelting
and keeping small fish like crappies.
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on April 26, 2023, 03:03:48 PM
Hometown souvenir, dude.

How often do you go to Laos?  For me,
I’m not going back there ever again.

why you fame a picture of a bamboo

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: hmgROCK on April 27, 2023, 07:22:20 AM
Hometown souvenir, dude.

How often do you go to Laos?  For me,
I’m not going back there ever again.

Why not have a beautiful hmong girl FAMED
 ;D ;D

Shoot i would like to go
Back to the motherland

Im just not making it here in the usa
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Hung_Low on April 27, 2023, 08:22:36 AM
why you fame a picture of a bamboo

 ;D ;D ;D

Did you not read what he stated?
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: hmgROCK on April 27, 2023, 08:33:04 AM
Did you not read what he stated?

yeah i did
i just don't get it
a bamboo

why not famed a picture of your girlfriend
or your parents

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Hmong_girls_in_Laos_1973_2.jpg)
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Hung_Low on April 27, 2023, 08:52:11 AM
yeah i did
i just don't get it
a bamboo

why not famed a picture of your girlfriend
or your parents

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Hmong_girls_in_Laos_1973_2.jpg)

People keep many things for nostalgic reason... Like mounting a deer, fish, animal that they shot, etc etc
GFs, EXs, parents, children is no the only thing that people want to remember.
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on April 27, 2023, 09:43:38 AM
People keep many things for nostalgic reason... Like mounting a deer, fish, animal that they shot, etc etc
GFs, EXs, parents, children is no the only thing that people want to remember.

Right.
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: ProudLao on April 27, 2023, 12:36:42 PM
Nice.

I’ve been wanting a cast net. But no one has been willing to get one for me.

https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1143488809/photo/silhouette-fisherman-fishing-nets-on-the-boat-thailand.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=wu74AD922359B-Lxx52JKlro4IhZFR74K4STbKQqxtI=

A PHer got me a fish basket awhile ago though. It’s very nice for smelting
and keeping small fish like crappies.

Is that even legal?
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on April 27, 2023, 12:46:59 PM
Is that even legal?

Of course. You just shouldn't use it in some states. But you can
use it in many states. Plus, bringing that in alone isn't illegal.
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: hmgROCK on April 27, 2023, 10:47:38 PM
I would love to go back there someday
To vist the mother land and meet hmong nlpog

I think it would be fun

But no money $$$ to travel

 ;D
Title: Re: My souvenir from Laos back in the late 90s.
Post by: Reporter on May 08, 2023, 10:10:22 AM
A PHer got me this basket from Laos.

Small for walleyes. But big for smelts, crappies, and even more smelts.
(https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/345316430_2547527285395825_6420192272322938464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=JD5RBe6LAx8AX8mmqQa&_nc_ht=scontent.ffcm1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBy18dsLJuFbaYJu2ZbLUqFywq11skGidY3WeAiR7F46Q&oe=645E1229)