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25th April 2024, 06:19 AM
#61
Re: happy valley in curacao
Color TV in the 60's??
It was about 1975 before UK and most other countries got color TV.


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25th April 2024, 07:35 PM
#62
Re: happy valley in curacao
Curacao for bunkers. If you didn't have a spill the C/Eng would give you a bottle of Blue or Orange Curacao Liqueur from his back-hander.
Bill.
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29th April 2024, 04:22 PM
#63
Re: Brothels
I had a very 'happy' afternoon, evening and night in Happy Valley; great value for money!
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29th April 2024, 05:30 PM
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Re: Brothels

Originally Posted by
Jeff Randles
I had a very 'happy' afternoon, evening and night in Happy Valley; great value for money!
Exactly, the rum was dirt cheap
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10th May 2024, 03:06 PM
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14th May 2024, 03:15 PM
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Re: happy valley in curacao
Re: Happy Valley in Curacao
Nearest I got was Aruba, but heard tell of BUgis Street in Singapore which I believe is now very upmarket area. Red Lights frowned upon in this area now.
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14th May 2024, 06:06 PM
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Re: happy valley in curacao

Originally Posted by
RogerEmmins
Re: Happy Valley in Curacao
Nearest I got was Aruba, but heard tell of BUgis Street in Singapore which I believe is now very upmarket area. Red Lights frowned upon in this area now.
Bugis st is now just a tourist attraction.
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15th May 2024, 03:10 AM
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Re: happy valley in curacao
Re.. Bugis Street as said once before in the mists of time , was very hard to distinguish between male and female in those days. However to those who don’t know the only way to differentiate apart from the crude obvious one , was to note if the person had an Adams Apple. Better to know before hand and not the hard way. JS
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15th May 2024, 06:31 AM
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Re: happy valley in curacao
But for some the hard way was the only way they knew.
There rae some 'males' who do not have an apple that protrudes, but other parts may do so,


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15th May 2024, 09:13 AM
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Re: happy valley in curacao
You are of course referring to a crab apple ? They seem to get everywhere. JS
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