My dad was working there about the time of the revolt ...
Engineering microwave communication networks. No exciting stories, except a bomb went off in a hotel down the street type stuff but they got out. Part of what they had to do is find locations for towers on high ground but sometimes wading through water and having to pick off the leeches afterwards. You remember stories like that as a kid.Yep, East Pakistan at the time.
I guess since Pakistan was paying the bills that wouldn't continue after independence.
** Edited by `lag at 10/2/2022, 4:38:32 PM
Thread Replies (10)
Name the fourth most populated country in the world. Why have I not met a
-- dolph
Oct 02, 2022 at 10:25 AM ET
dolph
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10/02/22 10:25 AM ET
You can fit a lot of peeps on 17,000 islands**
-- MAHokie69
Oct 02, 2022 at 06:19 PM ET
MAHokie69
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10/02/22 06:19 PM ET
I've done some work in Indonesia, also the the largest Muslim country...
-- Major Kong
Oct 02, 2022 at 01:37 PM ET
Major Kong
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10/02/22 01:37 PM ET
Don't ya mean East Pakistan?**
-- Major Kong
Oct 02, 2022 at 01:28 PM ET
Major Kong
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10/02/22 01:28 PM ET
My dad was working there about the time of the revolt ...
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-- `lag
Oct 02, 2022 at 04:27 PM ET
`lag
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10/02/22 04:27 PM ET
I have been there for work....very very poor...makes India seem rich ...
-- tcc_dc
Oct 02, 2022 at 01:01 PM ET
tcc_dc
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10/02/22 01:01 PM ET
That was a Jeopardy Answer / Question whatever they call it..**
-- jdkhokie
Oct 02, 2022 at 11:06 AM ET
jdkhokie
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10/02/22 11:06 AM ET
And I thought Indonesia was #4**
-- CrystalCoveHokie
Oct 02, 2022 at 11:04 AM ET
CrystalCoveHokie
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10/02/22 11:04 AM ET
Nice little soccer match there the other day killing 125 in stampede**
-- OXVT
Oct 02, 2022 at 11:23 AM ET
OXVT
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10/02/22 11:23 AM ET
Indonesia’s rank probably went down because of soccer deaths**
-- CrystalCoveHokie
Oct 02, 2022 at 12:22 PM ET
CrystalCoveHokie
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10/02/22 12:22 PM ET
It's a very poor country....**
-- Vtskier1
Oct 02, 2022 at 10:57 AM ET
Vtskier1
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10/02/22 10:57 AM ET