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Eating Horse Meat and Getting Sick Abroad

from Integrity Belongs In East Timor · #130

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3 min

Stories about his dad eating horse burgers in Paris despite others' squeamishness, and a risky decision to eat shellfish from an unrefrigerated bucket in Vietnam that luckily didn't make him sick.

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  • 30:28Tim describes seeing oysters or clams in a bucket with no ice, just water, at a sketchy street food stall.
  • 30:51Eating questionable seafood from Avenue D at 3:30 a.m. is a situation where you can't blame anyone but yourself if it goes wrong.
  • 31:05He ate the oysters and was actually fine, though he's been sick from travel elsewhere.
  • 31:25Tim uses his freedom from marriage and kids to live a life that makes his tied-down friends jealous.
  • 31:50His married friends sometimes do things that make him jealous, like fathers with their kids.
  • 32:36Mr. Butler said those moments with his kid made it all worth it.
  • 33:13Tim suggests you're not out of the game and could get married with a kid next month if you wanted.
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