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Post by missouriboy on Feb 25, 2019 18:49:18 GMT
There is no need to use bad language.  |
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 25, 2019 21:56:46 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Feb 26, 2019 0:16:28 GMT
There is no need to use bad language.  |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 26, 2019 0:53:25 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Feb 26, 2019 1:23:54 GMT
I thought this week's forecast was worth sharing:   |
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Post by duwayne on Feb 26, 2019 17:59:12 GMT
Missouriboy, that's an unbelievable video to me. When I first visited China in the early 1980's I would ride through Beijing and the only automobile in sight was the one I in. The streets were a river of bicycles which would part in response to the blaring horn of the car and then flow back together after we passed. There was some building going on, but no cranes. Flexible bamboo scaffolding was used for workers to work on second and third floors. The scaffolding would wave up and down as workers climbed from the ground to the higher floors. The cement was mixed by hand at ground level and hauled upward on the scaffolding by wheelbarrow. When driving to smaller cities (several million people) where the chemical plant I was involved with was being built, there would be a wide highway. In the far right lane, there would be a stream of people, then next to them on their left would be carts pulled by oxen, then further left a stream of bicycles, and then a line of 2-wheeled carts pulled by vehicles (garden tractor sized). There would be no trucks or cars except for the one I was in which would weave around the traffic on the left and sometimes into the oncoming lane. The rice fields along the road were worked by hand or with oxen/buffalo. I never saw a tractor in the field. All this changed when Deng Xiaoping said one day "It is honorable to be rich." I was there that day and the Chinese engineers were flabbergasted by the statement and it was the topic of discussion at breakfast. I didn't realize the significance of the statement at that time, but I could see by the impact of the engineers I was working with that it was a major change in the country's direction. It turned out to be the kick-off of entrepeneurs and capitalism communist style. The rest is history. China is rife with millionaires and billionaires. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez appears to want to take us in the direction of the pre-Deng Xiaopeng days in China. It is not honorable to be rich and capitalism is bad. Entrepeneurs aren't wanted. |
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 26, 2019 20:40:23 GMT
Inside China's ghost cities | 60 Minutes Australiawww.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6zd3Rwu4c[/quoteAlexandria Ocasio Cortez appears to want to take us in the direction of the pre-Deng Xiaopeng days in China. It is not honorable to be rich and capitalism is bad. Entrepeneurs aren't wanted. Her vision will never play in America. As it is, our spending habits may sink us. If AOC gets what she wants, we're toast. |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 26, 2019 23:55:35 GMT
[ Snip ] Missouriboy, that's an unbelievable video to me. When I first visited China in the early 1980's I would ride through Beijing and the only automobile in sight was the one I in. The streets were a river of bicycles which would part in response to the blaring horn of the car and then flow back together after we passed. There was some building going on, but no cranes. Flexible bamboo scaffolding was used for workers to work on second and third floors. The scaffolding would wave up and down as workers climbed from the ground to the higher floors. The cement was mixed by hand at ground level and hauled upward on the scaffolding by wheelbarrow. When driving to smaller cities (several million people) where the chemical plant I was involved with was being built, there would be a wide highway. In the far right lane, there would be a stream of people, then next to them on their left would be carts pulled by oxen, then further left a stream of bicycles, and then a line of 2-wheeled carts pulled by vehicles (garden tractor sized). There would be no trucks or cars except for the one I was in which would weave around the traffic on the left and sometimes into the oncoming lane. The rice fields along the road were worked by hand or with oxen/buffalo. I never saw a tractor in the field. All this changed when Deng Xiaoping said one day "It is honorable to be rich." I was there that day and the Chinese engineers were flabbergasted by the statement and it was the topic of discussion at breakfast. I didn't realize the significance of the statement at that time, but I could see by the impact of the engineers I was working with that it was a major change in the country's direction. It turned out to be the kick-off of entrepeneurs and capitalism communist style. The rest is history. China is rife with millionaires and billionaires. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez appears to want to take us in the direction of the pre-Deng Xiaopeng days in China. It is not honorable to be rich and capitalism is bad. Entrepeneurs aren't wanted. I haven't been but your description is a match for what I remember of China from documentaries and travellers' anecdotes. Thanks Duwayne. |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 27, 2019 2:18:59 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 27, 2019 2:24:39 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Feb 27, 2019 6:34:58 GMT
Wot? No snide comments? 
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Post by blustnmtn on Feb 27, 2019 11:33:35 GMT
Wot? No snide comments? If the man-hole cover fits, Ratty...wear it! |
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 27, 2019 11:51:13 GMT
I thought this week's forecast was worth sharing: Looks like Florida only a little cooler. When I first arrived here I was told local weather forecasts were easy - 95F and showers in the afternoon. May through November. It's not _quite_ that simple but if you used that forecast you would be right around 70% of the time. |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 27, 2019 12:24:32 GMT
I thought this week's forecast was worth sharing: Looks like Florida only a little cooler. When I first arrived here I was told local weather forecasts were easy - 95F and showers in the afternoon. May through November. It's not _quite_ that simple but if you used that forecast you would be right around 70% of the time. Near enough, good enough? |
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 27, 2019 15:08:36 GMT
Wot? No snide comments? Fat chance of that.  |
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