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Originally Posted by Thylacine
Quick change of topic, has anyone noticed how the rednecks come out of the woodwork whenever there's a thread on Asian manufacturing?
An imaginary conversation...... ABH - "Those Commies, they're not free like us. Nosirrreeee! If they were, they'd make quality stuff!" THY - "Well, Commies were the first into space, developed nuclear capabilities, I'm sure they also invented a whole heap of stuff" ABH - "Yeah, but in China, they have no freedom, so they have no quality control" THY - "Huh?" ABH - "And those bottom feeders like Walmart come in and -" THY - "Okay, so you believe in the free market system I guess" ABH - "Absolutely" THY - "Great, so, where is the demand for these cheap products coming from?" ABH - "Consumers?" THY - "Right, so basically 'free' Americans" ABH - "Basically, I guess" THY - "Okay, so here you have Joe America on basic wage, no 401k, no health benefits because the government abolished them, no real plans to send his kids to Uni because he couldn't afford the 100 grand to send them there, and he wants a new gizmo" ABH - "Err....okay" THY - "He's 'free', so what's he going to buy? Walmart is a big successful company, epitome of American 'free market', they have the gizmo he wants and it's only 10 bucks! Sweet! I can still buy it an afford a sixpack of Miller" ABH - "But Walmart just sells crap made by Commies!" THY - "I'm sure they don't sell commie stuff. I mean, aren't you guys at war with all things Commie? I mean, those bastards are taking your jobs and lowering quality to boot!" ABH - "Yeah, Taiwan on the other hand, they make quality stuff and aren't Commie, which is a bonus" THY - "Well, we're getting a bit off track here, but don't you find it ironic that the once demonised 'red hordes' are now flavour of the month with the bastions of American freedom and free trade - the corporation - and that Americans are not only lapping it up but their demand for cheap commodities is on the rise?" ABH - "Well, everyone likes a bargain. I just got these shoes for 50 bucks! THY - "Sure, but that bargain just cost someone their job in the US factory that was just shut down, the waste from those shoes is now floating down the Yangse River, and the guy that lost his job in the US can't afford to reeducate himself cos it's going to cost him 50 grand, and he has no 401k or severance pay because he wouldn't have got employed in the first place if he didn't sign on as a temp. How 'free' do you feel? Not much freer than the Chinese girl making those shoes I bet, and to top it off, spend a day looking at where everything in your house is made. I'm guessing the majority of it is from guess where?" etc., etc. |
Originally Posted by badsac
+1
Flash intros are a yank thing though. I think if the first thing the see isn't some useless pretty pictures they go elsewhere since it doesn't seem "professional". |
Naw, Chinese websites are worse than Italian ones :rolleyes:
Fark I'm an idiot. why did I bother writing that stupid diatribe? :lol: |
Originally Posted by matagi
Ok kiddies, any of you doing the Central Coast Century on Sunday ?
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
Naw
Remember his 'work' on that "Genetics" thread? :p I posted some referenced stuff on the subtle physiological differences of people of West African descent, and he suggested it was falsified. :D http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...black+athletes |
Originally Posted by Thylacine
Naw, Chinese websites are worse than Italian ones :rolleyes:
Fark I'm an idiot. why did I bother writing that stupid diatribe? :lol: I laughed at the diatribe. ABH is a tool. His mother must have been turned into a ho and an opium addict by a Chinaman wearing a green boilersuit or something. I called him a running dog western capitalist imperialist once. It is actually possible to write on the interweb in a Chinese accent. :D Got a few laughs too! |
Originally Posted by Odin
The bail out button came about through Flash intros losing hits on sites. People were just hitting the back button and going elsewhere.
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Sut the fluck up you capitalist pigdog! :lol:
I saw a doco a week or so ago about Nokia doing 'checks' on it's subcontractors in China. You know who was the chief lieutenant at this factory? A freakin POM! I tells ya, ya can't trust em....any of them.....poms...chinese................kiwis.......EVERYWHERE! AARRGGGHHHH!!!! :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by Thylacine
Sut the fluck up you capitalist pigdog! :lol:
I saw a doco a week or so ago about Nokia doing 'checks' on it's subcontractors in China. You know who was the chief lieutenant at this factory? A freakin POM! I tells ya, ya can't trust em....any of them.....poms...chinese................kiwis.......EVERYWHERE! AARRGGGHHHH!!!! :rolleyes: |
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Originally Posted by 531Aussie
yes, 'ABH' is an unusual man, at least for a "cyclist".
Remember his 'work' on that "Genetics" thread? :p I posted some referenced stuff on the subtle physiological differences of people of West African descent, and he suggested it was falsified. :D http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...black+athletes |
Originally Posted by pshaw
What is this you speak of?
Check out www.rotaryerina.org.au/cycle.htm |
Originally Posted by classic1
Ha ha. ABH got pwn3d bigtime, as did our old friend Ben "EURO" "I don't play for West Coast" Cousins.
And are you saying Ben Cousins is that dork Euro on BF? Or is this some obscure masculine reference we females have no hope of understanding? |
pwn3d is 'owned'. It's 'owned' with typos and is mildly amusing (maybe not!).
The EURO saga is a long story, involving much detective work(I think 531Aussie played the role of Columbo:D ), many bannings and warnings from the mods and many deleted threads. Once upon a time there was a reasonable, mild mannered and likable poster from the UK known as Ben Cousins. Not the Weagle, some other non-entity:p . One day Ben stopped posting. People asked, 'where is that lovely boy Ben?' His posts were mysteriously deleted, only remaining as quoted remarks. Then one day, about 2 months later, some tool calling himself EURO appeared, insulting people and acting like a total dick. Some people managed to figure out that EURO was Ben Cousins, then all hell broke loose. Now EURO has many fans and detractors. 55-rad is chief detractor, along with biker7. 55x11 all the way loves EURO. Personally, I think EURO's bike looks like a farmgate and is hilarious. He even has some other person pretending to be EURO (*EURO*), who appears to be at least as big a pain in the arse as the original. Who knows, they might be the same person.:rolleyes: To be fair, EURO is often right, but he is a knob IMO. |
so I take it EURO is banned atm?
Why did he change? Just got sick of being nice? How did they figure out EURO is Ben Cousins? So many questions. |
No (and never has to my knowledge-though I think he's come close at times), no idea, no idea and no idea.
He has toned his schtick down of late (except for that looney patentcad) and is posting less - probably training with the weather improving in Europe and working. |
****in' weirdos on the internet. They make the joint so much more interesting.
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If you want weirdos, try hanging out on the BBC food forums, they are having a real problem with some absolute nutters at the moment. So much so, that they have removed the "reply with quote" option from their site and the police are apparently also involved.
Must be something in the water over there sending the Poms off their trolleys. |
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Yeah, it'd be nice to have 'em back. Kids these days are missing out.
Was it here that I read about NZ being for sale on eBay? http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003539679 :D |
Originally Posted by matagi
Ok kiddies, any of you doing the Central Coast Century on Sunday ?
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Originally Posted by classic1
Damn. I was having flashbacks to when I was a kid. The last one down my neck of the woods closed in the late 90's. It was one of only a few left in Victoria.
I saw a sign near the old Rowville one the other day saying there's one at Dandenong now. |
Grantville had a drive in? There's bugger all down there.
Moe was the nearest drive in to me. The old Traralgon one had been closed for years before I started running amok. Check this link out!!!!! http://www.driveinmovie.com/Australia/#VIC Not like the old days when nearly every town had a drive in. I'd better double check if Moe is still open. |
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