Re: The world is over
I think I just threw up a little internally On 3/25/08, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Union of Shanghai Associates. ;-) > > >>> Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/25/2008 10:47 AM >>> > > I had to replace my electric charcoal starter for my barbeque (a major > food group here) recently, and as I walked through my local home > improvement store, I dreaded the possibility that it would be made in > China along with pretty much everything else there. When I picked it > up, I turned it over and it read "Made in the U.S.A." . I almost > cried with joy. I bought two. > > Gonz > > On 3/23/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Boris Liberman" > > Subject: OT: The world is over > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of > trousers. > > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, > when > > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The > Olympics in > > > China are the reason. > > > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > > > > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now > virtually impossible to live > > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, > no options to buy non > > Chinese manufactured products. > > > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy > products manufactured in what I > > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I > would rather not support > > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and > association or legitimate protest > > against the governing power. > > > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to > pretty much shut down any > > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's > citizens (the onging abuses in > > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > > > Don't chuckle too much... > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > !SIG:47e9139377419950413463! > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
David J Brooks wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. >> >> > > >> >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. >> >> > >> >> > A Hem!! >> >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? >> >> >> >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) >> > >> > I'm panting with anticipation. >> >> Such a waist... > > Come on Ken, belt it out. Does that seam necessary to you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Re: The world is over > > > >> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Subject: Re: The world is over >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. >>>>> >>> >> > > >>> >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. >>> >> > >>> >> > A Hem!! >>> >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? >>> >> >>> >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) >>> > >>> > I'm panting with anticipation. >>> >>> Such a waist... >>> >> Come on Ken, belt it out. >> > > Watch it Dave or you'll get cuffed. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > Zip it! -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
Union of Shanghai Associates. ;-) >>> Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/25/2008 10:47 AM >>> I had to replace my electric charcoal starter for my barbeque (a major food group here) recently, and as I walked through my local home improvement store, I dreaded the possibility that it would be made in China along with pretty much everything else there. When I picked it up, I turned it over and it read "Made in the U.S.A." . I almost cried with joy. I bought two. Gonz On 3/23/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message ----- > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: OT: The world is over > > > > Hi! > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually impossible to live > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no options to buy non > Chinese manufactured products. > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products manufactured in what I > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would rather not support > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or legitimate protest > against the governing power. > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much shut down any > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens (the onging abuses in > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > Don't chuckle too much... > > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:47e9139377419950413463! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The world is over > > > Subject: Re: The world is over > > >> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Subject: Re: The world is over >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. >>> >> > > >>> >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. >>> >> > >>> >> > A Hem!! >>> >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? >>> >> >>> >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) >>> > >>> > I'm panting with anticipation. >>> >>> Such a waist... >> >> Come on Ken, belt it out. > > Watch it Dave or you'll get cuffed. Brace yourself Dave. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
Subject: Re: The world is over > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Subject: Re: The world is over >> >> >> >> >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. >> >> > > >> >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. >> >> > >> >> > A Hem!! >> >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? >> >> >> >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) >> > >> > I'm panting with anticipation. >> >> Such a waist... > > Come on Ken, belt it out. Watch it Dave or you'll get cuffed. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: The world is over > > > > >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. > >> > > > >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. > >> > > >> > A Hem!! > >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? > >> > >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) > > > > I'm panting with anticipation. > > Such a waist... Come on Ken, belt it out. Dave > > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
Subject: Re: The world is over >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. >> > > >> > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. >> > >> > A Hem!! >> > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? >> >> When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) > > I'm panting with anticipation. Such a waist... Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
I had to replace my electric charcoal starter for my barbeque (a major food group here) recently, and as I walked through my local home improvement store, I dreaded the possibility that it would be made in China along with pretty much everything else there. When I picked it up, I turned it over and it read "Made in the U.S.A." . I almost cried with joy. I bought two. Gonz On 3/23/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: OT: The world is over > > > > Hi! > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually > impossible to live > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no > options to buy non > Chinese manufactured products. > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products > manufactured in what I > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would > rather not support > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or > legitimate protest > against the governing power. > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much > shut down any > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens > (the onging abuses in > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > Don't chuckle too much... > > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
> Subject: Re: The world is over > > >> >>>>> > > Worse still, he's going commando. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) >>>>> >>>>> As long as you keep it brief, lads... >>>> >>>> Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun >>>> thread going. >>> >>>I thought he was trying to get a leg up >> >> Seams like . . . > >. . . we're in stitches over lack of britches & tryin to pun on the > fly Gee, we really knee...d these. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:07 PM, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. > > > > > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. > > > > A Hem!! > > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? > > When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) I'm panting with anticipation. -- Sandy Harris, Nanjing, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:35 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "frank theriault" > Subject: Re: The world is over > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. > > > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. > > A Hem!! > Sew, when will all this foolishness end? When i can think of something with belt loop in it.:-) Dave > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: The world is over > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. > > Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. A Hem!! Sew, when will all this foolishness end? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. Shut up or I'll cuff ya in the head. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
Cotty wrote: >> Worse still, he's going commando. > > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) As long as you keep it brief, lads... >>> Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun >>> thread going. >> I thought he was trying to get a leg up > > Seams like. > This is pathetic. I'm gonna go sleeve some film. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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- Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: Re: The world is over > >>>> > > Worse still, he's going commando. >>>> > >>>> > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) >>>> >>>> As long as you keep it brief, lads... >>> >>> Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun >>> thread going. >> >>I thought he was trying to get a leg up > > Seams like . . . . . . we're in stitches over lack of britches & tryin to pun on the fly Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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>>> > > Worse still, he's going commando. >>> > >>> > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) >>> >>> As long as you keep it brief, lads... >> >> Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun >> thread going. > >I thought he was trying to get a leg up Seams like. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
- Original Message - From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The world is over > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:09 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/3/23, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > > Worse still, he's going commando. >> > >> > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) >> >> As long as you keep it brief, lads... > > Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun > thread going. I thought he was trying to get a leg up Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:09 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/3/23, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Worse still, he's going commando. > > > > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) > > As long as you keep it brief, lads... Geee. String together a few more of these & we'll have a proper pun thread going. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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2008/3/23, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Worse still, he's going commando. > > Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) As long as you keep it brief, lads... -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The world is over
We tried to not but things made in China when we did our Xmas shopping. It was hard. Although we do not have any young children to buy for, a lot of my friend knaw on wood and paint, so i was concerned for them. Dave On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:53 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: OT: The world is over > > > > Hi! > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually > impossible to live > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no > options to buy non > Chinese manufactured products. > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products > manufactured in what I > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would > rather not support > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or > legitimate protest > against the governing power. > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much > shut down any > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens > (the onging abuses in > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > Don't chuckle too much... > > William Robb > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:05 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > > > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked > > > salesperson, when > > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The > > > Olympics in > > > China are the reason. > > > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > Boris > > > > > > > So you're walking around Israel with no trousers on? Is that allowed? > > Can't you buy some other kind of trousers? Tibetan, for example? What > > about wearing a kilt? But for God's sake, man, cover those legs - > > you'll frighten the camels. > > Worse still, he's going commando. Is that an off the cuff remark.:-) > > > > Cheers, > > Dave :-) > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christine Aguila wrote: > > Boris: Us Yanks can send you a PDML care package; that is, Pants for a > > Desperate Man named Liberman. > > Cheers, Christine > > I am not desperate... Yet... I am. In fact I'm well past it Cheers, Dave :-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Christine Aguila wrote: > Boris: Us Yanks can send you a PDML care package; that is, Pants for a > Desperate Man named Liberman. > Cheers, Christine I am not desperate... Yet... But I will keep your idea in mind ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Boris: Us Yanks can send you a PDML care package; that is, Pants for a Desperate Man named Liberman. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:09 AM Subject: OT: The world is over > Hi! > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > China are the reason. > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > Cheers. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:53 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: OT: The world is over > > > > Hi! > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually > impossible to live > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no > options to buy non > Chinese manufactured products. > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products > manufactured in what I > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would > rather not support > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or > legitimate protest > against the governing power. > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much > shut down any > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens > (the onging abuses in > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > Don't chuckle too much... > And the success of our respective national economies is driven buy the growth in China. (probably more so ours) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Bill, you're right. In Israel we have plenty of goods produced in Turkey that are probably even of lower quality than those produced in China, but as a matter of fact, some Turkish or Chinese products are very good. I did not chuckle hmmm on the means by which China became what it is now. I chucked at the salesperson at the store. She was so hmmm naive or straightforward about the fact that I'd better buy something now because there may be nothing to buy in the few months to come. I will probably take the second half of this talk off list. Boris William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: OT: The world is over > > >> Hi! >> >> I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. >> Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when >> do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in >> China are the reason. >> >> I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually > impossible to live > without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no > options to buy non > Chinese manufactured products. > > What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products > manufactured in what I > consider to be a human rights nightmare. > I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would > rather not support > regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or > legitimate protest > against the governing power. > > What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much > shut down any > country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens (the > onging abuses in > Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. > > Don't chuckle too much... > > William Robb > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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- Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: OT: The world is over > Hi! > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in > China are the reason. > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... I did a quick survey a while back, and concluded that it is now virtually impossible to live without Chinese manufactured goods, as there are, in many instances, no options to buy non Chinese manufactured products. What this means to me is that it is very difficult to not buy products manufactured in what I consider to be a human rights nightmare. I prefer to support economies that are not built on slave labour, I would rather not support regimes that use an iron fist to squash freedom of speech and association or legitimate protest against the governing power. What this also means is that China now has the economic clout to pretty much shut down any country that crosses it by protesting the way it mistreats it's citizens (the onging abuses in Tibet as an example) by cutting off trade to that country. Don't chuckle too much... William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I'm not sure I'd class ventilated lungs as a respiratory problem. Cotty wrote: > On 23/3/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> Athletes dropping dead from respiratory problems would be a bad thing. >> > > As, too, Tibetans. > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 23/3/08, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >Athletes dropping dead from respiratory problems would be a bad thing. As, too, Tibetans. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked > > salesperson, when > > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The > > Olympics in > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > > > Cheers. > > > > Boris > > > > So you're walking around Israel with no trousers on? Is that allowed? > Can't you buy some other kind of trousers? Tibetan, for example? What > about wearing a kilt? But for God's sake, man, cover those legs - > you'll frighten the camels. Worse still, he's going commando. Cheers, Dave :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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> Hi! > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked > salesperson, when > do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The > Olympics in > China are the reason. > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > Cheers. > > Boris > So you're walking around Israel with no trousers on? Is that allowed? Can't you buy some other kind of trousers? Tibetan, for example? What about wearing a kilt? But for God's sake, man, cover those legs - you'll frighten the camels. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Sandy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. ... The Olympics in > > > China are the reason. > > > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... > > I live in China. Overall, I expect hosting the Olympics to be a triumph > for China, as the media here keep predicting. However, I'm sure > there will be problems, perhaps even some catastrophes. Athletes dropping dead from respiratory problems would be a bad thing. :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. > Apparently the shelves were almost empty. ... The Olympics in > China are the reason. > > I chuckled and went out of the shop... I live in China. Overall, I expect hosting the Olympics to be a triumph for China, as the media here keep predicting. However, I'm sure there will be problems, perhaps even some catastrophes. Here's something I wrote to a group of friends a few months back: Next year is the Olympics. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese, sounds like the word for "prosperity" (and 4 unlucky, sounds like "death"), so they have scheduled the Olympics to start on 2008-08-08. They'll be in Beijing. My advice to anyone considering a trip to China during that period would be to avoid Beijing unless there are specific Olympic events you want to see. Chinese services for travellers -- hotels, transport and so on -- routinely raise their prices at busy times. I reckon they will almost certainly raise them quite a bit for the Olympics. Also, I suspect half the thieves, beggars and prostitutes in China will be in Beijing for the occasion, looking for tourist dollars. China has lots of all those. Anybody who thinks a city full of prostitutes would be great fun, head for Thailand instead. The business is legal there, which it isn't in China (it is ubiquitous, but that's another story) and you almost certainly do not want to have to deal with Chinese cops over this, let alone visit a Chinese jail. No doubt Beijing is an interesting place, lots of history and monuments, plenty of shopping, good tourist facilities, ... However, this may not be the best time to go there and the rest of China is interesting too. -- Sandy Harris, Nanjing, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: The world is over
Hi! I went today to one of the local shops to buy me a pair of trousers. Apparently the shelves were almost empty. So, I asked salesperson, when do you expect a new shipment? We don't was the answer. The Olympics in China are the reason. I chuckled and went out of the shop... Cheers. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
