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On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:28:44 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? https://tinyurl.com/y8qdglvs BTW, your truck tire is about half the price of the tires on my Subaru and hardly typical of a decent all-weather tire from Michelin or other quality tire maker. And the Gatorskin is just over-priced, but then again, the price is based on the market. It's capitalism. Buy something else. Now, you could go out and buy a hardcase tire that never dies, but it would be like riding on a wagon wheel. Go out and buy some of my Innova studs without the studs. Those are like tank tracks. I hate them. I paid $100 apiece for the new Goodrich tires on my Ford Taurus and they were half worn after 12,000 miles. THAT I certainly didn't expect. I should have bought the Michelin's. My new car has Bridgestone tires and they don't show wear but I don't know when they were replaced but the guy I bought the car from said that they were second hand when he bought them. |
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On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 11:45:26 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-09-09 08:28, jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? Yes: How many miles until bald? That one is probably not even coming close to 2500mi. From the customer reviews: "I currently have 5300 miles on these and the rear is showing wear so I purchased another set. They've been carrying my 190 lb weight and 35 lb hybrid with 700 x 38c tires on 90% road and 10% trail and off road use. The 38c cross section is large which gives me confidence when jumping curbs and handling the lousy uneven pavement that we have in Michigan. They've proven durable and sure footed without a single flat. The simple tread rolls smoothly without noise. I don't like tires that feel like they have to scream their brand and look like spinning billboards so these simple all black with subtle graphics look great to me. I just purchased a 35c tire to see if it makes any difference in speed. Don't hesitate to buy it for city commuting or for recreation." So, ten of those would yield 53,000 for a cost of $99.99. Cheaper than my car tires. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 07:50:11 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-09-08 20:39, John B. wrote: On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:48:38 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-07 18:10, John B. wrote: On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:19:58 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-06 16:50, John B. wrote: [...] ... Given Vietnam's history since, say the 1850's, the average Vietnamese is probably as happy under the present government as they were under previous regimes. Having met a lot of Vietnamese people, including people where not all relatives made it out, I do not think this is true. I also had relatives who had to live in a former communist country. They would have been shot if they had tried to leave. Nobody will ever tell me there is nothing wrong with communism. As a general statement, those who escaped from Vietnam were people with a certain amount of money. Call them the middle class. Not the ones I met. They didn't have much more than the shirt on their backs and most didn't own real estate over there or had much in terms of other wealth. A simple bicycle was already considered a luxury. And tell us, how did these penniless people buy the boat, provision the boat, acquire sufficient fuel, pay the bribes to the coast guard and navy necessary to start the voyage? The same way they do it in Mexiko, North Africa or the Middle East. Scraping money and tradeable goods such as bicyles, rickety motorcycles and whatever together. Which unfortunately also meant that not everyone in a larger family could get a boat ticket, it was only enough for some. Talk to people that went through this. Sometimes tears will well up in their eyes. For example, because they had to leave mom, dad and a lot of others behind. Or at least read up on it. http://www.complex.com/life/2015/12/...es-vietnam-war Quote "He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights". Is this the fare of a rich guy? Then, quote "In order to pay for his spot on the boat, my dad sold his bicycle and organized a small group of people to escape on the same trip. He said asking his mother for money was out of the question because "if she knew, she wouldn't let me go."" Later, quote "But by the fourth week, they were running out of bartering goods, so my dad and other refugees stopped along China's uninhabited shores to search for food in the jungle. They found guava trees and loaded up on the fruit—which ended up making everyone constipated. "Back on the boat, everyone was helping each other poop," he said". Ah yes, you are describing the events told by a person who, describes herself as "a writer, speaker, creative producer, and entrepreneur" and wasn't born when the events took place which were told to her long after they occurred. Her father was described as, "My dad, who lived in North Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, remembers the government rationing food stamps for every citizen. He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights. After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Interesting, but I wonder, really, as N.Vietnam had been governed by the Communist government of Ho Chi Minh since 1945. But your site says that "After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Do you suppose that 35 years after Ho Chi Minh had beaten the French, and more recently chased the Americans out of his country, and sorted out the Southerners that suddenly without notice things in Hanoi got worse? Truly? And a diet of rice and potatoes? As the writer was raised, as far as I can tell, in the U.S. "potato" is probably intended to mean "white potato" which as far as I know is not raised in Vietnam in commercial quantities... but certainly makes for a good story. And, again the implication is only rice and potatoes... when I was in Vietnam people ate quite a variety of things, many of which while possibly cultivated, also grew wild. I agree that your story is a real tear jerker" but I suspect that like many stories that parents tell children is that there is a limited amount of truth and a whole lot of "how we did it in spite of all the problems". "During that time, Vietnamese refugees sailed to neighboring countries where they could stay in refugee camps, while waiting for sponsorship to resettle in countries like the United States." Ah, the penny drops. If we can get to a refugee camp we'll be fed, clothed and sheltered, and won't have to work, while we are waiting to go to America where everything is wonderful. I might point out that in the mid 1800's the Chinese who came to the U.S. already referred to it as "The land of fat pork" which is probably a synonym for "Heaven" to a Chinese peasant who likely ate meat once a year.... or less. In short a story intended to elicited sympathy but very weak on truth, or perhaps I should say, "replete with innuendos eliciting sympathy". -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 08:28:40 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote: On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? https://tinyurl.com/y8qdglvs BTW, your truck tire is about half the price of the tires on my Subaru and hardly typical of a decent all-weather tire from Michelin or other quality tire maker. And the Gatorskin is just over-priced, but then again, the price is based on the market. It's capitalism. Buy something else. Now, you could go out and buy a hardcase tire that never dies, but it would be like riding on a wagon wheel. Go out and buy some of my Innova studs without the studs. Those are like tank tracks. I hate them. -- Jay Beattie. Seriously American truck tires last 120,000 miles? that is nearly 200,000 km. I'll have to try and order some of them there things as my wife had a tire break after only 90,000 km. Funny... Jorge tells us that Thai made tires last longer then anything. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 2017-09-09 21:28, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 07:50:11 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 20:39, John B. wrote: On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:48:38 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-07 18:10, John B. wrote: On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:19:58 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-06 16:50, John B. wrote: [...] ... Given Vietnam's history since, say the 1850's, the average Vietnamese is probably as happy under the present government as they were under previous regimes. Having met a lot of Vietnamese people, including people where not all relatives made it out, I do not think this is true. I also had relatives who had to live in a former communist country. They would have been shot if they had tried to leave. Nobody will ever tell me there is nothing wrong with communism. As a general statement, those who escaped from Vietnam were people with a certain amount of money. Call them the middle class. Not the ones I met. They didn't have much more than the shirt on their backs and most didn't own real estate over there or had much in terms of other wealth. A simple bicycle was already considered a luxury. And tell us, how did these penniless people buy the boat, provision the boat, acquire sufficient fuel, pay the bribes to the coast guard and navy necessary to start the voyage? The same way they do it in Mexiko, North Africa or the Middle East. Scraping money and tradeable goods such as bicyles, rickety motorcycles and whatever together. Which unfortunately also meant that not everyone in a larger family could get a boat ticket, it was only enough for some. Talk to people that went through this. Sometimes tears will well up in their eyes. For example, because they had to leave mom, dad and a lot of others behind. Or at least read up on it. http://www.complex.com/life/2015/12/...es-vietnam-war Quote "He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights". Is this the fare of a rich guy? Then, quote "In order to pay for his spot on the boat, my dad sold his bicycle and organized a small group of people to escape on the same trip. He said asking his mother for money was out of the question because "if she knew, she wouldn't let me go."" Later, quote "But by the fourth week, they were running out of bartering goods, so my dad and other refugees stopped along China's uninhabited shores to search for food in the jungle. They found guava trees and loaded up on the fruit—which ended up making everyone constipated. "Back on the boat, everyone was helping each other poop," he said". Ah yes, you are describing the events told by a person who, describes herself as "a writer, speaker, creative producer, and entrepreneur" and wasn't born when the events took place which were told to her long after they occurred. Are you implying they lied? Her father was described as, "My dad, who lived in North Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, remembers the government rationing food stamps for every citizen. He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights. After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Interesting, but I wonder, really, as N.Vietnam had been governed by the Communist government of Ho Chi Minh since 1945. But your site says that "After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Do you suppose that 35 years after Ho Chi Minh had beaten the French, and more recently chased the Americans out of his country, and sorted out the Southerners that suddenly without notice things in Hanoi got worse? Truly? They did. The new government started a "cleansing action". Talk to people from there. But ones that got out, the others may be afraid to speak freely because that can have nasty results under communist regimes. And a diet of rice and potatoes? As the writer was raised, as far as I can tell, in the U.S. "potato" is probably intended to mean "white potato" which as far as I know is not raised in Vietnam in commercial quantities... but certainly makes for a good story. And, again the implication is only rice and potatoes... when I was in Vietnam people ate quite a variety of things, many of which while possibly cultivated, also grew wild. I agree that your story is a real tear jerker" but I suspect that like many stories that parents tell children is that there is a limited amount of truth and a whole lot of "how we did it in spite of all the problems". I believe the people I talked to and their stories were similar to this one. "During that time, Vietnamese refugees sailed to neighboring countries where they could stay in refugee camps, while waiting for sponsorship to resettle in countries like the United States." Ah, the penny drops. If we can get to a refugee camp we'll be fed, clothed and sheltered, and won't have to work, while we are waiting to go to America where everything is wonderful. Wouldn't you do the same if you lived in an oppressed country and in poverty that is most likely to become worse? I sure would, I'd try everything to get out if there is no hope in changing the status quo. And yes, then I'd try to find out what the most promising destination could be. I might point out that in the mid 1800's the Chinese who came to the U.S. already referred to it as "The land of fat pork" which is probably a synonym for "Heaven" to a Chinese peasant who likely ate meat once a year.... or less. In short a story intended to elicited sympathy but very weak on truth, or perhaps I should say, "replete with innuendos eliciting sympathy". Nonsense. Talk to Vietnamese of your generation. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-09-09 13:26, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 11:45:26 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-09 08:28, jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? Yes: How many miles until bald? That one is probably not even coming close to 2500mi. From the customer reviews: "I currently have 5300 miles on these and the rear is showing wear so I purchased another set. They've been carrying my 190 lb weight and 35 lb hybrid with 700 x 38c tires on 90% road and 10% trail and off road use. The 38c cross section is large which gives me confidence when jumping curbs and handling the lousy uneven pavement that we have in Michigan. They've proven durable and sure footed without a single flat. The simple tread rolls smoothly without noise. I don't like tires that feel like they have to scream their brand and look like spinning billboards so these simple all black with subtle graphics look great to me. I just purchased a 35c tire to see if it makes any difference in speed. Don't hesitate to buy it for city commuting or for recreation." So, ten of those would yield 53,000 for a cost of $99.99. Cheaper than my car tires. I rode around 100k miles in my life, mostly road bike (so not 38mm). I never had a tire that lasted longer than 2500mi. In fact, the only ones that got past 2000mi were the Gatorskins but unfortunately they have other flaws. Early on I had a regular bike with wider tires, similar to Dutch bikes. Those tire didn't last that long either. The front yes, but not the rear. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-09-09 21:41, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 08:28:40 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? https://tinyurl.com/y8qdglvs BTW, your truck tire is about half the price of the tires on my Subaru and hardly typical of a decent all-weather tire from Michelin or other quality tire maker. And the Gatorskin is just over-priced, but then again, the price is based on the market. It's capitalism. Buy something else. Now, you could go out and buy a hardcase tire that never dies, but it would be like riding on a wagon wheel. Go out and buy some of my Innova studs without the studs. Those are like tank tracks. I hate them. -- Jay Beattie. Seriously American truck tires last 120,000 miles? that is nearly 200,000 km. No. Read more carefully. You shall not run a tire for a street-operated motor vehicle all the way to zero tread. That can result in a nasty hydro-planing crash during rain and then you'd be deemed at fault no matter what, and rightfully so. I'll have to try and order some of them there things as my wife had a tire break after only 90,000 km. Funny... Jorge tells us that Thai made tires last longer then anything. On the MTB. To my surprise they do last longer than more expensive brands though not by a lot. The current TrailTaker (made by Vee Rubber in Thailand) is at almost 800mi but now really finished. The tread wear isn't much better, it is nearly bald in the middle. What is much better are the side walls in that they don't start to fail towards the running surface when the tire gets to this point. It means I can't spin up some of the hills because of lack of grip but that's fine with me, I do not particiapte in races. Their road tires are hard to find in 25mm but I might try one next. The price is certainly right, for a bicycle ti https://www.niagaracycle.com/categor...44-road-27-tpi -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:27:16 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-09-09 21:28, John B. wrote: On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 07:50:11 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 20:39, John B. wrote: On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:48:38 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-07 18:10, John B. wrote: On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:19:58 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-06 16:50, John B. wrote: [...] ... Given Vietnam's history since, say the 1850's, the average Vietnamese is probably as happy under the present government as they were under previous regimes. Having met a lot of Vietnamese people, including people where not all relatives made it out, I do not think this is true. I also had relatives who had to live in a former communist country. They would have been shot if they had tried to leave. Nobody will ever tell me there is nothing wrong with communism. As a general statement, those who escaped from Vietnam were people with a certain amount of money. Call them the middle class. Not the ones I met. They didn't have much more than the shirt on their backs and most didn't own real estate over there or had much in terms of other wealth. A simple bicycle was already considered a luxury. And tell us, how did these penniless people buy the boat, provision the boat, acquire sufficient fuel, pay the bribes to the coast guard and navy necessary to start the voyage? The same way they do it in Mexiko, North Africa or the Middle East. Scraping money and tradeable goods such as bicyles, rickety motorcycles and whatever together. Which unfortunately also meant that not everyone in a larger family could get a boat ticket, it was only enough for some. Talk to people that went through this. Sometimes tears will well up in their eyes. For example, because they had to leave mom, dad and a lot of others behind. Or at least read up on it. http://www.complex.com/life/2015/12/...es-vietnam-war Quote "He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights". Is this the fare of a rich guy? Then, quote "In order to pay for his spot on the boat, my dad sold his bicycle and organized a small group of people to escape on the same trip. He said asking his mother for money was out of the question because "if she knew, she wouldn't let me go."" Later, quote "But by the fourth week, they were running out of bartering goods, so my dad and other refugees stopped along China's uninhabited shores to search for food in the jungle. They found guava trees and loaded up on the fruit—which ended up making everyone constipated. "Back on the boat, everyone was helping each other poop," he said". Ah yes, you are describing the events told by a person who, describes herself as "a writer, speaker, creative producer, and entrepreneur" and wasn't born when the events took place which were told to her long after they occurred. Are you implying they lied? They usually don't term it "lying" but still it is adding a connotation that implies something that wasn't true. I've often told the story about my grandfather saying that when he and my grandmother first moved to town he worked as a carpenter for $1,.00 a day. Which was true. But he told the story of an example of how hard he worked and how poor they were which wasn't true. But the facts are dollar a day was a more or less a normal workingman's salary in the 1800's. Her father was described as, "My dad, who lived in North Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, remembers the government rationing food stamps for every citizen. He ate rice with salted potatoes most nights. After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Interesting, but I wonder, really, as N.Vietnam had been governed by the Communist government of Ho Chi Minh since 1945. But your site says that "After the war, there was no freedom of speech, no freedom to travel, no freedom to protest." Do you suppose that 35 years after Ho Chi Minh had beaten the French, and more recently chased the Americans out of his country, and sorted out the Southerners that suddenly without notice things in Hanoi got worse? Truly? They did. The new government started a "cleansing action". Talk to people from there. But ones that got out, the others may be afraid to speak freely because that can have nasty results under communist regimes. In the North? That had supplied the soldiers to fight the war? I find no evidence that it happened. But even more revealing, they were the people who were the victors. They had beaten both the French and the Americans and "freed their country". And a diet of rice and potatoes? As the writer was raised, as far as I can tell, in the U.S. "potato" is probably intended to mean "white potato" which as far as I know is not raised in Vietnam in commercial quantities... but certainly makes for a good story. And, again the implication is only rice and potatoes... when I was in Vietnam people ate quite a variety of things, many of which while possibly cultivated, also grew wild. I agree that your story is a real tear jerker" but I suspect that like many stories that parents tell children is that there is a limited amount of truth and a whole lot of "how we did it in spite of all the problems". I believe the people I talked to and their stories were similar to this one. And I have no doubt of it. But equally, we have the "guest workers" who came to Germany to work in the factories and when their contracts ended they stayed as if they went back to Turkey they wouldn't get the"big money" that they were paid in Germany. "During that time, Vietnamese refugees sailed to neighboring countries where they could stay in refugee camps, while waiting for sponsorship to resettle in countries like the United States." Ah, the penny drops. If we can get to a refugee camp we'll be fed, clothed and sheltered, and won't have to work, while we are waiting to go to America where everything is wonderful. Wouldn't you do the same if you lived in an oppressed country and in poverty that is most likely to become worse? I sure would, I'd try everything to get out if there is no hope in changing the status quo. And yes, then I'd try to find out what the most promising destination could be. Well, to an extent I live in countries that are repressed. If you were to speak disrespectfully about the King of Thailand you will probably be sentenced to a number of years in jail. And guess what, the average Thai hardly thinks about it. Why should he? It has always been that way, there is no material benefit in doing it, so why bother? In Singapore, if you were to get up on your orange box and advocate communism you won't even be tried in court. They will simply lock you up under the "Emergency Laws" that have been in force since 1948. Do the Singaporean worry? Well, I've been living in or visiting the country for 50 years and I've never heard one mention it. When I lived in Indonesia if you loudly objected to the government you could be "disappeared" and I personally know of at least one case where it did happen. The Indonesian population wasn't leaving the country in droves. Not at all. I might point out that in the mid 1800's the Chinese who came to the U.S. already referred to it as "The land of fat pork" which is probably a synonym for "Heaven" to a Chinese peasant who likely ate meat once a year.... or less. In short a story intended to elicited sympathy but very weak on truth, or perhaps I should say, "replete with innuendos eliciting sympathy". Nonsense. Talk to Vietnamese of your generation. I have. In fact I met and had several long conversations with a N. Vietnamese, or at least he was from Hanoi, and this would have been in the 1990's. A young chap, he was in Thailand looking into the computer business with the intent of importing computers from Thailand to Vietnam and had been introduced to me as some sort of computer expert as at the time I was writing a weekly newspaper column about computers. Strangely he gave no indication of being unhappy to live in Vietnam. A couple of the people I've worked with over the years since the 1970's were married to Vietnamese women who had, with their American husband's help, gotten their parents out of Vietnam. I never heard them talk about oppression. They talked about how much better life was here, largely because they were married to Americans who made a lot of money. I would emphasis that in the, admittedly few, cases where I personally knew the facts the "poor improvised boat people" had money, and offered to pay for supplies. One in gold bullion. I've got a good friend who "escaped" from Hungary. He grew up and was educated, served in the Hungarian army and graduated from collage, under the communist government. I've asked him about live under the communists and he had no complaints at all. His reason for leaving the country? Well when he graduated from collage with a degree as a chemical engineer the government had a job for him as a "food chemist" and he wanted to work in the oil business. In fact I firmly believe that the reason most people fled the communists was primarily a financial one.... Ooooo I can make the big money in the West. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:46:08 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-09-09 21:41, John B. wrote: On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 08:28:40 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie wrote: On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 8:03:16 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-09-08 19:08, jbeattie wrote: On Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:52:52 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 9/8/2017 3:06 PM, Joerg wrote: O Same with the tires BTW. They had 60k miles, still half the tread but were well past 10 years. Looked good buy common recommendations state that means it's time to buy new tires. Try _that_ with a bicycle tire. 60,000 miles on the tires and they still had half the tread left? Meaning your car tires would last 120,000 miles if they weren't too old? Joerg, you need someone to edit your fantastic claims, to give them at least a _hint_ of plausibility. Joerg needs to learn that tires have a shelf-life. http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires...-in-six-years/ It's not just about tread wear. Age is exactly why I replaced them, as I wrote above. Good quality truck tries can be pushed past 10 years but not much. It greatly depends on whether the vehicle sits in the weather and sun all day. Mine doesn't, it lives in the garage, protected from sunlight and weather. I also gave the the occasional talc rub. I defended a death case involving tread separation on a tire that had more than half its tread left. It happens. I had it happen on a brand new bicycle tire. Pieces flew off to the point where I could barely push the bike home. But I had to because nobody could pick me up on singletrack. Bicyclists would be outraged if their tire tread fell of and killed them! I can't believe what car owners put up with. They should make car tires as durable as bike tires! And for a dollar. No, make that $.50. Gatorskin $45, tread completely gone after 2500mi. Truck tire, $65, tread 50% reduced after 60000mi. Any questions? Nashbar City Rambler $9.99. Any questions? https://tinyurl.com/y8qdglvs BTW, your truck tire is about half the price of the tires on my Subaru and hardly typical of a decent all-weather tire from Michelin or other quality tire maker. And the Gatorskin is just over-priced, but then again, the price is based on the market. It's capitalism. Buy something else. Now, you could go out and buy a hardcase tire that never dies, but it would be like riding on a wagon wheel. Go out and buy some of my Innova studs without the studs. Those are like tank tracks. I hate them. -- Jay Beattie. Seriously American truck tires last 120,000 miles? that is nearly 200,000 km. No. Read more carefully. You shall not run a tire for a street-operated motor vehicle all the way to zero tread. That can result in a nasty hydro-planing crash during rain and then you'd be deemed at fault no matter what, and rightfully so. Why ever not? When I was 16 years old I had a car. Not much of a car I'll admit but I was the only kid in my high school class that actual had a car of his own. But as part of the deal with my father when he gave me the car was that I'd maintain it and pay for the everything myself. I drove on tires that were so worn that the re-capping places wouldn't take them. Why did my father gave me the car? Well, because it was essentially valueless. It had "died" and the junk yard wanted $5.00 to come and haul it away so my father gave it to me. And I spent the next two years working days, nights and Sundays to keep it running and put enough gas in it to drive it Saturday nights. -- Cheers, John B. |
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