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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"
Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-29-2006 08:38 PM
It probably is. ADAC is the German automobile association. I don't think they publish videos of fake crash tests.
quote: Richard Hamilton
Jen, it is hard to explain how the people here think. When I tell my girlfriend about this night, the only thing she will be pissed about is that I lost money!! 100 dollars is about the average monthly income here! If I had sex and paid this girl 100 dollars, then my girlfriend wouldn't care, as long as I wore a condom, because I got what I paid for.
People think the same way everywhere. They may act differently, but only on the surface, and the deeper the emotional level, the less "cultural" difference is there. It hurts girls from that cultural sphere just as much as from anywhere else if you are unfaithful, even "only" with a hooker. These things aren't even "cultural", they are very deeply ingrained in the human nature. They may be more likely to accept or tolerate it because of more patriarchical structures, but the emotional pain is just the same.
Keep that in mind.
I am not passing moral judgment on you, BTW. I come from a cultural sphere in which you can do a lot of things that are tabooed and even illegal in the US. I am just giving you some advice. I had several "Asian" girlfriends myself, and I know the tendency to think they somehow think differently because they look and behave differently is very strong. But it's not true, not under the surface layers.
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-29-2006 08:53 PM
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Compare that to the States where a worker demands 50 bucks an hour and bitches if he has to work overtime, or doesn't get a cigarette break!!
You'd complain, Richard, if you made less than you do installing IMAX or whatever the hell it is that you do. If anyone working for me complained about not being able to get special breaks just to smoke, I'd fire them in an instant. Hell, I probably wouldn't even hire a smoker. They should have thought of the constant need to satisfy their cravings before entering the workforce where actual work is expected.
A lot of what is wrong with the American industry can be attributed to constant minimum wage increases. Minimum wage goes up, everyone else's wage in America stays the same. I can see why people complain about that. Unions then go on strike and eventually most wages everywhere else get a bit of a boost. To survive, prices everywhere in the country must go up. And when prices go up minimum wage is increased again. Inflation is to be expected, but it is happening much more quickly than it should. Unions had the right idea when they were started, which is rights and fair pay for workers. There isn't any need for unions if workers are being treated and paid fairly.
Of course in China zillions want to work and they are happy to make $100 a month. That's because there are quadrillions of them and there are so few jobs, and jobs that pay $100 a month can usually only be found at the big factories.
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Pravin Ratnam
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 844
From: Atlanta, GA,USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-29-2006 10:33 PM
Oh man, Richard, you are a very strange man. You get a massageee without a happy ending and then bring a hooker into your room not to have sex, only to end up losing money that would have paid for the hooker for an entire night anyway? I wish I can get a girlfriend with her attitude. When I read your story, I was thinking like her, "damn those 100 bucks got stolen and he didn't even get laid"
The only thing to feel guilty about is carrying around 100 bucks when you are partying drunk with a stranger.
No need to feel defensive about outsourcing. I boycott Walmart (well 99% boycott) only because of how they behave in the US not because they get cheap imports from China. What are you importing from China, anyway?
Have lots of fun. Man, you look like Sean Astin from Rudy in the profile pic , but look like Theo from Road Rules in the pic with the chinese hooker.
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Richard Hamilton
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1341
From: Evansville, Indiana
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-30-2006 09:25 PM
Pravin,
We will be importing clothes, electronics, food items, novelty items. The list is endless. This trip we are dealing with all the different factories and finalizing prices and details and ordering product. As soon as this comes together, I will have a website. Right now we are dealing with some big companies in the States that want to buy from us, and concentrating on their orders.
quote: Joe Redifer
You'd complain, Richard, if you made less than you do installing IMAX or whatever the hell it is that you do.
No, I wouldn't. I negotiate what I get paid before I do the job. Every install or service call is different. If a company doesn't agree to what rate i feel is right for the job, then I go on to the next job.
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