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Op 21-6-2010 18:34, ervaqre schreef:
>>>> I bet the roses smelling of steak would be quite popular.
>>>
>>> Uhm...I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot Pole.
>>
>> I think the ten foot Pole ate the steak long before you'd be able to come close
>> to touch him.
>
> Nah, he wouldn't. Polish people are genetically incapable of eating
> steak. All they eat is pierogi, which is a shameless copy of the
> Chinese jiaozi.

Pierogi are dobze! At least the ones with Agaricus bisporus. I liked those a lot 
when in Poland.

> However, even though the Poles are Aglami's number one enemy, I must
> say I've always kind of liked them in real life.

Overwalker!!!

>>>> It's amazing how bad water from flowers can smell. Which is why I try
>>>> not to have dead flowers.
>>>
>>> Roses should be grown in wool, not in water.
>>>
>>> source: I worked in the rose industry 10 years ago
>>>
>> Translation: Reinder had an underpayed summer job as a laborer in one of the
>> more unpleasant industries. Every labor law in the book was likely broken there.
>> You know, silly stuff like health and safety, maximum number of hours worked,
>> minimum wage and the employement of minors in hazardous conditions. He probably
>> peeled flower bulbs too on a pay per crate bases instead of hourly rates. It
>> inspired him to go to university and flee to a much more pleasant country with
>> vastly better labor conditions.
>
> Actually, it was not underpaid, but one and a half gulden above the
> minimum wage (per hour). Also, conditions were pretty good, and most
> of the time we only had to cut roses. All in all it was a pretty good
> way for a 16 year old to save money to travel around Australia two
> years later.
>
Any time one says "it's (slightly) more than minimum wage" it means underpaid. 
Even when comparing to average wage, it may still be quite a bad pay. On top of 
that: any work they can't find adults for with a contract for life, is undesirable.

> Of course working conditions here in China are awesome, especially in
> the mines or at construction sites.
>
> If you want to read up on something interesting by the way, have a
> look at the story of the Chinese real estate bubble. All over the
> country they are building literally thousands of high-rise apartment
> blocks, yet most of them are as good as empty because people cannot
> afford the apartments. There are even a few cities meant for a
> population of more than a million, yet the streets are as empty as
> Dutch streets are when the Netherlands is playing at the football
> world championship thing.
>
I've wandered the silent streets at such a moment. It's scary. Not because of 
the eerie silence. But because you know any moment now thousands of orange clad 
maniacs may run out of their houses either celebrating a win and losing some of 
their alcohol intake or they'll come out and punch anyone who's not in orange 
clothing to dull the pain of a loss.

-- 
Danny.