A little bit of China, once in awhile

[deuem]

Hay Deuem have you had much Hakka Food in china ?

My wife's mother is of Hakka Decent and its about one of my most fave food's in Taiwan which is sorta silly really as I love all the food.  But I always recall the Hakka food as something special.   

If I did, I don't remember it by this name. I will have to ask my wife. To me if it tastes good, I eat it, Tastes bad I leave it. I will ask.

On the Islands, that time was a lot of fun here. There is still a huge mistrust for them. Actually a lot of hate. Can't say I blame them for what they did to the local population during WW2. I know people that lost every person in the family except just one. I never realized exactly how far the invasion went. Even down south where I am they were inland another 50 plus miles from where I am. At my wifes home there are still signs of dugouts for machine guns and snippers in the mountains to repell them from getting into the farm lands.

Many other cultures come here and treat the people as third class sort of under their feet deal. In reality the magority of the population are very people fine indeed. If you respect them, they love it and respect you back. The way all of us should be. Cultural differences are the hardest thing to break. We should all get a book on the dos and don'ts. lol

[deuem]

I wanted to pass this info along.

Seems bad news travels fast but this is something that could happen to anyone so be warned before reading on.

Yesterday over the Chinese backstage Iphone internet a story came across where 2 very young childred had died. I only pass this along because it could happen to anyone. It is a freak accident but I have one also.

Two very young children in a well afforded home appearently have been watching mommy do the laundry. Children were around 1 and 2 years old. The family has a top load front control panel washing machine. The kids pulled a chair to the front of the machine and some how crawled in and activated the machine while falling inside. The machine did what it is supoused to do and filled up with water and started up. Both childred drowned in the freak accident.

Now, both parents were home at the time. mom in the kitchen, dad watching TV and grandma in the next room. At some point in time Dad aked mom why are you doing laundry now? When they went into the bathroom to find out, they found the 2 children in the tub dead.

Very sad indeed. I have this same type of machine. I can now see exactly how it could happen. Just tap any key and it starts up with the last set of instructions. It is a chiklet key pad with a plastic waterproff cover. Very easy, no preasure needed. So this seems like it could happen to anyone so if you have small children remember they like to drag chairs around and investigate places. The 2 year old probably helped the 1 year old.

I have no childred that would fit in my machine now but I did change the plug socket anyways. It now has an on/off switch at the plug now so no misfires can be done at the washing machine front board. Unplugging it would work also but who would do that everytime.

Suggest never to buy a machine like this if you are planning to have childred, get a rear mount control system. One where you have to close the top to even see the controls. pass it on to friends. I don't want this to happen to any peggy people. Remember, all parents were home and considered to be be upscale people. It is a freak accident that can happen again. Be careful.......

Sorry for the bad news,

Deuem

[burntheships]

Thanks for the heads up Deuem,

Sad to say, children and curiousity gets them in the worst
of situations. 

I remember as a child doing the most dangersous things
not knowing it, even hiding in old fridges in the barn
and playing in the hen house too at grandmoms.

Life is so precious, its good to keep all bases covered,
good on you for taking it in your own hands.

[ArMaP]

I have never seen one of those top-load machines, so I went looking for some, and all those I found had the panel on the farther side of the machine, not on the front, and the lid opens from the front, so the panel is hidden by the lid when opened.

[deuem]

I guess you have to look a little deeper. Mine is a Samsung. It is a top loader with the keypad on the top front, right in front of the hole. The lid folds open in half. It is very effecient to use but now seems very dangerous to small childred. This type of machine is all over China. I have not seen them any other way. The keypad is covered with a plastic membrane and even plays a song when it is done.

Looking at the machine it is easy to see how this accident can happen. Matter of fact the start button is the largest one on the panel and it will just run what ever you did last. These machines are not very large compared to American washing machines and the cost goes from 1,500 to 5,000 rmb.

I always leave the lid open and play basketball with the dirty clothes as I am walking by. No one uses bleach here so everything gets washed together as long as there are no reds. Years ago my maid turned 6 or 7 of my best white shirts into pink shirts. Opps, there went 100USD a shirt and needless to say I have no white shirts left and no maid.

Basicaly this can happen to any child who is interested in exploring hidden places. Just be carreful if you have one.

Deuem

[deuem]

It just went from 40C to 15C almost over night. Have not seen that happen here before.
Thats from about 105F to 58F. Hunny, where did we pack the winter clothes?
The good part, it cleared up all the fog and I can see the mountains once again. The very tops are cloud covered this morning at about 3,200 meters. That one large mountain has a 3,000 meter straight cliff and I can see about 2,000 meters of it today. deuem needs a telescope to see it better. getting old and the eyes are also.

Deuem

[ArMaP]

I guess you have to look a little deeper.

I looked again, at more sites with washing machines, and I only see machines like the one on this page.

Luckily, I don't have any children, I don't think I would be a good father.

[thorfourwinds]

And here's a nice red one to draw the little urchins attention...
one only hopes it can't turn on from inside   

[deuem]

Anyone else see this today


Seeking a cure for the hangover? Scientists say, 'Sprite'       .   Sprite banner (image: Coca-Cola)    Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo News          Most of us have been there. An evening of booze-fueled revelry morphs into a morning of nausea and regret. What's a hangover-stricken body to do?

In the past, those with experience on the subject, like your college roommate, have suggested the copious consumption of herbal teas. Now, Chinese scientists have declared that a swig of Sprite might be just what the doctor ordered.

The group of researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou conducted a series of experiments and found that hangovers are caused "not by the ethanol itself, but by ethanol's first metabolite, acetaldehyde," Chemistry World explained. 

That means avoid herbal teas, because they have been found to increase the "activity of ADH, thus accelerating the metabolism of ethanol into toxic acetaldehyde, whilst also inhibiting ALDH, reducing acetaldehyde removal," according to Chemistry World.

In other words, herbal teas might make your hangover worse because they speed up the creation of acetaldehyde.
Sprite and soda water, on the other hand, "markedly increased ALDH activity, thus promoting the rapid break-down of acetaldehyde and could minimise the harmful effects of drinking alcohol."

Chemistry World spoke with Edzard Ernst, an expert in medicinal science from the University of Exeter in the U.K. He called the findings interesting and a reminder that "herbal and other supplements can have pharmacological activities that can both harm and benefit our health." Ernst also stressed that the findings will need to be replicated.

Any volunteers?  Deuem is first in line.   Now this school I know very well, it is located about 20 minutes from where I just moved from. They had all those years to do testing on deuem and they wait fo me to leave.   By the way if anyone does drink Green tea, try it cold, mixed half and half with orange juice. You get a better bank for the buck because the OJ lets the good stuff in the tea enter you blood stream very quick at a very high percentage than just on its own. Now if I only liked green tea, I like red tea. Alo called black tea.   I have seen many drunken friends drink down several water glasses of Green tea after drinking hard and it makes it worse. I have another local made vodka type drink @40%. If you drink about 60ml first and then go out drinking, you have no hangover. It is made from a local fruit, Lechee. I have tested this many times.   Ok Sprite in the second emergenct fridge just in case the lechee does not work.....   Deuem

[Elvis Hendrix]

Hey Deuem il give it a try thanks.
You say soda water too?

[deuem]

Yes on the soda water if you have no sprite.  Now, for the record, the Sprite here is not the same as it is at home. At home the Sprite is sweeter. Once in awhile you can get an original can. The Chinese don't like sweets like we do. Where we add sugar to things, they add salt or soy. Even getting sugar for your coffee can be difficult. You must ask most of the time. Ice water is in that same group, can't find it unless I'm home. Water given to you is either room temp or very hot, even on a 100 degree day.

Try the Sprite and see if it helps and report back in...

[zorgon]

I hear China has issues with females and doesn't want anymore..

Well send them to Pegasus   We will find a use for them


Pegasus Strike Force - Cadets 2014

[The Seeker]

I hear China has issues with females and doesn't want anymore..

Well send them to Pegasus   We will find a use for them


Pegasus Strike Force - Cadets 2014

yes sir, we welcome their outcasts; always a place for those seeking a chance to advance in life and willing to help with the chores and the paperwork...


seeker

[deuem]

I hear China has issues with females and doesn't want anymore..

Well send them to Pegasus   We will find a use for them


Pegasus Strike Force - Cadets 2014

Yes, life can be very hard here. deuem, sing "My brown eyed girl" again [swoon] deuem let me rub your back, Oh no, let me do it, [cat fight] Ok, there is enough of deuem to go around. Such a life.

People hire these girls for protection. The Chinese guard. It will cost you about 8,000 USD a month for the service for 1. They are trained in martial arts and the warfare of protecting the rich. Not a cheap body guard. The one bab laws have set the girls back a lot. Some of the school classes are over 80% boys. So you know when they get to age they will be seeking a wife. Watch out! They will be on the move and buy the states to take the women. Nothing worst that 500 million horney men. I guess that is as good of a reason as oil wars..lol

[ArMaP]

Nothing worst that 500 million horney men.

501 millions?