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Postby ex-Gooserider » 09 May 2017, 07:20

snaker wrote:04:30 ? They are maize. Maize is more popular in USA than VN. VN has to spend billions $$$ to import maize (mostly from USA).


Note that maize is usually referred to in the US as 'corn'....

Stopping the film, looks like full ears, couldn't tell for sure if they had been husked or not. I don't know just why they are spread out on the road like that, but I'd guess they are drying the ears in preparation for shelling the kernels off, and presumably grinding them into corn meal... Don't ask me why they don't just import corn meal pre-ground, as I'd have thought it would be less expensive than to pay for shipping the cobs, that at least in the US would be discarded....

What I thought was mildly interesting was that the scenery in general didn't look terribly different from what I've seen in Northern Florida and other Southeastern US states... Biggest difference was the vehicle mix, more small motorcycles / scooters, fewer and smaller cars...

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Postby hobie1dog » 13 May 2017, 02:14

We need some more USA videos now.
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Postby Burgerman » 13 May 2017, 06:16

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Postby snaker » 13 May 2017, 10:47

ex-Gooserider wrote:Stopping the film, looks like full ears, couldn't tell for sure if they had been husked or not. I don't know just why they are spread out on the road like that, but I'd guess they are drying the ears in preparation for shelling the kernels off, and presumably grinding them into corn meal... Don't ask me why they don't just import corn meal pre-ground, as I'd have thought it would be less expensive than to pay for shipping the cobs, that at least in the US would be discarded....

VN imports maize to produce animal food (e.g pig, cow, poultry) not human food :mrgreen: We eat rice as many other Asian countries. The reason of importing that large amount is that US (and some other countries in South America) can plant corn with an extremely high productivity (maybe 6 times higher than VN). So although having to pay high cost for importing, corn from US is still a half cheaper than the one planted in VN. It also has better quality. Anyway it is ridiculous that a country with 70% labor working in agriculture has to import grain from a country with less than 1% labor working in agriculture, isn't it?

In my province. local farmers plant corn along rivers. They have a bad habit to dry corn (including rice, peanut) by spreading them along the roads. Now it is not the season of corn so we only see a few. In 2-3 coming weeks, it will be a season of rice, rice and its straw will fill almost the roads. Bikes (and also my powerchair :mrgreen: ) have to move in the middle of the roads, very closely mad trucks. That's really dangerous. Some deaths happened because of spreading grain along roads but local farmers still do it year by year.

Car price in VN is too expensive while life is low, so the rate cars/population is very low (about 1/10 families owns a car). Although the price already dropped a half comparing the past 3-4 years but it is still about 2 times more expensive than in other neighbor ASEAN countries. And by some reasons the quality of cars made in VN is bad. People always prefer imported cars, especially US brands. We had hopped after TTP, many more cars would be imported and available for reasonable prices but that Trump ruined everything :oops:
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Postby Burgerman » 13 May 2017, 12:22

How?

it is ridiculous that a country with 70% labor working in agriculture has to import grain from a country with less than 1% labor working in agriculture, isn't it?


Industrialized, mechanized bulk efficient farming, processing, and manufacturing is the reason that everything in the west is cheap. Capitalism makes it so. With enough cash at the top to invest in all this advanced production with the rewards to make it happen. With everything inc cars. Its why the average working person has more in the west than in more socialist countries. Without free market trade and the capitalist system, at least 2/3rds the planet would starve, have no housing, heat, medical care or transport.

Since the mid-1980s, through the Doi Moi reform period, Vietnam has made a shift from a highly centralized planned economy to a mixed economy that uses both directive and indicative planning through five-year plans. Over that period, the economy has experienced rapid growth. In the twenty-first century, Vietnam is in a period of being integrated into the global economy. Almost all Vietnamese enterprises are small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Vietnam has become a leading agricultural exporter and served as an attractive destination for foreign investment in Southeast Asia. In a similar fashion to other Communist countries after the end of the Cold War, the planned economy of Vietnam lost the momentum for productivity and sustainable growth. In the current period Vietnam's economy relies largely on foreign direct investment to attract the capital from overseas to support its continual economic rigorousness. Wiki..


The further you move away from centrally controlled trade, and adopt a free market, the faster your country will catch up! Unless Sacharlie turns up and wants to re-adopt socialism/communism again! That will put you all right back where you started.
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Postby Mind The Gap » 13 May 2017, 14:40

Hi All
A few vids from sunny day out.

Regards Paul

https://youtu.be/X-flvyYCXRc

https://youtu.be/NX2AGnDIGio
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Postby hobie1dog » 14 May 2017, 05:36

Enjoyed the videos Paul, thanks for posting this for us.
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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 15:22

Nice videos - only way i will get to see the UK - i wont be flying anytime soon :)
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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 16:53

i am sure its nice there - and pizza costs less - :) i am not a big traveler - - with now with a chair in the mix - forget it - they be dragging me off the plane for sure - i flew a few times before the Chair - i love the power of taking off -
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Postby Burgerman » 14 May 2017, 17:10

http://hungryhouse.co.uk/most-loved/

We eat everything but british food here!
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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 17:47

Making me hungry now -
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Postby steves1977uk » 14 May 2017, 18:10

https://www.wells-guide.co.uk/ This is where I live :) Very busy during the Summer months. Think you'd like the UK expresso if you ever come to visit.

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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 18:26

Looks beautiful - i am sure i would like it - if i ever visit the nice areas of course - Europe in general is very nice all over the world - - i am just not big on traveling - too much to deal with - now even worse - chairs etc, -

i am looking for food now - cant decide what to order -
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Postby Burgerman » 14 May 2017, 18:49

I only eat stuff with a face.

If "god" didn't want us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
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Postby Gnomatic » 14 May 2017, 18:55

That looks awesome! Wouldn't mind trying my V6 out on that beach.
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Postby Burgerman » 14 May 2017, 19:22

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cleet ... 79&dpr=2.5

We have a beach here too, but its not as pretty. And its on the humber estuary not really true sea... Depending which way you look. Much of it is OK with the fat tyres, some isnt! All looks the same to the untrained eye.
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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 19:41

If i go to the beach - its just to see the girls butts - not much into the sand - or water - i did like the pools when i was younger - i dont know how people can just sit or lay in direct sun 24/7 -
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Postby steves1977uk » 14 May 2017, 19:48

More pics of Wells beach... https://www.google.co.uk/search?site=im ... OqlJkfIBuo

Sand is soft here, sometimes the best time to drive along the coastline is when the sand is hard and slightly damp to avoid the tyres from sinking in.

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Postby steves1977uk » 14 May 2017, 19:53

expresso wrote:If i go to the beach - its just to see the girls butts - not much into the sand - or water - i did like the pools when i was younger - i dont know how people can just sit or lay in direct sun 24/7 -


Haha expresso :mrgreen: I'm a boobs man :D

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Postby Gnomatic » 14 May 2017, 20:25

expresso wrote:If i go to the beach - its just to see the girls butts


:lol: Nothing wrong with that!
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Postby Gnomatic » 14 May 2017, 20:39

expresso this is four you! :lol:

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Postby expresso » 14 May 2017, 20:58

the other day - at Petco - there was a girl with a huge butt - i mean i could sit on it and be stable - i like big butts - but this one was way out there - she wasnt Fat - just her butt - had to be the work of the Butt doctor

hey its fine with me - not like i am getting married :)

we have alot of big butts here - our girls are mixed - latin america - - domenican, columbian - PR - i do have limits though - standards i guess - but those can be waived also :lol:
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Postby hobie1dog » 15 May 2017, 03:52

Espresso- more bounce to the ounce, more cushion to the pushin?
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Postby expresso » 15 May 2017, 04:03

queen says it best -

Fat Bottom girls they make the rocking world go round :mrgreen:
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Postby popschief » 15 May 2017, 17:31

IT MUST BE SPRINGTIME IN NYC. ;) :oops:

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Postby Burgerman » 15 May 2017, 18:07

I hate fat backsides on women. This is what you really want:

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Postby hobie1dog » 15 May 2017, 18:54

Burgerman wrote:I hate fat backsides on women. This is what you really want:

http://www.wheelchairdriver.com/images- ... ct-bum.jpg


Absolutely Perfect
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Postby Gnomatic » 15 May 2017, 21:20



I approve of this message!
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Postby expresso » 15 May 2017, 21:31

theres nothing there - haha - i like a little on the bone - not a spare rib :lol:


plus keeps me in warm in the winter - at this stage - i like them built for comfort not for speed - but it fine either way -
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