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From: Schiffner on 18 Sep 2009 18:51
On Sep 18, 3:59 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote:
> Elk wrote:
> > Zhang, an assembly line worker in a motorcycle factory in Chongqing, had
> > always wanted his own motorbike but could never afford one.
>
> What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in
> the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike.
>
> SQ

He did it on principal? Maybe he's a closet Johnny Cash fan and
decided to well, you know, copy the song.<shrugs> Works for me.
From: Sean_Q_ on 18 Sep 2009 20:12
Schiffner wrote:

>> What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in
>> the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike.
>>
>> SQ
>
> He did it on principal? Maybe he's a closet Johnny Cash fan and
> decided to well, you know, copy the song.<shrugs> Works for me.

Well not to counsel to an offense or anything, but why didn't he
buy the worst old wreck of a beater he could find of the same model
(whatever an "SUV Motorbike" is) -- blown motor, no wheels, whatever --
just to get a frame with a serial number and papers -- then register
that one and then "requisition" all the shiny new parts he needed.

SQ
From: BryanUT on 18 Sep 2009 20:26
On Sep 18, 3:59 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote:
> Elk wrote:
> > Zhang, an assembly line worker in a motorcycle factory in Chongqing, had
> > always wanted his own motorbike but could never afford one.
>
> What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in
> the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike.
>
> SQ

Probably for the same reason workers in the "Land of the Free" can't
even afford health care.
From: Schiffner on 18 Sep 2009 21:33
On Sep 18, 6:12 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote:
> Schiffner wrote:
> >> What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in
> >> the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike.
>
> >> SQ
>
> > He did it on principal? Maybe he's a closet Johnny Cash fan and
> > decided to well, you know, copy the song.<shrugs> Works for me.
>
> Well not to counsel to an offense or anything, but why didn't he
> buy the worst old wreck of a beater he could find of the same model
> (whatever an "SUV Motorbike" is) -- blown motor, no wheels, whatever --
> just to get a frame with a serial number and papers -- then register
> that one and then "requisition" all the shiny new parts he needed.


Maybe didn't he think of it. <shrug> want another brewski?
From: Schiffner on 18 Sep 2009 21:33
On Sep 18, 6:26 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sep 18, 3:59 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote:
>
> > Elk wrote:
> > > Zhang, an assembly line worker in a motorcycle factory in Chongqing, had
> > > always wanted his own motorbike but could never afford one.
>
> > What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in
> > the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike.
>
> > SQ
>
> Probably for the same reason workers in the "Land of the Free" can't
> even afford health care.

I can...I earned mine. Many many years of work and otji gets me health
care for life.
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