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Thankyou - it wasn't too bad as we had an almost constant breeze and it's
pretty flat (apart from slight incline to grandstand). They also had 2 or 3
water stalls dotted around the track, which was good.

I'm pretty chuffed - we took just under the hour. With a bit more
dedication to our training than we've shown up till last week, we should
whittle that down a fair bit.

 

I used to have a riot when I was working in Kazakstan winding up some
guys who'd worked at Chernobyl.

Apparently the used reactor sale starts within the next year as they
start to de-commission. It'll be interesting to see how much they're
willing to pay the poor fools that have to work on it.

 

Glowing in the dark?

I just watched one of the engineering progs on the science channel about
building a high-rise tower in Saudi. The workers were paid 35 USD per
week. That's fucking slavery that is.

 

Telling them they were shit engineers who'd built defective plant.
Never let the truth interfere with a good wind up.

We're seeing more labour coming in from Eastern Europe and working on
skilled jobs at a much reduced rate. I'm not convinced it's a good
idea because their work output isn't as good as the local labour but
overall it works out cheaper.

 

Congrats! Must've been hard work in this heat.

<fx: gets out babyoil in anticipation>

--
Krusty.

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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger (FOYRNB) '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250

 

Just the same as IT work and Bangalore then, and somebody, somewhere,
will be getting very rich off it.

 

Ta - wasn't as bad as I'd feared.

<grins> Legs don't feel too bad atm but could have a relapse ;-)

 

Agencies are my enemy. They're the fuckers that are making the money
out of it.

 

Stop it, you're making me moist.

--
Krusty.

http://www.muddystuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger (FOYRNB) '96 Tiger '79 Fantic 250

 

Exactly the same is happening in Dubai with the huge scale of
construction. Most of the workers are from the Indian sub continent and
are paid a comparative pittance but their food and accommodation is part
of the deal so they cannot afford to cause trouble. The rate of
depression, ill health and suicide is horrendous.

The Arabs are becoming a little concerned that the shiny image of a
tourist haven might be sullied if people knew the true cost of
constructing it.

It's not as if they don't have the bloody money to treat the workers
decently.

 

it's a common complaint....

 

Yes, the timing of that is, um, interesting, to say the least.

Fancy that low-level radiation could even be good for us. The sort
that, say, a nuclear power facility might release.

With my less cynical head on I suppose one could argue that the
research may have happened first, and the results emboldened the Gov.
to have another look at nuke power.

 

Pip Luscher wrote

I put a less cynical head on as well but it still seemed far too good to
be true. But it makes ya fink.

 

I heard an interesting statistic the other day, that 19% of the world's
tower cranes can be found in Dubai.

Place must be one massive building site.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

I bet the other 81% are in Beijing.

See above.

 

I bet the other 81% are in Beijing.

See above.[/QUOTE]

Don't knock it.

As long as China keeps demanding more and more raw materials the price
of scrap steel keeps going up and that drags the value of your bike
collection along with it.

 

Keep the 900 million bicycles company.

 

I think you'll find they're here in Spain. There's one over my house
right now.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15
UKRMMA #30
Buy this house: http://personales.ya.com/wibbleypants/main.htm
This will be ready soon:
http://personales.ya.com/wibbleypants/bb_in_andalucia_spain.htm