Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 British naval officer and intelligence officer Mansfield Smith-Cumming discovered that semen made a good invisible ink during WWI. However it was ceased later for the smell and masturbatory habits of agents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Levant was like the fifth choice. Earlier choices were Texas and other places in US then East Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 All kinds of coffee beans get infected with cockroaches and it is impossible to remove them completely. So 4%-6% bug parts are allowed in coffee by regulation authorities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,612 Posted June 20, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Aladdin said: All kinds of coffee beans get infected with cockroaches and it is impossible to remove them completely. So 4%-6% bug parts are allowed in coffee by regulation authorities. Another reason I'm glad I don't drink coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted June 20, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted June 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Aladdin said: All kinds of coffee beans get infected with cockroaches and it is impossible to remove them completely. So 4%-6% bug parts are allowed in coffee by regulation authorities. 4 minutes ago, Tommy said: Another reason I'm glad I don't drink coffee. Free protein! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 A British officer once took his deflated football to a cobbler in Sialkot now in modern day Pakistan. The other day he got his football fixed but then saw another football besides the cobbler, he asked where he got it to which the man said he made it himself copying from the ball he gave him. The officer started to pay him to make more footballs. This started an industry that to this days makes the most footballs in the world, including the World Cu balls, the Champions League balls and other top leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rucksackfranzose 4,367 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Aladdin said: A British officer once took his deflated football to a cobbler in Sialkot now in modern day Pakistan. The other day he got his football fixed but then saw another football besides the cobbler, he asked where he got it to which the man said he made it himself copying from the ball he gave him. The officer started to pay him to make more footballs. This started an industry that to this days makes the most footballs in the world, including the World Cu balls, the Champions League balls and other top leagues. The formulation is a bit misleading since all WC balls from 1970 on are from adidas, which is a German enterprise and has nothing to do with Pakistan. Edited June 21, 2022 by Rucksackfranzose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rucksackfranzose said: The formulation is a bit misleading since all WC balls from 1970 on are from adidas, which is a German enterprise and has nothing to do with Pakistan. Self-explanatoey that its talking about factories. They shifted to Thailand, China etc but didn't get the same feedback on balls as made by Pakistani factories so their top stuff is focused there. And its not just Adidas that has enterprises there. Edited June 21, 2022 by Aladdin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,367 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Aladdin said: Self-explanatoey that its talking about factories. They shifted to Thailand, China etc but didn't get the same feedback on balls made by Pakistani factories so their top stuff is focused there. Perhaps I was lost in translation, since in German typographers may print a book, still it's the author/writer, who makes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Perhaps I was lost in translation, since in German typographers may print a book, still it's the author/writer, who makes it. Geez, nitpicking on the word 'make'. By that logic China doesn't "makes" iPhones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,367 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Aladdin said: Geez, nitpicking on the word 'make'. By that logic China doesn't "makes" iPhones. Correct, China are manufacturing,fabricating and/or producing them, still iPhones are made by Apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Just now, Rucksackfranzose said: Correct, China are manufacturing,fabricating and/or producing them, still iPhones are made by Apple. Made by Apple Made in China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 If there should be this nitpicking on goods production process it should then have all the details Exploited from Congo Gas from Russia Made in China Made by Apple 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,367 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Aladdin said: If there should be this nitpicking on goods production process it should then have all the details Exploited from Congo Gas from Russia Made in China Made by Apple No it should have the country were it was developed in on it, since that is the most important part. To put parts together is much easier than to develop them. A civil engineer has a better income than a mason for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: No it should have the country were it was developed in on it, since that is the most important part. To put parts together is much easier than to develop them. A civil engineer has a better income than a mason for a reason. Most products, specially electronics mention where they are assembled also as services provided by assemblers are important too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,367 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Aladdin said: Most products, specially electronics mention where they are assembled also as services provided by assemblers are important too Might well be the case! Let's be frank,though: Adidas let fabricate their footballs in Pakistan, because salaries are much lower and labor law provisions are more entrepreneur friendly in pakistan that they are in Germany rather than because German workers and industrial plants were incapable of producing them. Although Pakistan has this economic location advantages, they still design said balls in Germany. Says a lot about the appreciation they feel for their Pakistani employees. Not saying it's impossible to think this lack of esteem is routed in racism, mind. Edited June 21, 2022 by Rucksackfranzose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 The Face of Ka'aper. Wooden statue of a scribe from ancient Egypt dated around 2500 BC. The eyes are made from rock crystal and copper. Compare this to the shit statues of footballers they make these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 In Arabia blood money of one human life was equal to 100 camels. This custom came from a legend of a tribe chief who had no sons for which he was ridiculed by others. He made a plea to God to give him 10 sons and vowed to sacrifice his 10th. He did fathered 10 sons and wanted to fulfill his promise but was stopped by others as it would be insulting and bad precedent for a tribe chief. Soothsayers told him to sacrifice 10 camels each time instead to fulfill the promise until 100 camels were sacrificed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 21/06/2022 at 11:53, Aladdin said: If there should be this nitpicking on goods production process it should then have all the details Exploited from Congo Gas from Russia Made in China Made by Apple Designed by a team of four, A. Smith, J. Sanchez, Z. Patel, K.Nakamura, in the Silicon Valley area of California, USA under the supervision of Apple Inc, assembled in China by Cao Mengde with materials sourced from the manufacturing facility of IP Freely Steel and Manufacturing in Alberta, Canada whose raw resources are mined out of Alberta, Canada, Western Australia, Australia by the mining company Santos, headquartered in London, UK, and Melbourne, Australia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 hours ago, Spike said: Designed by a team of four, A. Smith, J. Sanchez, Z. Patel, K.Nakamura, in the Silicon Valley area of California, USA under the supervision of Apple Inc, assembled in China by Cao Mengde with materials sourced from the manufacturing facility of IP Freely Steel and Manufacturing in Alberta, Canada whose raw resources are mined out of Alberta, Canada, Western Australia, Australia by the mining company Santos, headquartered in London, UK, and Melbourne, Australia. And a special shout out to the child miners in Congo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Germany the exception in Europe being a federation. China for obvious reasons a big country being unitary. Some other huge countries like Saudis, Iran, Kazakhstan being unitary despite their size but they're population wise small so I bet it works well for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Aladdin said: Germany the exception in Europe being a federation. China for obvious reasons a big country being unitary. Some other huge countries like Saudis, Iran, Kazakhstan being unitary despite their size but they're population wise small so I bet it works well for them. What’s the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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