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Old 08-04-2006, 03:12 PM   #1
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I was in Beijing for two weeks in June and the pollution there was unbelievable. If you are in the city the light level is spread out by the huge smog clouds and it's just a hazy glow most of the day. At night the clouds reflected the light back down and they blocked the sun in the day.
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Old 08-04-2006, 04:54 PM   #2
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Just wait till you're there in the middle of a sandstorm. The Gobi desert gets closer to the city every day, and every month or two in the summer you get sandstorms all across the city from it. The sky turns that grainy yellow colour you see in old photographs, and you can't breathe through the mix of smog, sand, and grit.

There are no white buildings in Beijing. Only gray.
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Old 08-04-2006, 07:53 PM   #3
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I had nearly forgot about a previous IOtD that should have taught me how ruthless the Chinese can be. Not only do I abhor their way of thinking. It's their methods that really suck.
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Old 08-04-2006, 07:59 PM   #4
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If that link don't work, here's the image. Title is "Civet Cat Kill".
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Old 08-04-2006, 08:03 PM   #5
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I can't believe I couldn't get the link to work. How do you do that anyway? It's in the archives of IOtD. This one was the one that helped me find the Cellar to begin with.
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Old 08-04-2006, 10:52 PM   #6
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That's because you used URL="http://http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=4776&highlight=civet+cat+kill"]IOtD[/url]

instead of http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=4776.

I left out one parenthesizes so it would show the URL a not "IOtD".
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Old 08-05-2006, 08:39 AM   #7
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Way to save money on vacinations and traps China! Would a bullet have cost too much? Savages.....
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:32 PM   #8
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Would a bullet have cost too much?
The Chinese government still bills families of convicted (read: accused) criminals for the price of the bullet used to kill them.

When you make a dime or two a day, yeah, it would cost you too much.
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Old 08-05-2006, 05:12 PM   #9
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I wonder how you say spay or neuter in Chinese. I'm prone to believe they just love to kill. They prolly signed bombs as children......
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Old 08-05-2006, 07:12 PM   #10
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Weren't you on about killing snakes in another thread Cap'n? Don't get all morally superior here...
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Old 08-05-2006, 08:20 PM   #11
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Hey, you can't equate fluffy puppies to those slimy, evil, pets of the Devil.
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:11 PM   #12
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Weren't you on about killing snakes in another thread Cap'n? Don't get all morally superior here...
Point taken. I guess that is mildly hypocritic. I've been bitten by snakes and I seem to have a personal dislike for them. I wouldn't dream of launching a county-wide massacre, however.
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:16 PM   #13
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Use the booze defense Capt.
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:19 PM   #14
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Oh, the snake bite cure....good thinking.
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:30 PM   #15
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I wouldn't dream of launching a county-wide massacre, however.
Like Saint Patrick?!
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