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TheTraveler

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The last time I was in China I saw a crazy billboard that I just barely got a glimpse of. I ended up forgetting about it, thinking it was my mistake (I thought I had read it wrong). I see a lot of crazy stuff in China, but this was certainly out there. Primarily because it was absolutely correct, just extremely distasteful.

Anyway, I'm back in China, been here all week, and I saw it again. Confirmed, it's correct, just what I thought it was, and I thought I'd share.

Helen Keller Sunglasses :eek:

http://www.helenkeller.cn/

All I can do is shake my head, and say "wow"...
 
She has no problem fighting a tinted windshield ticket...
 
No peril sensitive model?
 
It's about time she gets her own line :rolleyes2:
 
Heh. When I was in basic/Infantry MOS training, the drill sergeants' nickname for an given 'cruit was "killer." Except, when the 'cruit screwed up, or couldn't hang, he was "keller."
 
Do they have matching hearing aids?
 
Well although it is certainly not the strangest, oddest, or most amazing thing I have seen in China, it is the one that really makes me wonder what the incentive behind the brand name is.

By the way, I saw a Rolex yesterday if anybody wants one. Guy had 10 of them on his wrist. 100 RMB/each (about $16). He claims that he is an official dealer, and they have a lifetime warranty! :rofl:

I think he was upset at my uncontrollable laughter. I still wouldn't have believed him, but maybe would have laughed less had the watch dial actually said "Rolex" and not "Rolax".

Finally flying home today. One week every few months here is enough for me. I will be VERY happy to see Detroit!
 
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PilotAlan said:
I can honestly say that's the first time I've ever seen or heard those words in my entire life.
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Spend a few weeks in China, Detroit is a welcome home gift.

And I'm not spending time in the city, just connecting. IMO, DTW is really a great airport. Clean, fast, easy, simple.
 
TheTraveler said:
Spend a few weeks in China, Detroit is a welcome home gift.

And I'm not spending time in the city, just connecting. IMO, DTW is really a great airport. Clean, fast, easy, simple.
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Yes, it really is. I've connected through there on the typical government travel itinerary from DC to Denver (DCA-JFK-DTW-DEN, they probably saved $0.75 over nonstop DCA-DEN).
 
There used to be a line of Amelia Erhardt luggage.....I always wondered who would buy luggage named for a person who disappeared without a trace. :dunno:
 
PilotAlan said:
Yes, it really is. I've connected through there on the typical government travel itinerary from DC to Denver (DCA-JFK-DTW-DEN, they probably saved $0.75 over nonstop DCA-DEN).
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I was waiting for the punchline...but it never came. That means you're serious? They won't fly you direct DC-Denver or vv? What an odd way to travel. And even if they save $100, what about the time you're spending connecting? It's far more valuable.
 
Google 'Darky toothpaste' and select images. I was in SE Asia in the 70s and saw my first tube of Darky in a small market. My jaw dropped. Of course, they recently changed the name slightly to protect the innocent, but jeeeeez -- I mean....
 
TheTraveler said:
I was waiting for the punchline...but it never came. That means you're serious? They won't fly you direct DC-Denver or vv? What an odd way to travel. And even if they save $100, what about the time you're spending connecting? It's far more valuable.
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Dead serious.
The airline tickets come from one division's budget, the pay comes from another. So the person buying the tickets does not care about personnel costs.

Plus, the drone on the phone puts the embarkation and arrival locations into a computer, and it spits out the cheapest airfare. End of task.
 
docmirror said:
Google 'Darky toothpaste' and select images. I was in SE Asia in the 70s and saw my first tube of Darky in a small market. My jaw dropped. Of course, they recently changed the name slightly to protect the innocent, but jeeeeez -- I mean....
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I've never actually seen that here in China, but expat friends have told me about it. Again, still not the strangest or most offensive, but certainly pretty high on the list!
 
PilotAlan said:
Dead serious.
The airline tickets come from one division's budget, the pay comes from another. So the person buying the tickets does not care about personnel costs.

Plus, the drone on the phone puts the embarkation and arrival locations into a computer, and it spits out the cheapest airfare. End of task.
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I knew there was red tape and bureaucracy, but wow. There are certainly more efficient (and comfortable!) ways to do things. It's as if actually going out of the way to spend more money and travel inconveniently were the goals, not transporting people where they need to go.
 
I had to go several levels up the chain of command at the Army lab I worked at to get one of those inane routings changed to something more direct. And even then, they would only buy my argument on the way OUT to the site I was visiting (where I argued missing any of those silly connections would jeopardize the mission). On the way home, I was back on the slow boat.

A couple of years ago I had to be in my place near CLT very early in the morning and I can't remember why but I couldn't fly myself. Checking the airlines, it was $1300 for IAD-CLT. Trying DCA didn't yield much better. I tried GSO on the far end (adds another 30 minutes of driving) and it was $300. But get this, the route involved a change of planes in CLT. I'll never understand air fares. I guess more people want to go to CLT than GSO (or some other airline had competing fares into GSO). I ended up flying BWI-CLT for $166.
 
Polycom has a fix for that whole needing to go there in person thing, Alan. You G-man types can even hook up your own cute little black boxes with fancy encryption keys to them. ;)
 
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