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| Thread ID: 97095 | 2009-02-04 03:26:00 | Chinese Counterfeiters | Terry Porritt (14) | PC World Chat |
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| 744827 | 2009-02-05 04:09:00 | i think country of origin labeling should be compulsory. people do like to support locals. however i think many companies would be embarrassed if they actually had to say where their product comes from. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 744828 | 2009-02-05 04:36:00 | i think country of origin labeling should be compulsory. people do like to support locals. however i think many companies would be embarrassed if they actually had to say where their product comes from. Labels mean what they say? Personally I do not think so. Once again only my opinion. A number of people for example go to New World or Countdown or Woolworths or PaknSave or where they feel like going. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 744829 | 2009-02-05 11:45:00 | This is going to be very hard to end as there are some greedy business owners who only care about profits and there are little who care. | gum digger (6100) | ||
| 744830 | 2009-02-05 12:19:00 | Was that before or after British potters started faking Chinese dishes? You mean like a willow pattern maybe. I would have liked to talk to Thomas Minto back in 1790. I suspect he is not alive now because if so he would be rather elderly. The other thing I might add the pattern was painted on porcelain or ceramics. There is no evidence that the potters in Britain actually faked a chinese object at that time. Certainly there was a chinese motif or painting. Pottery is different to porcelain which was invented by China as I understand it. What is a Chinese dish? It could be construed as a nice person of the female gender possibly. Or again some sort of food like Singapore Noodles for example. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 744831 | 2009-02-05 18:44:00 | When a cup is stamped on the bottom "Fine China. Made in England." it becomes a bit obvious. When Chinese Gooseberries were renamed Kiwifruit, that was another dodge. To lambast the Chinese for forgery from a position as a former pawn of Lucas, the notorious purveyor of fake auto-electrical systems is a bit rich. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 744832 | 2009-02-05 22:09:00 | .............................................. To lambast the Chinese for forgery from a position as a former pawn of Lucas, the notorious purveyor of fake auto-electrical systems is a bit rich. ;) I have to give you full marks for being so persistent in your anti-Lucas campaign.........:clap However, it should be recognised that the Best of British made auto-electric products were those made by Lucas..........:) Their gas turbine fuel systems and pumps were so good in fact that they were manufactured under licence by Bendix Corporation, and virtually all US jet planes flew courtesy of Joseph Lucas...........:banana The 1958 Vampire refered to in another thread will still be flying with a Lucas fuel pump, fuel system, and Simplex or Duplex burners But be that as it may, returning to the subject and trying to be fair, I bought a set of Chinese metric open ended spanners about 30 years ago from a cycle shop in Upper Hutt, they were 'Diamond' brand made from chrome vanadium steel, slim shape, excellent in every way, met hardness specs, and they are stiil in use. The Chinese made lathes imported into NZ were also quite good, and conformed to ISO machine tool standards for accuracy. The beds were hand scraped to a high degree of flatness, straightness etc. I suppose they had/have plenty of manpower to revert to the old hand crafting methods. On the other hand back in the 60s, almost as soon as Xerox photocopiers came on the market the Chinks started photocopying text books from the West and selling them at a fraction of the original price. This was at the height of Communist control, hence it must have been instigated by the Chinese government. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 744833 | 2009-02-05 23:25:00 | "Best of British" is either an oxymoron or the most extreme backhanded compliment yet. ;) In favour of Lucas, it must be admitted that a Lucas ignition system in any vehicle made security systems unnecessary. :thumbs: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 744834 | 2009-02-05 23:51:00 | This Canadian knows his stuff, and also regarded Wipac and Miller with the same derision I did :) www.canadianbiker.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 744835 | 2009-02-06 01:33:00 | "Best of British" is either an oxymoron or the most extreme backhanded compliment yet. ;) In favour of Lucas, it must be admitted that a Lucas ignition system in any vehicle made security systems unnecessary. :thumbs: Can we assume you would prefer the Chinese language,Turkish law and other foreign muck? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 744836 | 2009-02-06 05:09:00 | Yes. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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