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I'm aware of it. A support ticket has been submitted to our hosts, all we can do is wait.

I apologise for the sarcasm Pete. I guess I'm just a bit irritated about complaints over what I thinkis a fairly harmless discussion. I doubt anybody is really all that bothered about preserving the integrity of the original topic, the thread is in the chatter forum and while it does cover...

No problem Pete. From here on I'll leave the discussion of the crappness of Hugh Fernly Whittingstall's TV show alone, to no-doubt enrich the masses with stimulating debate and leave the crass and shallow subject of Chinas socio-economic reform, to facebook where it belongs. Can we still talk...

That's probably quite a fair test in terms of the basics, being able to feed yourself and so on. It's probably fair in terms of analysing the level of basic commerce too, the beer manufacturer has the cost of brewing, shipping costs, they need to advertise, retail, price competitively etc and...

I'm sure the mods will let us know if they feel it degenerates into something intolerable Red. No need to second guess them. :)

John is probably the one to answer this, but from what I understand, the wages in factories are much higher than the agricultural sector. Chinas economy is split roughly 1/3 agriculture, 1/3 manufacturing, 1/3 services. From the CIA world factbook.... 21.5...

It looks to me as though it had little choice. The oppression of the 80's couldn't go on. Remember Tienanmen square? I think it was a case of reform of face a revolution. The current socialist market economy is a compromise that has been forced on the state. It's eroded their power and I think...

I'm no expert as you are fully aware John, but it worked for Hong Kong. Or to throw it back at you, every working example of a communist state, is and has been an unmitigated disaster, resulting in horrendous human rights, a severely oppressed people and a profoundly corrupt government. Is...

Get Dyneema rope, 2mm diameter has a breaking strain of up to 500kg. How strong does it need to be?

The same one I'd advocate for every country in the world, a free market democracy.

Definitely. I bought a powerful burner from the US ( a t-rex burner) for a little forge I was building a few years back and I was keen to test it. The regulator was an expensive variable pressure regulator because I needed to run the burner on about 3 bar for full blast, which is more than the...

See above link, I edited my post with more info. http://www.advancedfluidsolutions.co.uk/8mm--6mm-516---14-steel-reducer-hose-connector-joiner-1176-p.asp Dont forget the jubilee clips! Personally, I'd change the fitting on the torch, or get another regulator. They are only about £5 on ebay...

I'm no expert Stu, but I think you have to be careful even with low pressure kit. The red type hoses are high pressure and should be crimped onto the connectors. You can get away with jubilee clips, but you are supposed to use industrial crimps for it to conform to regs. I know your regulator...

Bad idea i reckon.

Oh the irony. :D Sent from my iphone using Chinese children and CO2

Point taken about China possibly not being as conflicted as I imagine, but can you explain to me what a socialist market economy is? It seems to me like the growing number of people who are driving round in Ferraris while some remain in the paddy fields, is pretty strong evidence of the...

You dont feel it merits a sticky then? :D

Wow, OK. I guess we'd better get back to talking about disappointment in the hungry boys show then. My apologies, please carry on.

Thanks for that John. I envy you, China is a country I've always wanted to visit. It fascinates me. From an outsider it looks full of conflict, the old world and the new. But particularly, I'm curious about how the old communist state, rationalises it's growth in a capitalist world economy? It...

Very droll. Just for clarity though, are you just making the joke or are you actually complaining about thread drift in a thread discussing the political correctness of Hugh Fernly Whittingstall? Just checking?