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I’m moving in with a friend soon and he doesn’t want a squat rack in the living room.
This man is not your friend. Also, weakling.
I’m interested in finding something along the same lines for an art installation piece. Any chance we could set a date/time for a meet so that anyone interested in anything related can get together and discuss? I have a couple of spaces I can host the meet in.
FYI there’s a new China smog documentary going around called “Under The Dome”.
Is this the former newscaster (oxymoron) thingamabob I keep seeing reposted on WeChat?
Like how much each square inch of HEPA can hold and then just multiply that by the entire surface area of the HEPA?
Yes, exactly.
I’ve never heard of a convincing way to calculate how many days of use you could get via a simple calculation or theory alone.
I was actually wondering about the cubic (meter) capacity of the filter component/fabric/whatever itself, and the absorption capacity of the material mass therein. I’d be surprised if that hasn’t been figured by a manufacturer out there, as it seems like a definitive short cut to knowing the true ‘top out’ of the filters ability to function.
Again, mere curiosity on my part. I dig what you’ve been up to for sure.
I hope they get the same guys on this that built Global Centre…
Tony Montana will be touching down on marble runways.
Not sure if this data has been made available before, but is there a calculation for the (chosen) filters capacity/saturation point of PM 5, and/or PM 2.5 particulate?
Just curious after reading through the data on the 200 day results.
In addition, we would love to see some Chengdu faces in Bangkok! The Smokin’ Pug will be smoking as of February 12th!
Is my burger on the menu? I want 10%.
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Related, does anyone have any experience thrifting in Chengdu in general?
Cue Hyobin Sung and her ‘Second Hand Story’ store…
I reckon there is a 50/50 chance of landing in a really crap, even dangerous and badly maintained taxi, driven by a complete lunatic…
Funny but true. When a clean/new taxi shows up (usually a late model VW Passat) it feels like a treat, otherwise it’s a crap shoot. +smoking. I’ve used Uber a couple of times, but can’t remember if they operate a no-smoking policy (drivers included).
I don’t see it catching on for a long long while, if ever, and rumours of a ban aside. The WeChat app immediately trounces Uber unless you absolutely have to not be seen in a taxi, and I doubt there are enough folks out there who give enough of a damn for that to be a thing. Otherwise drivers are still affordable enough that they’re a better option. Coincidentally I was out for a meal last night and the person driving ended up drinking enough not to be able to drive home. We asked the restaurant to call a driver, and 10 minutes later we were on our way home in the car we’d driven in with. If that’s possible, Uber can’t compete in a Chinese market. Not to mention that overall their promotion here has been dire. And I still haven’t been able to successfully link my AliPay account, so someone’s asleep on that job too.
…whilst completely discarding my side of the argument
I wasn’t aware I was taking sides here, I thought I was engaging a topic that’s of relevance to myself and many other expats in Chengdu who seek non-smoking environments for socialising/eating out. I merely point out that (to me at least) there appears to be a discrepancy between your herein advertised ‘standards’, and the admission that you let (an educated man no less!) smoke in your restaurant. I make no judgement whatsoever to your place of business, I’ve never eaten there, though after a previous exchange on the forum I’d held it in mind to make it around to you at some point.
You’ve chomped at the bit a little here, and in turn made this thread somewhat personal. What I’m curious to know is that if you are indeed so intent on meeting a standard where your food is concerned, why would you not just uniformly enforce the non-smoking rule? Realities aside, the one place surely you can keep to a standard is within your own place of business. I have an art studio/gallery here in Chengdu and have been up against this issue time and time again. I’m regularly visited by various officials and the like, and I have to say even if they walked in waving wads of cash at me, there’s not one single soul will ever be smoking in my space. The idea of cigarette smoke drifting across artworks that may end up in the possession of another seems utterly abhorrent to me. I think also though, once you consistently make it known that it’s not permitted, it just becomes accepted as a non issue.
Can you be more specific about what you’re planning to produce? That would definitely help in finding people.
…but I admit I like the slightly more pretentious part of spirituality, such as nature, temples, mountains etc.
I’m not so sure these are ‘more pretentious’ elements, but rather the elements we’re so frequently detached from whilst living in an urban environment. Any enlightenment is only ever going to come from within, and in doing so (hopefully) re/connect you to ‘what’ you are at your core… An animal evolved of a natural landscape, tuned into your surroundings with ultra-high definition clarity, in order that you may fight for your survival and arrive present day courtesy of your ancestors. It is possible to touch on that in the city under altered states of consciousness, but you’ll find yourself eminently closer out in the wilderness, even if that’s just a quiet corner of a park away from the noise.
You are the white cat in the video, obviously.
I think you might be colour blind, obviously if the skinny little white cat (you) is whaling on me I will have to do very little but watch. 😉
What’s the title of this comedy again? Eggs, eggs…
Nuhi I have to say looking over your posts, especially the recruitment thread: https://www.chengduliving.com/forums/topic/assistant-to-the-owner-at-nuhis-deli/ you’re being wholly inconsistent here. The forum has a habit of calling that out for a number of reasons, more so when an individual has been using it as a platform for business and/or ‘excellence’. You’ve conjured up images for me of your future 6/7 members of staff scrubbing away furiously with cleaning products amidst clouds of cigarette smoke. I’m not sure smoking goes hand in hand with ‘Western’ standards of cleanliness (as you so put), and neither for that matter does food service. There have been a number of restaurants in Chengdu for some time that absolutely do not allow smoking, and they can probably account their long term patronage to that fact, at least in part. Doesn’t seem to be doing Starbucks any harm either, whom incidentally had to actively enforce the no smoking rule when they opened here in Chengdu on account of customers who attempted to ignore the ban. I’m sure on occasion they still do, but that’s just it, they actively enforce the ban in order to offer all customers a smoke free environment. If I remember rightly Kaffe Stugan was also smoke free, which is perhaps why it was also so popular with students.
