Last year my mom got a circular fan on a stand over at our local
grocery store. The fan came in a box and needed "some minor
assembly" — meaning of course that it took me hours to get all of the
parts together. Making things tougher was the fact that the fan was
made in China and came with directions in Chinese and some wild
variant of medieval English.
We finally got the thing together. But even then the telescoping stand
had a tendency to collapse no matter how tightly I tightened the
doohickey on it (and I'm not sure but I think "doohickey" is the actual
technical name for the thing). So I was forced to get out the universal
polymer binding adhesive (duct tape) to keep the column from
collapsing. And when we finally plugged it in and got it turned on we
found that the thing had a tendency to vibrate a bit, and was noisy.
For all those reasons I soon dubbed the machine "Crazy Chinese Fan."
And the name just kind of stuck. "That crazy Chinese fan toooooooo
noisy!" I would say.
Well this week Crazy Chinese Fan finally gave up the ghost. The timing
actually couldn't have been better as my mom had just gotten a new fan
(this time a more traditional square window fan) a few days before.
I'm going to give the fan a proper burial. By taking it out to the trash
dumpster. I wish I could take it someplace where the metal and parts
could be recycled, but there's no way I could carry the fan on the bus
halfway across town.
So good-bye, Crazy Chinese Fan. And in some strange way you will
be missed.
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A heron. I like that description! :up:I only have AC back in my bedroom/bath so we used the Chinese fan in the living room. How long did it take you to get your fan together? :p
I have a similar one but use it in rare occasions when air conditioner is not needed. But most of the time it just stands there like a heron, watching quietly from a corner 😆 And it is still working perfectly. Noisy, of course 😀
Hmmm. One? Two?:p:D
An off beat comment:Have any of you guys ever tried counting all the things in your household labeled "Made in China"? If you haven't my guess is you'd be surprised.
fortune cookies are my favorite too!"Flattery will go far tonight.":lol:"You can always find happiness at work on Friday.":p"Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.":
You have new post? Me come right way! (Just practicing my Chinese!):pPS saw the Anthony Burdain segment last night where he was in Hong Kong. Made me VERY hungry. Oh I love Chinese food!
joking never here too!
" Making things tougher was the fact that the fan wasmade in China and came with directions in Chinese and some wildvariant of medieval English."hahahaha , I hope your Chinese improve soon!:pduct tape is man's best friend :p:lol:I love your post as always!
I love Chinese food too! :love: the Burdain even more!me haz neu ,louuuk and seiiiii ..(I practice mine as well! :p )
had much lucky todayyou know I lovez you, no?
LMAO.You will be very happy and much luck to do! :p
😆 :lol:What I used to do with Julie when we'd open our fortune cookies is tell her that mine said "You will be arrested."She fell for it every time! :p
Me love you long time!No joking!
😀 I thought so !
always! :ppretty women too!
😀
Makes perfect sense to me. :lol:Chinese very wise people!
hahahahhaha when my kids were small I was reading their fortune cookiesmy sons "if you want to be lucky ,you empty the dishwasher 20 times " :lol:my daughters"only if you wash your own hair ,it will grow long"I know 😥 I have been an awful mother! 😆
Oh yeah, way to rub it in!:lol:Maybe I'm just Crazy Yankey Assembler! :p
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
No more than 5 minutes. 😀
Allow me to express my profound condolences.
LMAO. And I not leave big tip!You certainly have to be careful with their products. But they seem to be laughing all the way to the bank.
There are some lead based ceramic paints that are used for decorative pieces only….like large bowls you put artifical fruit in for example . It will usually have a warning 'not food safe' or something like that. Knowing their history makes me think they wouldn't put the warning.
😆 You no talk nicee to Chi-knee fan. That why no workee.I probably have a ton of things made in China that I've bought in the past. I always check now. I almost considered buying new ceramic dog dishes because I discovered they were made there.
@ Martin. That's very kind of you, Martin. Especially seeing how the fan was no fan of yours……Wait a minute…..:D@ Pam. I'll keep that in mind the next time I go to Wal-Mart! 🙂
Oh don't get me started on the whole brain damaged thing…..:lol:
hmmmmmmm even so they are working on them, they are exposed either way…honest I really wonder…
Or is it just stuff they export.
Maybe they wear protective clothing, masks? I don't know. Makes me wonder too. Plus, they may not talk about the people who are affected.
do you know that from key chains to plastic cups have either lead or chemicals that are dangerous?I just wonder why the Chinese are not brain damaged since all of them use them?
*thinks about small (yet busty) Chinese women* 😀
Chinese people are quite small. Maybe if they choose a more organic procedure in the ways of production, they'd get bigger babies.
I was referring to 'production' in a strictly Marxistic fashion, not re-production. On the other hand, now you mention it…(Message interrupted by matters of great importance.)
*massage interupted by your comments!*
ROFL 😆 Hahahahahaha
:eyes:and why iam btwn the two of you ???:cry:somebody take these guys aways!
:lol:not the dungeon again!
Best suffer us cheerfully! Or thoust will be thrown into the dark dungeon of….uh, darkness. (Just a suggestion) 😀
:p 😆