MRN 2nd Edition

[Puff Scotty]

You'll love this Scotty, its a common misspelling of oeuvre which is French for opening.

That's me all over..."common as muck" & I so wanted to be one of 'the fuckers'....
I don't know why but with a bamboo case & stool, the words "silk purse' & 'sow's ear' keep coming to mind...if they'd put bamboo in my Bentley, I would have had to buy a RR of course!

[butternutsquashpie]

.... like flyingcigar is the common Dagenham misspelling of TWAT

WOAH! you just upgraded yourself all the way from implicit to Superliminal!!
no amount of Tippex will fix that, now...

he can't be ALL that bad.....

[tippexx]

.... like flyingcigar is the common Dagenham misspelling of TWAT

[PeeJay]

& because I'm probably one of 'the fuckers' I don't understand what an ouvre is...

Nino's Blog
So I’d like to end the active posting on my Blog with very exclusive photographs and information on the finished ouvre, courtesy of and with full approval from the author.

You'll love this Scotty, its a common misspelling of oeuvre which is French for opening.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I just wonder where the pandas are going to live once their home has been chopped down and sorted through.

[Puff Scotty]

& because I'm probably one of 'the fuckers' I don't understand what an ouvre is...

Nino's Blog
So I’d like to end the active posting on my Blog with very exclusive photographs and information on the finished ouvre, courtesy of and with full approval from the author.

[Puff Scotty]

I just didn't want to point out the earthquake was in 2008...

[Simon Bolivar]

With Monk's again on this, let's keep it calm & polite. It's easy to imagine after yrs of writing & taking all the photos for this book, that the author should get upset with some 'whinging' but 'it's his baby' & a labour of love, I think his being defensive is understandable.

[ValeTudoGuy]

http://www.sccom.gov.cn/wszs/page/english/htm/zjsc.htm

Not to keep harping on, but I believe both sides of a story need to be told. The link above would suggest that poor Sichuan is doing pretty well for itself, being somewhat a central hub of industry and all.

[SmokeyDave]

Wow, logged on today to see this monster thread.

I think everyone is getting a little too taken up in the whirlwind and should take a step back.

The UK having just gone through/is still in a recession, feeling Austerity measures, makes any views about an item of such expense slightly biased.

China is going through a huge boom atm with a lot of wages meeting the level of back in the UK now, people there have a lot of money to spend and are eager to buy exclusive things.

Now regarding the book/s, this is a labour of love and hats off for undertaking such a feat. I know MRN has used the latest in print/photographic technology to produce this, the content should look stunning. It probably deserves a "making of" blog showing behind the scenes how the print was achieved (of exceptional interest to me as I work in print).

Considering all this and the costs involved, how did anyone think this was going to be something the average Joe could afford? Possibly due to the legendary reputation the previous edition attained, everyone has been swept up in the excitement.

Regarding the box, I actually quite like it, resembling a Sliding Lid Box. For me, the old adage "never judge a book by its cover" certainly comes to mind.

I am rather surprised by the post left in response to the comments though, explicit language always leaves a bad taste.

[butternutsquashpie]

Nino. I think from my first post you know where I stand on this particular debate ...but I do respect it is a debate.

You must reslise there simply cannot be such a reaction without two sides. This will not change regardless of how aggressively we shout. I was surprised to see you post such a reply. I feel your frustration but profane language will never help.

Gents please keep it civil.

i love the gentle moderation you do around here. whenever an inflamed argument burns on the subsections like here, you're always the non-partisan side of reason

[butternutsquashpie]

rather than commissioning 2000 bamboo stools that are going to "feed a man for a day."

ya know what they say:
give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
teach a man to fish, and he'll bore you on the bloody Living Channel.


back to our regular programming:

[ValeTudoGuy]

BTW, I thinks it's only fair... And I have said it before. That the actual dedication to produce a fully realised piece of work is something to be commended.

[ValeTudoGuy]

No problem, I am happy that MRN has other priorities and motivations more important than caring about those bitching about the pricing.

Here's an information from the author that was sent weeks ago to all interested in the book and that well applies to all so directly bemoaning this project here and elsewhere on the boards - not neccessarily bad people or bambinis ... just ...

Put directly, I am sure the shoe fits well ...

Nino

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Hi Nino,

You can send this YouTube link to people explaining why bamboo wood is green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu5QRDNLeYw

No video of my bamboo plywood can be found as it is specially commissioned.

The carbonisation process makes it look more brown and “warm” in colour, but weakens the structure of the fibres.

My type of bamboo has not been treated in any way and is 100% natural.

The bamboo of “vertical” piling bamboo plywood is all hand sorted by human eyes for uniform thickness and flawed bamboos are discarded.

The older the bamboo, the stronger, my bamboo wood is the strongest because these are 6 to 7 years old bamboo, the lifespan of a bamboo tree is 5 to 7 years.

These are all hand picked.

Everything is done by hand.

Not only I go green. I also created jobs for the poor people in Sichuan. The Sichuan people are now living in extreme misery after the big Sichuan earthquake 2 years ago.


Unemployment levels there are high.


I feel good doing this.


You can tell the fuckers who complain of the high cost of production is not because I am pompous, because I need to feed people in China who are hungry.


I do not care about whether people who smoke cigars can afford the book or not. They have never tasted the feeling of hunger. They only complain about a cigar tasting bad.


You can forward all my words if you like.

The fuckers are not necessarily bad people. This is something those fuckers have never thought about.


Best regards,


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I also feel good doing this ... now back to regular bitching please

What a truck load of horse sh1t! How does anyone know the hunger another human they have never met has felt? Or know the thought of another person?

Perhaps if his heart is bleeding that badly then the millions that were spent producing this work would have been better spent setting up sustainable businesses rather than commissioning 2000 bamboo stools that are going to "feed a man for a day."

Wow, I bet it takes a whole village of poor bugger months to sort through bamboo staves to make such few pieces..... Or not.....

I for one am not complaining about "High production costs." I'm in fact not complaining at all, I'm making a statement that I believe he's pedalling a piece of work at an extortionate price.

I would rather he just came out and said, "honestly guys, it's worth about ?800... But I know some of you have deep pockets and there's some poor folk that really could do with our help, so I'm putting stacks on stacks and all profits are going to the people than need it the most".... Rather than talking it up like it's the next coming of Christ.... When in reality it's a small volume of encyclopaedias and a cheap wooden chair/box.

Final thought, if history has taught us anything about charity... It's that getting a little from a lot tends to beat the pants off of getting a lot from a few.

[monkey66]

Nino. I think from my first post you know where I stand on this particular debate ...but I do respect it is a debate.

You must reslise there simply cannot be such a reaction without two sides. This will not change regardless of how aggressively we shout. I was surprised to see you post such a reply. I feel your frustration but profane language will never help.

Gents please keep it civil.