Makes learning to drive a motorcycle in the US look ... completely soy-boy.
YT video at the link.
MOTORCYCLE PING!..............................
I saw a little documentary on how Bugatti manufactured their luxury sports cars. One of the things that stuck out in my mind was that the leather used in their interior trim comes from cattle that are maintained in high altitude alpine pastures where the skins won’t be blemished by barbed wire or mosquito and other insect bites.
I’ve always wondered why enterprising Americans back in the 18th century didn’t attempt to grow tea. It was a huge import commodity, controlled by the Crown, and obviously a highly taxed and politically contentious product which would seem to beg for import replacement.
For example, the Piedmont region of South Carolina has spots similar in climate and topography of Fujian China or Assam India
Surprised the article didn’t blame climate change for something.
Fascinating video. You really don’t realize the simple things we take for granted are the result of somebody’s very hard labor. The number of people harvesting the tea is astonishing.
The videographer kept showing the same beautiful young lady over and over. The flush of youthful beauty sure fades quickly with backbreaking work like that.
When I worked in remote parts of China in ‘76 - ‘77, I saw little kids that couldn’t have been older than 4 years old unloading bricks from river barges with woven baskets on their backs like is shown in this video.
I'm guessing the land is cheap to farm because it's so inaccessible - and has nothing to do with 'pesticides' or lack of same...
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