second world defined (nac)

[Shaun D Mullen]

The First World is the developed world, the US, Canada, western Europe, 
Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and so on.

The Second World was the Communist world led by the USSR. With the 
demise of the USSR and the communist block, there is no longer a Second 
World.

The Third World, of course, is the underdeveloped world - agrarian, 
rural and poor.

Shaun Mullen
First World


cobram at juno.com wrote:
> David <duandcc_forums at cox.net> writes:
> 
> 
>>Please rememeber that the picture was taken an a poor 3rd world 
>>country. In conditions like those...having any running vehicle is 
>>considered ablessing and they do whatever they have to to keep them 
>>running. They work with what they have. 2 4x4s is MORE than enough 
>>to support that truck like that. Not everyone has the luxury of 
>>having a lift or even ramps...
> 
> 
> I can't believe I just read that.  I don't care if the guy is working on
> the moon or in the "third world" (still looking for the second world in
> case anyone finds it, let me know.)  Those 2X4's or whatever they are
> precarious at best, they even look like he pulled them off his neighbors
> fence or something, since they are painted and have nail holes in them. 
> The truck is basically being balanced on the wheels, a strong breeze, a
> compadre leaning on it or one of those recaps blowing out could send it
> either way.  Sure, everyone gets lucky, sometimes many times....but it's
> that one time when your luck runs out that counts.  I guess as long as it
> doesn't fall on some "gringo" it's alright to work with what he has.
> 
> A friend in the "third world" has an auto electric shop, he's had it
> forever, and he's been testing truck and heavy equipment batteries just
> like his father used to,  by jumping a thick piece of welding cable
> across the posts and analyzing the spark.  He's really good at this, can
> tell you practically to the day how long the battery will last....never
> had one blow up in his face...but that still doesn't make it OK, even if
> he is in the third world and can't afford a heavy duty tester.  He's
> still a moron for doing this (IMHO), whatever the reason.  
> 
> While traveling in various parts of the "third world", I've had 3 cases
> where my vehicle's been hit,  the accidents were caused by complete and
> utter lack of maintenance of the other vehicles,  in one case it was a
> pregnant woman with 3 kids in rust bucket Chevette who plowed into my car
> while I was filling up at a gas station.  She had been driving around
> with nothing but the emergency brake for months (and only on one drum). 
> If you don't have the money to maintain a minimum of safety while
> operating or repairing a vehicle, well, sorry, you shouldn't have one, no
> matter what world you live in.  But I guess I shouldn't be so harsh, as
> you said, her vehicle was a blessing and she was working with what she
> had....
> 
> A guy died about a block from my house, here in the "1st" world, he was
> crushed, very slowly (they estimate it took him about 3 or 4 hours to
> die) by a Saab he was working on, no jack stands, just cinder blocks that
> fell sideways when the jack slid.  This was a while ago, and I still
> can't see a white Saab without thinking about that poor sob.
> 
> Doesn't matter where you live, the laws of physics are the same, stupid
> is stupid, and dead is dead.   I think everyone has a right to do
> whatever they think is reasonable, as long as they're only putting
> themselves in harms way, and I also believe we have the right to call
> them an idiot when we see them doing it.  
> 
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
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