second world defined (nac)

[mike]

where does the middle east fit into this...iran saudi
etc

mike

 --- Shaun D Mullen <smullen at UDel.Edu> wrote: > 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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