Comments on: Things I Hate About Taiwan #2: Un-oiled bikes http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/ Observations from a half-fried, half-Chinese, half-Australian American. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: targeted music exposure http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-122871 targeted music exposure Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:11:35 +0000 http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/#comment-122871 Simply want to say your article is astonishing. The clearness in your post is simply spectacular and i can assume you are an expert on this subject. Well with your permission allow me to grab your rss feed to keep up to date with forthcoming post. Thanks a million and please keep up the gratifying work Simply want to say your article is astonishing. The clearness in your post is simply spectacular and i can assume you are an expert on this subject. Well with your permission allow me to grab your rss feed to keep up to date with forthcoming post. Thanks a million and please keep up the gratifying work

]]> By: Wnetrza http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-121423 Wnetrza Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:29:16 +0000 http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/#comment-121423 <strong>Hi!...</strong> I love this post so a lot, saved to my bookmarks.... Hi!…

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]]> By: Things I Love About Taiwan #1: Convenience | Asian-Caucasian Issues http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-60037 Things I Love About Taiwan #1: Convenience | Asian-Caucasian Issues Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:13:27 +0000 http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/#comment-60037 [...] “Things I Hate About Taiwan” posts (#1, #2) have generated quite a lot of vitriol in the comments section, so I’m going to balance some [...] [...] “Things I Hate About Taiwan” posts (#1, #2) have generated quite a lot of vitriol in the comments section, so I’m going to balance some [...]

]]> By: Yen http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Yen Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:10:24 +0000 http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/#comment-709 Hi I felt the same about the un-oiled bike. I studied middle school in Taipei and every morning at the same time there was always an old man riding his bike with the scratching sound which drove all of the students crazy... those old men just stubborn .. Hi
I felt the same about the un-oiled bike. I studied middle school in Taipei and every morning at the same time there was always an old man riding his bike with the scratching sound which drove all of the students crazy…
those old men just stubborn ..

]]> By: Boyd R. Jones http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Boyd R. Jones Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:20:40 +0000 http://asian-caucasian.stroke7.com/2007/09/30/things-i-hate-about-taiwan-2-un-oiled-bikes/#comment-393 I agree. Screeching bikes bother me too. To me, this epitomizes culture shock and cognitive dissonance. Culture shock - it is all about the little things - why do the same seniors who dumpster dive and scavenge for recyclables then NOT spend a few NT$ a year to oil their bikes? Their bikes would last longer this way. Cognitive dissonance - I guess I just explained that - ultra-frugal consumers who don't bother to upkeep their vehicles. I agree. Screeching bikes bother me too. To me, this epitomizes culture shock and cognitive dissonance. Culture shock – it is all about the little things – why do the same seniors who dumpster dive and scavenge for recyclables then NOT spend a few NT$ a year to oil their bikes? Their bikes would last longer this way. Cognitive dissonance – I guess I just explained that – ultra-frugal consumers who don’t bother to upkeep their vehicles.

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