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The ghost towns of China

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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    Cleaver wrote: »
    Yeah, I wondered why there were lots of blue roofs. Maybe there's a local company who provide blue roofs? Or it's a local material?


    Perhaps its lucky to have a blue roof?
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I did a quick google. It seems a lot of temples use blue temples to symbolise sky, so it's a cultural choice.

    Another quick Google says that a lot of warehouses have blue roofs.
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I did a quick google. It seems a lot of temples use blue temples to symbolise sky, so it's a cultural choice.

    Another quick Google says that a lot of warehouses have blue roofs.


    A lot of them are houses also. The larger ones are warehouses.

    I also reverted to the oracle of google & saw one that said all factories for manufacturer & distribution of overseas goods have blue roofs?

    :p
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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    I brought a tomato into work and suggested he made a pyramid out of paper or some other substance of his choice. He decided against.

    I would have gone for salt. :)
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Really2 wrote: »
    I would have gone for salt. :)

    Add some sugar and vinegar and we'd have had some tomato ketchup. That keeps pretty well unless I keep it on the table in reach of the Generalissimos.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »
    Perhaps its lucky to have a blue roof?

    Ancient Chinese Proverb.

    In a storm a Blue Roof is a lot luckier than no roof.
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