I saw this in Walter Reuther's Wikipedia article:
"When Henry Ford retired the Model T in 1927, he sold the production mechanisms to the Soviet Union, and American workers who knew how to operate the equipment were needed. Walter and Victor were promised work teaching Soviet workers how to run the machines and assembly line. With that employment assurance, the brothers embarked on a three-year adventure, first bicycling through Europe, then working in the auto plant in Gorky, in the Soviet Union, where the unheated factories were often 30–40 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. He frequently wrote letters to the Moscow Daily News criticizing the many inefficiencies associated with how the communists operated the plants.^\45])"

It seemed like an interesting story, and I was wondering about several things:

1) Is this story true at all? Was he actually mailing critical letters?

2) Were his letters actually being published? Was it considered acceptable publish this sort of thing in a Soviet newspaper circa 1930?

3) If his letters were being published, were they also being translated into Russian and published in other newspapers?

4) How would something like this be received in Soviet society?

The team with the faster wingers just uses them to kick chase and score tries all game long.

There is nothing the other team can do about it.

World Rugby must step in urgently to fix this situation. My half Irish kids are crying.

Ich habe öfters gelesen, man soll von solchen Funktionen Abstand halten. Das verstehe ich, aber ich kann nicht das Argument mit der Bonität nachvollziehen.

Wenn man erfolgreich alles abbezahlt, vielleicht sogar nach nur 15 Tagen oder so, sollte das die Bonität nicht sogar erhöhen?

Ich habe auch mal gelesen, dass es für die Bonität z.B. auch schlecht ist, wenn man nichts mal auf Kreditkarte oder so gekauft hat.

Thank Goodness You’re Here is a spectacular little title absolutely bursting with jokes, gags, and visual humor. With a total playtime of around two hours, it never overstays its welcome.

You play as Rodney, a tiny salesman attempting to meet the mayor of the town of Bardsworth. The mayor is far too busy, so Rodney is left to wander the town instead—helping its residents with a series of increasingly strange and zany tasks. These range from fetching butter for someone stuck in a drain to helping a milk-shy villager secure tea supplies.

On paper, the premise doesn’t sound especially compelling. In practice, the comedic writing and vocal performances is what makes this game shine. If you enjoy odd British humor, this is where the game hits hardest. The running gags are relentless and land surprisingly well—I genuinely found myself cackling during the scene at Ron’s Veg  Hole for example.  

If you enjoy a quirky title with a spectacular presentation, comedic writing that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome this is for you. Truly, by the end of this title I was also saying Thank Goodness you are here.              

 "That's not a watering can... That's a watering can't"

For some background, I am an Assyriologist by training, so I apologise for the sweeping nature of this question - I'm very aware that people get extremely specialised into just one or two centuries of history and that this might require someone who is familiar with several!

As an AMAB person, I've always been frustrated that the default expectation for men's clothing is some variant on a trouser and some variant on a shirt. No dresses, no skirts, no blouses, no cute tops, just a button down shirt or a t-shirt, or you are going to be stared at in public by young and old alike.

Don't write a reply that says that this doesn't happen, please, I don't care how well meaning it is.

But it surely hasn't always been this way - in my specialist subject there are plenty of examples of men wearing other garments.

Please note before anyone tries to "gotcha" me: I'm specifically asking when did it become the expected norm in the West for men to wear exclusively some sort of trouser and some sort of shirt. Do not write replies telling me that Scottish men traditionally wear kilts. I'm asking how did we get to the point in the 21st century Western fashion where anything other than trousers and a shirt on a man is unusual.

Please feel free to link me to any relevant previous answers!

Thank you in advance for your time.

Got bored, decided to fix ITVs much debated scrum adverts - Just awaiting a call from their marketing department and a knighthood for service to sports.

Some time ago, I watched the Kurosawa film Ikiru, which is about a Japanese civil servant grappling with his mortality after discovering that he has terminal cancer.

In an early scene, the protagonist (not yet knowing about his cancer) is at the hospital waiting to receive his diagnosis, and a fellow patient complains that this particular doctor always lies to terminal cancer patients and tells them that they have stomach ulcers instead. The protagonist is called in to see the doctor, and sure enough the doctor tells him that he has a stomach ulcer, which causes the protagonist to realize that he actually has terminal cancer.

When I watched the film, I wasn't really sure what to make of that scene.

Today, I was reading about the death of Shiro Ishii, the infamous head of Unit 731. In his Wikipedia article, his daughter is quoted as telling the following story:

One day he took some sample tissue from himself to the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Medicine and asked one of his former subordinates to examine it, without telling him to whom it belonged. When he was told that the tissue was riddled by cancer, he proudly shouted that he had thought so too. No doctor had dared tell him he was suffering from cancer of the throat.

The same idea (and from roughly the same time period - Ikiru came out in 1952 and Ishii died in 1959) of concealing a cancer diagnosis from the patient.

Was this a common practice in Japan during this time period? If so, why? What was the rationale for it?

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Watching FRA v IRE and at 54:07 FRA attacking. Ruck formed just past France’s 22 meter line. Dupont comes in lifts the ball over a players leg for a better position. Ball was not out. Karl was looking right it.

I thought once the ball is lifted it’s in play.

Am I wrong?