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"Morgans" wrote in message ... "Dave Stadt" wrote Get used to it, China is the up and coming manufacturing world power. They will do what Japan did in the '60s and '70s at a scale that will make what Japan did look like childs play. I know, but I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT. I CERTAINLY don't have to buy it. Is this same thing happening in Europe? How many years will it be until China's quality comes up, like Japan finally did? -- Jim in NC It isn't important whether anybody likes it or not, what is important is realize that it is inevitable and change what and how we do things so we do not compete where we are at a major disadvantage. Mike MU-2 |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Dave Stadt wrote: Get used to it, China is the up and coming manufacturing world power. They will do what Japan did in the '60s and '70s at a scale that will make what Japan did look like childs play. Yes, but they also will likely suffer the same fate as Japan when their costs catch up to the rest of the world. Matt Given that only a small percentage of Chineese are participating in their "new" economy, it will be a long time before this happens. Remember that Japan's economy stalled after they became (and remain) the richest developed nation on a per capita basis. Mike MU-2 |
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Dylan Smith writes:
I also observed when I was living in the US, soccer tended to be a girl's game - as did field hockey (to the extent that I read in a newspaper a couple of years ago how a boy who wanted to play hockey had to wear the girl's uniform, including a skirt, to play it...) Field hockey is definitely considered a woman's sport here (you can find coed club teams but generally with European men). Soccer, though, is equally embraced by men and women (at least where I live on the east coast). Dan. -- "Ad Astra Per Alia Porci" PGP Key Id:0x507D93DF |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message m... Good Lord help us all! I suppose they will be made with China steel. That is the softest, inconsistent crap have ever seen, let alone all the other made in China crap. -- Jim in NC Get used to it, China is the up and coming manufacturing world power. They will do what Japan did in the '60s and '70s at a scale that will make what Japan did look like childs play. At lest Japan make quality improves measured as orders of magnitude. In 40 years "Madein Japan" went from being synonymous with junk to some of the highest quality goods in the world. China doesn't have the underlying structures and while some of their handmade goods are well done (the stuff competing against US and other manufacturers) their still way behind the eight ball. Also, remember that Japan's cronyism caused their catastrophic collapse. At least Japan has innovation and technical expertise. Oh, and China is experiencing a massive captial OUTFLOW right now that shows no sign of abbating. -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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"Morgans" wrote in message ... "Dave Stadt" wrote Get used to it, China is the up and coming manufacturing world power. They will do what Japan did in the '60s and '70s at a scale that will make what Japan did look like childs play. I know, but I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT. I CERTAINLY don't have to buy it. Is this same thing happening in Europe? How many years will it be until China's quality comes up, like Japan finally did? It won't come up on the order that Japan's did because China still competes 98% on CHEAP, which is why so much of their labor, in the workers paradise, is virtually slave labor. That's real slavery, not the crap the union and leftist croak about. -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message link.net... It isn't important whether anybody likes it or not, what is important is realize that it is inevitable and change what and how we do things so we do not compete where we are at a major disadvantage. America cannot compete on CHEAP, only on quality and bang-for-the-buck, but that's another area that America has squandered. Americans want to live like capitalists, but work like socialists. Sorry, that dog don't hunt. -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message news Given that only a small percentage of Chineese are participating in their "new" economy, it will be a long time before this happens. Remember that Japan's economy stalled after they became (and remain) the richest developed nation on a per capita basis. Even after their economy puked, what, 2/3rds of it's value? -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message m... http://www.hotze.priv.at/album/aviation/caution.jpg In fact our own government says airport security has not improved since 9/11 and in fact the current government run security is not as effective as was the privately run security. This is no surprise to me. Both versions were Magneau lines of defense. |
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message news:we7ae.2967$Xg.2528@okepread02... "Peter" wrote in message ... Dave Stadt wrote: "Newps" wrote in message ... We have some fast trains too but we can't get them to stop so they have been mothballed for a while. The Boston to Washington high speed train is not running due to not being able to get brake parts. Anybody know where that train is made? According to the news report on the brake rotors they come from the consortium of Canada's Bombardier and France's Alstom. So it is the France and French Canadian's fault. THat explains things. No, it's Bombardier's and Alstrom's fault. |
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... "Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message news:we7ae.2967$Xg.2528@okepread02... "Peter" wrote in message ... Dave Stadt wrote: "Newps" wrote in message ... We have some fast trains too but we can't get them to stop so they have been mothballed for a while. The Boston to Washington high speed train is not running due to not being able to get brake parts. Anybody know where that train is made? According to the news report on the brake rotors they come from the consortium of Canada's Bombardier and France's Alstom. So it is the France and French Canadian's fault. THat explains things. No, it's Bombardier's and Alstrom's fault. Jesus, it was a joke Mat. |
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