O.T. Going to China!

phat46 · January 16, 2014, 02:46:44 PM

Quote from: "parklane"Does that mean you can find a Golden Corral??
Any idea how long you're gone for?

John, it's supposed to be three weeks, I'm hoping to be done in two.

UGLY OLDS · January 16, 2014, 07:43:40 PM

Joe ... I've got an idea ...

Maybe we can give you orders & you can pick up some goodies at "Harbor Fright " at wholesale prices

Think of the profits :!: :!:

Bob ....

phat46 · January 16, 2014, 09:40:39 PM

Quote from: "UGLY OLDS"Joe ... I've got an idea ...

Maybe we can give you orders & you can pick up some goodies at "Harbor Fright " at wholesale prices

Think of the profits :!: :!:

Bob ....

When I was still working the guy from the shop that went over there would buy knockoff Rolexes for $5 and resell them here for $10.....yeah, I got one.

58 Yeoman · January 16, 2014, 10:11:55 PM

My first wife and I bought knock-off Rolex's years ago for $50 each. We quit wearing them when we decided it wasn't worth getting mugged for $50 watches. LOL.

rooster · January 17, 2014, 05:55:56 PM

I guess the sign means no left turn!

Have a good time Joe!

purplepickup · January 17, 2014, 10:17:18 PM

Joe, it sounds like they shut down the local to you operations and moved production to China. If you go over there to help them get on track could there be any disgruntled ex-workers that might cause some problems for you or your family?

Good one Rooster. I've used that road name to describe some of our pothole filled roads around here.

phat46 · January 17, 2014, 10:33:02 PM

Quote from: "purplepickup"Joe, it sounds like they shut down the local to you operations and moved production to China. If you go over there to help them get on track could there be any disgruntled ex-workers that might cause some problems for you or your family?

Good one Rooster. I've used that road name to describe some of our pothole filled roads around here.

George, the China plant was actually open before we stopped production here, we had to open a couple shops in Mexico first to stay competitive before that. NAFTA is what screwed us. We could see the writing on the wall for a few years before we closed, the only thing that kept us open the last several years was that G. M. Had a few smart engineers that required their dies to be made in our plant due to quality issues elsewhere. I was the quality inspector at that point so I had to make sure things were correct. I know their are no disgruntled employees that would harbor any ill will towards me.

wayne petty · January 18, 2014, 04:21:16 AM

on the nafta deal..

wow.. bush 41 left NAFTA on his desk at the end of his first term that clinton was required to sign.. it was fully passed by both houses. the companies around so cal gave their workers 2 weeks of paid vacation.. when they came back.. the factories were empty.. it had all been shipped to mexico.. when bush 43 signed the permanent most favored nation status with china . the manufacturers in mexico gave their employees 2 weeks off with pay. they returned to empty factories also. vincenty fox who was president of mexico at the time was fit to be tied.. went on TV asking what happened bush.. we had a deal.. you supply jobs and i supply cheep labor.. i did not figure that vicenty fox speech made it that far north.

and now you know another reason i passed on the china job offer..

but you already realized that..

jaybee · January 19, 2014, 04:06:14 PM

My Dad is no bleeding heart, a lifelong Republican from a Republican family, but he saw where this was going over 20 years go. Recognizing that the end result would be to drain "good jobs" out of this country he would say "what's going to happen when NO ONE has any money?"