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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:02 PM Original message |
This country used to make things |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're right |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. nuh ahh. We still make war really well!!!! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. We still could make things if we demanded that stores |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. The head of 'New Balance' was on Lou Dobbs tonight |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. You made beautiful, useful things ... |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yes, Aladdin Homes used to be on Lafayette Street in Bay City, MI |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. cool! The antiques guy has a case of old Lufkins ... |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. My father was an assistant sales manager at Lufkin |
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HuskiesHowls (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I would LOVE to have a genuine Lufkin Tape |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh, there are still thousands and thousands of them around here |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Story from the IT world. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, like CONVERSES |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Have you noticed how as CEO and Executive salaries have increased... |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I remember people at my school bragging about their HP calcs |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I made a darn good living as an Artist too.. |
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hector459 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. We decided that high PROFITS for a few is better than properity for many |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Like I've always said, 'A nation that makes nothing, unmakes itself.' |
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CoffeeAnnan (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think we should blame business schools like the Harvard B-School |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. We have destroyed the foundation that built the house |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here in Pittsburgh... |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. I like the title of this thread. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bothers me too. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Most commercial food service heavy equipment is still American made |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. At one time we had leaders, |
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