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Re: Card Check Dead (Apparently) [jimbres] by steve_ HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (7:52 am)
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Replying to: jimbres (Jul 17, 2009 7:41 am)

Key part? They named the bill the "card check bill." Big loss for the UAW.
 
Lear and the UAW are just about patched up. (Reuters)
 
Out in California:
 
"NUMMI’s collapse confirms what industry insiders have known for years: That NUMMI was a political arrangement between the two auto giants to give Toyota cover from protectionists by hiring UAW labor while giving GM exposure to Toyota management methods. Now that both companies are bleeding recession red, NUMMI is a luxury they can no longer afford."
 
Toyota breaks with UAW (National Review)
 
The pols are pushing a tax exemption to try to save NUMMI - “We’re all very, very hopeful,” said Veronica Morgan at the United Auto Workers union hall. “In California everybody would love to have a Prius, we drive so much. So we’re really excited and hopeful that something will happen over at NUMMI and that we do get the car.”
 
Toyota is expected to make a decision by the end of July, according to Fremont city officials. Toyota’s contract with the UAW expires on August 8." KCBS
 
Maybe they'll blow up the factory (a threat by French auto workers - AutoObserver).
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Re: gagrice [marsha7] by british_rover
Jul 17, 2009 (8:50 am)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jul 17, 2009 7:13 am)

As long as we are improving people's computer skills and giving out shortcut advice.
 
When you really need to make something go away hit ALT+F4 to close a program.
 
CTRL+F brings up a search box to do keyword searches on almost any program that views text.
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Re: gagrice [jimbres] by fezo
Jul 17, 2009 (10:17 am)
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Replying to: jimbres (Jul 17, 2009 7:46 am)

windows - d is great! Who said teh UAW wasn't good for anything? I learned something in their topic....
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Re: gagrice [fezo] by steve_ HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 17, 2009 10:17 am)

When I click Windows-D, "Dodge" shows up (courtesy of my autohotkey proggie ).
 
Windows 7 overrides my Windows-Z macro and logs me off my computer though. It's supposed to flop "Chrysler" up (Z for Dr. Z - that's how old my macros are). Or maybe it's trying to tell me something.
 
I'm afraid to think what would happen to Bob if we got him started on macros.
 
Is the UAW responsible for screwing Camaros together? The laundry list doesn't sound like it's just a supplier issue.
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Re: gagrice [steve_] by xrunner2
Jul 17, 2009 (12:09 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 17, 2009 10:29 am)

The laundry list doesn't sound like it's just a supplier issue.
 
That is an incredibly long list of items. In this day and age, majority of those problems should not be present. Hasn't GM learned from the past and applied?
 
Would not have even had these problems on a 68 Camaro, 40 years ago.
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Re: gagrice [xrunner2] by fezo
Jul 17, 2009 (12:18 pm)
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jul 17, 2009 12:09 pm)

Wow!
 
That's an insanely long list. Says far more about GM than I would want to think.
 
But, were rocky still here, he'd point out that this isn't a UAW car but rather a CAW car.
 
Whew! Close call....
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Re: gagrice [fezo] by steve_ HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (12:29 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 17, 2009 12:18 pm)

Ah, CAW?
 
Does that explain the dashboards that aren't level then?
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Thanks for by marsha7
Jul 17, 2009 (5:10 pm)
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all those Windows tips...I never knew they existed, even going back to Windows 3.1 (and 3.11)...where did you learn all that stuff???
 
All I knew was Ctrl-Alt-Delete would shut it down (and half the time that doesn't do anything at all to my computer), and Ctrl-P would print a document...that's it...no, wait...Shift-F7 would center the cursor for the caption of a lawsuit...
 
Maybe there is more to Windows that I knew, eh???...
 
Steve: what's a macro???...isn't that a special close-up lens for a camera???
 
REMEMBER: go easy on me, I'm not smart, I'm a liar lawyer
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Re: Thanks for [marsha7] by steve_ HOST
Jul 17, 2009 (6:36 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jul 17, 2009 5:10 pm)

With a macro, you can just hit a hot key combination instead of having to type out "your obedient servant" all the time, not to mention all the boilerplate you must type out over and over (oh, right, you bill by the hour - nevermind).

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