The French

[jetute]

  Lumpen Proletariat said:

  tab said:

That's just plain f*cked up.

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But globalisation is good....isn't it?

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Most farkin certainly is

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ducks and weaves an prepares for lumpies true blue spiel and how we are so hard done by:pinch:

[tab]

  jetute said:

  Lumpen Proletariat said:

  tab said:

That's just plain f*cked up.

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But globalisation is good....isn't it?

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Most farkin certainly is

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ducks and weaves an prepares for lumpies true blue spiel and how we are so hard done by:pinch:

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Put it this way, without it Lumpy would not have access to his favourite food.....McDonalds

[Lumpen]

  tmac450 said:

I also don't recall Vegimite changing by the tiniest degree.

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and you been eating it for how long? I'm quite prepared to take my old mans word on this mate.

It HAS gone downhill

Lumpy

[Lumpen]

  tab said:

Put it this way, without it Lumpy would not have access to his favourite food.....McDonalds

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Nor you and your Subway

Lumpy

[jetute]

farlk lumpy... you didnt bite

[tab]

He's a commie, they're very unpredictable

[Dannopower]

Its an interesting problem, wondering where it all ends.

I have a custom made timber furniture business and we retail our own built products in our own store.

The idea of anyone in our industry trying to match China's production is well beyond the physical and financial capabilities of anyone in this country. Plenty of sucessfull aussie furniture manufacturers, such as Parker and Chiswell, have gone by the wayside.

Even leading furniture manufacturers in the last 10 years have closed down their operations here, choosing to keep the top 10 staff out of several hundred, sent the guys to china to train the 2000 or so employees they can buy for the cost of their two hundred or so here.

In a majority of furniture shops in China, the employees live at the factory, in dormatorys, eat at the factory cafeteria, all as part of their job. They work an average of 11 months continuous, then get handed their 11 months pay in one hit, and go back to their respective families and provinces for 4 weeks.

Australian timber mills send Aussie native hardwood over to China by the boatload, including Tassie Blackwood, Victorian Oak and Jarrah. Some of it even in log form, as it fell, as it is much cheaper for the Chinese to do any sawing and kiln drying process in China. The logs are then made into furniture by any one of the many before mentioned setups that are "Australian owned" company in China, and shipped back here as finished furniture.

So, this is now sold as Australian Timber furniture, by Australian Manufacturers. But this is not made in Australia, Check out any Harvey Norman Catalogue.

All we do to combat all this, is the F1-11 story, where we build the absolute best stuff we possible can with our own abilitys, and let the scabs try and catch us.!!

Tell me the Last time you seen a Chinese furniture compant build one orf these River Redgum Beauties!???

[937]

  Lumpen Proletariat said:

  Kimberley Scott said:

Had a bit of a think about this, they did own 50%, so maybe 100% will alow a better decision making process. Whatever you think of ADI, whilst it may take ages and continuousely come in way over budget, it does make some good gear.

When Australia brought the Leopard Tank, all we had to do was buy about six more and we would have had the rights to build a factory and build them in country, read into this cheaper and more reliable source of parts, and upgrades, as well as expertice.

No we are doing it all over again with the Abrahm, buying from overseas. In this case we have to.

So maybe this could very well be a good thing and some good high quality product will be made and exported.

Time will tell.

Scotty

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I don't think it's ADI itself, but you see what has been done over the past 40 years by Australian's with the F-111 and it's nothing short of amazing. A real credit to the Aussie's who have persisted and developed what is known as one of, if not the best aircraft of it's class in the world, even amongst contempory competition!

Lots of ingenuity and excellent engineering are poured into all this stuff and if we can make a quid exporting decent quality stuff back overseas, it's worth it! The results are more than just monetary

Lumpy

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The F111 is and was an Aircraft made in the US of A. !!!

General Dynamics F-111 F-111 Type Fighter-bomber Manufacturer General Dynamics Maiden flight 1964-12-21 Introduced 1967-07-18 Retired 1998 USAF Status.

http://www.answers.com/topic/general-dynamics-f-111

But lets not forget the " Nomad " made by the GAF in Melbourne.

7.30 Report - 27/07/2004: The history of the widow maker revealed

The Australian designed Nomad aircraft gained notoriety in the 1970s because of its poor safety record. But despite warnings about possible design faults, ...

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1163290.htm

Edited 13/10/06 08:13 AM by 937

[Lumpen]

  jetute said:

  Lumpen Proletariat said:

  tab said:

That's just plain f*cked up.

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But globalisation is good....isn't it?

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Most farkin certainly is

ducks and weaves an prepares for lumpies true blue spiel and how we are so hard done by:pinch:

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I have absolutely NOTHING against globalisation as an idea. In fact I support it. As long as there is parity in workers wages too.

Lumpy

[Lumpen]

  937 said:

The F111 is and was an Aircraft made in the US of A. !!!

But lets not forget the " Nomad " made by the GAF in Melbourne.

7.30 Report - 27/07/2004: The history of the widow maker revealed 

The Australian designed Nomad aircraft gained notoriety in the 1970s because of its poor safety record. But despite warnings about possible design faults, ...

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1163290.htm

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True, but the F111's that fly now are almost completely removed from what we originally ordered and bought. Lots of Aussie developed weapons systems, avionics etc, improved a long way out of sight! I think quite a bit is done with an ADF engineering tie-up?

Ahhhh, the Nomad. Stupid T Piece tailplane What about anything CAC in WWII? Also left a bit to be desired

lumpy