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Steve Ackman wrote:
On 6 Aug 2005 12:42:16 -0700, wrote: (Quote) A view from the other side of the Atlantic: Your government actively encouraged the export of technology (glass-making) to China and sanctioned payment via contra-trade, ie exporting of glass back to the US. (Unquote) It's my understanding that if google users click "show options" and then reply, the attribute is inserted and quoted text is properly set off with greater-than signs. Then all you have to do is snip out the extraneous stuff. Might be easier than the way you're doing it, and would certainly make it more obvious who said what. Hmmm...I thought I tried that but couldn't get it to work. Andy |
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:06:21 -0400, "Javahut" wrote:
Unlike my blunt , top posting friend.....I believe everyone has a right to earn a living doing whatever they want, the marketplace will sort it out. Well giving the stuff away practically for free and not paying the overheads on business premises is always a good start. Then you can try hanging around commercial glass makers, stealing their designs and bitching about "how much they overcharge". Yes, it's great fun trying to compete with self-subsidising hobbyists! |
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"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:06:21 -0400, "Javahut" wrote: Unlike my blunt , top posting friend.....I believe everyone has a right to earn a living doing whatever they want, the marketplace will sort it out. Well giving the stuff away practically for free and not paying the overheads on business premises is always a good start. Then you can try hanging around commercial glass makers, stealing their designs and bitching about "how much they overcharge". Yes, it's great fun trying to compete with self-subsidising hobbyists! Well? OK, bad day? I thought this thread was dead? Nobody likes any of that... |
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"Andy Dingley" wrote in message Yes, it's great fun trying to compete with self-subsidising hobbyists! Reminds me of the stained glass studio owner who won the lottery. When asked what he thought he'd do with all that money, her replied " Well, I guess I'll just stay in the glass business until it's all gone." |
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"Now, the junk manufacturers are some Chinese and definitely all
Korean" How long until those cars are considered superior to the US made? Better question! How long until the American people realize (or accept) that the problem isn't that the Asians are underpaid, but that Americans (and Canadian) are overpaid. While we're dicking about building stuff by hand, the Chinese and Koreans (and Taiwanese, and Indonesians) are using computer controlled robots. I sure hope you don't believe all those lampshades are cut by hand do you? The problem isn't that their labour rates are so much lower, it's that our technology is so far behind. Wanna piece of valuable investment advice? Short sell the stock in any and all US automakers. |
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Everything is changing, and change brings opportunity. I believe the
opportunities for business are greater today then ever before. The problem for most people is they can't use history as an indicator of what is likely to work today. Just because it worked yesterday, is no reason to assume it'll work tomorrow. I think it might be exactly the opposite. The untravelled path is where entrepreneurs will create the most profitable ventures. The old roads are congested with dying tavellers. I'd guess that in 10 years, half (maybe more) of all the existing stained glass retailers will be extinct - but they'll have been replaced by an equal number of new ventures using a dramatically leaner business plan. Adapt or die! |
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wrote in message oups.com... "Now, the junk manufacturers are some Chinese and definitely all Korean" How long until those cars are considered superior to the US made? Get serious!!! have you ever DRIVEN a Kia? K-I-A...an acronym for Korea's Imitation Automobile. Same argument was made back in the 60's about the French, British, and Italian cars being superior. Yeah, right. The POO-joe really made Detroit quiver. A large number of the marques in Europe are now under US ownership. Jag and Land Rover owned by Ford, for example. Daimler Chrysler sound familiar? Better question! How long until the American people realize (or accept) that the problem isn't that the Asians are underpaid, but that Americans (and Canadian) are overpaid. While we're dicking about building stuff by hand, the Chinese and Koreans (and Taiwanese, and Indonesians) are using computer controlled robots. I sure hope you don't believe all those lampshades are cut by hand do you? The problem isn't that their labour rates are so much lower, it's that our technology is so far behind. Ummm...somehow I don't see the necessity to engineer robotics to make SG lampshades. Sure, a certain amount will sell every month, but it isn't like there is this huge market that is not satisfied by current production. I can't imagine what a robot would cost that could foil pieces of a lampshade. The ROI would be minisicule. Those poor Asians just haven't heard about your "turbo soldering" technique where you can do, what was it, 5 feet of beading in a minute or something? Wanna piece of valuable investment advice? Short sell the stock in any and all US automakers. Yeah?....that piece of advice is about as valuable as some of your other marketing ideas. |
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I don't think the Asians are too concerned about how fast I solder - I
doubt very much they do it manually. However, there are lots of local artisans interested enough to pay me to teach them how. Whether it's classes at Las Vegas Glass Craft Expo or Victorian Glass Art Festival, my Soldering Clinic classes always sell out. http://www.glasscampus.com/VGAF/page...ringclinic.htm Dennis Brady http://glasscampus.com |
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You now have Armstrong making all their glass in China, Houston Art
Glass importing from Dailan as "Gecko" glass, and several different Chinese glass manufacturers aggressively promoting sales. In containerload quanitites, a good quality art glass (very similar to ring mottle) is available for .60/sf US. Who's responsible for allowing it to happen is irrelevant. The Chinese dominate international trade and will continue to for a very long time. You can waste effort fighting and complaining about it, or you can find ways to take advantage of it. The smartest thing the Chinese government every did was let the US government "force" them into floating their currency. The US is already severely dependant on cheap Chinese imports. Now those imports will cost even more in the US - and the US dollar will continue it's perpetual downward slide, allowing the Bank of China to buy up US companies at bargain basement prices. |
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