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From: Jim on 27 May 2010 10:39 On 2010-05-27, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> If Dell etc pulled out of manufacturing in China >> then unemployment would rocket, causing more problems than there are >> currently. > > Just how many of China's approximately 1.3 billion people does Dell > employ, then? He didn't say 'Dell', he said 'Dell, etc'. In other words, if everyone who hires Foxconn to make stuff stopped hiring them to make stuff it may well create more problems than it solves. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Chris Ridd on 27 May 2010 12:03 On 2010-05-27 15:47:42 +0100, Tim Streater said: > In article <1jj5oja.5ozqlxtwezh2N%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Undoubtably. The price didn't go down once they sacked the UK workforce. >>> Seemed odd that just after that mr Dyson was asked to provide advice to >>> the government on manufacturing (I guess he said 'sack the british >>> workers and move abroad') >> >> My argument with Dyson was the quality of the kit. We had one (made in >> the UK) that failed with dust in the motor (we changed the filters >> regularly). Very British- followed perfectly our experience with Brit >> washing machines. Following family experience over many years and many >> machines, we decided to go to a manufacturer from a country that >> actually still *knows* about manufacturing, and bought a Miele (and >> Siemens washing machines). It's worked perfectly for the last several >> years and if family experience is anything to go by, will last for many >> more. Same with fridges. We inherited a Liebherr when we bought his >> house and it's superb. >> >> If you're buying physical equipment, buy German. Nothing else is as >> good, except maybe Japanese. But don't, don't, don't buy British. > > Funny, I bought a DC01 well over 10 years ago, and even abusing the > filters it's still going strong. Ours managed to get a pencil half way around one of the (user maintainable) U bends. Thanks, kids. Otherwise it has been OK. Slightly OT, but our neighbour with an upright Dyson never noticed that the whole upright nozzle separated from the vacuum's body. So she held the whole vacuum cleaner upside-down to get into corners :-) -- Chris
From: SteveH on 27 May 2010 12:36 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > No, cos with this shirt you are not getting anything extra. > > > > The extra is that it'll still look good after it has been washed a dozen > > times, and therefore will last longer. > > That is the common logic, but in my direct experience not borne out in > practice. Hmmm, I bought some shirts from our clothing dept. at work, something like 6 quid, including a tie. They're a bit rubbish, the material is so thin you could use it as tracing paper. > The mac cost is slightly different. I can get more done on the mac > faster, and enjoy the process, so the relative costs of the componants > are nowhere near as important as the costs to my time. Back to the shirts.... M&S shirts cost more than those I can buy at work, but they rarely need ironing as they are made from a better material.... so, the saving in time makes them worthwhile. -- SteveH
From: zoara on 27 May 2010 13:50 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > And isn't it like 'organic' or 'free range' foods. How do we actually > know what goes on in the background (and why so many people still grow their own). Certification, mainly. > Horses for courses etc. Indeed. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 27 May 2010 13:58
On 27 May 2010 17:50:36 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> On 2010-05-27, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >>> And isn't it like 'organic' or 'free range' foods. How do we actually >>> know what goes on in the background (and why so many people still >>> grow their own). >> >> We grow our own stuff purely because it's *fun*. >> >> Potatoes, garlic, onions, spring onions, courgettes(sp?), tomatoes, >> and lots >> and lots of chillis. > >Can you recommend any courgettes that grow easily? I've got yellow >somethings that are doing well, but the green bush ones are either >failing or coming up all stunted and unhealthy-looking. Have I just got >a bad batch? Dunno, but we're trying the same type of courgettes as the last three year's bountiful croppers, and most of them haven't even sprouted. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was the last time you needed one?" - Tom Cargil, C++ Journal |