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Re: GM going down, WITH LEC content

To: <b-evans@earthlink.net>, "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: GM going down, WITH LEC content
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:17:37 -0500 reply-type=response
Cc: "Paul Asgeirsson" <pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>, "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <20051123031300.99680.qmail@web30511.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4383E463.9000503@earthlink.net>
Hi Buster,

Are you a famous person?  You seem to know alot of famous people.

Mike C
----- Original Message ----- 
From <b-evans at earthlink.net>
To: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Paul Asgeirsson" <pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; "Spridgets" 
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: GM going down, WITH LEC content


> Ron Soave wrote:
>
>>... the Buy American Act.  The intent of the act is to increase U.S. 
>>manufacturing.
> We had a neighbor who worked for an American company that made emissions 
> testing equipment that we shall call "Company X".  Tim used to laugh his 
> head off about assembling the piece of "crap" (his words).
>
> At the same time, we had a friend in England who was the chief test 
> engineer for Lotus.  He was continually tearing his hair out and 
> complaining to me (as if I could do anything about it) that in order to 
> export cars to the United States, he was required by American law to use 
> the specific equipment that Tim made.  John said that the equipment was 
> "crap" (HIS words, too), unreliable, and worthless.  He could, he told me, 
> buy a more expensive piece of equipment from Japan that was better by a 
> factor of 10.
>
> (Many people have company cars...you know, Chevrolets, Buicks, etc.  John 
> had a company car, too.  Always a new Lotus Espirit V8.  He loved to rub 
> it in that "his" car got 32 mpg, with air conditioning on, multi-disc CD, 
> lower emissions than any American-made car, and all the other whistles and 
> bells!  But it could not be sent to the U.S. because it had not been 
> tested on the equipment built by Tim and Comapny X.  Now, what fun it was 
> to drive with HIM on the narrow English rural roads.)
>
> Buster Evans
>
! 




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