BL> A little history...

BL> In 1968 the Yen was 400 and Australia had competitive
BL> radio-control until the Japs dumped on the Oz market.

Usual faking, they 'dumped' on the local market. They
in fact did a rather better job of R/C than you did Bob.

They also did one HELL of a lot better job of designing TVs than you did too.

BL> So I redesigned the R/C and matched them,

Well, thats YOUR story anyway.

BL> and they cut the price even further with
BL> an R/ C that was clearly more expensive.

Or maybe YOU fucked up, AGAIN.

BL> No tariff protection, dickhead...

Yes, by then we had enough sense to tell the likes of you to go and
fuck yourself Bob. It took a bit longer with some of the OTHER areas
which DID have very substantial tariff protection, like TVs and cars.

BL> a small Oz manufacturer being sent to
BL> the wall by a large Japanese corporation.

You rally should attach a WAV file of sobbing violins to your messages Bob.

Soorree, the BUYERS of R/C stuff benefited GREATLY.
If you didnt get a feather bed to loll on, stiff shit.

BL> Our capital investment became worthless.

Thats life, you fuck up, you get to wear it Bob. We got sick
of paying very high prices to buy you a fucking feather bed Bob.

BL> That exercise alone cost me $5,000 and in 1970 that
BL> was a lot of money (an average engineer's salary).

Stiff shit, you shouldnt have fucked up Bob.

BL> Now... in 1996 at current prices, I could manufacture an Oz
BL> R/C competitively, but where would I find the setup costs?

You could try standing around with a begging bowl Bob. Soorree,
plenty of those fiendish asians manage to do that stuff somehow.
If you aint up to you yourself, off to the gas chamber you go.

BL> This is how business works, you idiot, and why a Japanese company
BL> is willing to sell at a loss to destroy local manufacture.

Pigs arse they are. Now try explaining why they have
never managed to do very well with hard drives, or PCs
in general either. Nice theory, pity about the reality tho.

BL> In 1970 *we* had the name as the best R/C

Pigs arse you did.

BL> an the Japs were the newcomers;

Yes, you lot fucked up, as usual. Never had the get up and go
to even notice you had a problem Bob. Down the tubes you go Bob.

BL> in 1996 it's reversed and it would cost perhaps 2 years
BL> to get a foothold in the market, and a million bucks.

Usual silly stuff, plucking numbers out of the air. Soorree, when you
clowns have such a gross surfeit of dog shit between the ears, you wont
be getting us to hand you $1M to have you clowns piss it against the wall.

We notice quite some time ago that thats all you clowns are capable of.

BL> It can't be done without a tariff to protect the local market.

Soorree, down the tubes you go, we aint jacking the prices up just
to buy you a feather bed to loll on Bob. PARTICULARLY when you dont
even have the mental horsepower to even notice that the world really
has changed forever as far as us funding that stuff is concerned.

BL> And like the idiot that you are, you think tariffs hurt Australia.
BL> They actually hurt our competitors. Our exports are primary produce.

Poor old Bob. Soorree, if you cant grasp the basics, down the tubes you go.

BL> The way to measure success is to assess yourself
BL> over time, against the goals you make *now*.

Soorree, we have noticed you are a complete failure without doing that.

BL> I am 30 years further on than you, doing
BL> *exactly* what I planned to do when I was 20.

Who gives a shit WHAT you planned to do when you were 20 Bob ? Aint relevant.
You're a dud, its as basic as that. Soorree. No feather bed for you.
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