BK>> Some of us pay attention, but too many get bought by
BK>> advertising spending.

 BL>  We're in election-mode too. Next month we discover if a
 BL>  Prime Minister can take us into an unjustified war
 BL>  spouting ridiculous lies about WMDs and the terror threat
 BL>  and get away with it.

 Yeah, why not? Our pres seems to be getting away with it.

 BL>   I used to think that Australians
 BL>  were too cynical to be taken in by advertising, but I was
 BL>  given a terrible shock at the *last* election when they
 BL>  bought a pack of lies, hook line and sinker.

 Ordinarily the proof of a lack of cynicism would be a good
 thing...hmmm...

 BL>  Advertising works. God help us all.

 Indeed.

BL>> And we've just signed a FTA with the US. Aaargh!

BK>> Well, take comfort in the fact that we will probably both
BK>> suffer for it.

 BL>  You don't have to worry about cheap Oz labour...

 Don't worry, someone will find the best way to hurt us both.

BK>> One of our traveling engineers told me they set up a factory in
BK>> Mexico where the machinery is all on steel pallets, so they can
BK>> just pick them up and move them.

 BL>  ROFL! I saw that back in the 70's when ITT moved in here
 BL>  to make semicondutors (to sell here). It was a lovely
 BL>  plant, immaculate. They put the whole thing on a Boeing
 BL>  747 one weekend and flew the whole thing complete, to
 BL>  Brazil!

 Sounds like the same thing. Only our machinery was heavy enough
 they probably used a railroad.

 BL> BTW, here in Sydney we've just had the mildest winter on
 BL> record, with an average of 20C (68F) and hardly any rain.
 BL> Now it's Spring, it's cold, and it's hailing! The lawn has
 BL> gone under an inch of hail stones (little ones, thank

 Read this to my wife and stepson and his fiance. Was really
 good.

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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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