Subj : How far I've come...
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 01:27 pm

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: MRO to Arelor on Sat Jan 28 2023 01:12 pm

 >   Re: How far I've come...
 >   By: Arelor to MRO on Sat Jan 28 2023 07:15 am
 > 
 >  >
 >  > So many foreigner countries helped the Chinesse build their industry to
 >  > produce merchandise up to European and American standards that at some po
 > 
 > They learn from their mistakes;they copy their competitors and then they do 
 > are in their company, but i'm sure they were all high lvl engineers. They ev
 > 
 > China is #1 in the steel industry and they have been for a while.
 > They are not stupid and they are in it to win it.
 > 
 > Almost every other country is slow and stupid.

My father used to work for Clark Equipment, and he recalled a tour went
through of Japanese tourists.  This was in the mid to late 60's and security
was lax on what they took pictures of.  There were proprietary practices on ho
w they drilled and inlettted axles, and let them take pictures of the process.

There was guy they called Tex, who lied about his age to join the Marines in
WWII.  The guy was 15 or 16 when he enlisted.  He was running a drill press,
and kept staring at one of the engineers/ tourists.  He walked up to the guy a
nd asked him if his father served in the war, and if he survived.  The
Japanese guy said his father served, and survived.  Tex then says he could've
sworn he killed the guys father.  That sounded like something he would say. 
i heard stories of this guy getting pissed off at the engineers or
management, walked off the job and went to the bar to get drunk, then come in
the next day like nothing had happened.  I'm amazed they were so tolerant. 
That was back in the days you could quit one manufacturing job then have
another job the next day.

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