You are not far wrong there, Derek. The Chinese have done with economics what the Communists would have like to do with ideology. I attended a course in my...
Not quite, Peter. Don't forget that employers have to a substantial amount of the unemployment benefit in some states. In Texas I had to pay almost 2% of my...
Phyllis, Its a fact that Oriental students work harder and generally have a better work ethic than Westerners (from a combinationinternal and external...
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Feb 23, 2012 3:45 am
A good point, Phyllis. We have the same problem here. But then, we wouldn’t want to offend them, would we? Peter From: SheffExpats@yahoogroups.com...
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Peter Dewsnap
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Feb 23, 2012 3:55 am
No, don’t shut up, Phyllis is valid food for thought. Unlike Britain, the US does have a lot of raw materials so it may be able to resurrect some industries....
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Peter Dewsnap
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Feb 23, 2012 3:58 am
That's news to me, Michael. As I recall thought, it was that way in Texas when I was out of work but that's a long time ago (1983). ... From:...
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Peter Dewsnap
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Feb 23, 2012 4:04 am
I remember that about steel, Derek. Now they make a lot of their own. The thing is I don’t know what is meant by “steel”. What we call “clog iron”,...
... Peter - the UK has over 300 years worth of coal in the ground and under the North Sea. It's as certain as night follows day that this resource will be use...
Yes, Dave, you are right about the coal reserves. When my Dad's colliery closed in 1963 we had all the plans and maps in our house, and there was at least 100...
What happened was the Chinese were so desperate for construction materials ( our clog iron ) that they were buying up all scrap at elevated prices and that...
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Peter Dewsnap
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Feb 23, 2012 3:24 pm
Yes, Dave I am aware of that and I believe there is still a lot of iron ore. But, but what about other things such as alloying elements for steels, timber for...
The increase in Chinese steel production has gone from approx 45 million tons in the mid 80's to approx 500 million tons currently.Meanwhile the steel...
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Peter Dewsnap
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Feb 23, 2012 8:28 pm
That doesn't surprise me, Mike. The Chinese are very capable. As for British steel, I worked for ESC from 1946 to 1958. I would enter in the morning and walk...
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