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On 4/1/20 7:42 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/1/2020 7:28 AM, John wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:00:41 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 8:56:37 PM UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:20:18 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:49:04 -0400, John wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:26:38 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:46:45 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:44:21 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:36:04 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

While GM dragged their feet over contract issues,Â* Ford in
partnership with GE Health got to work making ventilators.

Interesting concept.

After consultation with GE and with consideration to the
type of locations they will be used, they are going to
focus on a simple, proven design that is air powered
rather than by electricity.Â* Reduces the complexity
and permits the ventilator to be used with a tank
of oxygen only.

Ford engineers visited GE and worked out some
manufacturing improvements that will allow GE
to also ramp up production.

Ford is setting up a manufacturing facility in
Michigan and expects to produce 50,000 ventilators
over the next 100 days.

Ford executive says it's the perfect combination of
company strengths and capabilities.Â* GE has a
proven ventilator design and Ford has the expertise
in mass production.

Ford also said production rates will go up as required.

I think our biggest problem will be what to do with a half of a
million ventilators in a year or so when this blows over. Maybe
Oprah
can give them away on her show. I bet there will be a glut of n-95
masks on the market too. That is a good thing tho. I was paying at
least, a couple bucks each for them last year.

Do you really think that will be our biggest problem? You sound
much like Harry
with that kind of crap. As Trump said, if we have extras, there
are lots of
countries in need.

I am trying not to think about the global financial collapse. People
have been telling me for a month that I was crazy even suggesting
it.

BTW when this is over, the excessive need will be gone. I think
we are
going to flood the world with this stuff once they get tooled up to
make it and the government is printing money to get it out the door.

Half a million ventilators will surely not cause a global
financial collapse.
Will there be a financial collapse? Maybe. If so, you can say you
predicted it
months ago. I don't remember you suggesting it, but if you say you
did, and it
happens, you deserve the credit for predicting it.

I'm surprised Harry hasn't beat you to that prediction and blames
it on Trump.

I am not seeing anything that looks any other possibility. Whether it
is an unrecoverable collapse is the only question.
With no end in sight of keeping our foot on the throat on the western
economy we have to consider the consequences. South Europe was
dragging down the Euro in a food economy with Germany propping it up.
The German finance minister just killed himself. You have to wonder
what that was all about.
I bet UK is happy they Brexited.
The big winner here is going to be China. Whether they have actually
controlled this virus or not, their official story is they are back
open for business.
The US, not so much and the predictions here are far fewer than half
of small business is going to survive. Bigger companies are likely to
be in trouble too if they can't make something the government is
buying. Other than that, if you can't buy it in a grocery store, drug
store or a liquor store, we are not buying it. The businesses are all
closed. I still think real unemployment is about 30% and I may be
guessing low once employers stop paying furloughed workers.

And you predicted all this a month ago?

Greg is driving the scary train.Â* In a couple of months we'll all be
breathing easier and and the Dow will be on the mend.

I think he's on retainer from MSNBC, CNN, NBC, etc...Â*

I'm surprised he's not telling us to stock up on ammunition and canned
goods.

Hey, don't pick on Greg.Â* I get a kick out of some of his philosophies
and "preparations" for when the world ends.

He may be the only one breathing easy in a month using his home-made
oxygen delivery system using a homemade ventilator powered by his
homemadeÂ* propane conversion generator.Â* :-)

Considering the number of septuagenarians and octogenarians living in
private homes, condos, and nursing homes in Florida, opportunities to
buy real estate on the cheap in that state will soon abound.