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Justan Ohlphart[_3_]

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
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, 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. 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. 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. 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... I'm surprised he's not telling us to stock up on ammunition and canned goods. Hey, don't pick on Greg. 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 homemade propane conversion generator. :-) 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.

If only you had some money to invest, jackass.
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