"HK" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:34:46 -0500, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

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|"D-unit" cof42_AT_embarqmail.com wrote in message
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| I hope you're right but I doubt it. The housing market
| is up to its eyeballs in forclosures with more to come and
| credit card debt is at an all time high.
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| I've worked for the same
| company for 23 years (printing/machining ) and
| watched our industry dwindle slowly since the early
| 90's. Things have sucked pretty bad for the last 2 years
| and its a miricle we're still here. Unfortunately, the
| writing is on the wall as we have enough money left
| for about 1 more pay period. Too bad its not boating
| season as it looks like I might have some free time on
| my hands coming up.
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| Don
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|I hate to hear stories like that. Is the downturn in your industry
economy |related or is it due to diminishing requirements for printed
material?
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|Eisboch (went through many close calls over the years)

Except for small and/or time critical jobs, most of your
printing/publishing has gone offshore.....



Thank goodness that isn't true for printing jobs of my clients. We print
only with U.S. or Canadian shops, and with U.S./Canadian paper and inks.

The newsprint/paper mills here are having a rough time lately. The soaring
loonie makes our stuff that much more expensive to American buyers.
I have a brother-in-law who works at the Stora Mill.
http://www.storaenso.com/CDAvgn/main...-4371-,00.html
Last month an American company bought the mill after the Finnish owners
wrang every concession out of the provincial gov't and the workers union.
What usually follows next is more arm twisting and then closure with the
machinery shipped to Mexico or elsewhere.
latest examples...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...r-trenton.html
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.c...article/164528