|
11-10-2008, 09:37 PM
|
 |
Smell it, fools!
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: VA
Posts: 1,962
My Mood: 
|
|
Why US automakers are in deep doodoo...
How can you compete when the other guys can build better cars and still have time left to come up with shit like this? It's like Honda stealing Ford's and GM's girlfriends at the same time and then screwing their moms too just for good measure.
__________________
SQUASHING ALL TEH FUNNEY!
Quote:
SIR NUPE A LOT
Your sig name should read "Ninja Edit Extraordinaire"
|
Quote:
AngryBot
Well when two admins fall deeply in love.....they can't physically have children so they adopt one and that's how a moderator is made.
|
Quote:
Griff
Hugs and no kisses (cause that is how I roll)
|
|
11-10-2008, 10:08 PM
|
|
:ser: :ghey:
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Motherland
Posts: 474
My Mood: 
|
|
That has got to be hard on the genitals.
__________________
|
11-10-2008, 10:45 PM
|
 |
Superadmin to the rescue!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: USA
Posts: 1,093
My Mood: 
|
|
Quote:
|
It's like Honda stealing Ford's and GM's girlfriends at the same time and then screwing their moms too just for good measure.
|
 
|
11-10-2008, 10:56 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: lake city, FL
Posts: 43
My Mood:
|
|
Think of the possible military implications, if it could be designed to help with running and jumping...think about it
|
11-10-2008, 11:42 PM
|
 |
2-Time BCS National Champ
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 286
|
|
Ghey. Really.
__________________
|
11-10-2008, 11:51 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: lake city, FL
Posts: 43
My Mood:
|
|
I personally think it is a cool idea, especially if you are lazy and like your balls to be squished all day
|
11-11-2008, 12:14 AM
|
|
Superadmin to the rescue!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: USA
Posts: 1,093
My Mood:
|
|
Quote:
|
Think of the possible military implications, if it could be designed to help with running and jumping...think about it
|
Yup. Not to mention helping older people move around. Also, if someone broke their leg, they could probably tune this thing to gradually add weight to it as they walked around for a few weeks.
|
11-12-2008, 12:21 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 536
My Mood: 
|
|
When do they start selling the woman's version with the vibrating seat? 
__________________
Quote:
|
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.-Thomas Sowell
|
Quote:
|
"Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn't allow him to do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians." - Alexander Hope
|
|
11-12-2008, 12:44 AM
|
 |
"evie"
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 286
|
|
also when it can do 100% load bearing. paraplegics could be walking again
__________________
2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid || Techone 5K HID kit || 35% Llumar ATR Tints
|
11-12-2008, 12:20 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 82
|
|
HOLY SHIT, has anyone ever heard of this? Job Bank?
[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]
Quote:
One of the best reasons why Detroit automakers should not receive a bailout can be found in a General Motors "Jobs Bank" program that, bizarrely, pays employees not to work.
A beneficiary of that program was someone named Jerry Mellon, who worked for GM until his division merged with another in 2000 and he was no longer needed. Except for a brief period in 2001, Mellon received his full salary for not working, which reached $64,500 a year by 2006. Include benefits, and the annual cost to GM exceeds $100,000.
To earn his pay, Mellon was given the formidable task of showing up in a windowless shed, sitting at a table, and doing nothing for eight hours a day for six years, according to a profile in the Wall Street Journal. Jobs Bank employees have the option of attending classes teaching such important manufacturing skills as dealing blackjack and poker. Mellon spent part of his time reading Reader's Digest, learning how to play Trivial Pursuit, napping on a makeshift bed of chairs pushed together, or simply staring at the wall for hours at a time.
|
|
11-12-2008, 12:53 PM
|
|
"evie"
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 286
|
|
it's like farmers being paid not to plant things, just silly
|
11-12-2008, 01:14 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 412
My Mood:
|
|
Quote:
HOLY SHIT, has anyone ever heard of this? Job Bank?
[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] |
All that is because of the POS unions and how completely worthless they are. Unions are no longer entities to protect their employees, rather, to see how little employees can do and still get paid.
__________________
|
11-12-2008, 02:10 PM
|
|
Superadmin to the rescue!
|
|
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: USA
Posts: 1,093
My Mood:
|
|
Quote:
|
All that is because of the POS unions and how completely worthless they are. Unions are no longer entities to protect their employees, rather, to see how little employees can do and still get paid.
|
QFT! Without these unions, i bet GM and others would be in a slightly better position
|
11-12-2008, 02:31 PM
|
 |
doesnt own a super nissan
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 295
|
|
saw on the news today GM isn't going anywhere, they've made major cutbacks, and are going as far as not premiering new cars at the la auto show.
__________________
|
11-12-2008, 02:54 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 82
|
|
The Big 3 need to file bankruptcy. They can't be allowed to continue "business as usual" with bailout money.
|
11-12-2008, 03:36 PM
|
|
"evie"
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 286
|
|
Quote:
|
All that is because of the POS unions and how completely worthless they are. Unions are no longer entities to protect their employees, rather, to see how little employees can do and still get paid.
|
i agree to an extent. the powerful unions suck the life out of the economy but I remember the local teachers union isn't as powerful and they are still underpaid....
car manufacturers and airline pilot unions are ones that come to mind when I think of unions that are too powerful...oh, and major league baseball...they need a salary cap
|
|
Duck Hunt Champion!
Tetris Champion!