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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    Gotta get those numbers up somehow to justify the damage done to the economy.
    I'm telling you... that's spot fucking on.

    And by the way... 22 million people not working... hmmmm... if I own a factory or a warehouse etc that has no people in it, what am I doing? Sitting there, watching Netflix, waiting for the people to return? Or hard at work figuring out how to accelerate the automation I have been planning and deciding how to run the business with half the staff I needed before the government fucked me?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    I'm telling you... that's spot fucking on.

    And by the way... 22 million people not working... hmmmm... if I own a factory or a warehouse etc that has no people in it, what am I doing? Sitting there, watching Netflix, waiting for the people to return? Or hard at work figuring out how to accelerate the automation I have been planning and deciding how to run the business with half the staff I needed before the government fucked me?
    That's the business I'm in.. Automation.. We booked 290k alone yesterday..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    That's the business I'm in.. Automation.. We booked 290k alone yesterday..
    I'm sure you did. Get it, brother, time is now.

    So you're seeing an huge uptick in demand?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    I'm sure you did. Get it, brother, time is now.

    So you're seeing an huge uptick in demand?
    We have been up-ticking since the day I started here 21 years ago.. That's the beauty of this business is that it is always evolving and people have to have that new shit in their factories.. But yes, this week was a record week as I am understanding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    We have been up-ticking since the day I started here 21 years ago.. That's the beauty of this business is that it is always evolving and people have to have that new shit in their factories..
    Plus the push to bring critical production home. I'd pay attention to that. There's legislature to give massive incentives to come back from China. Japan is getting very aggressive about it. That entire push has to be fueled by massive automation to make it economically viable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    Plus the push to bring critical production home. I'd pay attention to that. There's legislature to give massive incentives to come back from China. Japan is getting very aggressive about it. That entire push has to be fueled by massive automation to make it economically viable.
    This would pull the classes up out of the gutters if you ask my opinion.. But with that we may lose the days of the $600 85 inch televisions. So is it all relative? Who knows.. We will surely see.

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    I still think we have been variables in the largest social experiment ever. We all know the media is biased and manipulative, we only hear what is mandated from levels well above our pay grade.
    People have become slaves to their phones and addicted to facebook,twitter and whatever other media sights they use. People have voluntarily given up their privacy and freedoms years ago on these sites and are in denial about it.

    Step aside Big Brother, we have something much more effective at controlling the populace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    I still think we have been variables in the largest social experiment ever. We all know the media is biased and manipulative, we only hear what is mandated from levels well above our pay grade.
    People have become slaves to their phones and addicted to facebook,twitter and whatever other media sights they use. People have voluntarily given up their privacy and freedoms years ago on these sites and are in denial about it.

    Step aside Big Brother, we have something much more effective at controlling the populace.
    I like when I go to the river and get on the tractor or some other project and just forget about that cell phone all day..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    I like when I go to the river and get on the tractor or some other project and just forget about that cell phone all day..
    Amen. This whole thing has renewed my focus on having a weekend shack.
    I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    This would pull the classes up out of the gutters if you ask my opinion.. But with that we may lose the days of the $600 85 inch televisions. So is it all relative? Who knows.. We will surely see.
    Pull the classes out of the gutters? Please explain. You think those factories are going to be filled with blue collar jobs? They will be run by a few engineers with laptops.
    I wanted to be a Monk, but I never got the chants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    Amen. This whole thing has renewed my focus on having a weekend shack.
    I've had my eye on this 65 acres (yellow area on map) since before this mess. Completely surrounded by thousands of acres of National forest, half mile to Ouachita river.



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    If you have the means, brother, go for it. I expect some serious property bargains. The banks are begging for secured loans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    Amen. This whole thing has renewed my focus on having a weekend shack.
    My neighbor across the street just got him a little fixer-upper on the 'Piankatank river'.. Look it up.. It's a cool little body of water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    I've had my eye on this 65 acres (yellow area on map) since before this mess. Completely surrounded by thousands of acres of National forest, half mile to Ouachita river.


    Wow...! That would be incredible...

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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    Pull the classes out of the gutters? Please explain. You think those factories are going to be filled with blue collar jobs? They will be run by a few engineers with laptops.
    Well in my mind manufacturing would have to have an increased level of personnel. Automation isn't quite at the level people think it is.. yet.

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