Recent content by ChileMass

AAAAarrrrggghhh!!! "The Year of the Cat" by Al Fucking Stewart!!!! Make it stop!! I must have heard it some fucking place recently (grocery store??) and it won't go away. I have no explanation and don't know what's wrong with me. It's been going on for over a week..... My solution has...

Witchy Woman - The Eagles

Crunch Time - Les Claypool

Weather Report Suite - Bob Weir/Grateful Dead

Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin

Let it Rock - Chuck Berry

The pressure is definitely on Vancouver. They have to win. They had the best regular season record, the Sedins are both MVP candidates, their goalie had the lowest goals against avg, they're at home, and their fans want it baaaaaad..... So now the Bruins can go out and just have fun. I think...

Let it Grow - Bob Weir/Grateful Dead

Ghost Riders in the Sky - The Outlaws

Tim Thomas is clearly the best player in the Finals. The Sedin bros have disappeared. Bruins totally dominated again last nite. They have to find a way to do that in Vancouver tomorrow. If they can score 2-3 goals, they will win. So which is a bigger surprise? The Sox winning the Series...

Gotta hang in there. The Bs win back at home Monday to force Game 7. One of these 1-goal games has to go in the Bruins' favor.........don't give up yet.....

Source for this data? Maybe production has increased based on productivity driven by technology, but I guarantee you the number of manufacturing jobs has decreased just as dramatically over that span. It's great to have better productivity, don't get me wrong, I'm all for that. But we need...

I hear you - the problem is that if there's a big drop in covered people, big healthcare providers won't have a market. There's a lot less money insuring people working for reduced or minimal wages. We need to maintain what's left of our manufacturing base and find new technologies to create...

So back to the original question: Would you pay more for a product stamped "Made in America"? Interestingly, my company (a test lab) is considering coming out with a certification label for manufacturers so they can demonstrate "country of origin" in case locals want to buy local. Would you...

Facsinating and yet, not surprising. I work for the largest product testing company in the world and our clients are manufacturers of every kind of product that comes out of a factory - from shoes to toys to furniture to consumer electronics, medical devices, wireless products, semiconductor...