Bagbalm Ca
Q: Where can women over the age of 50 find young, sexy men, who are interested in them?
A: Try a bookstore, under Fiction.
Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?
A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you are done you will have a place to live.
Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 50+-year-old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant.
Q: How can you avoid spotting a wrinkle every time you walk by a mirror?
A: The next time you're in front of a mirror, take off your glasses.
Q: Why should 50+-year-old people use valet parking?
A: Valets don't forget where they park your car.
Q: Is it common for 50+-year-olds to have problems with short-term memory storage?
A: Storing memory is not the problem. Retrieving it is a problem.
Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?
A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.
Q: Where do 50+-year-olds look for fashionable glasses?
A: Their foreheads.
Q: What is the most common remark made by 50+-year-olds when they enter antique stores?
A: "I remember these."
Answer
These are great! Did I tell you about that elderly woman who was very independent, took care of herself, took classes to get a gun-carrying license? She came out of a store and 4 young men were stealing her car, so she pointed her gun at them and shouted, "GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW!!!" They left, she got in the car, and THEN realized - it wasn't her car! She reported herself at the local police station, where 4 young men were at the counter reporting, "No kidding! A grandma!!! She just hijacked our car with a GUN!!!"
True story! I read it in the news a couple months ago.
:-) bbjo.
These are great! Did I tell you about that elderly woman who was very independent, took care of herself, took classes to get a gun-carrying license? She came out of a store and 4 young men were stealing her car, so she pointed her gun at them and shouted, "GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW!!!" They left, she got in the car, and THEN realized - it wasn't her car! She reported herself at the local police station, where 4 young men were at the counter reporting, "No kidding! A grandma!!! She just hijacked our car with a GUN!!!"
True story! I read it in the news a couple months ago.
:-) bbjo.
UAW leader: Workers will make no more concessions...?
Q. "Even as Detroit's Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy."
Even though labor costs now make up 8 percent to 10 percent of the cost of a vehicle, Gettelfinger blamed the problems the auto industry is suffering from on things beyond its control â the housing slump, the credit crunch and the 1.2 million jobs that have been lost in the past year.
Do you agree with him?
Or do you think he desperately trying to "rearrange the deck chairs on the sinking Titanic"?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_bi_ge/auto_bailout_gettelfinger
Don't consider me some anti-unionist, I've been a union member for over three decades.
But, in my opinion, there is a certain reality here that seems to escape the UAW leaders.
Even though labor costs now make up 8 percent to 10 percent of the cost of a vehicle, Gettelfinger blamed the problems the auto industry is suffering from on things beyond its control â the housing slump, the credit crunch and the 1.2 million jobs that have been lost in the past year.
Do you agree with him?
Or do you think he desperately trying to "rearrange the deck chairs on the sinking Titanic"?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_bi_ge/auto_bailout_gettelfinger
Don't consider me some anti-unionist, I've been a union member for over three decades.
But, in my opinion, there is a certain reality here that seems to escape the UAW leaders.
Answer
I don't think he has a clue. On one hand, yes, sales are being affected by the current economic climate but on the other hand, General Motors' market share has dropped 20 points over the last 30 years. I can't speak much for Ford and Chrysler but in GM's case, they became less focused on automobile manufacturing and diversified their business by purchasing companies like Hughes and Electronic Data Systems and later buy purchasing higher end European brands such as Lotus and Saab. They also spent a lot of dollars launching Saturn under the disastrous leadership of Roger Smith. Smith also reorganized GM's 5 brands (Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac) into 2 divisions; Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada and Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac. Prior to this new lineup, the 5 brands were targeted to varying economic market segments with Chevrolet being at the low end and Cadillac being at the top. That all changed.
A great book that came out 20 years ago is "CALL ME ROGER: THE STORY OF HOW ROGER SMITH CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL MOTORS, TRANSFORMED THE INDUSTRY LEADER INTO A FALLEN GIANT". It talks about how Roger Smith was the first CEO of GM that wasn't a car guy, meaning had a background in engineering. He was an accountant, a bean counter. His focus was purely on increasing shareholder value and not on making great cars. A funny story talks about a Ford commercial that had aired in which a couple is waiting for a valet to bring them their car. The valet brings 2 or 3 different vehicles before he gets the right one. The point was that GM's brands had lost their identity and all looked the same.
Sorry for being so long about this but I'm close to the situation with my dad being a GM retiree. What are they gonna do, take away a 78 year old man's health care benefits and pension that their obligated to provide under contract? They knew they had these obligations but yet have hardly funded them. They've run their business into the ground people aren't buying their cars and the bill is due.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect UAW members to have to pick up part of the costs for health care and retirement if they haven't already.
I don't think he has a clue. On one hand, yes, sales are being affected by the current economic climate but on the other hand, General Motors' market share has dropped 20 points over the last 30 years. I can't speak much for Ford and Chrysler but in GM's case, they became less focused on automobile manufacturing and diversified their business by purchasing companies like Hughes and Electronic Data Systems and later buy purchasing higher end European brands such as Lotus and Saab. They also spent a lot of dollars launching Saturn under the disastrous leadership of Roger Smith. Smith also reorganized GM's 5 brands (Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac) into 2 divisions; Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada and Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac. Prior to this new lineup, the 5 brands were targeted to varying economic market segments with Chevrolet being at the low end and Cadillac being at the top. That all changed.
A great book that came out 20 years ago is "CALL ME ROGER: THE STORY OF HOW ROGER SMITH CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL MOTORS, TRANSFORMED THE INDUSTRY LEADER INTO A FALLEN GIANT". It talks about how Roger Smith was the first CEO of GM that wasn't a car guy, meaning had a background in engineering. He was an accountant, a bean counter. His focus was purely on increasing shareholder value and not on making great cars. A funny story talks about a Ford commercial that had aired in which a couple is waiting for a valet to bring them their car. The valet brings 2 or 3 different vehicles before he gets the right one. The point was that GM's brands had lost their identity and all looked the same.
Sorry for being so long about this but I'm close to the situation with my dad being a GM retiree. What are they gonna do, take away a 78 year old man's health care benefits and pension that their obligated to provide under contract? They knew they had these obligations but yet have hardly funded them. They've run their business into the ground people aren't buying their cars and the bill is due.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect UAW members to have to pick up part of the costs for health care and retirement if they haven't already.
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
No comments:
Post a Comment