Looks like we'll stop making vans...

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zeitghost replied

19 December 2005, 08:34
Seem to recall that London Rubber exported a lot of condom making to the far east...
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vetran replied

19 December 2005, 01:00
Lrc

Originally posted by TonyEnglish

Do we actually make anything in this counrty now?

Condoms and concessions on rebates?
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NoddY replied

16 December 2005, 13:50
Originally posted by NoddY

The question is who done the dumming and why?

What a Freudian slip!

I meant dRumming of course!
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NoddY replied

16 December 2005, 13:48
Since the 1980's we've had it drummed into us 'services good, smelly old manufacturing bad' in the sense of 'four legs good, two legs bad'. The question is who done the dumming and why?
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milanbenes replied

16 December 2005, 13:15
what amazes me, in Germany, walk down any street and the majority of cars are either german made or a combination of german made or made in other countries by car manufacturers owned by German companies

who needs a manufacturing economy ?

Milan.
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BoredBloke replied

16 December 2005, 12:45
Do we actually make anything in this counrty now?
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milanbenes started a topic Looks like we'll stop making vans...

16 December 2005, 12:39
Looks like we'll stop making vans...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4534386.stm

"'Administration deal' to save LDV

LDV was born from a management buyout in 1993
LDV, one of the last surviving UK-owned vehicle manufacturers, plans to go into administration on Friday as it tries to save 1,200 jobs, the BBC has learned.
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Milan.
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