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Previously on "Looks like we'll stop making vans..."

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  • zeitghost
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    Seem to recall that London Rubber exported a lot of condom making to the far east...

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  • vetran
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    Lrc

    Originally posted by TonyEnglish
    Do we actually make anything in this counrty now?
    Condoms and concessions on rebates?

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  • NoddY
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Do we actually make anything in this counrty now?

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  • milanbenes
    started a topic Looks like we'll stop making vans...

    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.
    "

    Milan.

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