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re: POTUS orders General Motors to make thousands of ventilators

Posted on 3/27/20 at 4:53 pm to
Posted by HamzooReb
Utah
Member since Mar 2013
14046 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 4:53 pm to
Good. We need to go full blown WWII type where industries just mass produced war effort supplies/machines. Let's try to get this under control as soon as possible so we can go back to normal.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 4:59 pm to
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We need to go full blown WWII type where industries just mass produced war effort supplies/machines.


No, we don't.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
52649 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:01 pm to
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I have ChromaCam for the video camera on my computer. Let's me use any image as a background while I'm on video conference. I used this background behind me, today, in my daily conference call. I positioned my camera so that I covered the dog.

Posted by eitek1
Member since Jun 2011
2910 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:09 pm to
The M16 I carried in the military was made by GM's Hydromatic division. No joke.
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
9666 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:25 pm to
I had no first hand experience, but when I was a kid during Viet Nam, M-16s were rumored to be made by Mattel. Any truth to that?
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:42 pm to
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The M16 I carried in the military was made by GM's Hydramatic division. No joke.



Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24370 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:45 pm to
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General Motors to make thousands of ventilators


...that will be rattle traps with no reliability or resale value.
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8620 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:53 pm to
How do these companies pivot so quickly to making ventilators?
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Member since Sep 2013
35576 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:56 pm to
In a few months this douchebag will be hyping the paid for JD Power initial quality of the ventilators.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33146 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:57 pm to
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How do these companies pivot so quickly to making ventilators?


A shite load of labor.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
141237 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:59 pm to
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Changing the name. Gonna be called "Government Medical" now.

Posted by Apollyon
Member since Dec 2019
2124 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 5:59 pm to
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Chrysler once made Hemi powered air raid sirens.


That's legit fricking badass.
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5757 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:12 pm to
Probably coming from China, like most of their parts. This is fact, not speculation
Posted by eitek1
Member since Jun 2011
2910 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:12 pm to
To my knowledge Mattel never got a contract to produce M16 rifles.

In WW2 companies such as Rockola, International Harvester and Singer made small arms for the military. As you can imagine, they are among the most collectible.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
53610 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:15 pm to
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"China is a third world shithole. You'll see how overblown this is once it gets to a first world country with a top-notch medical system. If it even gets to one."
OT and Poli-board 4 weeks ago.


I think my favorite turn were the ones three weeks ago who attempted to claim Italy was a crappy third world country.
Posted by eitek1
Member since Jun 2011
2910 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:16 pm to
My Hydramatic M16 could rattle something crazy when you grabbed it by the pistol grip and shook it left and right. Most of the finish was worn off (in 1990) but that thing was accurate as hell. It looked beat to hell but never jammed and operated flawless.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24370 posts
Posted on 3/27/20 at 6:33 pm to
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In WW2 companies such as Rockola, International Harvester and Singer made small arms for the military. As you can imagine, they are among the most collectible.



Also IBM.

I have an International Harvester M1 Garand.
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