Sad but true....
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 7:59 am
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors)
Decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River.
Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak
Performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed,
Decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat.
A management team made up of senior management was formed
To investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing
And 1 person steering, while the American team had
8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order,
American management hired an independent consulting
Company and paid them a very larger
Amount of money for a second opinion.
The company advised, of course, that too many
People were steering the boat, while not enough
People were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information,
But wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese,
The rowing team's management structure was
Totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors,
3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant
Superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system
That would give the 1 person rowing the boat
Greater incentive to work harder.
It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,'
With meetings, dinners and free pens and a
Certificate of completion for the designated rower.
There was discussion of getting new paddles,
Canoes and other equipment, extra vacation
Days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the
Rower (a reduction in workforce) for poor performance,
Halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles,
And canceled all capital investments for new equipment.
The money saved was distributed to the
Senior Executives as bonuses and the race
Was 'out-sourced' to India.
Sadly: THE END.
Here's something else to think about:
Ford has spent the last thirty years moving its factories
Out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying
American wages.
Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than
A dozen plants inside the U.S.
The last quarter's results:
Toyota made 4 billion in profit while Ford racked up
9 billion in losses.
Ford folks are still scratching their heads.
IF THIS WASN'T SO SAD
IT MIGHT BE FUNNY!
Buy Toyota - it's made in America!
Decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River.
Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak
Performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed,
Decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat.
A management team made up of senior management was formed
To investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing
And 1 person steering, while the American team had
8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order,
American management hired an independent consulting
Company and paid them a very larger
Amount of money for a second opinion.
The company advised, of course, that too many
People were steering the boat, while not enough
People were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information,
But wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese,
The rowing team's management structure was
Totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors,
3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant
Superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system
That would give the 1 person rowing the boat
Greater incentive to work harder.
It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,'
With meetings, dinners and free pens and a
Certificate of completion for the designated rower.
There was discussion of getting new paddles,
Canoes and other equipment, extra vacation
Days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the
Rower (a reduction in workforce) for poor performance,
Halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles,
And canceled all capital investments for new equipment.
The money saved was distributed to the
Senior Executives as bonuses and the race
Was 'out-sourced' to India.
Sadly: THE END.
Here's something else to think about:
Ford has spent the last thirty years moving its factories
Out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying
American wages.
Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than
A dozen plants inside the U.S.
The last quarter's results:
Toyota made 4 billion in profit while Ford racked up
9 billion in losses.
Ford folks are still scratching their heads.
IF THIS WASN'T SO SAD
IT MIGHT BE FUNNY!
Buy Toyota - it's made in America!
and I fill it weekly. My wife drives an expedition with the little v-8 and barely drives, but we need the space to fit the 2 kids, both of us, my mother in law and the 2 dogs, so there weren't many other options there! Many of us are trapped into paying out the ass to get some camel jockeys filthy rich! My bank account was in overdraft yesterday only becasue of GAS PRICES, thats right, the wife did some driving last week and FUCKED my bank statement! You ride a bike on the street and probably live a couple miles from work, so you can go ahead and welcome the $4/gal price, for me I'm wondering why gas prices are higher after we invaded one of the most oil rich nations... oh yeah, because we as americans have turned into a bunch of pussies and let the lawyers run the show!!!
I got double dicked with that one 
and use a thermal motor, they've had those things forever, I remember my dad telling my about a kit in popular science in the '70s to make a small thermal motor.