tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post9169672438676143597..comments2024-03-27T21:43:44.745-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: John Auchter: A Cartoon, a desk, and the End of an EraFlint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-32534373911639925792013-11-21T18:53:54.152-08:002013-11-21T18:53:54.152-08:00In regard to the editorial cartoon: What people bu...In regard to the editorial cartoon: What people buy determines which factories stay open. No one was to blame. A lot of good paying jobs were lost. We vote with our money in a far greater fashion than our political ballot. It was neither union or management that closed these factories. It is determined by the products that sell. People chose cheap products working out of tax free zones operating in the United States. They chose cheap products made my foreign labor that work for pennies per hour. Is it surprising the same countries buy our land out from under our feet while we buy their trinkets and baubles? Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078679352982895530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-16204117032370482592013-11-18T09:50:39.976-08:002013-11-18T09:50:39.976-08:00I remember those drawing board in Plant Engineerin... I remember those drawing board in Plant Engineering and Industrial Engineering at Chevrolet Flint Manufacturing. I don't remember desks underneath. They started using the small screen monochrome monitors, no bigger than ten inches in diagonal, around 1980. The engineers hated them, and I don't blame them. Over the next few years, color monitors which were much larger, 17 inches or more, became prevalent. CAD CAM programs became much better, and actually improved things for engineers who had engineering minds but geek like motor coordination skills that made drawing hard for them. You had the same resistance in artists who didn't regard computer aided Art as Art. There is still something comforting about doing things the old fashioned way, and for now the boards help promote this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-34238570012279063892013-11-18T08:43:31.965-08:002013-11-18T08:43:31.965-08:00Oh lawdy! I have one of these. I just put it back ...Oh lawdy! I have one of these. I just put it back together a few days ago. It's missing the straightedge and lower cabinet, but is otherwise in great shape. Makes a great layout table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com