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Old 12-23-2007, 10:51 AM   #23
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[QUOTE=Madsegs;159189][quote=wwhopper;159125] And 21st century technology put together by American hands .......
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Only the final stages......

Motors in Mexico
Electronics from Thailand, S Korea, China.....
CSB from Italy
NiMh from SAFT, France
Li-ion in China
Michelin tyres from France
There was a skit where Martha made her own coffin

Grew the wood, milled the planks, forged the nails. Raised the silk worms, harvested the silk and wove the fabric. And then put it all together to make something of it.

In this global economy most things come together from some place else.
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