>>>>Thanks for the clarifications and for listening, Tom. Now, in what will probably be a vain attempt to correct the course of this thread:
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>>>>Have you crushed your Sprint cellphone yet? Tore up your contract? Sold short? What are we going to do to educate these corporations that there may be a better way than outsourcing? When did the 20 year plan become a 6 month plan? Are we doomed to do all our shopping at Walmart? Is the only succesfull business model buyout or hope to be bought out? Enquiring minds want to know.
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>>>My argument with Al is going great! See message #819899. The challenge appears to be; how do you convince someone that there is more at stake than meets the eye?
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>>Other than "costs", you mean? Other 'fallout'? For sure. Hence my little insertion about the waste end of things. And, you started this thread - you figure out the 'convincing' part :-) Rules of engagement: no name calling! It's been a while since there was a heated debate in here - the weather is perfect for it.
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>Heated? Pass me the gasoline and matches, let’s stoke those flames. Actually I chose to remove “lists and truculence do not constitute argument” just before hitting submit.
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>RE: Convincing. Indeed this is a challenge. The enemy err I mean opposing arguer appear to be too entrenched. I hear that money talks, do you think Al might be receptive to say $20 (yep I’m a cheap skate) – obviously this is not a bribe, more like a contribution to Al’s research endeavors.

I doubt $20 would influence Al much (if at all), but I wager it would make a 55 gallon drum of used MEK disappear in a heartbeat in other countries. The power of the bribe is indeed alive and well elsewhere.