boyfriday Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I dont for one second believe such a machine would even work, it would probably have a British Leyland badge on it. ....and Red Robbo 'driving' it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 ....and Red Robbo 'driving' it :hihi: British industry is good at one thing, heating lumps of metal up and then banging it with hammers, leave the technical stuff to other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 :hihi: British industry is good at one thing, heating lumps of metal up and then banging it with hammers, leave the technical stuff to other countries. Now if Apple ever wanted a 20ft titanium iPad...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The iPad is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The iPad is crap. They are obviously feeding those sweatshop workers to much for them to take this electronics thing seriously. They should monitor the workforce and identify those with upcoming suicidal tendencies and execute them in front of the rest as an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Totally agree Wildcat, but denouncing foreign sweat shops and banning Far East imports is usually Nick Griffin's strap line in his belief it will protect British workers, which it won't. I have been involved in campaigns by Oxfam, Christian Aid and Trade Unions on precisely those grounds for more than 15 years. Although admittedly never on the grounds of banning imports.... happy to leave such authoritarian and counter productive policies to the far right. Improving terms and conditions for employees where ever they are in the world has benefits for us. It is only through such solidarity that we have moved away from barbaric sweatshops of victorian england here. Some examples: http://www.nosweat.org.uk/ http://www.cleanclothes.org/ http://www.educatingforjustice.org/index.htm As AJ said, the great British public has an unquenchable thirst for the latest electronic consumer products-things we cant manufacture competitively. So whilst I'd endorse any campaign to support sweat shop workers, the harsh reality is I like my Toshiba widescreen laptop much more than I ever did my ZX Spectrum. Totally agree. Although that said I loved my Spectrum at the time. I think however it was probably made from parts abroad... although I am not sure of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Totally agree. Although that said I loved my Spectrum at the time. Aye, they had 'Manic Miner' long before the phrase was used to describe Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimay Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 :hihi: British industry is good at one thing, heating lumps of metal up and then banging it with hammers, leave the technical stuff to other countries. But there aren't even many British places heating lumps of metal up and then banging it with hammers any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Aye, they had 'Manic Miner' long before the phrase was used to describe Arthur And Jet Set Willy before John Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 And Jet Set Willy before John Terry. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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