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I pulled into the office parking lot on my 1991 LeMans the other day. One of our IT guys (a self appointed gear head) was walking out as I was walking in, and had seen me pull in on the bike."Nice bike", he says. "Is that a Two-Fifty?" :oI was almost speechless, but replied, "nah. One Thousand".He got a puzzled look on his face and said, "oh...", as he walked away...
I'd hate to think that was true. To me, WalMart has always been a way to flood people's lives with cheap junk that they've been sold on "having to have".Maybe it's a people problem rather than a WalMart problem. I'd never want to thread my way past the apathetic-looking employees smoking on the front sidewalk and flinging their butts where I have to walk ....But in a "material things" sense, you could be right. "Lower Income" people below the poverty level today have their houses full of more "stuff" than the doctors and lawyers did when I was growing up.Lannis
Next time someone tells you to buy a Harley"I've been riding for XX years, why would i want a beginers bike?"
Our "vintage" bikes with the skinny tires DO look about like a modern 250 .... These days, if it hasn't got something the size of a Corvette tire on the back, and huge fairings and acres of plastic, it's "not a real motorcycle. Oughta get you a Harley!"Lannis
The transition from "Made in Japan" being a joke for horrible quality to being Toyotas and Hondas that set the standard for everyone else's quality caught EVERYONE by surprise, I think ....Lannis
But who taught them QC? Survey SAID! Dr. W.Edwards Deming http://www.skymark.com/resources/leaders/deming.aspA native of my very own Iwega!! The Japanese listened to this American and took his ideas to heart. Now much of the world chases the Japanese in SQC or just plain QC.
Smart people learn from wherever they can. Nobody is born knowing this stuff ... !Lannis
I have a different perspective having lived in a very rural area. Walmart brings much needed jobs that pay pretty well by local standards and they bring consumer goods that are basically unavailable otherwise. I know Amazon and Ebay have changed that somewhat, but you can usually find whatever you need at Walmart. Often, there is simply no other choice.
Where I lived, the closest "store that will not be named" was 40 miles away. And yes, other than the very basics, they were the only source for a lot of items.
Had to be the high plains , or Alaska , Rodekyll still doesn't believe they exist :DDusty
Butthead: Is that a Jap bike?Me: Excuse me, but I'm Japanese and "Jap" is a derogatory term.Butthead: Sorry, so what is it?Me: It's an Italian bike... a Moto Guzzi.Butthead: What's a Jap doing on a bike like that?...So that's how I got into the only fight I've gotten into as an adult. Thats one of the funniest things I've ever read on the inter-webb! ;D ;D ;D
I've yet to actually enter one and I refuse to believe the advertising. However, I did finally have to conceed that home depot is real.
You should patent it, Dusty.
Butthead: Is that a Jap bike?Me: Excuse me, but I'm Japanese and "Jap" is a derogatory term.Butthead: Sorry, so what is it?Me: It's an Italian bike... a Moto Guzzi.Butthead: What's a Jap doing on a bike like that?...So that's how I got into the only fight I've gotten into as an adult.
No, not seriously. He was joking, but he was seriously disinterested in speed.Come to think of it, maybe the stupidest thing anyone ever said regarding motorcycles wasn't said to me, since I was pretty young, but to my Dad. Another customer told my Dad that he didn't think those Honda motorcycles would ever catch on.