Posts by RubaDub

When we moved into this house, close to 20 years ago, we were planning on getting a new washer and dryer. The two old Whirlpool appliances had cracked paint, some rust on the side and overall just looked old. But they worked fine and we decided to get a year or two more out of them if possible and spend the money on some other items we needed.

That was nearly 20 years ago. Guess what, they still look old and beat up a bit. I did replace the switch that stops if from running when you open the top about 5 years ago. After looking at YouTube, I bought the switch ($25) and replaced it in about 15 minutes (I could do it in 5 minutes now). That was it. But they run like new.

I don't think any amount of money would buy you that type of appliance today.

Rub a Dub

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How Do You Get Most Of Your News?

by minimus in

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i read a lot on online.

i regularly read fox news, the drudge report the new york post and local newspapers and local newscasts.

where do you get most of your news from?.

RubaDub

Fox News, RT America, The Federalist, Breitbart, National Review

wannabefree ....

Does the steering wheel in your car only allow you to make right-hand turns .... lol.

Rub a Dub

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How Do You Get Most Of Your News?

by minimus in

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i read a lot on online.

i regularly read fox news, the drudge report the new york post and local newspapers and local newscasts.

where do you get most of your news from?.

RubaDub

Fox News and MSNBC primarily.

I mentally take the information from the right wingnuts and left wingnuts, throw it into a mental blender, and come up with something that hopefully resembles something close to reality. Sort of like oil and vinegar, mix them together and you come up with salad dressing.

Both of those channels have a good show or two and a few good reporters but by themselves, both networks have at least 90% biased jackasses.

I really wish there was somewhere to get the facts, not everything so heavily flavored with varying degrees of opinion.

Rub a Dub

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Isn't It Ironic That Many People Now Wish That Many of the Things China is Making Would Actually Be Made in Mexico?

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let me think of a few advantages to having mexico do more manufacturing for us:.

- low cost labor .

- just drive around or jump over the wall to see family and friends.

RubaDub

The washer is Kenmore and Dryer Maytag. Both have "Made in Mexico" labels. (in obscure places)

Wow ...

Those used to be two brands that were at one time considered excellent. You went to Sears, you got Kenmore (and Craftsman tools) . You wanted to even go a step higher, you went with Maytag.

Major companies have just flushed their brand names and reputations down the toilet, so to speak. And cheap toilets at that.

Rub a Dub

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Governor Cuomo - Does He Have a Flash Drive Plugged into His Head?

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like the guy or not, i don't know how this guy can talk so much, giving fact after fact and analyze what is going on, not just in new york but across the country.

he's not reading from notes and there are no teleprompters.

he gives about an hour to an hour and a half at press conferences every day and fox news carries it.. i mean, as i am listening, he's saying they moved 802 ventilators from this state to that state, 412 came here to new york .... on and on.

RubaDub

He relies on PowerPoints instead of teleprompters. I can talk too with PowerPoints in front of me.

Anony Mous ...

They show the Powerpoint slides on the side of the of the screen on the channels I have watched. Yes, each slide has several bullet points that focus on the topic. But he's not reading anything. You could read all the bullet points on a slide in about 15 seconds.

I was referring to all of the information he is adding and so many specifics and examples he gives. Where stuff is, where stuff is moving state to state, which hospitals are getting what, exactly what has been requested, etc etc etc.I just don't hear him speaking in generalities like so many others. He seems to have studied this stuff extremely well and IMO well-prepared to give these national briefings, hence my comment on the flash drive in his head. That's all.

If you could relate the facts and analysis the way he does with just a few bullet points, God bless you.

Rub a Dub

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Governor Cuomo - Does He Have a Flash Drive Plugged into His Head?

by RubaDub in

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like the guy or not, i don't know how this guy can talk so much, giving fact after fact and analyze what is going on, not just in new york but across the country.

he's not reading from notes and there are no teleprompters.

he gives about an hour to an hour and a half at press conferences every day and fox news carries it.. i mean, as i am listening, he's saying they moved 802 ventilators from this state to that state, 412 came here to new york .... on and on.

RubaDub

DoC ...

I hope Biden doesn't choose, as you call her, the "Halfwit from Michigan", as his running mate as has been talked about on several channels.

IMO, it would do him no good.

Rub a Dub

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Isn't It Ironic That Many People Now Wish That Many of the Things China is Making Would Actually Be Made in Mexico?

by RubaDub in

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let me think of a few advantages to having mexico do more manufacturing for us:.

- low cost labor .

- just drive around or jump over the wall to see family and friends.

RubaDub

We bought a brand new house that had toilets that NEVER worked properly. Made in Mexico ... The washer sounds like a cement mixer ... The dryer FRIES our clothes on the coolest setting

3rdgen ...

Don't confuse Mexican technology with Mexican labor. Companies don't move to places like Mexico for technology, they take their own technology and use the cheaper labor.

Apple, among other companies, aren't setting up manufacturing facilities in countries such as Vietnam because of the technology that exists there. No, it is for the labor. Depending on how you want to value the Chinese Yuan (¥), the Chinese labor force makes somewhere in the $3.50 per hour average wage. Labor in Vietnam with be less than half of that.

Often parts are produced in their "home" countries and then sent to places like Mexico to be assembled (which opens up a legal can of worms on when you can label something "made in the USA".) You may be sourcing parts and sub-assemblies from all over the world. But where is it really made? Ms. Rub a Dub deals with this stuff every day. It's a combination of law and mathematics on what percentages of what is done where and how does it contribute to the intended use of the final product. Too much legal reading for me!

Back to the original comment, I'm curious, what brand name(s) were the toilet, washer and dryer?

Rub a Dub

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My ExElder Best Friend Has Coronavirus

by minimus in

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this has been a horrible month.

my best friend’s wife just called to tell me that my friend had to be hospitalized due to severe coronavirus complications.

he has severe pneumonia, is put on a ventilator and is in a coma .

RubaDub

Min ...

So sorry about this. This thing really is hitting us at home, either directly or indirectly.

Rub a Dub