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Subject: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:28 am
Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs
About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries.
"As we continue to deliver our Ford+ plan for growth and value creation, we are working to address all aspects of costs to improve our competitiveness and ensure we can fully invest in growth," Ford said in a statement.
Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers.
The salaried worker cuts are about 6% of the company's workforce in the U.S. and Canada.
Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:15 pm
oliver clotheshoffe wrote:
Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:02 pm
Temple wrote:
oliver clotheshoffe wrote:
Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs
Forget what you were gonna post???
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:35 pm
Temple says the pictures I post are too big for his monitor. Anyone else having this happen?
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:37 pm
oliver clotheshoffe wrote:
Temple says the pictures I post are too big for his monitor. Anyone else having this happen?
Nope
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:53 pm
I have my computer hooked up to a tv set and the resolution is set at 1360 x 768 which really doesn't seem all that large in this day and age and I never have to use scrollbars to see the full image. Maybe he's on a phone or something.
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:29 pm
oliver clotheshoffe wrote:
I have my computer hooked up to a tv set and the resolution is set at 1360 x 768 which really doesn't seem all that large in this day and age and I never have to use scrollbars to see the full image. Maybe he's on a phone or something.
My resolution is 1920 by 1080 on a 14 inch screen.
I'll usually resize pics to 600 pixels if they show up too big on my monitor.
It's possible Temple is using a Viewmaster when surfing the net, which is why he continually uses size 16 for a text size.
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:51 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
It's possible Temple is using a Viewmaster when surfing the net, which is why he continually uses size 16 for a text size.
Temple hasn't been able to look into a ViewMaster since that 'little incident'...
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:08 pm
No... I'm on a phone and have no problem with pics, large links or anything
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:24 am
I usually resize the pictures to 600.. And- I will use curt + and - ..
I like bigger print size-- for no particular reason, I just like it.. The Tablet n phone is quite small print but on pc I just like the ease of big, it's is cool. A picture size of 600 is very good no matter what size screen.. Is there anything else I can clear up for you??
I have 17'' screen on this pc.. and a 21'' and a 14'' . I have a 70'' TV, too big for the internet-- But- some posted pictures herein are like 1200 big.. And don't knock my size 16, it's awesome. aahh perhaps I should bold it, hhhmmm I'll ponder on that.
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:36 am
Temple wrote:
I usually resize the pictures to 600.. And- I will use curt + and - ..
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What is "curt + and -" ???
A curt is a trailer hitch!!!
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:58 am
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
I usually resize the pictures to 600.. And- I will use curt + and - ..
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What is "curt + and -" ???
A curt is a trailer hitch!!!
curt is the same as ctrl-- Don't you know anything, sigh--
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:11 am
Temple wrote:
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
I usually resize the pictures to 600.. And- I will use curt + and - ..
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What is "curt + and -" ???
A curt is a trailer hitch!!!
curt is the same as ctrl--/ Don't you know anything, sigh--
Oh, my bad - I've only been using computers for 60+ years.
I figured you meant to type cunt instead of ctrl.
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:59 am
Temple wrote:
curt is the same as ctrl--
Never heard of 'curt'. I always say 'Katahrol'
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:11 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
I usually resize the pictures to 600.. And- I will use curt + and - ..
////
What is "curt + and -" ???
A curt is a trailer hitch!!!
curt is the same as ctrl--/ Don't you know anything, sigh--
Oh, my bad - I've only been using computers for 60+ years.
I figured you meant to type cunt instead of ctrl.
Well, 'cunt' is also accepted.. Feel free to use cunt for ctrl ..
60 years on the computer-- 0ooh lordy you had a Comador !!, yes.
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:26 pm
Temple wrote:
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60 years on the computer-- 0ooh lordy you had a Comador !!, yes.
Never had a Commodore.
First used an I.B.M., then onto WANG.
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:39 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
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60 years on the computer-- 0ooh lordy you had a Comador !!, yes.
Never had a Commodore.
First used an I.B.M., then onto WANG.
A WANG-- ahha- there was a WANG computer. IBM is now Lenovo..I luv that pc-- two of mine and wife also use Lenovo's....Kids have HP .. So are you still using your WANG and windows 3 ??
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:58 pm
Temple wrote:
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
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60 years on the computer-- 0ooh lordy you had a Comador !!, yes.
Never had a Commodore.
First used an I.B.M., then onto WANG.
A WANG-- ahha- there was a WANG computer. IBM is now Lenovo..I luv that pc-- two of mine and wife also use Lenovo's....Kids have HP .. So are you still using your WANG and windows 3 ??
My current PC is a Lenovo, with Windows 11.
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:16 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Temple wrote:
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60 years on the computer-- 0ooh lordy you had a Comador !!, yes.
Never had a Commodore.
First used an I.B.M., then onto WANG.
A WANG-- ahha- there was a WANG computer. IBM is now Lenovo..I luv that pc-- two of mine and wife also use Lenovo's....Kids have HP .. So are you still using your WANG and windows 3 ??
My current PC is a Lenovo, with Windows 11.
Wang 2200 basic computer from 1975 this is 1975..was yours before 75 ?
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:26 pm
Temple wrote:
Wang 2200 basic computer from 1975 this is 1975..was yours before 75 ?
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Yes
1973
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:05 pm
Obi-- that's horrible!... it has knobs- you had to use that--did it have wifi? AOL? Color? Windows? My 1st was a Dell laptop.
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:29 pm
Temple wrote:
Obi-- that's horrible!... it has knobs- you had to use that--did it have wifi? AOL? Color? Windows? My 1st was a Dell laptop.
UNIX, a modem, and dial-up
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:59 pm
My first computer was an Atari 400 with the cassette storage unit. Which was cool because Foothill College used to broadcast programs over the air, you would put in a blank tape, record the program, then pop the tape into the computer and run it. Learned a lot on that machine, I had a BASIC cartridge, an Assember Editor and even found a small C compiler for it.
I remember playing this game on it back in 1982, it blew us away at the time -
Temple Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:02 pm
Ahha that sounds like '' Pong.. My mom has a protection box she has all the old stuff in.. one of the 1st Nintendo, WebTV, etc.. Michale and I have taken out the Pong and fired it up.. it's the most ridiculous thing, we laugh when ponging the ball ahha. I think it was the 1st video game? I think g'ma had it 1st--
oliver clotheshoffe Regular Member
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Subject: Re: 3000 to lose jobs because of electric vehicles Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:17 pm
I remember standing in line at the mall to play Pong back in 1975. It was the first video game you could play in arcades and bars but the first video game ever was Tennis For Two developed in 1958 -
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