On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:55:57 -0500, the opaque Prometheus
spake:

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:26:33 GMT, "CW" wrote:

That's a little remembered fact. We could do it again.

"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message
om...

I'll just point out that we didn't have that capacity in 1941, but
we did by 1945.

The US was a manfacturing based economy. Now, everyone seems
hell-bent on pretending we can get by with consumption as our
watchword. When you get an entire generation or two who think that
they are entitled to consume and feel no need to produce, it doesn't
create the kind of environment that allows a society to ratchet up
production that quickly. It's a different world now.

I'm looking forward with trepidation to the History Channel show
"Boneyard" this week, starting tonight:

8-10pm EST-- Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives -
Where do machines go when they die? From B-52 Bombers
to massive aircraft carriers, from passenger cars to
Cold War cruise missiles and remnants of the Twin
Towers, all that we manufacture has a lifespan. But
reaching the end of their original purposes can be
just the beginning. Join us on a fascinating visual
journey as we follow some of our greatest achievements
in manufacturing, design engineering, and construction
to their after-lives and final resting places.

I'm keeping a box of Kleenex on the couch when I watch it.
Sadly, it marks the end of an era.


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