Comments on: While America Slept. Friday, November 21, 2008

By: Stingray

Stingray — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:30:26 +0000

Bertel Schmitt :
@Stingray: Right you are. It stands corrected

Of course, I have 2 of them.

Thanks =)

By: ZoomZoom

ZoomZoom — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:57:13 +0000

I liked the punchline. Thanks for the smile!

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:26 +0000

@all: Thank you! But please don’t applaud too much. Otherwise, it may entice me to get back to the below-the-waistline level … and we don’t want that, right?

By: anoldbikeguy

anoldbikeguy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:08:27 +0000

Bertel –

“Siamalaise for GM: Citing the usual reasons, GM will shut their Thai plant for up to two months, the International Herald Tribune writes. GM’s Rayong plant has an annual capacity of 130,000 vehicles, and cranked out 93,000 units so far this year.”

Why did you not mention that Toyota is doing the same think in Thailand?

By: 1996MEdition

1996MEdition — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:13:32 +0000

Excellent work Herr Schmitt

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:51 +0000

Just the thing to go with my morning coffee. Thanks B!

By: 50merc

50merc — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:41 +0000

“obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada”

Does this mean real tall people get a free upgrade to first class, where a passenger gets more than Dachshund-size legroom?

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:22 +0000

@Stingray: Right you are. It stands corrected

By: Stingray

Stingray — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:13 +0000

Ummm…Sir, it’s spelled ISuzu

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:36:06 +0000

Danke, Martin.

The page counters are my fault. Busted by China story ….

By: Martin Schwoerer

Martin Schwoerer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:42:25 +0000

This is really, really good stuff! But get that page counter fixed, for crying out loud. (Second sentence is not addressed to you, Bertel).

By: Autobraz

Autobraz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:25:25 +0000

Indeed it would be a challenge to take Opel out of GM’s worldwide operations. For instance the Brazilian engineering and design teams use lots of Opel designs for the Brazilian market and work closely with the Germans to develop new world platforms.

But I guess sooner or later they will have no option but to sell whatever they can. It will be interesting to see how they will make it work after Opel frees it self from the North American claws.