Going to be a "short" list. -Ed-
Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada Servicing the Consumer Electronic Industry since 1963 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calvin Neal Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Techs] please read Here in Maine....the shoe industry is gone, the textile industry went out in the late '90's, and now the paper mill I worked at as an electrician has closed...and on...and on...I just had a customer in the shop the other day from another large paper mill, telling me they just got put on notice..."there will be a large, permanent lay-off in the next 2 weeks." The repair facility I have run for the past several years as a second source of income has steadily seen a decrease in profit. The market has been flooded with el cheapo home electronics that most people want repaired for next to nothing 'cause "I can go to Wal-Mart and get a blah blah for blah amount of dollars" If I hear that one more time...I am going to go ballistic. What is the problem here you ask? There is NO problem when you confront your Representative or the governor of this state ....all you have to do is get "retrained" Tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in this state have been lost over the recent years with nothing to fill the void that is left. Many of these people would have been potential customers. It has really gotten out of control in this state. It is so bad, the wife and I have been discussing a move to another state. The question is where and doing what? I cannot figure out to what means and end NAFTA is supposed to reach. All I know is thousands of people in this state are hurting and are in serious financial trouble....and I just joined them :( Can someone on this list tell me about a state where this is NOT happening...you may get a new neighbor :) Sorry about being a bit off topic...thanks for reading. Calvin Neal Orrington Electronics Orrington, Maine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net Techs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com _______________________________________________ Tech Repair CD...order your just $49.00 plus shipping...One year of updates free. www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net Techs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://intrepid-video.com/mailman/listinfo/techs_intrepid-video.com
