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68shortstep · 03-09-2007, 12:44 PM

Lotsa WW II vet retirees in our area.

Lotsa hard-earned wisdom in those old minds, too.

I heard one old gentleman reminiscing the other day about how he recalled how Japan was buying the heck out of scrap metal all throughout the 1930's, and they were paying top-dollar to get it.

He said: "A lot of the scrap metal we're now selling to China is gonna get shot-back at the US one of these days."

He also said: "I saw a lot of US ships go down because of one determined & dedicated Japanese pilot, and just remember that those Chinese outnumber us by about 1000-to-one."

I don't know if there's anything to that, but it's food for thought............

Maybe another good reason to save our old scrap collectible cars & trucks.

03-09-2007, 12:44 PM	#31
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: RED ALERT To All GM Guys Lotsa WW II vet retirees in our area. Lotsa hard-earned wisdom in those old minds, too. I heard one old gentleman reminiscing the other day about how he recalled how Japan was buying the heck out of scrap metal all throughout the 1930's, and they were paying top-dollar to get it. He said: "A lot of the scrap metal we're now selling to China is gonna get shot-back at the US one of these days." He also said: "I saw a lot of US ships go down because of one determined & dedicated Japanese pilot, and just remember that those Chinese outnumber us by about 1000-to-one." I don't know if there's anything to that, but it's food for thought............ Maybe another good reason to save our old scrap collectible cars & trucks.