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46 posts & 29 voices | Started 1 year ago by scruzer | Latest reply from hora

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hora - Member

I love bike bits but I really really don't give a **** about the price of bits from there at the moment.

This morning I saw a picture of a young Japanese woman sat weeping on the floor of ruins in this mornings Metro.

Posted 1 year ago #
I_Ache - Member

Did anybody else notice the Shimano sign in the Gizmondo Video?

Posted 1 year ago #
hora - Member

Saw an image of a family on the rooftop of a 4 story home(?) in Iwache that was completely destroyed. FOUR storeys.

Posted 1 year ago #
LoCo - Member

Radio 4 were discussing the economic implications of the disaster this morning, with an english chap from Honda, I think one of the phrases used was, 'The area affected is not that economically (manufacturing wise) important' which made me feel rather sick

Posted 1 year ago #
aracer - Member

Another insensitive person with no empathy

Posted 1 year ago #
Torminalis - Member

Saw an imagine of a family on the rooftop of a 4 story home(?) in Iwache that was completely destroyed. FOUR storeys.

I saw one image of a coach sat atop what looked like a small block of flats, probably 4 floors up! Quite incredible.

Posted 1 year ago #
LoCo - Member

Sorry to quantify the last post, the comment was from Stephanie Flanders.

The Japanese are right to worried about the economy obviously as this will have a direct impact upon how they can support everyone affected, however it's distastful that the money markets will use this as another way to generate income from by exploiting the situation for their own ends, but that's capitalisum for you.

Posted 1 year ago #
hora - Member

This sounds slighlty cold but hadn't alot of Japanese companies moved production overseas to the likes of China and even host markets thus lessening the impact on their businesses now?

Posted 1 year ago #
LoCo - Member

I would imagine so due to the cheaper labour costs and reasonable close proximity to China, Taiwan e.t.c

Posted 1 year ago #
rob1984p - Member

Isn't a lot of Shimano made in Malaysia now?

I don't get why anyone would say Robert Pestons blog is in bad taste given that his job is to report on bussiness.

Posted 1 year ago #
hora - Member

This is the image from todays Metro that really affected me

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/pictures/photos-10819/pictures-japan-earthquake-of-tsunami-rescue/1

Posted 1 year ago #