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Did anyone get trampled to death this year? GOD I hope not.

I spent the day in my father's machine shop building some custom car parts for fun. And eating left overs. And eating, and eating.....

There have been reported fights and fatalities, though with so many people I don't know how it compares to other venues, for example baseball games have also become an occasion for violence and vandalism. To me the more troubling issue is that spending has achieved new records while income and jobs have not, i.e. it's deficit spending driving production in China. It reminds me of Warren Buffett's famous story of Thriftville and Squanderville:

http://www.pbs.org/wsw/news/fortunearticle_20031026_03.html

Conspicuous debt-financed spending in America, including as another PatNet user put it American wage slaves fighting over products made by slave labor in other countries, seems unhealthy all around.

curious2 says

There have been reported fights and fatalities

this proves that Chinese products are not as bad as they appear.

Mark D says

this proves that Chinese products are not as bad as they appear.

How?

bmwman91 says

I spent the day in my father's machine shop building some custom car parts for fun. And eating left overs. And eating, and eating.....

What kind of parts can you guys build?

Goran_K says

What kind of parts can you guys build?

My current project. Well, one of a few.
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=231842

It's all done on a manual mill and lathe, so designs generally stay relatively simple. We should have our home aluminum smelter up & running in a few weeks, so we'll be able to cast things then too!

Wow, the economy seems to be recovering.