Is anything made in America?

Find a cheap way to make products in the U.S...

I fucking dare you. Unions, Law suit insurance, and all that crap just make it hard to make anything in the U.S. Even Medical care is being exported:smh::smh::smh: Wait for Obama care by the way, All the good medical jobs (doctor, nurse, etc) will be in India or Ireland somewhere. Listen, the cat is out of the bag, you can't close up your borders, close your windows, and pretend that there isn't competition out their to sell products better than yours at a better price. Get used to it. Just try and find someway to get Jobs in your country.
-Toyota is doing good in the South, hmm wonder why?:confused::confused:?
-Energy seems to be the next big thing, drill-baby-drill hopefully in 4 years anyway (in addition to all the green initiatives)
Just hope your state passes stringent Union Laws and you should have a cushy Job in your Hometown in no-time.
 
Now you talking out your azz.

That was the perception and quite frankly the truth for a log time. To help offset some of their labor costs, American car companies had to go cheap with materials, and do other things (planned obscelence) to keep the money flowing. Now that they realize that that is a fucked up model, they changed their ways, and there might not be any turning back. I know I for one will not buy any car built off my tax dollars unless the fucking price is subsidized. I will not pay any more than 1Million dollars for a low end model (Assuming that hyper inflation isn't too bad that would be about 1000 bucks in today's dollars).
I mean, what it the point of my tax money going into the company if the products aren't any cheaper. I mean corn is subsidized and corn syrup is cheaper because of it. Why not cars?

Anyway, Audi's are the best vehicles in the market out right now in my opinion.
 
You guys got short memories!
Everyone in America was working for over 10 years in one of the most expansive periods of economic growth the world has ever known.
Now there is a down turn everyone is crying about things being made abroad.

If you start up your own business and conduct a feasibility study that determines that the manufacturing of your product in China will increase your bottom line profit, do you think it would be fair for the government to insist that you produce it in the US?

MY MEMORY IS FINE I GREW UP THROUGH THE 70s
WITH OIL EMBARGO'S AND ALL THAT.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T HAVE TO INSIST ON ME DOING IT.
AND NO THEY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY
WITH FREE ENTERPRISE.

PEOPLE WHO SHARE YOUR IDEALS
SHOULD NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT COMES ON TV OR IS IN RAP SONGS EITHER.
RAPPERS WITH A CONSCIOUS CENSOR THEIR WORDS OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO SAY SOMETHING.

RAPPERS WHO ARE GREEDY
AND DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYBODY EXCEPT THEMSELVES
TALK ABOUT SELLING DOPE AND SMACKIN BITCHES IN THE MOUTH
WITH RECKLESS ABANDON.
DOES THIS HURT CHILDREN.........IMO YES.
IN OTHER PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS OK
NOT SO MUCH.

IN OTHER WORDS IT HURTS MORE THAN IT HELPS.

GREED BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL THE SAME.
YES ITS NICE TO BE ABLE TO PAD THE BOTTOM LINE
BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY SELLING....
FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE.

CORPORATIONS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAT DOPE DEALERS
THEY TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE
WITHOUT EVER PUTTING SHIT BACK.

ITS LIKE A DOPE BOY LIVING IN THE SUBURBS
GOING INTO THE HOOD AND SELLING DOPE
TO THAT COMMUNITY SUCKING IT DRY
THEN TAKING HIS MONEY BACK TO THE BURBS SO HE CAN CHILL.

YOU EITHER HAVE A CONSCIOUS
AND CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COUNTRY
OR YOU DONT
BUT KNOW THIS

OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS WILL PAY FOR OUR UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR
 
Now you talking out your azz.
I've driven European, Japanese and American cars and I'm afraid to tell you the American ones are by far the worse.
I'm not even going to broach the topic of fuel efficiency....

I see many Japanese and European cars in the US , but rarely see American cars in Europe....Nuff Said!!
 
MY MEMORY IS FINE I GREW UP THROUGH THE 70s
WITH OIL EMBARGO'S AND ALL THAT.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T HAVE TO INSIST ON ME DOING IT.
AND NO THEY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY
WITH FREE ENTERPRISE.

PEOPLE WHO SHARE YOUR IDEALS
SHOULD NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT COMES ON TV OR IS IN RAP SONGS EITHER.
RAPPERS WITH A CONSCIOUS CENSOR THEIR WORDS OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO SAY SOMETHING.

RAPPERS WHO ARE GREEDY
AND DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYBODY EXCEPT THEMSELVES
TALK ABOUT SELLING DOPE AND SMACKIN BITCHES IN THE MOUTH
WITH RECKLESS ABANDON.
DOES THIS HURT CHILDREN.........IMO YES.
IN OTHER PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS OK
NOT SO MUCH.

IN OTHER WORDS IT HURTS MORE THAN IT HELPS.

GREED BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL THE SAME.
YES ITS NICE TO BE ABLE TO PAD THE BOTTOM LINE
BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY SELLING....
FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE.

CORPORATIONS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAT DOPE DEALERS
THEY TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE
WITHOUT EVER PUTTING SHIT BACK.

ITS LIKE A DOPE BOY LIVING IN THE SUBURBS
GOING INTO THE HOOD AND SELLING DOPE
TO THAT COMMUNITY SUCKING IT DRY
THEN TAKING HIS MONEY BACK TO THE BURBS SO HE CAN CHILL.

YOU EITHER HAVE A CONSCIOUS
AND CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COUNTRY
OR YOU DONT
BUT KNOW THIS

OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS WILL PAY FOR OUR UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR





YOU KNOW THESE CLOWNS HATE TO READ. THEY WON'T THINK BEYOND THEIR OWN LIFETIME. LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR KIDS, GRANDKIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS IS TOO MUCH LIKE RIGHT. THESE MILITANT KATS WILL SAY THAT IS WHAT WHITE PEOPLE DO. I OVERSTAND YOUR POINT. THESE KATS BARELY CARE ENOUGH TO RECYCLE AND TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH. THEY ARE NOT THINKING FOR THE FUTURE. THEY WORRIED ABOUT THE PAST.
 
I have some New Balance 993's :cool:

Instead of paying $20 an hour, they'd rather pay $20 a day. :hmm:
 
AFTER READING THIS THREAD ..............

I FIND IT AMAZING
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA
AND DONT THINK THAT THIS SHIT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
SOME OF YALL ARE TALKING LIKE YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
AND WHEN SHIT GOES WRONG , IT WONT EFFECT YOU.
ITS LIKE YALL ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN:lol:
YALL ARE IN HERE TOO..........

THATS AN AMAZING POINT OF VIEW
I WISH I COULD SHARE IT WITH YALL:smh:
 
I have some New Balance 993's :cool:

Instead of paying $20 an hour, they'd rather pay $20 a day. :hmm:

Word. Now you can afford them. Before, only rich people could afford to get new shoes every year (their used to be a whole industry based upon maintaining shoes... shoe shining, shoe cobbling, etc...), you might get new shoes every pay check now. If robots every fully automate the process, getting shoes might be like picking out grapes. Are you starting to understand, lower labor costs mean lower prices for you and me:yes:
 
I've driven European, Japanese and American cars and I'm afraid to tell you the American ones are by far the worse.
I'm not even going to broach the topic of fuel efficiency....

I see many Japanese and European cars in the US , but rarely see American cars in Europe....Nuff Said!!

THAST BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO BE IMPORTED
THE OTHER COUNTRIES CHARGE OUT THE ASS TO HAVE A FOREIGN CAR.
THEY AINT HAVIN IT.
THEY ALSO DONT JUST LET ANY MUTHAFUKA IN THEIR COUNTRIES EITHER.

BUT WE ACCEPT ANYTHING AND ANYBODY.
IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
 
MY MEMORY IS FINE I GREW UP THROUGH THE 70s
WITH OIL EMBARGO'S AND ALL THAT.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T HAVE TO INSIST ON ME DOING IT.
AND NO THEY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY
WITH FREE ENTERPRISE.

PEOPLE WHO SHARE YOUR IDEALS
SHOULD NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT COMES ON TV OR IS IN RAP SONGS EITHER.
RAPPERS WITH A CONSCIOUS CENSOR THEIR WORDS OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO SAY SOMETHING.

RAPPERS WHO ARE GREEDY
AND DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYBODY EXCEPT THEMSELVES
TALK ABOUT SELLING DOPE AND SMACKIN BITCHES IN THE MOUTH
WITH RECKLESS ABANDON.
DOES THIS HURT CHILDREN.........IMO YES.
IN OTHER PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS OK
NOT SO MUCH.

IN OTHER WORDS IT HURTS MORE THAN IT HELPS.

GREED BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL THE SAME.
YES ITS NICE TO BE ABLE TO PAD THE BOTTOM LINE
BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY SELLING....
FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE.

CORPORATIONS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAT DOPE DEALERS
THEY TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE
WITHOUT EVER PUTTING SHIT BACK.

ITS LIKE A DOPE BOY LIVING IN THE SUBURBS
GOING INTO THE HOOD AND SELLING DOPE
TO THAT COMMUNITY SUCKING IT DRY
THEN TAKING HIS MONEY BACK TO THE BURBS SO HE CAN CHILL.

YOU EITHER HAVE A CONSCIOUS
AND CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COUNTRY
OR YOU DONT
BUT KNOW THIS

OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS WILL PAY FOR OUR UNCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOR

You appear to have an old world view.
The manufacturing jobs that are exported primarily to the far east are jobs that the US economy has out grown.
With all the intellectual and technological advances that are available in the US, the job market has to evolve to to fit these growth areas...
Sewing clothes and assembling cars are not the jobs that Americans should be doing.....and probably not the jobs you want your kids to be doing when they grow up either!!!

Chinese kids need to eat too!!!
 
AFTER READING THIS THREAD ..............

I FIND IT AMAZING
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA
AND DONT THINK THAT THIS SHIT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
SOME OF YALL ARE TALKING LIKE YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
AND WHEN SHIT GOES WRONG , IT WONT EFFECT YOU.
ITS LIKE YALL ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN:lol:
YALL ARE IN HERE TOO..........

THATS AN AMAZING POINT OF VIEW
I WISH I COULD SHARE IT WITH YALL:smh:

You can share in this viewpoint as well:yes::yes::yes:
Let go of this mentality of companies given wet behind the ears highschool dropouts great paying do-nothing jobs, and realize that people are trying to get business done. It helps allot.
:dance::dance:
 
You appear to have an old world view.
The manufacturing jobs that are exported primarily to the far east are jobs that the US economy has out grown.
With all the intellectual and technological advances that are available in the US, the job market has to evolve to to fit these growth areas...
Sewing clothes and assembling cars are not the jobs that Americans should be doing.....and probably not the jobs you want your kids to be doing when they grow up either!!!

Chinese kids need to eat too!!!

C/S:cool:
 
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That's pretty as hell. :yes:
 
THAST BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO BE IMPORTED
THE OTHER COUNTRIES CHARGE OUT THE ASS TO HAVE A FOREIGN CAR.
THEY AINT HAVIN IT.
THEY ALSO DONT JUST LET ANY MUTHAFUKA IN THEIR COUNTRIES EITHER.

BUT WE ACCEPT ANYTHING AND ANYBODY.
IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

It doesn't cost that much more to purchase and American car in Europe,. it's just no one wants them!!!!

You've got a distorted view of Europe.
Their markets may not be as free as the US but it's not communist Russia we're talking about, we're talking about Western Europe.
I am primarily talking about the UK which is one of the most liberal economies in the world and American car manufacturers can't get no market share!!!!
 
You appear to have an old world view.
The manufacturing jobs that are exported primarily to the far east are jobs that the US economy has out grown.
With all the intellectual and technological advances that are available in the US, the job market has to evolve to to fit these growth areas...
Sewing clothes and assembling cars are not the jobs that Americans should be doing.....and probably not the jobs you want your kids to be doing when they grow up either!!!

Chinese kids need to eat too!!!

NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES NOTHING.
IF YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE ON NOTHING
YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN.

HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE
TRUCK DRIVERS.......
WITHOUT THEM,
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET YOUR SHOES AND CLOTHES ?
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET YOUR FOOD ?
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET ANYTHING ?

NO AUTOMATION FOR THIS JOB.



You can share in this viewpoint as well:yes::yes::yes:
Let go of this mentality of companies given wet behind the ears highschool dropouts great paying do-nothing jobs, and realize that people are trying to get business done. It helps allot.
:dance::dance:

IF YOU THINK BUSINESS ISNT BASED ON SOME KIND OF PRODUCT OR SERVICE
THINK AGAIN
NOT ALL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED BY DROP OUTS
THERE ARE SOME HIGHLY TECHNICALLY SKILLED PEOPLE WITHOUT DEGREES.
I HOPE YALL ARE RIGHT AND IM WRONG
THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

CAUSE IF IM RIGHT
YALL ARE THE TYPES THAT ARE GONNA BE THE FIRST TO HOLLA
 
It doesn't cost that much more to purchase and American car in Europe,. it's just no one wants them!!!!

You've got a distorted view of Europe.
Their markets may not be as free as the US but it's not communist Russia we're talking about, we're talking about Western Europe.
I am primarily talking about the UK which is one of the most liberal economies in the world and American car manufacturers can't get no market share!!!!

I GUARANTEE YOU
THE REASON WE WONT GET A MARKET SHARE IS
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY.
LOOK HOW THEY FIGHT OVER A FUCKIN GAME OF SOCCER.
EVEN IF THEIR CARS WERE JUNK
THEY WOULDNT TAKE OUR GOOD SHIT OVER THEIR JUNK.

THATS THE DIFFERENCE
 
I GUARANTEE YOU
THE REASON WE WONT GET A MARKET SHARE IS
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY.
LOOK HOW THEY FIGHT OVER A FUCKIN GAME OF SOCCER.
EVEN IF THEIR CARS WERE JUNK
THEY WOULDNT TAKE OUR GOOD SHIT OVER THEIR JUNK.

THATS THE DIFFERENCE



The differnce is the cars ain't crap...they are the best in the world!!

Come on man your letting you patriotism cloud your judgment again.
No disrespect but I think your blinkered in your view point.

I live in London in the UK , born and raised...
The local UK car industry fell by the wayside because German and Japanese cars were far better....PERIOD
And if you know anything about history you know that the Japanese and Germans don't get no love in this country due to WWII
BUT...when someone is spending their hard earned money, they don't give a fart where the car is made they want the best shit that they can get for their money.
 
AFTER READING THIS THREAD ..............

I FIND IT AMAZING
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA
AND DONT THINK THAT THIS SHIT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
SOME OF YALL ARE TALKING LIKE YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
AND WHEN SHIT GOES WRONG , IT WONT EFFECT YOU.
ITS LIKE YALL ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN:lol:
YALL ARE IN HERE TOO..........

THATS AN AMAZING POINT OF VIEW
I WISH I COULD SHARE IT WITH YALL:smh:
True.

I've driven European, Japanese and American cars and I'm afraid to tell you the American ones are by far the worse.
I'm not even going to broach the topic of fuel efficiency....

I see many Japanese and European cars in the US , but rarely see American cars in Europe....Nuff Said!!
Man you can speak on fuel efficiency. America has just as many fuel efficient cars as anywhere else.

I guess you didn't hear about the Ford Fusion Hybrid
2010-Ford-Fusion-Hybrid.jpg
and that is from a mid-size! Not a Honda Fit /Toyota Yaris size car.

Or the Ford Focus
2008 Ford Focus gets 35 mpg on the highway


Or the Cobalt XFE that gets 37 mpg
http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/family/cobalt.do

Or how about the new Chevy Equinox that is suppose to get 30-32mpg highway?

2010-chevrolet-equinox.jpg

2010 Chevy Equinox expected to hit 32 mpg
highway

Hell even the 638hp Corvette ZR-1 is fuel efficient (14 city/20 Highway) compared to other cars with the same power.

Please don't act like the Japanese/Germans haven't made any guzzlers. What fuel efficient cars do BMW, Mercedes, and Audi make? Besides the Smart and Mini. Some of the cars you answer with might not apply to us since you live in the UK. We don't get the Diesel Benzes and BMWs

THAST BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO BE IMPORTED
THE OTHER COUNTRIES CHARGE OUT THE ASS TO HAVE A FOREIGN CAR.
THEY AINT HAVIN IT.
THEY ALSO DONT JUST LET ANY MUTHAFUKA IN THEIR COUNTRIES EITHER.

BUT WE ACCEPT ANYTHING AND ANYBODY.
IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
True again
 
It doesn't cost that much more to purchase and American car in Europe,. it's just no one wants them!!!!

You've got a distorted view of Europe.
Their markets may not be as free as the US but it's not communist Russia we're talking about, we're talking about Western Europe.
I am primarily talking about the UK which is one of the most liberal economies in the world and American car manufacturers can't get no market share!!!!

Really? According to more than a few articles, Ford is number 2 in market share in Europe.

Back to original topic, up until last year, the number one US export was faulty securities.
 
I GUARANTEE YOU
THE REASON WE WONT GET A MARKET SHARE IS
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY.
LOOK HOW THEY FIGHT OVER A FUCKIN GAME OF SOCCER.
EVEN IF THEIR CARS WERE JUNK
THEY WOULDNT TAKE OUR GOOD SHIT OVER THEIR JUNK.

THATS THE DIFFERENCE

These peeps are also forgetting about lack of decent treatment of workers around the world playing a major part in our artificially low priced goods. Some People argue our workers need to take less but in reality those workers in other nations should have to met our standards or we dont buy from them imo.
 
You appear to have an old world view.
The manufacturing jobs that are exported primarily to the far east are jobs that the US economy has out grown.
With all the intellectual and technological advances that are available in the US, the job market has to evolve to to fit these growth areas...
Sewing clothes and assembling cars are not the jobs that Americans should be doing.....and probably not the jobs you want your kids to be doing when they grow up either!!!

Chinese kids need to eat too!!!

They are doing more then eating. They are doing great and getting better.
 
Really? According to more than a few articles, Ford is number 2 in market share in Europe.

Back to original topic, up until last year, the number one US export was faulty securities.

None of those Fords was ever made in the US.
Ford in Europe make different models to those in the US.
 
True.


[FONT=Century Gothic[B]]Man you can speak on fuel efficiency. America has just as many fuel efficient cars as anywhere else.
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I guess you didn't hear about the Ford Fusion Hybrid
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2010-Ford-Fusion-Hybrid.jpg
and that is from a mid-size! Not a Honda Fit /Toyota Yaris size car.

Or the Ford Focus
2008 Ford Focus gets 35 mpg on the highway


Or the Cobalt XFE that gets 37 mpg
http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/family/cobalt.do

Or how about the new Chevy Equinox that is suppose to get 30-32mpg highway?

2010-chevrolet-equinox.jpg

2010 Chevy Equinox expected to hit 32 mpg
highway

Hell even the 638hp Corvette ZR-1 is fuel efficient (14 city/20 Highway) compared to other cars with the same power.

Please don't act like the Japanese/Germans haven't made any guzzlers. What fuel efficient cars do BMW, Mercedes, and Audi make? Besides the Smart and Mini. Some of the cars you answer with might not apply to us since you live in the UK. We don't get the Diesel Benzes and BMWs


True again

Your quoting 2010 models....Too little too late.....catch up!!!
BMW and Mercedes may not be fuel efficient, but they sure as hell drive much better than anything made in the US....especially if you have to turn a corner on your journey!!!!
 
Items and the economy would be better if more things were made in the USA. Back in the day when most of our items were made here guess what we had less crime, nicer neighborhoods, more jobs, and folks cared what was going on next door. Just look at Detroit for example. Look at how the economy thrived when products were made there. Or think about the small town you visit in the summer. How the steel mills are closed, the tire factory closed, or some type of mining facility is closed. Bring production back to America and things will work out. Just think that 25 years ago you could graduate from high school. Start your job the next week. Within a year be married, have a child, and be a homeowner with 1 car. Try that shit in 2009 and see how broke your ass is. Worldwide economies only help the pockets of corporate america. Not the consumer .

DAMN .............
IM GONNA HAVE TO C/S THAT !

Man I'll add more to it on my own experience. The job I have is called Process Operator. 10 years ago you needed no experience to gain my type of employment. My grand father, uncles, aunt, and all my co workers came to the plant right after high school graduation. Now you need a 2 years Associate degree from a community college to just walk in the plants. Times have really changed. The days of a good job at 18 are over. Shit even with most Bachelors degrees and even Masters you're going to be making fucking pennies. I have friends who're Social Workers with Masters making less than 35k a year who live at home. 30 years ago that same person would be living a nice life. Not now :smh::smh::smh:

Just think back to our grand parents neighhobrhoods.
 
America is still by far, the largest manufacturer in the world in terms of value of total goods produced.
We just don't make trinkets anymore.
Stuff we make here is high end which doesn't require as many workers which causes people to lose jobs.
Turbines for power plants, complex computer circuits, etc.
 
America is alway preaching about free market economies!!
If that is the case then things should be made where it is cost efficient.

If all the shit you want to be made in America was made in America, you couldn't afford to buy it!!

It's best to think about what you wish for, before you wish for it!!!!!

And here comes a muthafucka fucking shit up with logic. Damn You.

Neither one of you knows jacksquat about the way pricing, currencies, and economies work.
 
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