The "get to 1,000 pages before 12/31/12" thread

[Fierlin1182]

Ooh, I just remember a story on the news. The carbon tax and recent fall in commodity prices and rise in dollar have taken their toll on the steel companies.
Poor old Onesteel has decided to shut down its Whyalla steelworks. Whyalla is a small town of 20,000 north of Adelaide. They're thinking this shut down will more or less wipe out that community

 

[kari_dawn]

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No, it is just like a blue is basically a dilute black. She is blue tabby and buff tabby instead of black and red tabby. It really is a lovely color...think of her as a pastel tortie.

 

[justbugged]

I think we need another post. I should be very close to page 249.

 

[kari_dawn]

ray's two cents :

Ooh, I just remember a story on the news. The carbon tax and recent fall in commodity prices and rise in dollar have taken their toll on the steel companies.
Poor old Bluescope has decided to shut down its Whyalla steelworks. Whyalla is a small town of 20,000 north of Adelaide. They're thinking this shut down will more or less wipe out that community

similar stories are on the rise all over the place

My employer just let 56 officers go. That is more than half our staff

it really sucks.​

 

[Fierlin1182]

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Scare me all you want. I don't scare very easy.

Good.

I can imagine, having a pack of nasty little dogs wandering around would be slightly unnerving for me.

Hello, Kari!

I've been vanishing and reappearing suddenly all night.

 

[Fierlin1182]

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similar stories are on the rise all over the place

My employer just let 56 officers go. That is more than half our staff

it really sucks.

Yeah, and Bluescope's had to axe over 1000 workers from the Port Kembla plant as well. It sucks. I guess the economy is not in a good place right now.

 

[kari_dawn]

HI!...I mostely lurk...lately I have been super active here!

 

[justbugged]

ray's two cents :

Ooh, I just remember a story on the news. The carbon tax and recent fall in commodity prices and rise in dollar have taken their toll on the steel companies.
Poor old Bluescope has decided to shut down its Whyalla steelworks. Whyalla is a small town of 20,000 north of Adelaide. They're thinking this shut down will more or less wipe out that community

That is awful. It is like companies don't care about anything but profit. Stuff like this happens frequently here in the USA too.​

 

[kari_dawn]

yep, inflation rates over the last few years have been absolutely rediculous...

 

[justbugged]

I have a feeling that things are going to get a lot worse.