Posted on 02/15/2007 10:40:16 AM PST by Red Badger
Hey that's my old girlfriend from Korea.
Not bad as gals go but a little goofy about Hankook tires. I got reassigned stateside and she wanted to stay with her family so we parted ways.
A few years later she sent me a letter telling me she'd got married. She sent me pictures of her two kids (strangest looking kids I have ever seen). But she and the Michelin Man seem happy.
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The picture was shot on a Hollywood back lot. We never really went to the moon at all.
Shhh!
The problem pre-WWII was that most natural rubber came from Asia, which with the Japanese running around invading most it, put supplies under threat. Since the Japanese are less able (and inclined) plus the US Navy is more than capable of sinking anything threatening shipping on the Pacific, supplies should be more stable.
The other good news on natural rubber will be that it might (just might) boost GDP in countries like Congo and other West African states (which would come on stream and keep Asian suppliers from gouging everyone!)
Wow. Is the the old or new formula? Buy a set of each and run a durability test.
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