The supply shortage continues

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Opposite problem over here on containers. Hard to find anything decent, worse for a refer. Last I heard they were planning on sending some ships through the canal and offloading along the Gulf ports and all the way up through Jacksonville. Any credence to that rumor?

a reply to: chris_stibrany

New containers are always being built. Most of them get shipped here and stay here. Not worth sending them back empty for reuse.

originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
Opposite problem over here on containers. Hard to find anything decent, worse for a refer. Last I heard they were planning on sending some ships through the canal and offloading along the Gulf ports and all the way up through Jacksonville. Any credence to that rumor?

If there was it wasn't brought up at the event we attended but it would certainly help with the container issue.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Yeah, I didn't really believe it when I heard it. I'm sure it'd have been brought up. It would be a pretty big deal, I'd imagine.

Got the rumor from a family member that hauls, said his work buddy was moving down here to be better positioned for moving containers because that was in the works. That was maybe July or August, so not terribly long ago, but long enough that some movement probably would have been made by now.

originally posted by: havok
a reply to: Bluntone22

Or...and hear me out on this...
Maybe people should wise up?

Maybe we should stop buying all this unnecessary crap for holidays and start focusing on living within our means? Maybe stop purchasing all the junk, disposable toys, cheap electronics, and basically unrepairable (by design) Chinese goods that flood our markets?

I don't know. Seems unreasonable.

I agree with this but right now we can't get building related supplies like coated tie wire and electrical breakers. It's daily stuff that industries use.




Editing to add that a lot of these issues can be resolved by each country getting back to producing their own products. As much as they can based on raw materials. More jobs too. Win, win.

originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: Bluntone22

Or better yet, skip Christmas altogether. After all, Christmas is a Christian holiday; if you are not a Christian, you have nothing to celebrate.

Two weeks off work seems like a better reason to celebrate than an imaginary birthday for an imaginary deity

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: havok

Trump was ridiculed for suggesting manufacturing should return to America.

And rightly so.

If consumer goods were manufactured in the US the cost would increase significantly, people's standards of living would fall.

Plus, it's not just a matter of "bringing manufacturing home", you'd also need to bring a lot of ancillary manufacturing back to the US as well. Even simply things like wiring connectors and screws, because manufacturing uses so many different components in such a large quantity that you can't just go down to your local hardware store for supplies, you'd need a specialist manufacturer on your doorstep.

Soon it will be cheaper to make stuff in America verse buying from China! a reply to: Bluntone22

originally posted by: sirlancelot
Soon it will be cheaper to make stuff in America verse buying from China!

No it won't. China still has state-sponsored slave labor and very little in the way of labor laws, labor costs will be lower for the foreseeable future.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: sirlancelot
Soon it will be cheaper to make stuff in America verse buying from China!

No it won't. China still has state-sponsored slave labor and very little in the way of labor laws, labor costs will be lower for the foreseeable future.

The state owns all the raw materials too.

a reply to: AaarghZombies

There is nowhere near enough labor in the US to manufacturer all of the items we import.

That being said it's pretty stupid to import vital items like computer chips and agricultural parts.

so when the auto manufacturers restart their plants in the next 2 weeks
you will know the chip shortages were caused by the Port of LA

Welcome to Socialism comrade Bluntone22...please fill out the financial documents and step to the rear.....sign up for bum wipe...2nd line to left..Sign up for food line 27...line for gas.....sorry we outta gas.

originally posted by: sraven
so when the auto manufacturers restart their plants in the next 2 weeks
you will know the chip shortages were caused by the Port of LA

Small, lightweight components like chips can be airfreighted.

Doritos (not something I eat) are in short supply due to the Frito Lay workers strike. Found that out the first and only time I ordered them for my nephew who was staying with us last week. That's the only thing we've noticed. So far.

Nabisco may be on strike as well.

a reply to: igloo

More jobs at a living wage and reasonable benefits. These corporations have gotten far to cozy with slave wages, unbearable conditions, and the resulting large profits.

a reply to: GravitySucks

Bring something to the table to earn it. The jobs are there, they just need people qualified to do them.

During the "Occupy" BS a while back, I was going to an office. I had to cross the area in Pittsburgh where the protesters were. As I'm going through there one of them grabbed my arm and asked if I supported them? I told him that I didn't know, what did they want? He told me "Jobs." I asked him where he lived, he told me. I asked if he had transportation and he said that he did. I handed him a card with my name on the back and said be here 8 AM Monday morning. He asked what the job was and I said "Fitters Assistant. It's a dirty job, but if you keep at it we'll train you up through your Welder's Certification. It pays this and these are the benefits after 30 days." He said "Great. What do I need to be able to do?" I said "Show up, work and pass a drug test." Well that set him off.

The Company I work for now needs people. We are willing to train from scratch. We get people interviewing and they either don't pass the drug test or they don't show up to work. The Drug Test isn't our choice. We do a lot of work for Governments and Companies that require it. OSHA is still Federal and they don't recognize State legalization laws.

a reply to: JIMC5499

You can’t explain that to people.
To many people raised in the participation trophy generation.

I have all kinds of openings for some good paying jobs and still it’s hard to find my takers.
One of my clients is willing to train and pay drivers to get their CDL.

a reply to: Bluntone22

I think at this point there are some behind-the-scenes intentions and strategies behind these logistics disruptions.

Well I mean 90% of our critical pharmaceutical products are manufactured in China, so if these supply issues balloon out, we might be seeing some depop, just not the kind some had predicted.

What % of people in the US have an acute reliance on meds, blood pressure, anxiety, diabetics, antibiotics.

If you rely on meds to survive, it might be a good time to start stock-piling them, if you haven't yet done so.

Jeezus Christ. Are you so much of an idiot?
Ah, must be. You're a usual troll.
a reply to: AaarghZombies

99.4% survive this "deadly virus".

You are so FOS you can't see the sunrise.

Trying to link the Debora Birx press conference where she admitted ANYONE that died was tested, and if they showed positive, they were listed as a Covid death. Even if they died in a car crash.