NOT CC - Biking in Japan.

[Shorty]

Chicago-ites will not like this, with the city council looking at placing a $25 fee on cyclists.


Japan beats this by going underground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7W5dbrWwc



& while I'm on this subject, Australia's favorite car, Holden, will be no longer made in Australia after 2016.

Detroit will be building and exporting the Holden badged cars to Australia.

GM-H, General Motors - Holden has been an icon down under since 1948

A boost in employment in Detroit.

A major kick in the tail for Australia.

I found it rather strange ??, that GM-H announced this, a week or so before Christmas, and ever since has been bombarding the tv channels with ads stating that Holden is here to stay, even though they will no longer be built in Australia.

They had been pushing the Oz guv-urn-mint for more $$$$$$ & they refused.

Flamin' guv-urn-mint don't giver me no millions of greenbacks.

I shan't buy another Holden, my money will probably go to Toyota who has well and truly demonstrated how reliable their vehicles are.

[encapman]

Corporations make the tough decisions to try to remain profitable. Looks like GM made one of those tough decisions in this case. Yet it's always surprising to see how often the decisions of these university educated execs backfire when they get it wrong. Take GM as an example: Saturn, Hummer, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac are all gone - because they got it wrong.

On the other hand, the bicycle parking in Japan looks COOL. What a brilliant idea for the crowded cities in Japan! The Japanese certainly are resourceful.

I think this highlights that each of us needs to stay SHARP, we need to remain FOCUSED - if we're going to be successful in business. There's no room for bloated thinking or being asleep at the wheel. We need to be quick to respond to the needs of our market and adapt. Take Shorty's recent post as an example. It's a good example of willingness to think outside the box and take things in a new direction...

Back in 2004 I traveled from Cairns to Las Vegas to the Riviera Casino specifically to meet Rick Gelinas and try out his Cimex.

I was so impressed with it back then that I bought one when I returned home after that trip.

One thing that I have always remembered when Rick first introduced me to Big Yella were his immortal words:

"FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT CARPET CLEANING".