Awfully good suggestion Richard. I've been advocating not driving in this country for one day for years to get gas company's attention Sure, we'll do that. However, as the economy is in such bad shape, your suggestion has some merit. Hell, we hardly use parts anymore anyway, so why not add fuel to the languishing embers that once were a fire. Of course, there are some folkes out there, like Steve's company, who are doing well with all management, engineering, and worker functions in tact without layoffs. On the other hand, simi and hybrid manufacturers have suffered staggering layoffs in all areas. Why would one think this could have anything to do with crap parts production? I'm down to one or two good board shops and assembly houses and they are showing serious signs of this day, place, and time as quality is beginning to slip where it never did before. How low can you/we go? MoonMan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------