I know Iran has Nukes; But what happened to our DOD's??

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The organized chaos from the protesting Maoists begins ...on the 13th I believe. Everything will shut down. There is a risk of being "cleansed" by the liberating Maoists if a business is active at that time.

Then there's the usual shop problems. Are the Kamis making the right items at this time? Always communication and personalities are entwined with productivity. Yangdu has been calling for a new shipment, and a batch of the custom knives some forumites devised, for some time now, and her stock is incredibly low. There is one worker assigned to find the right steels, a full time job in itself. Think about that; not an order of flat sheets of steel from a producer somewhere, but a guy scrounging, running around the country checking junk yards and anywhere a vehical ever drove.

I remember the stories Bill told of the Kamis, how confusing, frustrating and funny the situation was; all three at the same time.

Yangdu told me DOD tomorow.



munk
 
I've been reading about the turmoil in Nepal...making khukuris is at the bottom of the priority list for everyone except the kamis who need to eat and us.
 
Munk, do you think maximizing profit from her low stock would be of any help. That is to say, would buying a full price khuk off the site help keep the kamis fed a little longer, or is this expected to hopefully blow over quickly? I know she keeps us fed with DOTDs, but do we need to keep more profit over wholesale to keep Yangdu's bills paid, the Kamis fed, etc?

Jake
 
munk said:
The organized chaos from the protesting Maoists begins ...on the 13th I believe. Everything will shut down. There is a risk of being "cleansed" by the liberating Maoists if a business is active at that time.

Then there's the usual shop problems. Are the Kamis making the right items at this time? Always communication and personalities are entwined with productivity. Yangdu has been calling for a new shipment, and a batch of the custom knives some forumites devised, for some time now, and her stock is incredibly low. There is one worker assigned to find the right steels, a full time job in itself. Think about that; not an order of flat sheets of steel from a producer somewhere, but a guy scrounging, running around the country checking junk yards and anywhere a vehical ever drove.

I remember the stories Bill told of the Kamis, how confusing, frustrating and funny the situation was; all three at the same time.

Yangdu told me DOD tomorow.



munk
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I thought that the King of Nepal had declared some sort of curfew or something?
 
It's a shame. Seems like the Maoists can't stand for people to be happy and working and supporting themselves as it undermines their schemes to take over. For the sake of the kamis and their families I hope it all works out soon. (Not to mention Yangdu and HI...)

Thanks for the update.

Norm
 
Thanks for the update Munk. I pray for Nepal. I can't understand the subtleties of the situation. The King seems bad and the maoists seem appalingly bad. So I pray.
 
Ya know, it might work out they could scrouged the steel here with less problem, Scrap I think would hold less value to americans ship it over (via slow boat with good rates). Not sure about the economics, but a lot o stuff gets thrown out here in the states.

if you hooked up with a couple of scrap yards from a major metro area would probably be enough. I think Iron and steel usually scrapout at the same rate , so a few cent per pound extra for the car springs and would probably be enough to get the dealer to save it for you.

Just an idea..... it probably wouldn't take too much research to see if it would work out.
 
Shipping to Nepal is real expensive. Makes me wish we had a Young Howard Hughes in the forum, someone to boat the stuff to the Orient, and with enough clout to transport it inland. What would the Kamis do with a couple rail cars of old Mercedes truck springs? Old tractor springs from Montana.




munk
 
I would also guess that shipping from the usa would be cheaper than
to the usa, we import a lot more stuff than we send out, especially from that part of the world. (ie china, tawian ....etc) That should equate to a lower rate shipping rate(empty ships leaving) , I know for a fact that we have shipping batteries in that driection for years as there are not that many environmetal rule in the region and they just throw the stuff in the dump or recycle. We dump a lot of junk that way, so why not car springs, gosh knows we got enough.....
 
When we think of shipping bulk cargo we think of trains and ships. This is Nepal. Think of LONG truck routes.
 
Recent reports in the papers suggest that things may be getting much worse in Nepal. The unrest seems widespread. The problems appear to involve more than the Maoists - the parliament was suspended two years ago, and all of the political parties want a say in government.

Yangdu must know much more than we can tell from news reports.

The latest I read - this morning - was that the curfew came with an order to shoot protesters on sight. Not a pretty picture at all.

I hope that thing improve soon - people there are getting hurt and the protests are getting larger.
 
Prayers for the good folks in Nepal. The others, well that's a different story...

Hope things clear up soon.

Billy
 
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