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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Phil….you must have been watching the late night movies….LOL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Dave Harmon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>NSRCA 586<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Sperry, Ok.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Koenig, Tom<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Guys-long time for me to speak!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yeah-apparently ‘headquarters’ are down the coast, not too far from me. Some lawyer (or whatever!) owns it??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think HK was started because really, for many, many years we have been screwed over by the big distributors down here. They still exert as much control as they can over the local industry, but as everywhere, the internet has made them re-evaluate their business models. From the hobby point of view alone, I must say what a pleasure it has been for example, for our dollar to be worth more than the US dollar! For the first time, we are able to enjoy the pricing you guys have for so long taken for granted. It has been a 40 -50% price drop for us!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On another note/angle however, I wonder how long it will be sustainable to keep shipping these ‘jobs’ offshore-eventually, you won’t be able to find anyone capable of doing anything, anywhere, other than shuffling paper?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m sure you guys in the US of A are also familiar with this problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards-hope to be flying again soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 May 2012 3:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a pattern plane<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Seeing as how the ownership and management is based in Australia, it does seem a little odd....<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><br>On May 9, 2012, at 6:02 PM, "Phil S." <<a href="mailto:chuenkan@comcast.net">chuenkan@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>HUH?? Ed, you mean that Hobby King does not have a house full of native-English-speaking folks? I'm shocked, </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:13.5pt'>SHOCKED</span><span lang=EN-AU>, I tell you...<br><br>On 5/9/2012 3:48 PM, Ed Alt wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Well, it sure has been fun watching all the email fly,...get lost in product information when the writer isn’t as familiar with the English language as we might otherwise expect. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Ed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=565 style='width:423.75pt'><tr><td width=565 style='width:423.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=510 style='width:382.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></table></div></div><pre><span lang=EN-AU>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-AU>Phil Spelt, KCRC President<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-AU>AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-AU>SPA 177 Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-AU>(865) 435-1476v, (865) 604-0541c<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>************************************************************************<br>*PLEASE NOTE* This email and any attachments may<br>be confidential. 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