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|    Message 15,067 of 15,187    |
|    Jeffrey Rubard to Jeffrey Rubard    |
|    Re: Greg Grandin, "Fordlandia" (2009) (1    |
|    21 Feb 24 08:33:18    |
      From: theleasthappyfella@gmail.com              On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 8:41:38 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:       > On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:03:07 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8:45:40 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard       wrote:        > > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard       wrote:        > > > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 8:45:10 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard       wrote:        > > > > > On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 8:33:58 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey       Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:32:27 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey       Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 1:47:16 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey       Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 9:00:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey       Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 1:04:51 PM UTC-8,       Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-8,       Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 12:57:04 PM UTC-8,       Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8:46:59 AM UTC-8,       Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 12:09:22 PM       UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 8:26:34 AM       UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:05:42 AM       UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 2:01:01 PM       UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 9:19:09 AM       UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 2, 2024 at       12:17:12 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at       8:37:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at       9:01:01 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at       2:45:14 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at       2:02:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023       at 8:38:52 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, December 15, 2023       at 8:24:35 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 14,       2023 at 12:30:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 1, 2023       at 8:27:50 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September 24,       2023 at 8:34:33 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, September       23, 2023 at 1:10:38 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September       10, 2023 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From Chapter 15:       "Kill All the Americans"        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It took Dearborn's       purchasing agents some effort to find a factory whistle that wouldn't rust       from the jungle humidity. Once they did, they shipped it to Fordlandia, where       it was perched on top        of the water tower, above the tall trees, giving it a seven-mile range. The       whistle was piercing enough not only to reach dispersed road gangs and       fieldhands but to be heard across the river, where even those not affiliated       with Fordlandia began to pace        their day to its regularly scheduled blows. The whistle was supplemented by       another icon of industrial factory work: pendulum punch time clocks, placed at       different locations around the plantation, that recorded exactly when each       employee began and ended        his workday.        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sponsor Message        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Detroit,       immigrant workers by the time they got to Ford's factories, even if they were       peasants and shepherds, had had ample opportunity to adjust to the meter of       industrial life. The long        lines at Ellis Island, the clocks that hung on the walls of depots and waiting       rooms, the fairly precise schedules of ships and trains, and standardized time       that chopped the sun's daily arc into zones combined to guide their motions       and change their        inner sense of how the days passed.        > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >               [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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