John Martin
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John Martin
eight gave turn
We really gave it away. There is nothing else to say. When you turn it over eight times in a row, you can't win.
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This hit when the system was already strained to its limit. You can't all of a sudden create more truck (equipment), more railroad cars and more trained labor to handle the backlog. Honestly, it may be early next year, if there is no strike or further lockout; that's when you can start catching up. That's normally the soft shipping season.
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Dealers have got to start thinking about new markets. But we are not telling dealers who are going there that they are going to make a million dollars a day. We are saying that they have got to be prepared for a long haul.
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There were multiple failures. There were several points where it could have been prevented,
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It was the charities Dad really cared about, and they really cared about Dad.
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If you remember the film Spartacus, when the Romans said 'stand up Spartacus', all his mates stood up. If we all do that, they will be no target and the threat will disappear.
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This was 100 percent human error; that's the most frustrating thing about it. There were multiple failures. There were several points where it could have been prevented.
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We were rebounding, and attacking their defense. We also had kids step up who hadn't had great games much this season.