I remember learning trig and that other stuff in high school, but I would have to look up the formulas to calculate them again, I don't have them memorized by heart.
I do remember that Pi = 3.14159, though that is probably more from a catchy line in a Third Rock From the Sun episode than from school.
Never read much Hemingway, but I did read Huck Finn. Started Tom Sawyer, but never finished it for some reason.
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All true, but has nothing to do with being French Canadian. Quebec certainly doesn't have a monopoly on poorly run businesses..and in my experience the education system is better. I've met people here with 12 years in school who are unable to calculate the area of a triangle or the volume of a cylinder..who have never heard of obscure writers like Mark Twain or Earnest Hemingway.. far fewer of those in French Canada for some reason..
BaltACD CSSHEGEWISCH azrail Typical French Canadiens. And just what was that supposed to mean?? Doubt that it was a compliment.
CSSHEGEWISCH azrail Typical French Canadiens. And just what was that supposed to mean??
azrail Typical French Canadiens.
Doubt that it was a compliment.
Normally I would disagree with a insult like that, but he's spot on. Quebec has long had big problems with corruption, far more than the other provinces.
Bombardier started out after WWII building various tracked snow machines and gradually diversified. The founder died in 1964. The company sold off the Ski-Doo division in 2003, and now focuses on aerospace and rail equipment.
The current company has teetered on the edge of bankruptcy for some years, and has been bailed out by both the provincial and federal governments.
To be fair, Brazil and France subsidize Embraer and Airbus the same way, and Boeing can always rely on its military contracts. Those are Bombardier's main competitors.
Bombardier's rail division has had a lot of delivery and reliability problems in recent years. VIA was right to go with Siemens for their recent large order of new higher speed trainsets. Bombardier was really, really angry that they lost out on this contract.
I hope the new LRT cars Bombardier is currently delivering to Edmonton will stand up in our winters. The current fleet (100% Siemens) has a 40 year track record of excellence.
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azrailTypical French Canadiens.
All true and the governments of Canada and Quebec will do all they can to keep them afloat. A matter of national pride no matter how poorly the company is run or the lousy products they make like the new Flexity streetcars that I ride every day. Via's next order of rail cars is going to Siemens, Bombardier was never considered.
They own the company but are lousy businessmen and won't take outside advice, from what I remember.
What's the story with the family?
Yes the family seems to be a problem in my expereance. The same thing is going on with Bombardier Recreation Products Co.
The aviation division has also been broken up and sold. The A220 assembly line was bought by Airbus. The Q400 bought by Longview Aviation and the CRJ line is in the process of being bought by Mitsubishi. Bombardier's problem is the family that owns it.
Bombardier is taking a major hit in its aviation division based on poor sales of what is now branded as the Airbus A220. The sale of the rail division may be needed to raise cash.
For its rail division, it's talking to Alstom and Hitachi.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bombardier-railway-m-a-idUSKBN1ZN24Z
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