OT Dancing with the Stars

Stacy's performance wasn't stellar in the free form dance but I happen to
catch earlier today she hurt her ankle by rolling over it.

I like Rice and his partner and if she toned it down a bit Jerry's stiffness
wouldn't be so obvious.

Drew and his partner dress complimentry to each other and watching both is
easy on the eyes.

Stacy, it's been said, dances better than her professional partner. She
certainly draws the attention away from him with those long legs of hers.

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Oh, Stacy is one hot Mamma. Her body is so tight, like my
Camry's--not a rattle or squeak in that car.

I can't help but watch whenever that show comes on. I know the
ratings would be much, much lower without the beautiful Stacy on.

Va-Va-Va Voooom

Speaking of tight, hot factories, here's some info on Tahara:

Today, Tahara produces 460,000 vehicles a year in its two body shops
and three assembly plants...

Rival luxury automakers may murmur that Lexus cars are merely
"souped-up Toyotas" because the two brands share a wide array of parts.
But suppliers to Toyota know better.

Tahara sets and demands the highest standards (like Stacy).

Toyota, already a stickler for quality, will not accept components if
defects exceed 50 per million parts shipped. In contrast, for Lexus
vehicles, Tahara managers insist on fewer than 10 defects per million
parts.

From the outset, former plant manager Kousuke Shiramizu, now executive
vice president in charge of product and product engineering, established
that the margin for error for Lexus vehicles would be half what it was
at Toyota.

On average at Toyota, air leaks from car exhaust systems are held
to 100 liters per minute, to reduce noise. On Lexus models produced at
the Tahara plant, the ceiling is a stingy 8.6 liters of air per minute.

The plant's strict quality checks include a final stretch of inspections
for cars coming off the line under the unforgiving glare of very
bright lights (Bright lights only compliment Stacy).

Toyota also tinkered with changes in the assembly line organization
at Tahara, establishing several sub-assembly lines so temporary stoppages
would not halt all production.

"Tahara's the next plateau," said consultant Dennis Pawley, former
manufacturing chief at Chrysler. "Rather than having one continuous
line, they're going against the old adage and breaking up the line."

Living up to Tahara's standards keeps everyone at Toyota plants around
the world on their toes."


I'm gonna put up a pin-up of Stacy on one of my walls, and a pin-up of
Tahara on the other.

From the Detroit News, Feb. 22, 2004

[url]http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0402/22/a15-70498.htm[/url]