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...chimpanzees let me close and didn’t run away, because they had been running away for weeks and weeks and weeks and I knew that if the money ran out, that would be it. And then after that, about a year later, Flow had her infant Flint and just after he was able to walk she actually allowed him to come up and reach out and touch my nose. And the third one was about that same time. I was following David Greybeard, who was the first to lose his fear of humans, and I thought...
...before you raise an eyebrow, did you know that Kansas is home to the Flint Hills, the last expanse of real tallgrass prairie in the whole country—a landscape that, according to one YouTube video, brings grown men to tears when they see it at sunrise? And did you know that it costs $35 a day to rent a Chevy Aveo out of Wichita, which is cheaper than in Kansas City or even Topeka? And last but not least, did you know that I have a free roundtrip ticket sitting around from this one time I gave...
...Technological change, for better or worse, has been a fact of life around Flint, Zuckschwerdt says. When he was hired at GM more than 40 years ago, the old engine plant that once stood next door employed more than 4,000 workers building V8 engines, Zuckschwerdt says. When the new Volt line starts production next year, the Flint South plant, which also makes V6s used in various GM vehicles, will have the same capacity as the old V8-engine plant. It will also produce machined block heads and crankshafts. But it will have fewer than 600 production employees. "The productivity...
...built the Flint South plant only 10 years ago, but rows of empty lockers inside the plant's washroom offer silent testimony to the changes around the giant automaker, which emerged from bankruptcy in July thanks to a $50 billion infusion of cash from the U.S. Treasury Department and is counting on the Volt to help restore the company's reputation...
...Winter, who has spent 34 years in various blue-collar jobs at GM, notes, "I've seen lots of changes but this is the biggest and the best." Nevertheless, it will take some adjustment since much of the old camaraderie that came with working in the plants around Flint is vanishing as GM downsizes. "It's kind of sad. I remember how many people used to come walking out of the shops. It used to be like oceans of people. Now it's going to be like you're working by yourself," says Winter. But at least...