Subj : How far I've come...
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Thu Jan 26 2023 11:43 am

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: MRO to Cougar428 on Thu Jan 26 2023 08:18 am

 >   Re: How far I've come...
 >   By: Cougar428 to OGG on Thu Jan 26 2023 06:46 am
 > 
 >  > Not bashing here, but why is it that everything we use is made in
 >  > China?
 > 
 > lookup the chinese industrial revolution.
 > look at how the take over steel, concrete, pork bellies, etc.
 > 
 > they live, we sleep
 > 
 > >I try to buy items made in the US.  They cost more but the
 > 
 > you're literally buying chinese shit and it's branded as american under some
 >  operation in the usa.
 > 
 > I've worked in manufacturing for 28 years and I have a lot of experience wit
 > price.  they could not do it correctly 75% of the time.  they sure sent nice
 > 
 > I've seen it all and i've worked for the big names.  You would be surprised.
 > you are NOT buying american.

During Christmas time  the stores sell these big tin's of cookies from
Scandinavian countries.  I lokoed at the small print and one said, "packaged
in Denmark."  The cookies and tins were made in China, Vietnam, or the
Phillipines, then sent to Denmark to be packed in order to be a product of
Denmark.

Maglite was an all-American manufacturer.  they produced or sourced
everything from the US except the bulbs.  Nobody made them in the states any
more.  What had screwed them over is the cheap LED flashlight market snuck up 
on them.  For a fraction of the cost, I could get a rugged LED light made
from a lesser grade aluminum that would still take a beating.  If not, I feel
better about replacing a $13 light than a $45 light

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