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Are you sure we're not brothers in a parallel universe?Originally Posted by JRB
My parents bought me a lot of Craftsman tools as gifts when I was a kid. That remains one of the most thoughtful things they've ever done for me.
I still have most of them, some of them I got as young as 8 or 9, and I've now had them over 30 years.
Back then, Craftsman was made in the US and the warranty at Sears was outstanding. It's a shame those days are gone but the tools never fail to remind me of what was.
But my point is that quality, American-made tools last a lifetime and are a source of pride and happy memories every time they're used. So if not guns, buy the kids some tools and teach them how to fix some stuff.
While doing some car stuff this weekend, I used a 3/8 ratchet that I first used to change a bicycle tire on my BMX bike with my Dad when I was about 8 years old. I still remember how shiny it was when it was new and how exciting it was to have my own tools. Someone started cutting onions in my garage, so I called my Dad and I went over there for a few beers.
Whereupon I learned that he started buying me tools, so I'd stay the hell out of his tools!
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Not another dime.
In a parallel universe? All but guaranteed. Hell, we might be undiscovered second cousins or something in *this* universe.
Food supply chain is for sure screwed up. I went to my local cracker barrel two weeks ago to pick up a takeout order. They had substituted rainbow trout for our order of catfish and sheepishly asked if that was ok, they had run out earlier in the week and did not get the new shipment.
I took the order and we ate it, but for heaven's sakes, this is Alabama, we are a major net exporter of catfish!!!!!
Signs like GJM posted are on the front doors of a lot of BBQ joints in my area, if not apologizing for missing menu items, apologizing for having to raise prices, especially meat entrees due to rapid inflation.
I had a vendor tell me that in 2019 they were shipping 40’ containers from overseas for $5800, and now they’re anywhere from $18,000 to maybe $27,000 and also resupply on some stuff is 12 months out.
My contingency planning baseline scenario is to assume it just gets worse.
I have started to believe US made stuff is the new German or Swiss made stuff when I buy things these days. "You know, the Germans...scratch that...the Americans make good stuff"My parents bought me a lot of Craftsman tools as gifts when I was a kid. That remains one of the most thoughtful things they've ever done for me.
I still have most of them, some of them I got as young as 8 or 9, and I've now had them over 30 years.
Back then, Craftsman was made in the US and the warranty at Sears was outstanding. It's a shame those days are gone but the tools never fail to remind me of what was.
But my point is that quality, American-made tools last a lifetime and are a source of pride and happy memories every time they're used. So if not guns, buy the kids some tools and teach them how to fix some stuff.
While doing some car stuff this weekend, I used a 3/8 ratchet that I first used to change a bicycle tire on my BMX bike with my Dad when I was about 8 years old. I still remember how shiny it was when it was new and how exciting it was to have my own tools. Someone started cutting onions in my garage, so I called my Dad and I went over there for a few beers.
Whereupon I learned that he started buying me tools, so I'd stay the hell out of his tools!
Anymore, if I need a hand tool, my first check is fleabay and classic American brands. And sometimes Swedish. Or English. Swiss and German are good if you can find them.
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Not another dime.
I have posted these links before re mostly german tools and NOS (new old stock) american tools. You have been warned
https://www.kctool.com/
https://www.harryepstein.com/
I am not your attorney. I am not giving legal advice. Any and all opinions expressed are personal and my own and are not those of any employer-past, present or future.
It's probably the bottles that are the choke point. Bottled water companies are having the same issue. A buddy of mine works at the factory that makes a lot of the labels that adhere to plastic bottles and they are still running full steam with a lot of OT.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
There also appear to be bottlenecks further upstream at the raw material production level. Two months ago, while purchasing a new Toyota truck, the sales manager and I engaged in some small talk about their lack of new inventory. He told me that Toyota was not short on chipsets (at the time) like some other manufacturers, but they couldn’t procure enough aluminum from Alcoa for engine blocks, or a proprietary plastic from 3M that they use to make the foam in their seats.
Either last week, or the week before, I read that Toyota was cutting 90,000 vehicles a month from their normal production schedule. There’s probably a half dozen compiling factors, or more, for the cutbacks at this point.
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