On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Mark Andy wrote:
> How in the heck can that be possible?
:dunno: Meanwhile John Deere and Caterpiller are cranking out tractors
and engines here, and shipping them everywhere else.
> Anyway, I do wonder if the recent fuel increases are going to make "cheap
> chinese tools" a little less cheap. Of course, that'll also probably
> raise the cost of all but the really high end tools, since it seems like
> everything except the cadilac tools are made in China anyway (which is an
> assumption, and I'd love to know if I was wrong about it).
I was shocked to find Made-in-the-USA razor knife blades at Home Depot
a couple weeks ago. And not just one brand, but two. Of all the things
they make overseas, I'd have thought simple blades were extinct here.
--
David Hillman
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