SV: [AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny

[Mattias Kessen]

Isn't it in that stupid asteroid movie with Bruce Willis he says something
like "Here we are in this thing with a thousand moving parts built by the
lowest bidder" I don't think one should think of it like that. But what
difference does it make when someone forgets to de-ice the plane or puts a
SAM in it.

/Mattias

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Skickat: den 29 december 2005 10:31
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Speaking of made in China and their improving quality -

For many years I naively thought that commercial aviation would always be
immune from "Made in China" products but ... when Boeing certifies and
introduces its' new 787 into service it will have a " Made in China" Rudder.
I read not long ago that the aerospace workers in Shaauxi (sp) province -
where the Rudder will be made - make less than one dollar an hour while
those in Wichita, for example, make around 25 dollars on average.  Boy,
let's hope the Chinese know how to skip over the quality learning curve on
their commercial aviation products -

Dudley
Snohomish, Washington

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Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny

        You know, while a lot of guys have been spending a lot of
time bad mouthing those Chinese tools (not just on this
list) something amazing has been quietly happening... Many
of those tools have been getting better and better. It is a
little like what happened to Japanese stuff which was all
crap when I was growing up but now they make some of the
best. Then it was Korea and Taiwan then  China. As time
past they all got to exporting better and better stuff. I
have been seeing some really nice tools that said made in
China this year... Quality stuff with good steel and nicely
finished. But in the case of China it has happened rapidly,
not after 3 or 4 decades.
        Yeah, they still send out some crap, so do we... But walk
into a TSC and take an honest look at some of that stuff
that says made in China. Their knock-off Vice-grips as just
one example. They used to be thin, soft, crude and
obviously junk. Now you have to look close to tell that
they are not regular Vice-grips.


--
"farmer"

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
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