[AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny

[Ronald L. Cook]

Don't count on it.  There will be problems.  We may not hear about them, 
but there will be problems.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Dudley Rupert wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Indiana Robinson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 7:03 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> 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
> robinson at svs.net