Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Lecivius

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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The major impetus - to expanded into an Empire that included Hong Kong, India, the Caribbean, and the Middle East merely to import a good cuisine.

And now all my questions have been answered. At last I can sleep tonight.

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ORIGINAL: Macclan5

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

I have hand tools made in Germany and made in Japan that are superb. Japanese saws are as unique as they are functional. Canada and the US are also showing quality, in making some of the older tools and newer designs.

Any country can make quality goods; any country can make junk. It's a matter of what they think the customers are willing to pay for.

Correct sir !

Further in many many industries such as the Auto Industry all the "quality parts" are subcontracted. So the water pump in a Ford / GM / Toyota / Volkswagen is actually the same part manufactured by "i.e. Magna International - somewhere". Ergo a Collision Airbag recall affects multiple brands of cars.

This is equally true in almost all durable goods. Fridges, Wood Planes, Tools, Stoves... you name it. Electronics perhaps less so where a few large factories in China South Korea Indonesia dominate the market and 'multi brand'.

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One exception to the rule.

English Cuisine.

The English have been unable to manufacture a cuisine since the time of Victoria the 1st

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

Some shelving to do...

Book-lover heaven

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

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ORIGINAL: Macclan5

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

I have hand tools made in Germany and made in Japan that are superb. Japanese saws are as unique as they are functional. Canada and the US are also showing quality, in making some of the older tools and newer designs.

Any country can make quality goods; any country can make junk. It's a matter of what they think the customers are willing to pay for.

Correct sir !

Further in many many industries such as the Auto Industry all the "quality parts" are subcontracted. So the water pump in a Ford / GM / Toyota / Volkswagen is actually the same part manufactured by "i.e. Magna International - somewhere". Ergo a Collision Airbag recall affects multiple brands of cars.

This is equally true in almost all durable goods. Fridges, Wood Planes, Tools, Stoves... you name it. Electronics perhaps less so where a few large factories in China South Korea Indonesia dominate the market and 'multi brand'.

Yes it has been that way. Resources, parts and finished product shipped from place of origin to another place for packaging and selling.


I worked in a very small company that assembled power seat motor frames for Fords. We then shipped these to where the seats were being assembled. Our motors were from different places in Asia. Some of same model motors were from different makers. And in some cases different motor models could be swapped when there was a shortage.

Dog food and treats are being made in bulk in one place and then shipped to various places to be packaged "Made in...".

Multiple brands of Central Air Units are made in the same factory.


Until the embargo, Japan took US scrap metal and "Made in Japan" their means for fighting WW2.


Even the consumer can do it. I have nice wooden hand planes "Made in China" that have below par metal blades. So I use German, US or Canadian steel in them.

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One exception to the rule.

English Cuisine.

The English have been unable to manufacture a cuisine since the time of Victoria the 1st

The food market is one of the biggest MADE WHERE? with what?

A few years ago in one Italian bust alone, authorities broke up a criminal gang sitting on $8 million worth of fake Olive oil. Made with who knows what shipped from who knows where.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

On a similar note, COSTCO was selling chicken and duck jerky treats made in China. We bought some for our elderly Jack Russell terrier and he gobbled them up. But over a period of time he began to go downhill and eventually died of kidney failure. We later learned that those jerky treats were laced with the chemicals used in auto anti-freeze to preserve them. The report said this stuff causes kidney failure, so we will always wonder if our dog died from old age or the jerky treats. I imagine it was a combination of both.

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ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

It is not limited to foods in China.

One of my daughters {we adopted two from China}, has her medical record noted as having had all of her required shots on the exact day they were supposed to be given {ie, six months to the day}. The writing and ink is all exactly the same from the many different days. Even in such a regimented society, this level of precision does not easily pass a sniff test. And she tested has having no anti-bodies of the shots in question. If she even got the shots, they were useless or fake. Say what you will about the FDA waiting too long for drug approval and causing increased costs, at least you can be reasonably sure that the medicine is what it's supposed to be.

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One of my daughters {we adopted two from China}, has her medical record noted as having had all of her required shots on the exact day they were supposed to be given {ie, six months to the day}. The writing and ink is all exactly the same from the many different days. Even in such a regimented society, this level of precision does not easily pass a sniff test. And she tested has having no anti-bodies of the shots in question. If she even got the shots, they were useless or fake. Say what you will about the FDA waiting too long for drug approval and causing increased costs, at least you can be reasonably sure that the medicine is what it's supposed to be.

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I sometimes recommend music. One day I was on lunch break and turned on the local public radio channel, KWMU, which at that time just played orchestral music. I was in my car and well into this I parked in the company parking lot and listened to the end of this. I was late getting back from my lunch, but I was management and didn't punch a clock. Anyways, once it was over I, on company time, called up KWMU and talked to the DJ and asked "What the f--- was that?!?" I had never heard of Camille St. Saens. I give you The Orgel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCZq33BrOo

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

If I listened to music like that when I drive, I would be liable to fall asleep.

However, something to think about is whether the name of this song is related to the people in the video. Does it refer to the little girls changing their appearance so drastically?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGu6v2OjW8s

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The Chicago Symphony is not paying their conductor enough! He should be well enough compensated to be able to go to a hair stylist and to rent a tux!

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Ugh...

Cargo explodes during unloading of xAK Izan Maru at Shanghai

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Cause of the Accident:
Since the possibility of enemy action appears to have been remote, the most probable cause of the accident was rough handling of the ammunition while loading or unloading. The propagation of the explosion was undoubtedly increased by inadequate separation and segregation of incompatible items in stowage. Evidence indicates the possibility of the detonation of TPX loaded depth bombs while it was being loaded into the number three or number four hold. Detonation could have been caused by striking the hatch with the bombs on the way down or dropping them into the hold carelessly.