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"Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly." 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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honey the codewitch wrote: But between the Chinese industrialists schlepping their low grade raw materials off on us
The raw materials are okay, the technology and the production process suck. One bolt made of Chinesium, takes the same resources and anergy to be made as a real one. It's a waste!
Thats why whenever is possible I buy only US made stuff. From my dishwasher to my bike and car all are US made. Unfortunately, with some goods like your chair you don't have a choice these days. You can buy a really expensive one, but there is no guarantee it will be better. My very expensive chair gave up after a year and the cheap one is still around.
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modified 17hrs ago.
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Torque wrench. Bolt extractors. Canadian Tire when they're 60% off.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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After watching Chinese made stuff result in injury, sickness, and even death my wife and I do everything we can to avoid "made in China".
- Pet food
- Baby food
- Laminate flooring seeping known
- Drywall
These are the ones that come to the top of my head as they made headlines.
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After watching Chinese made stuff result in injury, sickness, and even death my wife and I do everything we can to avoid "made in China".
- Pet food
- Baby food
- Laminate flooring seeping known
- Drywall
These are the ones that come to the top of my head as they made headlines.
Besides, we need to remember Henry Ford's comment that if you don't pay your workers then who'll buy your products. Businesses forget this statement at their long term peril.
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Sometimes it can be hard to source things that aren't made in China.
In fact, my work requires me to use Chinese manufactured items all the time - in this case semiconductors, which can be okay if you get them from one of the more reputable makers.
There's smoke in my iris
But I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids
So I'm ready now (What you ready for?)
I'm ready for life in this city
And my wings have grown almost enough to lift me
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Unfortunately all too true.
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obermd wrote: Drywall
Can't be terribly cost-efficient to buy your drywall and have it shipped all the way from China...
Unless, I suppose, it's your local stores that is buying it in huge quantities and it ends up on their shelves.
And then I suppose the same argument can be made about the other items you mentioned. In which case you have to let the store's owner know you're buying elsewhere.
Oh, all the local stores are getting their supplies from China?
Then that's self-inflicted and has been in the works for decades. The mom-and-pop shops that have all disappeared, because they can't compete, did send plenty of warnings...
And now this is getting close to political (too late?), so I'll shut up now. 
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Chinese Drywall: What It Is, Why It’s Bad and How to Avoid It[^]
Quote: A significant portion of drywall used in America is manufactured in China, where manufacturing costs are low and raw materials are plentiful
We import practically everything from China, why not Drywall?
I'm sure people have done the math and it's just too damn expensive to make it anywhere else, including the U.S.
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Let's buy some Saudi oil instead 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Got my vote!
Will Rogers never met me.
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I always thought it was interesting that China in general (Shanghai, etc.) is used as a backdrop for a lot of cyberpunk novels and movies.
Must be that amazing high-quality steel they produce.  j/k
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I doubt that the bolt in question was made of steel, even a low grade steel. It was more likely made of zinc.
The bolts you can buy in home depot or lowes are all zinc. None of them are steel. The only brick and mortar place I know of to get steel fasteners is the auto parts store.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I stand corrected. Shows what I know about bolts.
Either way, these are junk. I've had better luck with stuff sourced stateside at places like Ace. I never had problems with the bolts i used to replace the head bolts in my two stroke, but then i also brought in a bolt and told them what it was used for.
There's smoke in my iris
But I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids
So I'm ready now (What you ready for?)
I'm ready for life in this city
And my wings have grown almost enough to lift me
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Curvaceously ran online? (9)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Anagram of RAN ONLINE: NONLINEAR
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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YAUT!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Good clue! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Oops. Did I say "closet?" I meant "retirement." I retired in 2016 to pursue my hobbies of gunsmithing, machine shop fun, and welding, but since the current administration declared war on our own economy, I can no longer afford my hobbies! Bummer. I can't afford retirement, either.
A few weeks ago a local tribe called to ask me to apply for a job, in this case Manager of Generation. They have a large facility that is entirely off-grid and dependent upon three diesel generators. Thanks to a recent grant, they have been able to build a solar photovoltaic generating station coupled with a Tesla battery system. We are about to embark upon the adventure of integrating the new source into the existing microgrid. Since the first of May, I've been working on this project on a time and mileage basis, and so far, they have paid the bill in a timely manner. Today I got a call to negotiate a salary, and we settled on an acceptable figure, so I'm off and running a power company again! I've missed it...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger,
Your story has familiar ring.
Enjoy but don't get too deep to keep stress away.
Like the supper table, when you have had enough push the plate away.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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If that pun was intentional, you need to hold still. We're going to have to hurt you now .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Congratulations!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Light On!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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