[Skin Flintonian]

As soon as there becomes an average chinese citizen then we will have to find another learning class to manufacture tomorrows trash for us. When was the last time you had something that worked for more than 6 weeks? I did the calculations for something that I love to do. BBQ. Over a course of 3 years I bought 4 weed eaters that I thought would give me the right cut. Massive fail. Here is why, I believe. They are made overseas in factories that use to buy our equipment for manufacturing the weed eaters. Our tool and die, to greater extent our engineering made the equipment that made the equipment. Now that they are growing in size of middle class they want to cut costs by creating their own tool and die but lack the technology of precision. I learned my lesson. Made in the USA means a lot more than made in the USA, it means conceptualized, designed and tooled to perfection by something that was conceptualized, designed and tooled to perfection... the average United States citizen. The cost of 4 chinese weed eaters = 2/3 the cost of an US weed eater made in Japan but my dad still has his after 10 years. One repair... the hoses and filter after they started putting ethanol in the gas. Designed failure.

[wjcsux]

You are absolutely right! My sweetie had a hair dryer that was made by Sunbeam, someplace in Ohio if I remember correctly. It recently died. She bought it in 1987. The Chinese-made piece of crap that replaced it is not nearly as good. I hear about it all the time...