On 6/28/2015 10:15 AM, notbob wrote:

> They're all junk, now. It's called planned obsolescence. We were
> playing with it, but the Japanese showed us how to perfect it.
>
> Even a simple garden hoe is now junk. Went to my local True Value and
> all their garden hoes used only two itty-bitty spot welds to hold the
> blade to the right-angle arm. Went next door to the Tractor Supply
> and their garden hoes had a full arc weld bead. Granted, it was a
> crappy Chinese weld, but it hadda be better than the wimpy Chinese
> spot welds. I hope.
>
> nb
>

Seems like the majority of people are concerned about price over quality
The younger generation does not plan to have anything last more than a
year or two.

Getting harder to find the better quality tools and appliances.

On 6/28/2015 8:37 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> The younger generation does not plan to have anything last more than a
> year or two.


They're going to love that in AI.

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:37:54 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 6/28/2015 10:15 AM, notbob wrote:
>
> > They're all junk, now. It's called planned obsolescence. We were
> > playing with it, but the Japanese showed us how to perfect it.
> >
> > Even a simple garden hoe is now junk. Went to my local True Value and
> > all their garden hoes used only two itty-bitty spot welds to hold the
> > blade to the right-angle arm. Went next door to the Tractor Supply
> > and their garden hoes had a full arc weld bead. Granted, it was a
> > crappy Chinese weld, but it hadda be better than the wimpy Chinese
> > spot welds. I hope.
> >
> > nb
> >
>
> Seems like the majority of people are concerned about price over quality
> The younger generation does not plan to have anything last more than a
> year or two.
>
> Getting harder to find the better quality tools and appliances.

People don't even consider taking care of their tools these days, so
they don't care.

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sf

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:37:54 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/28/2015 10:15 AM, notbob wrote:
>
>> They're all junk, now. It's called planned obsolescence. We were
>> playing with it, but the Japanese showed us how to perfect it.
>>
>> Even a simple garden hoe is now junk. Went to my local True Value and
>> all their garden hoes used only two itty-bitty spot welds to hold the
>> blade to the right-angle arm. Went next door to the Tractor Supply
>> and their garden hoes had a full arc weld bead. Granted, it was a
>> crappy Chinese weld, but it hadda be better than the wimpy Chinese
>> spot welds. I hope.
>>
>> nb
>>
>
>Seems like the majority of people are concerned about price over quality
> The younger generation does not plan to have anything last more than a
>year or two.
>
>Getting harder to find the better quality tools and appliances.

Fiskars has great tools, the best gardening tools:
http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-Inch-L...S0JN48NNPDPPGQ
http://www2.fiskars.com/