Posted on 12/31/2001 12:11:34 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
As a discussion recently transpired here on Free Republic, it occurred to me how many cheap goods have infiltrated the marketplaces of the USA. It also occurred to me that Free Republic would be the best place to begin a list of those products, made in the United States of America, that today have a long lasting quality about them.
I mean tangible goods. For example, when I was younger I had a few Tonka® trucks. Look at a Tonka® truck today, you you will certainly see how they don't make them like they used to. Too much plastic, and a "Made in Hong Kong" label. The same seems to have happened, by and large, with Lionel® Trains. While this is the perfect forum to debate the reasons for such cheapening of durigible goods, we should do something practical here on the side.
So let us build a list of the best stuff made in the United States of America, and let that list be shared. Then, perhaps, when the next holiday season arrives we will know what things to purchase as gifts. We will also know throughout the year what tangible goods may be of most benefit to our homes and families. We can do this "on the side" as it were, while we debate the more serious issues facing our land and people.
Please make sure the items are made in the USA. Think of those tangibles that have enduring qualities about them. Attributes would include: Heavy duty, solid design, long lasting reputation, high standards, etc. If, along the way, we discover there is little or nothing of true value made in the USA, then maybe some of us will be inspired to start something, or build something, of long lasting quality.
Some may come along to plug their own goods. That's okay, as long as it's quality stuff. In view of the fact, however, that this forum is not to be a platform for personal business advertising it may not be a good idea. Others have already begun a recent thread on FR to put forth the idea of a "Made in the USA" store. Please peruse this thread as well, but then come back here to help us list specific products that might be included in such a store.
As the list becomes tried and true we might refine it and release it as perhaps, for lack of a better title: The Made in USA List of Goods Made in the USA.
Truly a post rich in recommendations. Thanks.
The "SOLID BRONZE SARCOPHAGUS"-------could only be moved by power lift.
Formerly a NYS Licensed Funeral Director.
Plying the trade is "ELGIN" Caskets.
Ironically, ELGIN PERMASEAL-----------------IS owned by "Sealy Mattress!"
The reason I don't maintain my license is due to a new NYS health law, that law requires 20 hours of trainng to the benefits of latex gloves. The fee is $50.00.
$50.00 is no problem, sending it to the fat-ankle-slob called Hillary Rodham is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This kind of criticism is not at all lost on me. All the more reason for us to take a moment and search out the things that are not junk. More and more one must search for the best. Perhaps a good guitar brand will evolve. Otherwise, if it's guitars, you might want to try Ebay for an old Fender.
ASH CAN!
those were the days before CPSC!
Horizontal model of production Yugo class!
RIS
Man, ain't that the truth. But what the hel* is "CPSC"?
I worked at a funeral home in Ft. Worth back in the 70's, and used to DREAD it when the Marcellus truck showed up. We'd be unloading those beautiful woods for two days.
A Marcellus casket is an ornate, magnificent piece of furniture! Those solid mahogany full couch sealer beauties with red velvet interiors were the most beautiful caskets I'd seen before, or since.
JFK was buried in a Marcellus.
Belmonts are the choice of most other presidents, however. Those rounded edges are the dead give-aways.
No sh*t! Me too! I see them up and down the Interstate all the time. It drives me nuts.
With the market the way it is down here, only idiots who don't know who they work for are toting these things on their rig. I hope.
Lexington Plant
The Procter & Gamble Lexington, Kentucky Plant is the sole manufacturer of Jif, the nation's number one choice of peanut butter. The Lexington Plant, which is the largest peanut butter producing facility in the world, was purchased by P&G in 1955, when the peanut butter label was "Big Top." The manufacture of Big Top was phased out by P&G early in 1971. In addition to making regular Jif (creamy and crunchy), the Plant manufactures Simply Jif, which is low in salt and sugar, and Reduced Fat Jif. About one in every ten peanuts grown in this country for domestic consumption ends up in a jar of Jif.
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