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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:53 PM Original message |
Workers sorry Vise-Grip plant moving to China (300 workers to watch their jobs go overseas) |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. No longer any reason to buy Vise-Grip |
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nostalgicaboutmyfutr (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Never buy a vise grip... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. vise grip was designed by a blacksmith who |
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speedingbullet (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Sad |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
69. So every vice-grip bought |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Just replied...will never buy another product from them.. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. what are the alternatives to vise-grip brand vise-grips? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bush Won Neb. Twice and John McCain Is Ahead |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I have news for you: |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. ***Bush Won Neb. Twice and John McCain Is Ahead*** |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. You are right.... THIS IS BOTH PARTIES COMPLICIT. |
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vinylsolution (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are there any.... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I bought an American-made push mower from American Lawnmower.. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. estwing! hammers made in rockford il |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. china is making Estwing clones |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. i've had the same estwing framing hammer for 30 years. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. yes. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. A few |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. I Just Bought a Snap-On Adjustable Wrench. It Was Made in SWEDEN |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Several |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll never buy visegrips |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Can You Recommend Some U.S.-Made Locking Pliers? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Proto. nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. where are stanley proto tools made? the website doesn't say... |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I have a proto locking plier in my truck |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. a link to proto tools vise-grip line- although it doesn't say where they make them. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. probably because stanley stuff |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. I Just Picked up a Leatherman Crunch |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. these are wood-working tools made in Maine |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nebraska, huh? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. didn't Neb vote red in the last two elections? just saying. nt |
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mrih (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Nebraska hasn't voted Blue since |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. What a stupid Shame. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. To you yes.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Lots of auto workers buy foreign cars too. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Not many that I know |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. 19 fucking years and they're going to the bar to try to forget about it? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You're assuming these workers voted Republican |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. how many Nebraskans voted for *? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. vise grips! jesus h christ |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. I go out of my way to avoid chinese |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Snap-On Tools Are Still Made Here Too |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I've seen SK tools last for over 50 years.... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
65. Some Snap-On Tools Are NOT Made Here |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Right now: buy all the vise grips on the shelves |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. hey nebraska? why do you keep voting for republikas? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. I made a lot of money from people that screwed up their bicycles by |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. Don't forget Vaughan hammers |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. Boycott Chinese products and buy American whenever possible. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. This is the best method.... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. But What is "American"? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I'm one of those guys... |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Punish the god damn government that does nothing to help companies stay here. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Worse Than That, They Give Them Tax Incentives to Ship American Jobs Overseas! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Jobs sent overseas from a place like Detroit is different from jobs leaving from a place like DeWitt |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. He Wouldn't Be Able to Afford Gas For it Anyway |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
63. was the Tundra built in Texas?...n/t |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. Better buy the USA-made ones while they last |
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kurth_ (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. Kleins will be next |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Thanks for the heads up. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's not necessarily the company's fault. The government could do something to help if the wanted to |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Not really true... |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Well, that starts by never, ever, shopping at Walmart. n/t |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Make it illegal to outsource |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. CONgress..Please stop this insanity! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
61. Eventually no one in America will have a job and then no one will be able to afford |
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greblc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. What should I buy instead? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
67. This is why our economy is in the toilet. The greed of corporations |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
71. The majority of Nebraskan voters voted for Bush's "ownership society." |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
72. I'm sorry to hear this. |
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