Better question: Does anyone own anything made in their own home town?

[KitchenWitch]

[XemaSab]

1. for a while Dreyer's ice cream was made in Oakland

:D

[KitchenWitch]

3. cool!

I am not sure ANYTHING is made in Irvine.

[XemaSab]

5. Hey, their HQ is still on College Avenue!

:bounce:

And their original store was on Grand Avenue! My old stomping grounds! :bounce:

[MazeRat7]

2. Yup, several CD's (including my own) written, recorded, and produced here... -nt

[KitchenWitch]

4. Right on!

:hi:

[taterguy]

6. Pottery, art, CDs, a movie on DVD

We live an area with lots of talented people. We support them by buying their stuff as often as possible

[meegbear]

7. Lynn Directories ...

these are directories that don't list telephone numbers, but lists the known family members and their occupations for each address in the city. The earliest I have is from 1923 and the latest is 1949.

I can also just goto the supermarket and pick up some Fluff.

[mainegreen]

8. 1 plastic red sled from Paris Manufacturing, & a pair of new balance sneakers.

[RetroLounge]

9. Yup

Milwaukee Tools - I own several...

RL

[KitchenWitch]

15. I love Milwaukee tools!

I have some too. I want a Sawzall though.

[RetroLounge]

21. My dad gave eachof us boys a Milwaukee Drill

when we turned 16. I still have mine 30 years later! Great tools...

RL

[KitchenWitch]

22. They are!

How are you today?

[RetroLounge]

31. I'm good. Doing the best I can with what I have...

How about you?

RL

[AllegroRondo]

10. No, but I am looking to buy an AMC Javelin

made in Kenosha, WI.

if anyone knows of one for sale..... :)

[dropkickpa]

11. Four of

these are living in my fridge!!


and these are made in Shenandoah, PA, close enough!


Mmm, I know what I'm making for dinner!

[JVS]

12. Iron City Beer! Heinz Ketchup

[azmouse]

13. I was thinking of getting some Cerreta chocolates

They're made just down the road here in Glendale. Yummy! :9

[Kali]

49. mmm had some for x-mas

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. A GMC truck...

Yes it was made right here in Detroit, at the truck plant

and...

a hell of a lot of beer cans from Schlitz in Milwaukee (my real hometown) because my father worked for Schlitz.

[Strawman]

16. A car

[LeftyMom]

17. Sunflour and ABC cookies

:9

[skygazer]

18. Maple syrup

Which I have mailed direct by the gallon from a farm just down the road from where I grew up.

The soundtrack to Ken Burns' Civil War series which was recorded in my hometown.

[bif]

19. Better Made potato chips--from Detroit

Best chips around!

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. The only thing made in the town where I live is furniture...

...and we have a sofa we bought a couple of years ago that was made here. So, yes. :)

[deadparrot]

23. Tums.

[Dora]

24. I live in Austin, TX.

We have a lot of homegrown music.

[jobycom]

28. We make Dell computers here

So no, I try not to own things made here. :)

(Yes, I know they are made all over the world, but for purposes of my wisecrack, let's pretend.)

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Austin Lounge Lizards!

Note sig below. :bounce:

[sakabatou]

25. We got a few HP items

[auntAgonist]

26. yes, and I have to keep buying it because I use it up.

Elmira Maple Syrup

http://www.elmiramaplesyrup.com/2007/festivalmap.html

and.

Noah Martin's summer sausage.
I buy it also in Elmira Ontario.



:)

aA

[Reverend_Smitty]

27. yup, a box of Taylor Pork Roll...

I think it's probably one of the last things still made in Trenton

[fizzgig]

29. i have some of these in the fridge

my favorite beer, brewed right here in town

[dysfunctional press]

30. i will once i save up enough for one of these babies-

[Courtesy Flush]

32. Tabasco Sauce! nt

[Auggie]

33. A bottle of bad homemade wine

It happens occasionally, even in Napa Valley

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. If you drink Ozeki Sake

it was made here.

[Art_from_Ark]

43. Maybe yes, maybe no

http://www.ozekisake.com/index05.html

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. Ah

Yeah, I knew I shoulda checked before posting. :blush:

Thanks for the clarification. :hi:

[Art_from_Ark]

46. No problemo

You can find it in practically any supermarket here in Japan

http://www.ozeki.co.jp/index_f.html

:hi:

[Nikia]

36. I have several items in my house right now made where I work

Which is in town. There are a couple other things that I could buy locally, but have not yet.
When I lived in the town that I grew up in, we reguarly had some snack foods and soda made in our home town. Our bathroom fixtures were made in town also. My grandparents also owned glass that was made in our home town.

[jmowreader]

37. I have St. Maries, Idaho's contribution to polite society

This is a Peet shoe dryer. There is none other like it in the world. Everyone here needs one.

The Peet shoe dryer was invented by Gene Peet, a North Idaho electrician who got tired of having to own five pairs of boots if he wanted to work outside in the winter. Before he invented this weird-ass thing, a logger had a few choices when it came to having dry footwear--understand that logging boots are made from very thick leather. He could put the boots near a fire, but that tends to ruin a pair of $150 boots quick. He could allow the boots to air-dry, which takes a week. He could apply a waterproofer like Sno-seal, but that shit almost never works. Or he could just suffer with wet boots.

The other shoe dryers on the market are little more than glorified hair dryers. The damage they can inflict on your shoes is phenomenal.

The Peet dryer is a little different. It works by convection. There are vents in the back of the unit, and 20-watt heaters in the bases of the two upright pipes. You plug the dryer in and warm air will gently waft its way through the pipes, past the little foot-shaped forms on the ends of the pipes, and into your boots. It won't damage your boots, which is more than I can say for any other method.

While it's gentle, it's still effective: you can soak a pair of boots in water for an hour, pull them out, shake off the excess water and put them on your Peet shoe dryer, and the boots will be completely dry in the morning.

Also remember when I said Sno-seal "almost" never works? If you put your shoes on a Peet Shoe Dryer for about six hours, they'll be warm enough to accept the Sno-seal.

The Peet Shoe Dryer is made in an abandoned Safeway store in St. Maries, Idaho, by the six native Idahoans who helped Mr. Peet found the company. Parts are not available but they're not really needed--my father's Peet shoe dryer is 35 years old and dries his shoes every day, and mine is 25 years old and still going strong. It contains the same high-quality parts as it always did--which consist of the plastic casting, two pieces of folded nichrome metal, four resistors and a power cord.

It's just a great product. Get one. They're available all over the Internets for about $45--which is less than I paid for mine 25 years ago.

[GOPisEvil]

38. Yes, a DVD of "Office Space".

OK, so the DVD itself wasn't made here, but the majority of "Office Space" was shot here in Austin. :)

[Broken_Hero]

39. I use to own a Xmas Humpy

tshirt by ray troll, but that was well over a decade ago....and by looking at his online store, I just might have to order me a longsleeve shirt!

http://store.trollart.com/home.php?cat=28

[Wapsie B]

40. Damn straight I do!

My cupboard is full of boxes of JELLO and my bed's got a Serta mattress on it.

:)

[ChoralScholar]

41. Uh... Cavender's Greek Seasoning

[puerco-bellies]

42. Technically my surfboard was made next-door in Hermosa Beach

But it was made less then 3 miles from my house.

http://www.wegenersurfboards.com/

[Art_from_Ark]

45. When I was a kid, I had a BB gun that was made just down the road

and given to me by someone who worked at the factory.

[huskerlaw]

47. Sure! I own lots of movies.

;)

:hi:

[doc03]

48. The only product I can think of made here is ice

We have an ice plant that ships ice throughout Ohio PA and WV.

[Kali]

50. sort of

gave my dad one of these a few years ago (not my photo)

[LibDemAlways]

51. The famous "chicken salad sandwich" scene from

5 Easy Pieces was filmed at a nearby Denny's (which was torn down several years ago). I own a copy of the movie so I suppose that counts.