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Well their isn't much you can do with a coal boiler.. LOL. The designs they are using now go back to the 40's and 50's because they are time tested and most importantly they just work. There's been small modifications over the years to improve small issues but the efficiencies of these units cannot be improved on which is where most heating units are using new tech. One reaches almost 90% from a 50's design which is outstanding for any type of boiler, with the coal anything less and you can't maintain a draft. The only real upgrades over the years has been with the controls, most recent development has been a digital thermostat specifically designed to work with a coal stoker.
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My Grandmother has this toaster that must be 60 years old if not more, it's the coolest thing because when the toast is done it slowly rises out of the toaster. There's a lot of mechanics involved and I'd imagine it would cost a lot to produce.
She had the same electric stove for about 50 years, finally had to go because the cost of the burners were getting ridiculous.
haha, well I'm not talking specifically coal boilers, but for instance, your mention of grannys toaster. I can point to my grannys blender, weights like 20 some odd pounds, build to endure a bombing raid, I swear. Take that sturdy construction and mate it with digital timers, speed controls, etc..
I think there is a reasonable balance between modern technology and the sturdy construction of yesteryear. I realize that for manufactures they are looking at building things that are designed to last short term, but if the market is available, I suspect there would be a fair number of folks interested even globally.
I'm sure I'm probably way off but it just seems that in a service economy, Bob mows Toms grass and Tom washes Bobs car. Bob buys his sponge from Greece, and Tom buys his mower from Mexico and while they exchange money between them and this is great but ultimately the money is leaving the country.
A society cannot survive without adding wealth by building something.
...I haven't checked yet but isn't visio (or something like that) a computer/tv monitor made in America? I know Zenith moved its last manufacturing plant to Mexico...
Zenith used to be huge in Chicago (and of course big in many places around the world as well as it made radios in the radio era also.) So many of their T.V.'s were made here I rarely saw any other T.V. set in the city until about 1993 or so. The plant closed in 1998. It had 1,200 employees.
Zenith used to be huge in Chicago (and of course big in many places around the world as well as it made radios in the radio era also.) So many of their T.V.'s were made here I rarely saw any other T.V. set in the city until about 1993 or so. The plant closed in 1998. It had 1,200 employees.
Seriously, though, it makes paper. It makes newspapers, and yes, I still read newspapers. I don't own a lot, so...
Hey, how about the food that isn't produced outside the U.S. Canned, frozen, boxed. Very little of that is produced outside the U.S. in my house. I don't eat fish or produce, so there you go.
...Hey, how about the food that isn't produced outside the U.S. Canned, frozen, boxed. Very little of that is produced outside the U.S. in my house. I don't eat fish or produce, so there you go.
If it is from Europe or South America most of the time it can be trusted.
I would not eat anything from China and most other countries in Asia and in Africa.
If I could find quality products at a reasonable price made in America I would go out of my way to buy them. Sadly the only products I find are either terrible quality or so damn expensive it's not worth it.
I really don't know. The names might be American but that's probably just where the companies are headquartered. I'm looking at a Pepperige Farm cookie thing and it says "Product of U.S.A." on the package. I'm wondering why it needs to identify the product by country if it was made here unless the cookies are also sold and/or made overseas.
I usually find the opposite to be true, I'll gladly more for a quality made product. In the long run even if the product is double the price and only lasts you double the time it's worth it. When you buy junk it only leads to problems and headaches.
I'm wondering why it needs to identify the product by country if it was made here unless the cookies are also sold and/or made overseas.
I believe that's the law. Even if it wasn't a company is going to want to advertise that fact.
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