Re: Things ain't what they used to be

[Ssgacc@aol.com]

>Charming, eh?  Even German quality control, once legendary, seems to be
>the stuff of legends now.

I'm really sorry to hear that.  I'd prefer to think it's a once-in-a-lifetime
slip, although I suppose it's probably not.  Still, if I had to bet my life on
the integrity of a bolt or the life cycle of a bearing it's got to come from
the Ruhr valley, preferably from Krup steel.  I once had a Fafnir bearing we
could not kill.  I've had Chinese products, tools and such that were already
broken/defective when you opened the package.  Utter trash.  No racial or
ethnic slurs intended, it's purely about product quality.

Jim Accordino