Buying American

[Diamondpilot]

I Getting ready to buy another car for my wife and save the Durango for our daughters and not sure what direction we'll take this time, but I can tell you fuel economy is on the mind. We'll take a look at them all.

Take a look at that new Durango, its sharp. If you dont need more than 5K in tow rating the new Explorer is very nice also and gets almost 30mpg. My uncle just bought one yesterday. I will see it this Friday when we all go out to dinner.

Chris

 

[superduty59]

This is a good discussion. Nobody getting upset and all.

I do realize we live in a world economy and brands aren't always what they seem. Some domestic products are more foreign made and some foreign products are made right here in the US of A.

I proudly fly my American flag year round. To me buying a toyota or a honda and driving it around would be like wearing a shirt with an American flag all your life then one day taking it off and taking a big crap on it and then promptly putting on a shirt with the rising sun.

I guess I will only buy old stuff from now on and restore that stuff. You guys ever watch American Restoration? That's a cool show but they have a toyota for one of their shop trucks, GRRR.

 

[sparc]

Not true at all... I had to learn the metric system in Calfornia back in the 1960's and it is legal to use the metric system in the US and has been for decades.

So did we all, and what has come of it? NOTHING!! We have no standardization with the rest of the world. I believe this may hurt our exports to a degree. The automotive industry has transitioned over to metric for the most part, but many other industries hang on with the old system mostly because of resistance from the public.

I tried to get my kids to accept the metric system when they were learning it in grade school; which I believe as little as necessary was done by the school only to comply with the regs and get the attached federal monies. I would ask them to give me rough equivalents for standard measures like a quart of mile or how many liters in a gallon and they could not tell me. And when I explained how to convert in their head approximate weights or volumes they wanted no part of it and still don't. And its not just them, there are many people who see the metric system as something sinister.

Back in the 60s and 70s when we started teaching the metric system here in the US, I think we did a very poor job because by now we would be into our third generation with a working knowledge of the metric system in stead of just anecdotal knowledge.

 

[Redneck in training]

I work for a company that develops and makes control systems. We have to do a all projects either in SI (official name for metric) or English depending on the customer. It is a mess. Even though there are only two countries that still use English system (USA and Fiji I think) there are a lot of legacy English system installation all over the world. In example if old refinery in a country converted to SI is upgraded it might be done in English system.

There are countries that use both 110V/60 Hz and 220V/50Hz systems and every imaginable type of outlets depending who built the specific equipment or a hotel. Go figure that one.

 

[ultrarunner]

I work for a company that develops and makes control systems. We have to do a all projects either in SI (official name for metric) or English depending on the customer. It is a mess. Even though there are only two countries that still use English system (USA and Fiji I think) there are a lot of legacy English system installation all over the world. In example if old refinery in a country converted to SI is upgraded it might be done in English system.

There are countries that use both 110V/60 Hz and 220V/50Hz systems and every imaginable type of outlets depending who built the specific equipment or a hotel. Go figure that one.

The local peaker power plant was sold off shore... GE made it years ago... so I'm certain it is not metric and it was moved piece by piece half way round the world...

Non-Metric will continue to be around for a very long time... if for no other reason than legacy equipment...

Interestingly... most of the inch hardware is now imported from Metric System Countries...

 

[pjbci]

Buy American and more importantly buy local. Stay out of walmart, home depot, lowes, and God forgive me for saying but stay outta tractor supply. These corporate giants dont need your help goobling up local owned businesses.

 

[Obed]

Buy American and more importantly buy local. Stay out of walmart, home depot, lowes, and God forgive me for saying but stay outta tractor supply. These corporate giants dont need your help goobling up local owned businesses.

I like to support the local True Value Hardware around the corner as much as I can. We still buy a lot of stuff at Home Depot and Lowes though because of the extended hours and convenience. What I really wish is that the government didn't have so many restrictions on selling meat and milk that you can't buy steaks, milk, and drumsticks from your local farmer. Our government has put the small farmer out of business unfortunately. Now we buy "fresh" vegetables from South America. I have trouble making sense of some things.
Obed

 

[pjbci]

Our government has put the small farmer out of business unfortunately. Now we buy "fresh" vegetables from South America. I have trouble making sense of some things.
Obed

I am one of those small farmers. Now earth moving pays my bills. Our area used to supply the entire south with milk. Now because of govt interference with pricing most of our milk comes from california and the northern midwest. Its already spent a week in transit before it gets to grocery stores here. Thanks uncle sam.

 

[ultrarunner]

Buy American and more importantly buy local. Stay out of walmart, home depot, lowes, and God forgive me for saying but stay outta tractor supply. These corporate giants dont need your help goobling up local owned businesses.

I live in a city approaching 450,000 residents and it wasn't too long ago we got are one and only Walmart and Home Depot... no Lowes as of yet.

I used to wonder what all the fuss was about because I had never set foot in a Walmart and yet some places have had them for years...

Doubt will ever get a Tractor Supply... nearest one must be at least 75 miles away.

 

[powerpace]

Threemile Canyon Farms, Oregon's largest dairy, has hired almost 30 refugees in recent months, most arriving from camps in Africa.

Rose Corral, the director of human resources, told the Capital Press newspaper that the dairy located in the Eastern Oregon city of Boardman had been having trouble meeting its labor needs. Then a farm manager learned from a radio report that the International Rescue Committee, a relief agency, sought job opportunities for refugees living in the Northwest