Is anything made in the U.S.A. anymore? You’d be surprised

[briansd1]

[quote=CostaMesa]I think porn capital is tossup between Bangkok and Budapest.
[/quote]

I agree, the foreign porn is much better.

[lindismith]

We are in manufacturing, right here in San Diego.

My business has increased A LOT in the last 7 years, mostly because we use a lot of technology, despite the fact that commercial sewing is a somewhat old-fashioned type of process. We don’t have any high tech specialty cutting machines in the factory per se, we just utilize high tech marketing (blogs, SEO, email etc.)and software for running the business as much as possible. So the high tech element is on the front end.

Sometimes when my competitors go out of business, they call me to see if I want to buy equipment. It’s interesting to see, but they often have high tech stuff in their factory, but not in their office, which is the opposite of us.

You can see what we do at http://www.garymanufacturing.com, but we manufacture very basic items, despite stiff competition from China.

The other high tech element we use is reading the blogs, like Piggington and CR. I would say those two single-handedly helped me ramp up prior to the recession so that I was prepared for it.

Ultimately I was surprised by how fast and how far the economy dropped, but still, I felt like I had access to really great data thanks to Rich and all the Piggs.

Hope all is well with you guys – have had a busy summer, but still lurk once in a while. Like, today.

Belinda

[lindismith]

We are in manufacturing, right here in San Diego.

My business has increased A LOT in the last 7 years, mostly because we use a lot of technology, despite the fact that commercial sewing is a somewhat old-fashioned type of process. We don’t have any high tech specialty cutting machines in the factory per se, we just utilize high tech marketing (blogs, SEO, email etc.)and software for running the business as much as possible. So the high tech element is on the front end.

Sometimes when my competitors go out of business, they call me to see if I want to buy equipment. It’s interesting to see, but they often have high tech stuff in their factory, but not in their office, which is the opposite of us.

You can see what we do at http://www.garymanufacturing.com, but we manufacture very basic items, despite stiff competition from China.

The other high tech element we use is reading the blogs, like Piggington and CR. I would say those two single-handedly helped me ramp up prior to the recession so that I was prepared for it.

Ultimately I was surprised by how fast and how far the economy dropped, but still, I felt like I had access to really great data thanks to Rich and all the Piggs.

Hope all is well with you guys – have had a busy summer, but still lurk once in a while. Like, today.

Belinda

[lindismith]

We are in manufacturing, right here in San Diego.

My business has increased A LOT in the last 7 years, mostly because we use a lot of technology, despite the fact that commercial sewing is a somewhat old-fashioned type of process. We don’t have any high tech specialty cutting machines in the factory per se, we just utilize high tech marketing (blogs, SEO, email etc.)and software for running the business as much as possible. So the high tech element is on the front end.

Sometimes when my competitors go out of business, they call me to see if I want to buy equipment. It’s interesting to see, but they often have high tech stuff in their factory, but not in their office, which is the opposite of us.

You can see what we do at http://www.garymanufacturing.com, but we manufacture very basic items, despite stiff competition from China.

The other high tech element we use is reading the blogs, like Piggington and CR. I would say those two single-handedly helped me ramp up prior to the recession so that I was prepared for it.

Ultimately I was surprised by how fast and how far the economy dropped, but still, I felt like I had access to really great data thanks to Rich and all the Piggs.

Hope all is well with you guys – have had a busy summer, but still lurk once in a while. Like, today.

Belinda

[lindismith]

We are in manufacturing, right here in San Diego.

My business has increased A LOT in the last 7 years, mostly because we use a lot of technology, despite the fact that commercial sewing is a somewhat old-fashioned type of process. We don’t have any high tech specialty cutting machines in the factory per se, we just utilize high tech marketing (blogs, SEO, email etc.)and software for running the business as much as possible. So the high tech element is on the front end.

Sometimes when my competitors go out of business, they call me to see if I want to buy equipment. It’s interesting to see, but they often have high tech stuff in their factory, but not in their office, which is the opposite of us.

You can see what we do at http://www.garymanufacturing.com, but we manufacture very basic items, despite stiff competition from China.

The other high tech element we use is reading the blogs, like Piggington and CR. I would say those two single-handedly helped me ramp up prior to the recession so that I was prepared for it.

Ultimately I was surprised by how fast and how far the economy dropped, but still, I felt like I had access to really great data thanks to Rich and all the Piggs.

Hope all is well with you guys – have had a busy summer, but still lurk once in a while. Like, today.

Belinda

[lindismith]

We are in manufacturing, right here in San Diego.

My business has increased A LOT in the last 7 years, mostly because we use a lot of technology, despite the fact that commercial sewing is a somewhat old-fashioned type of process. We don’t have any high tech specialty cutting machines in the factory per se, we just utilize high tech marketing (blogs, SEO, email etc.)and software for running the business as much as possible. So the high tech element is on the front end.

Sometimes when my competitors go out of business, they call me to see if I want to buy equipment. It’s interesting to see, but they often have high tech stuff in their factory, but not in their office, which is the opposite of us.

You can see what we do at http://www.garymanufacturing.com, but we manufacture very basic items, despite stiff competition from China.

The other high tech element we use is reading the blogs, like Piggington and CR. I would say those two single-handedly helped me ramp up prior to the recession so that I was prepared for it.

Ultimately I was surprised by how fast and how far the economy dropped, but still, I felt like I had access to really great data thanks to Rich and all the Piggs.

Hope all is well with you guys – have had a busy summer, but still lurk once in a while. Like, today.

Belinda

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
A toaster from 1960’ies does exactly the same thing as the ones made today. And things built back then tended to last a lot longer. The toaster is actually much older than me. It was a gift past down to me. Along with all my made in usa toys.

Speaking of toasters.

http://store.theonion.com/gotcha-box-usb-toaster-p-71.html%5B/quote%5D

Appliances last forever if only people would repair them.

People update their kitchens because of style, not function.

You could wear the same clothes forever also, but it’s not stylish to be seen in the same outfit more than a few times.

Back in the 1950s people only had a few shirts and pants, hence the lack of closets in old houses.

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
A toaster from 1960’ies does exactly the same thing as the ones made today. And things built back then tended to last a lot longer. The toaster is actually much older than me. It was a gift past down to me. Along with all my made in usa toys.

Speaking of toasters.

http://store.theonion.com/gotcha-box-usb-toaster-p-71.html%5B/quote%5D

Appliances last forever if only people would repair them.

People update their kitchens because of style, not function.

You could wear the same clothes forever also, but it’s not stylish to be seen in the same outfit more than a few times.

Back in the 1950s people only had a few shirts and pants, hence the lack of closets in old houses.

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
A toaster from 1960’ies does exactly the same thing as the ones made today. And things built back then tended to last a lot longer. The toaster is actually much older than me. It was a gift past down to me. Along with all my made in usa toys.

Speaking of toasters.

http://store.theonion.com/gotcha-box-usb-toaster-p-71.html%5B/quote%5D

Appliances last forever if only people would repair them.

People update their kitchens because of style, not function.

You could wear the same clothes forever also, but it’s not stylish to be seen in the same outfit more than a few times.

Back in the 1950s people only had a few shirts and pants, hence the lack of closets in old houses.

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
A toaster from 1960’ies does exactly the same thing as the ones made today. And things built back then tended to last a lot longer. The toaster is actually much older than me. It was a gift past down to me. Along with all my made in usa toys.

Speaking of toasters.

http://store.theonion.com/gotcha-box-usb-toaster-p-71.html%5B/quote%5D

Appliances last forever if only people would repair them.

People update their kitchens because of style, not function.

You could wear the same clothes forever also, but it’s not stylish to be seen in the same outfit more than a few times.

Back in the 1950s people only had a few shirts and pants, hence the lack of closets in old houses.

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
A toaster from 1960’ies does exactly the same thing as the ones made today. And things built back then tended to last a lot longer. The toaster is actually much older than me. It was a gift past down to me. Along with all my made in usa toys.

Speaking of toasters.

http://store.theonion.com/gotcha-box-usb-toaster-p-71.html%5B/quote%5D

Appliances last forever if only people would repair them.

People update their kitchens because of style, not function.

You could wear the same clothes forever also, but it’s not stylish to be seen in the same outfit more than a few times.

Back in the 1950s people only had a few shirts and pants, hence the lack of closets in old houses.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rt.66][quote=scaredycat]i d rathe rnot buy anything. NOTHING. i dont need a dmane dthing. nothing. except this chaiir. and this lamp…but that’s it. except for this ashtray[/quote]

The Jerk reference…. LOVE IT![/quote]

Scarlet: Thank you! I was racking my brain, trying to figure out why Scaredy’s reference was ringing a bell. Steve Martin and “The Jerk”! Wow, I think we just dated ourselves, didn’t we?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rt.66][quote=scaredycat]i d rathe rnot buy anything. NOTHING. i dont need a dmane dthing. nothing. except this chaiir. and this lamp…but that’s it. except for this ashtray[/quote]

The Jerk reference…. LOVE IT![/quote]

Scarlet: Thank you! I was racking my brain, trying to figure out why Scaredy’s reference was ringing a bell. Steve Martin and “The Jerk”! Wow, I think we just dated ourselves, didn’t we?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rt.66][quote=scaredycat]i d rathe rnot buy anything. NOTHING. i dont need a dmane dthing. nothing. except this chaiir. and this lamp…but that’s it. except for this ashtray[/quote]

The Jerk reference…. LOVE IT![/quote]

Scarlet: Thank you! I was racking my brain, trying to figure out why Scaredy’s reference was ringing a bell. Steve Martin and “The Jerk”! Wow, I think we just dated ourselves, didn’t we?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Rt.66][quote=scaredycat]i d rathe rnot buy anything. NOTHING. i dont need a dmane dthing. nothing. except this chaiir. and this lamp…but that’s it. except for this ashtray[/quote]

The Jerk reference…. LOVE IT![/quote]

Scarlet: Thank you! I was racking my brain, trying to figure out why Scaredy’s reference was ringing a bell. Steve Martin and “The Jerk”! Wow, I think we just dated ourselves, didn’t we?

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