OT: Made in USA plumbing hardware!!!!

[no_such_reality]

[quote=sdduuuude]This is really the only comment I could think of:

I got yer Made in USA Plumbing Hardware right here, pal.[/quote]

That’s what’s great about the USA, we’ve mastered miniaturization.

We actively look for and attempt to buy made in the USA too. It’s sad how difficult it is.

[Coronita]

Well, Moen just keeled over… I was going to replace a showerhead thinking Moen is the only showerhead still made in the usa. Nope… They’re made in china now too…

Ok, time to go for the $1 no-name brand special…I can’t fathom spending $50+ on a showerhead to a company that doesn’t even manufacture them here.

[CA renter]

[quote=flu]Well, Moen just keeled over… I was going to replace a showerhead thinking Moen is the only showerhead still made in the usa. Nope… They’re made in china now too…

Ok, time to go for the $1 no-name brand special…I can’t fathom spending $50+ on a showerhead to a company that doesn’t even manufacture them here.[/quote]

Moen and Kohler. Once upon a time, you could purchse these items knowing that they were made in the USA. No more. 🙁

We suck!

[sdrealtor]

Scaredy
My son turned 13 today. I wanted to get him something that he couldnt plug in so we went shopping for a new bike. Walmart and Target were not on our itinerary. We went to the local non-chain bike shop. I know what I want so I got it for him instead.

I got him a Trek which I have pined over for decades. Some of it was made in the USA but we got a Greenfield kickstand just because it was definitely 100% made in a small town out on Long Island. I still ride the Rockhopper I bought for my dad when he retired 20 years ago with a front sprocket I bent at Watchung Reservation two weeks after I gave it to him. Why can I buy him the bike I always wanted while I ride an old bike with holes in my shoes?

He wakes up at 6:30 every morning. My alarm is set for 5:45 and I’m gonna take it out for a spin. Hopefully I wont bend his front sprocket too.

[spdrun]

Watchung Reservation?! Where in NJ did you live – I grew up in and around there? Sadly, WR now mostly bans mountain biking, though I’m not sure about actually enforcement of the ban 🙁

For once, I agree with one of your posts. Great gift, and great that it’s all mechanical.

[sdrealtor]

Just got back from my ride and it survived.

Grew up in South Jersey but undergrad at RU and worked in WTC out of college. Alot of my friends lived/live in South Orange, West Orange, Lvingston, New Prov, Summitt etc. We used to go mountain biking all over the place back in the day (mid/late 80’s).

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