I believe it is time to put this thread to bed. moderator ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sherrer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days
A year and a half ago we bought a Bosch washer and dryer. They are made on the cost of North Carolina. A army buddy of mine had a job for many years servicing machines that made intergrated circuits. He lost his job since all that work went to China. John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws ----- Original Message ----- From: clifford To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:00 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag, the good old days Dear R. J. and list members: My mother has a 1932 ringer washer by Maytag, that came originally with a gasoline engine and an exhaust that ran about forty feet out in to the lawn. It was modified for an electric motor in the fifties. It still works, although she turned it in to a back-up machine, when she bought an automatic washer. My mother, being the frugal person she is, refused for a long time to allow the automatic washer to empty all that hot water after only one run of wash. My first wife and I have had a Maytag top loader for well over 25 years, which was turned over to our rental house when we bought the Neptune. Maytag was an automatic buy for us back in the good old days, and those commercials showing the lonely Maytag repairman, were on the mark. I am one of those old fogies that believe that we are happily destroying this country, by allowing our industrial capacity to be outsourced to off -shore locations. I thought then, and I still think today, that the treaties we have signed on trade are formulas for disaster. According to the history channel, the first manufacturing operation started in the U. S. was a company making shovels. I wonder how long it will be before there will no longer be a shovel made in the U. S. A. I am told by a machinist friend that our capacity to make and sell industrial tooling is being shifted abroad, and that many machines used in industry here are imported. Given all of the trends, I am not at all optimistic about our future. Whether it be a power saw, invented in this country, or an outboard motor, also invented here, the U. S. manufacturers are slipping away. My first chain saw was a Homelite , which gave good service and I would have gladly bought another, had they kept up with developments. I will quit with this line of thought before the sensors become outraged. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5017 (20100411) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5018 (20100411) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
