Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?

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From: Rich Webb
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:36

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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:08:32 +0100, Allus Smith <allus_smith@com.com>
wrote:

>All this talk about soldering irons makes me think how crummy too 
>much American industrial design is.
>
>Some US industrial design looks great but some looks downright, 
>well, Russian. 
>
>Sure you can see crap-looking design in western Europe too but 
>there's a lot less of it than in the US.
>
>Take soldering irons for example.  An ordinary soldering iron in 
>the US with unregulated temperature still has great big mofo screws 
>holding the tip. 
>
>By comparison, my 30 year old British-made basic Antex is a sleek 
>looking baby and those Antexes are not particularly expensive.
>
>Don't start me on the looks of cars!

Same troll. Must be bored...

-- 
Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

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