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Article #257Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?
From: Allus Smith
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:24
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:24
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On 20 Apr 21:36, Rich Webb wrote: > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:08:32 +0100, Allus Smith 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... > Hello Rich, I'm the OP. I'm sorry to hear you think I'm a troll. I don't know what you mean by "same" becuase I have only posted here recently and I hope there isn't another post which could be misconstrued as a troll. Perhaps you just don't like my point of view?
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