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

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From: Allus Smith
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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