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

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From: Joerg
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:23
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
>> I thought the Miata was ugly, until I saw a PT Cruiser. ;-)
> 
> The design is reminiscent of the Chrysler Airstream, which was a major flop
> 70+ years ago.
> 

AFAIK the Airstream was not a major flop. The Airflow was, but mostly 
due to really bad manufacturing defects.

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