Don't go cheap on tools & watch your suppliers

[DoctorC]

[Sidheguitarist]

Sorry. Here ya go:

[DoctorC]

Still not laughing, but sure do have a big smile!

[HapaHapa]

Some other data points, FWIW:

Carry on. Sorry about your guy's wrist. That blows spider monkey.

Great discussion thank you. Checked in with him Friday. He's got titanium plate and a bunch of screws in his wrist now. The X-ray ray either looks really cool or really scary I can't decide.

[Sidheguitarist]

^^^Where'd you source the titanium and screws?

[Morethan1]

I've found buying old and used will usually be of better quality.

[HapaHapa]

Hmmmm. Maybe that's why he's got an infection in there ...

[Sidheguitarist]

I feel like adding one more footnote to some of this: the fact that it's harder to find decent tools isn't the fault of China, or Vietnam, Mexico, or Thailand or anywhere else one can find cheap production. It's the fault of consumers--both end user and wholesale--who jump like dope fiends on any opportunity to save a buck. We (collectively) voted with our dollars, and largely got the product candidates we deserved. If someone went to China (or Taiwan) and said we need the best product possible, price no object, we'd have products like "the good old days". My guy's guitars are proof of that, as are some Asian steel products (to say nothing of electronics). It's coming, if folks are willing to pay for the quality.

JMO. Grain of salt and all that; i'm no world economist.


Hey Greg: thanks for reading. I didn't forget about you:

A guy dies and goes to hell. He's very nervous about what he's in store for when The Devil walks up and says "Hey buddy, relax! Hell's not such a bad place. Do you like to gamble?"
Guy: "Yeah. I used to hit the casinos quite a bit."
Devil: "Well you are going to love Tuesdays, that's casino day. We set up craps tables, a roulette wheel, we have blackjack and poker. Whatever your game is, we got it."
Guy: "Well that sounds cool."
Devil: "It is. Do you like smoking?"
Guy: "Yeah, I really enjoyed cigars before I died."
Devil: "Well you'll like Wednesdays. Cigars, pipes, cigarettes, whatever. Smoke your lungs out all day. And you can't get cancer, because you're already dead!"
Guy: "this place doesn't sound so bad after all."
Devil: "Do you like to drink."
Guy: "Yeah. I used to get hammered every weekend."
devil: "Thursdays are your day then. Every kind of alcohol you could want. We just get wasted all day."
Guy: "Wow, this all sounds great. Hell is going to be awesome!"
Devil: "you're going to have a blast here, buddy. So, are you gay?"
Guy: "Fuck no! I'm all about the ladies!"
Devil: "Oh. You are going to HATE Fridays..."