They were one of the most significant holdouts over the past decade or so, but they won't learn from their mistake. They could have learned from vise-grip, who could have learned from dremel, who could have learned from Stanley. Sears (Craftsman) could have learned from any or all of them, as could Husky and Kobalt.
They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
One could easily see this lesson by taking a Craftsman wrench from the 1990s and comparing it with one made today.
Now, one can just go to Harbor Freight, pick up hand tools which are just as good as the Craftsmans (because they likely come off the same forges and on the same boats), but a lot cheaper. For stuff that is infrequently used, this is fine. Same with HF's power tools. I've seen their stuff with a different color and a name brand... same cheap, Chinese construction... but 2-5 times the price.
It's problematic to do comparisons with older objects. The ones that lasted were the good ones. The ones with manufacturing defects have been replaced long ago.
It's called survival bias, came up recently in that someone was complaining about catering to nut allergy people and said see what happens now there's a lot of people with nut allergies. I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
Citation? For what? Your stupidity? Seriously, what was the death rate of children from food allergies Close to 100% for those who ate something they where allergic to. Or how do you plan to save ones live who has a serious allergy and is lying in front of you without a syringe of approbiated medicals? The only good thing is: not everyone gets an allergic shock just because he is allergic. before every second person became allergic to something? What has that to do with anything?
Close to 100% for those who ate something they where allergic to.
So send us a link to the source of that claim. Or do you expect people to just believe what you say because you're getting angry? Sorry champ, the world doesn't work like that...
What has that to do with anything?
How do you explain that food allergies were unheard of only 20 years ago, yet in only 2 decades they are considered common? Unlike you, I simply don't believe things because some angry shouty person says so. Either lots of people were dying previously to the world being food allergy aware, in which case you can provide some numbers
As I said 100 times on/. : I don't sent links for common knowledge If you are really that dumb or want to blame it on your school education: that is your problem. For people like you who seem pretty dumb, sorry: your god invented a little tool, called: google. It is worth trying to learn how to use that tool.
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They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
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One could easily see this lesson by taking a Craftsman wrench from the 1990s and comparing it with one made today.
Now, one can just go to Harbor Freight, pick up hand tools which are just as good as the Craftsmans (because they likely come off the same forges and on the same boats), but a lot cheaper. For stuff that is infrequently used, this is fine. Same with HF's power tools. I've seen their stuff with a different color and a name brand... same cheap, Chinese construction... but 2-5 times the price.
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It's problematic to do comparisons with older objects. The ones that lasted were the good ones. The ones with manufacturing defects have been replaced long ago.
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It's called survival bias, came up recently in that someone was complaining about catering to nut allergy people and said see what happens now there's a lot of people with nut allergies. I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
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I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
Citation? Seriously, what was the death rate of children from food allergies before every second person became allergic to something?
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Citation? For what? Your stupidity?
Seriously, what was the death rate of children from food allergies Close to 100% for those who ate something they where allergic to. Or how do you plan to save ones live who has a serious allergy and is lying in front of you without a syringe of approbiated medicals? The only good thing is: not everyone gets an allergic shock just because he is allergic.
before every second person became allergic to something? What has that to do with anything?
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Close to 100% for those who ate something they where allergic to.
So send us a link to the source of that claim. Or do you expect people to just believe what you say because you're getting angry? Sorry champ, the world doesn't work like that...
What has that to do with anything?
How do you explain that food allergies were unheard of only 20 years ago, yet in only 2 decades they are considered common? Unlike you, I simply don't believe things because some angry shouty person says so. Either lots of people were dying previously to the world being food allergy aware, in which case you can provide some numbers
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As I said 100 times on /. :
I don't sent links for common knowledge
If you are really that dumb or want to blame it on your school education: that is your problem.
For people like you who seem pretty dumb, sorry: your god invented a little tool, called: google.
It is worth trying to learn how to use that tool.
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I don't sent links for common knowledge
That's nice. I don't accept your bullshit then...