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Old 10-22-2009, 07:15 AM
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Coffee, yuk. Never did get the stuff. I'm a tea type guy.
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Thank you, WallyWorld, for killing the local hardware store where you usually could buy "Cheap, better, or best"- Now you get Made in China crap or not at all...
Once upon a time Wal-Mart advertised that every product they sold was made in America. How quaint!

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Old 11-02-2009, 09:31 PM
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Could we use this thread to build a database / sticky? I'd love to have a list that can point me to what I'm looking for. If we stay focused and get a little momentum going we can get our national economy moving in the right direction.

I had to breakdown the other day and buy consumables (shoes, bed sheets and tee shirts). I was happy enough I did it online, making the transport of my goods more efficient. But if I'd thought of it, I would've sought US manufacture too. I wonder about clothes, for example. They're low tech. Easy to manufacture. There's lots of people who'd like a job. OK, so it wouldn't pay much but we need to get unstuck from these highly successful pipe dreams and live within our collective means.

I'd also like to try to buy from my local area.

I could probably do more with this thread but I'm so beat right know from work all day I can't make much good for myself at this point in the day. I'm trapped in my own lifestyle.
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There are American made clothes but you will pay a bit more. Florence always asks where they were made when buying for our granddaughters. Takes her longer to shop because she has to check the labels for 'country of origin'.
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There are American made clothes but you will pay a bit more. Florence always asks where they were made when buying for our granddaughters. Takes her longer to shop because she has to check the labels for 'country of origin'.

Good for her.
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And American made audio gear..........lest we forget. I try to buy as much of that as possible.

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And American made audio gear..........lest we forget. I try to buy as much of that as possible.

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What are some of those brands?

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As a former avid amatuer astronomer, my first thoughts went to telescopes.
here is a list:
Televue
astrophysics
discovery
TEC
D&G

All of these have incredible reputations. They cost a bit more, but they far surpass anyting from celestron, meade, or orion.

I am not 100% certain the optics in the televue, and TEC are made here. But everything else in them and the other scopes are made here.

Just an fyi, astrophics will set you back about $4k for a 4" scope. Compare that to a $250 dollar scope from china. But, Roland Christian(astrophysics) has about a four year waiting list to get one of his as well.
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