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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts) Tue Dec 5, 2017, 08:41 PM Dec 2017

OMG! My tools are soooo old that...

I was in my little workshop organizing my woodworking tools when I noticed something that took me by surprise. I knew my tools wre old, but I have a bunch of cheap tools that are so old that they are stamped "Made in Japan."

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OMG! My tools are soooo old that... (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 OP

I remember tin toy cars from Japan that said "Budweiser" "The King of beers." on the inside. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #1

Yes, the Japanese were (are) so industrious angstlessk Dec 2017 #2

rzemanfl

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1. I remember tin toy cars from Japan that said "Budweiser" "The King of beers." on the inside. n/t

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 08:53 PM

Dec 2017

angstlessk

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2. Yes, the Japanese were (are) so industrious

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Tue Dec 5, 2017, 11:51 PM

Dec 2017

We gave them an inch and they built a mile out of it.

I remember our transistor radios were all from Japan, and ran on C batteries.

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