alt Hacker NewsMy grandfather in the 1970s used to complain about crappy Japanese tools. By the 1980s they were world-class. Same is happening with Chinese manufacturing.
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Theodores • today at 9:52 AM
My great-grandfather used to complain about crappy German tools.
My great-great-grandfather used to complain about crappy Scottish tools.
He was English. I am not sure you can buy as much as a paperclip made in England now.
Has to be said that nobody on this side of the pond ever complained about the quality of American Snap On tools though, just so long as the boss was paying for them.
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There is a joke just about that in Back to the Future (1985)!