I would sure like to take a walk through your shop or house. Although having a wife with a great job helps too. What make tv, washer and dryer do you have.

Lots of hollier than thou guys on this website but I know what lurks in their Harbor Freight tool boxes. Lmao 🤣

We worked with a lot different of hazardous materials in the steel mill and often put double paper (plastic suits) on to protect us. When the blade g buy American crunch came on we got a new vendor for these suits. Boxes were are proudly makes made in the USA. Well the boxes were, the suits weren’t. Where do you think your clothes came from.

Were we discussing home furnishings or racecar parts? FWIW we support as many American companies as possible. I know you do as well as anyone else the overwhelming majority of electronics are made overseas, find me an American company making them and they will get my support. We try to buy home furnishing made in the USA as much as possible. Sub Zero and Wolf in the Kitchen. Assembled here but I'm sure many parts sourced from overseas. The question is are those part stolen technology and from American companies? I am fairly surer we all know that answer to be no. Would I buy a Chinese knock off TV or a Japanese one, easy call why support communist China who has a knack of stealing and reverse engineering technology from countries and companies who actually developed it. Ill buy the Japanese one, since they developed the tech. House full of Sony's here from 100" to 54". I have found in life if you buy cheap stuff you get just that cheap stuff. Furniture is all made in the US custom stuff. We don't go to the box stores to buy furniture. We prefer to pay more for custom built pieces to get what we want and know that it will stand the test of time.

As for racecar stuff it helps to know who you are dealing with. Forming relationships with companies and contacts rather than chasing the cheapest way to get it done. Feel free to come and point out the off shore stuff in my shop. Parts or tools...Hell I even over paid for my American made vise from Wilton....

I am on a fixed income as well. Both my wife and I are from our Military service, what we did from 1985 to 2018, if you think that makes us rich somehow you are mistaken. We didn't own a home until 2011 for that reason. Who's preaching we have been this way most of our adult lives, its a decision we committed to. Maybe its our patriotic way of thinking but if you believe that is preaching so be it, for us it is a CHOICE, we all make them. We have tired to spend money wisely and support American made products or labor whenever and wherever we can. It's a Conscience choice to do so. Sometimes we do without, other times we simply wait til we can afford what we want, rather than the instant gratification of having something.

I see buying STOLEN intellectual property and supporting communist countries who actively support it as a very poor choice. But hey its your choice, if I have an OPTION I choose to spend my money elsewhere. Stating how well it works does nothing to support your core argument. I seem to recall you like to play the market as well. So don't preach fixed income when clearly the fixed portion of your income is just one source of income. Just like we us

Even more frustrating is when American companies, founded by racers, innovators, inventors, and people whose passion was making better stuff, are bought up by equity firms and conglomerates and 1) get rid of smart people and engineers, and put R&D on the back burner 2) cut the number of parts and pieces produced because they were slow movers, eliminating parts important to niche markets, and 3) farm out production to overseas factories and entities, cutting QC and overall quality, and selling it for the same price.

Yeah I have three want pictures. I'm starting to feel a haters gonna hate vibe. Why get personal?

I will be racing one of my cars next week here. I apologize that I don't live where we can race weekly. Then again, I CHOSE to focus my racing efforts on NHRA stuff, because that is what we have here. I would have run the fling had I been in town for the whole week but I was gone Wed until Friday. It will be the fourth time out this year with the truck, but only the second actual at a race, first race I went red to the eventual winner. Its new so the rest has been testing. Do I need to come here and make a report every time I go out'? Or on FB? I generally don't feel the need to post every time I go out with a car. Its frankly not that exciting or important.

And yep IIll be with my buddy forst weekend of May racing in St Louis at the NMCA race. If that bothers you sorry not sorry.