Coffee Break # 43 - Dog Days Coming to an End??

Remember what really counts about the day, Celeste.

the wedding night?

rotfl

How cute are these????
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54980313/thimbelinas-miniature-garden-vintage

economy gardening, - doesn't require much water.

A sneeze or two, will do.

Guess I'm screwed:

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/03/5039725-your-hair-knows-when-youre-about-to-have-a-heart-attack

Wow - pays to be young and in shape!

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/video-iowa-football-player-on-moped-hit-by-truck-28918

Just saw on our newscast a CT resident ate mushrooms his BIL cooked...they looked like amanitas....the hospital saved his life with a new drug...guess the BIL didn't eat any!

Your bald

Lucky kid on that moped!

My bald what????

Head!

Yep hubby is out of luck too.
Guess playing football helped he used to taking hard hits
Noticed in the grocery store the other day that all the canned and jarred mushrooms are imported from China...we can't grow our own mushrooms, now??? For pete's sake!

PA is the biggest mushroom growers in the US - Underground!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08241/907485-34.stm

and I'm right next door why is my store getting them from China????? Just like Hershey's chocolate imported from Mexico when the plant is only 2 hrs away...explain how that saves $.

Chineese work for way less money. Cheaper product.

import tax and shipping charges, idk cuts it kinda close.

Remember when I was telling eveyone how the logs get put into containers and shipped to China. They make the veneer and make cheapy furniture and send it back!

I know it's crazy!

One of the few things we don't get from China is fine china!!

Its crazy, your right. In the same token we as US American Citizens get paid more, our product is more expensive.

How would you like to work in a slave shop in China and live like they do?

Believe it or not, Chinese labor is starting to get too expensive. Companies are looking to countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.

Fine china has bone in it

No bones in China??

They might be desparate and eat them.

England make fine bone china. Here is a cup/saucer that should go for 235.00. Nippon/Noritake from Japan have bone also.

Not into that fancy crap.

Neither am I - I use corell :-) But If I can buy them right I sure will resell them :-)

Ummm, bones from what?
...never mind I don't want to know. (lol!) - Very lovely cup!

Corning's "Corelle" line hase served me well, same dishes for a quarter century.

Portmeirion dishes are being made in China now.Royal Doulton figurines are now made in China.The quality of the dishes is not the same.Lady at The China Shoppe in St.Andrews NB said she refused the shipment .from China.

Wow - another big quake. This time in N. Zealand. Crazy.

Got my order from Avon and the eyeliner I ordered was "made in china" I'm returning it.... I REFUSE to use any cosmetics that are made in china

Smart move, it could contain just about anything.

I even walk away from dog toys from china now.. hard to find made in usa ones though

Also use corelle here. Hard to find is right. I always ask store people if they have made in USA products. If everyone did that and refused other products and said that is why they were not buying maybe they would increase demand for made in the USA. The companies are not solely responsible though, let's face it if people didn't demand walmart prices for everything they would not be shipping so many jobs over seas. This started happening many years ago and for a while people thought is was just wonderful that they could get things so cheap.

How true....now we're stuck with cheap, shoddy goods....and limited manufacturing jobs...I would pay extra for American made, but some things are impossible to find.

Yes - can't blame the businesses - especially in the online era. They can take a stand and only stock American (if they can find it), but they would not be able to compete and would be out of business. The global economy is a genie that is not returning to the bottle.

Very true.....