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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: sano 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: So It Begins
Date: 11/14/24 1:23 PM
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And you're a little on the challenged side, Sano agreed they were "made"

I'd be surprised if the poly soles were made in the USA. Most urethane stuff is offshored because the labor is cheaper, health and safety regs are more or less non-existent. Poor bastards. The largest maker of foam surfboard blanks closed his shop in Orange County after he was inspected and found to be running a chemical hellhole. Rather than bringing it up to code, he demolished the factory leaving the surfboard industry in a panic.

No worries, within a few months there were foam blank makers in Asia and Mexico happily filling orders for American surfboard makers. Then the surfboard shops in the USA realized that Asian blank factories could make perfect surfboards faster and cheaper.

There are still custom boards being made in the US but most surfboards and standup paddleboards are 100% made in Asia.

Even the great American guitar makers have less expensive lines made in Asia; Fenders are made in Mexico and Asia. Martin, Gibson, they all have Asian production lines. Custom shop instruments are still available at premium prices. Those are made in America on production lines; one guy glues, one guy sands.

Clearly the LM doesn't understand Henry Ford's radical production line concept.
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