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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    That's supposed to make me feel better is it?

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      toddjcoley
      Joined: 11 Apr 2013

      Apple is like that too. Designed in California made somewhere else. I think most of the world is like that.>:(

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        tatmantall
        Joined: 24 Dec 2012

        Got hit by a sledgehammer named "the flu" Wednesday night… Couldn't move at all yesterday except to ralf... Feeling a bit better today but far from 100. I must say, I'm not a fan.

        "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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          Snowy
          Joined: 15 Jun 2012

          @toddjcoley:

          Apple is like that too. Designed in California made somewhere else. I think most of the world is like that.>:(

          Their new Mac Pro is Designed Cali, Assembled USA.
          .

          Back to the OP tho, just because it's made in China doesn't make it bad, nor does it being made in the USA make it good. There's slave labour and minimum wage issues globally….Mega had a really good rant about this the other day...

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            Megatron1505
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            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

            I did, and I also did a blog post touching on the very same subject  🙂

            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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              Snowy
              Joined: 15 Jun 2012

              Care to link again please kind sir? :).

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                Megatron1505
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                Will send you a PM  🙂

                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                  Snowy
                  Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                  Tee Queue 🙂

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    If I supply the denim and fixings, I can produce  jeans in Los Angeles for USD12, there is no way that is ethical…

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Megatron1505
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                      In Los Angeles? Really?

                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Yes

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Megatron1505
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                          Thats incredible, and as you say surely not ethical. I'm amazed that can happen in the USA, I guess it is the big argument for the minimum wage  :-\

                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                            Giles
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                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            I have to believe most of the workers are illegals….

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              scroogen
                              Joined: 30 Nov 2011

                              Argument for minimum wage or a testament to real American efficiency ?  😶

                              How many pairs would you have to order to get to 12$/pair

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                                Megatron1505
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                                Stitch a "crafted in the USA" tag on and sell for $300….... capitalism in action  😢

                                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                  toddjcoley
                                  Joined: 11 Apr 2013

                                  I remember watching " Mary's bottom line" about a women trying to get textiles made in the uk again and she was paying her staff around £ 6.50 that is around min wage to make fancy underwear that sells in liberty for £30 a pair. Her staff were skilled and most with 30 years experience. Imo £6.50 is to low for a skilled/ qualified worker to be earning in the uk.

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                                    Seul
                                    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                    @Giles:

                                    If I supply the denim and fixings, I can produce  jeans in Angeles for USD12, there is no way that is ethical…

                                    There goes my faith in Everlane t-shirts, proudly made in LA, USofA…  😞

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      @scroogen:

                                      Argument for minimum wage or a testament to real American efficiency ?  😶

                                      How many pairs would you have to order to get to 12$/pair

                                      500

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        mclaincausey
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                                        That's why there are all these fucking kick starter denim brands proudly made in the USA. L. A. Definitely has a slave labor textile industry going on. A lot of "premium" "high fashion" labels use it for their jeans. Railcar is the exception.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                          mclaincausey
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                                          We had a sudden and very aggressive storm last night. Felled trees, flash floods, the works.

                                          Given the probable scale of destruction, it would be in poor taste to complain about the power outage.

                                          When is the electrical company gonna get their ass in gear and get my fecking power back on?

                                          Think it, be it.

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