I finally found some USA steel wool!

[toejam]

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And the difference is...

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One is slanted?

[RobRR]

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Yeah WTF is the difference? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Thrust]

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I respect that!

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...at Target of all places! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I had been looking for steel wool for a long time (ebonizing project)...looked in Home Depot, Lowe's, local hardware stores, etc. They all carried the same brand, Rhodes America, which of course is made in China [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

So I'm in my local Target getting saline solution, and decided to check out their paltry hardware section to see if they even have any. I didn't see it, but they have this button that you press for help:

"Press this button for help. A Target clerk will arrive in 60 seconds"

Hmmm, pretty detailed promise there, I thought as I pressed the button while checking my watch. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
75 seconds later this young chubby gal arrives and I tell her what I need. My heart sank as I realized she didn't even realize what steel wool is. [img]/images/graemlins/fart.gif[/img] She actually found a paint stripping wheel and asked "this it?" [img]/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] I walked away dejectedly, but I got to give her credit, she continued looking. 30 seconds later I hear "Excuse me, sir!" So I go back there...lo & behold she actually found a package! Then it had to pass the country of origin test....I turned the package around looking for it while grumbling about Chinese crap...HA HA! Made in USA! Man was I happy! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I even tracked down a couple managers to give the girl a compliment.

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[VitaminG]

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I even tracked down a couple managers to give the girl a compliment.

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Nice one. I'm sure they hear plenty about any bad service, nice change to get some positive feedback. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

So you can stop using American made pubes now? [img]/images/graemlins/fart.gif[/img]

[xenophobe]

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What grade of steel wool? Was it a multi-sample pack?

[mhalsey]

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I'm part Chinese and some of my family members over there work in a steel wool plant. Thanx for taking food outta their mouths, Ron. [img]/images/graemlins/eviltongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[mwm70]

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Was it US made with US steel, or was it US made with chinese steel? If it was the first one, [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]. If it was the second one [img]/images/graemlins/eviltongue.gif[/img].

[jgcable]

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Hey Ron, I have some vintage USA steel wool that yells hoozzaaaa!!!! when you use it. Its circa 1861.

[Deneb]

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Around here, targets prices are not that much more than Wal-Marts. See, our lay out is like this,

<img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Deneb/target.jpg>

[Deneb]

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The red boxes are target and circuit city. The blue one is Walmart. Walmart isn't really that much larger, but it's in a shopping plaza that has a Walmart, a candy place, a video place, a video game place, tj max, a dentist, 2 pizza places, some paycheck advance place, and even more stores, it's basically a strip mall. There is also a music store.

The blocks infront of target are two resturants, Ruby Tuesdays and TGI Fridays. There's also like law offices, and more resturants (Kings, TGI, Ruby, Outback, Jethro's, et cetera) a funiture place, blah blah blah.

Basically, this place is like a REALLY BIG mall. Then about 1 mile down the road, we've got the BIG mall.

Oh, the white lines are like roads, kind of.

[Deneb]

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oh and the grey shit is on a different elevation, like that's where the gym and some other shit is.

[sully]

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i see. deneb, i recommend you go directly into city planning! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[fr0sty]

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Ron, is China the only foreign country you boycott?

[Deneb]

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The funny thing is, where I work, it's a county facility, and we have an extension off of it (mind you, where I work is pretty big) that Penn State goes off of, well, there is another office up there, the county planing commision office...he basically does that up there, but makes like 2x what I do to do it.

[Tekky]

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i see. deneb, i recommend you go directly into city planning! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Or development for SimCity5. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]