On Mar 26, 6:43 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:10:10 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Cuba, under Castro, has not. He has vehemently remained anti-USA, anti-west
and has not indicated any willingness to negotiate differences. Things may
change when both he and his brother are out of the picture.

The cigars - think of the cigars!!

I have had no problems getting non-chinese made auto parts. If it
says "Made In China" is give it back and ask for the slightly more
expensive one and generally it is of better quality. Brake shoes are
a case in point. The US made ones were only $5 a pair more expensive
than the chinese ones and certainly better made.
Chinese rebuilt alternators have a mean lifetime of only about 30,000
miles whereas the Taiwanese or US rebuilt ones last much longer.
Autozone rues the day they started a free lifetime replacement policy
for parts because I replaced 5 such alternators before I decided to
buy a little more expensive US rebuilt one. The Yellow Auto ( I
forget the brand) batteries from WalMart made in China have generally
been a poor buy lasting only a couple of complete discharges and I am
replacing them with those from Sears.
Harbor Freight is also "all Chinese all the time" and almost all of
their stuff is total crap, basically disposable tools. This stuff
isnt evn worth my time to shop for.
So, the bottom line is that I have had no problems going "No Chinese".