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Posted by marson on March 25, 2008, 7:27 am
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> > Heard on the radio just now -- heard it before too -- that there was a
> > big influx into Baltimore of workers from West Virginia and Virginia
> > and Carolina during the war and maybe other times, and Black and
> > Decker used to rent power tools to the shipyard(s?) here. =EF=BF=BDAccor=
ding
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> > to someone quoting Mr. Decker, he noticed -- didn't say exactly when
> > -- that people were taking the tools home and bringing them back, and
> > he asked them why, and was told "I can get so much done with these
> > things at home." =EF=BF=BDAnd after that, Black and Decker started selli=
ng the
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> > tools through hardware stores.
> sad they cut to junk quality, B&D is known as disposable tools
Yes it is sad. They took the B&D brand name and used it to sell
garbage to make the most profit in the short term. If the B&D brand
is on ANY quality tools anymore I haven't heard of them.
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> > big influx into Baltimore of workers from West Virginia and Virginia
> > and Carolina during the war and maybe other times, and Black and
> > Decker used to rent power tools to the shipyard(s?) here. =EF=BF=BDAccor=