On 14 Nov 2005 21:04:30 -0800, "Ken" wrote:

Is it due to global warming?
Have the earth's magnetic poles reversed?
Is it the end of civilization as we know it?

What am I talking about?
The new issue of Wood magazine and it's article on the hot new tools
for 2005.

Not one, but two, count 'em, two of its picks are Sears Craftsmen tools

Has Sears changed?
Are the editors at Wood eating strange mushrooms?

And finally the big questions:
Will we ever learn? Is there anyone left on the wreck who will
sacrifice all and admit they bought a new Craftsmen tool, knowing they
will beaten into the ground by the anti Sears lobby?

Stay tuned for the answer

Let the games begin!

I used to work for a large company (rhymes with Nordson) in the spray
and powder coating industry, so I was intrigued to see the Sears home
version of a powder coat system.

Yes, Sears quality isn't what it used to be (and never was, to
paraphrase somebody or other)

Yes, Sears always seems to make things a little skimpier and cheesier
than they ought to be.

Yes, Sears stuff is often crap.

(shields *way* up)

But it is sometimes innovative crap.

I have absolutely no good reason to do so, but I'm going to buy one
just to play with.... (so there!) (well, I suppose the high voltage
supply might be useful in the bedroom, ahem, but that's another
matter)

--Paul (who emphatically states he doesn't own any Sears power tools,
at least not any more...)