We've been dealing with them since '87, and it still amazes me that one
company can do so many things and get it right 99.999% of the time.
Instead of trying to reform the Pentagon, Rumsfeld should just fire the
whole lot and let MCM run all the procurement and logistics!


Peter T. Keillor III wrote:

I spent the week before last in New Jersey on a scaleup run at our
contract manufacturer's location. I made daily runs to
McMaster-Carr's Will Call counter for bits and pieces we needed to set
up. (Our toobox isn't picked clean after 2 years, but it's deficient.
Spare sanitary stuff is no more.) McMaster-Carr's New Jersey branch
is about 5 minutes away. That was an amazing operation to watch.

Anyway, I asked one of the sales people for a catalog. It arrived
just before Christmas, No. 110. The book has EVERYTHING! A lot more
fun to thumb through than the web site.

Pete Keillor