Tank birthday, 55+ years

[atoll]

I didn't get those boots I ordered yet but I got the tracking numbers and they are from China. I won't be able to wear them and I can't send them back just because they came from China so I will have to plant my tomatoes in them and look for a pair of American boots. I am out 100 bucks but I can live with that.

Some Chinese guy will buy them from you Paul lol

 

[Freenow54]

I didn't get those boots I ordered yet but I got the tracking numbers and they are from China. I won't be able to wear them and I can't send them back just because they came from China so I will have to plant my tomatoes in them and look for a pair of American boots. I am out 100 bucks but I can live with that.

Earlier in this thread I and some one else gave you lots of choices . You have to be careful because the same manufacturer will make some in the US , and some overseas not necessarily China

 

[Paul B]

Some Chinese guy will buy them from you Paul lol

Atoll my friend. I am sure they make excellent boots in China, and I think Chinese people in China should wear them with pride, as I wear American boots. I just like to support workers in my own country, just as other countries should support workers in their countries. It's just a patriotic thing and that is mostly gone now.

Earlier in this thread I and some one else gave you lots of choices . You have to be careful because the same manufacturer will make some in the US , and some overseas not necessarily China

That's how I ordered these boots. It seems that some boots there were American made but the listing was very ambiguous, and I chose wrong. It's my fault, and it's just me; I'm sure the boots are fine. I haven't seen them yet.

 

[atoll]

You can't rely on what manufacturers tell you these days. Perhaps just putting laces in the boits in the US gives them the right to claim made in the USA. I don't know your consumer laws but here in the UK you can’t take such claims on face value..

 

[Freenow54]

Yes Assembled is the favorite word

 

[MikeyZo]

“Assembled in US with imported parts” is a favorite here

 

[MikeyZo]

Hi Paul, sorry for the absence. How is everything with you and the Mrs?

 

[Paul B]

Hi Mikey. How are you doing? Don't worry, I don't keep track of anyone here and have such a lousy memory that I wouldn't even notice if I were here.

We are fine and still hanging in there. Nothing to new except my tank is going through a macro explosion, but I am working on it and feel it is just an exciting new thing that pops up in this hobby.

My wife, Dale isn't too good, as MS doesn't get better but we are dealing. Last week I bought a lift that lifts her off the floor into a seating position so I can help her up the rest of the way on to her rollator.

Everything else is status quo. How have you been?

 

[MikeyZo]

Been okay. Had a double ablation done on my lower back to stop the pain and try to ease the sciatic pain and numbness I’ve been having. Went surprisingly well. I can finally walk around without losing feeling in my legs.

My 2 nano tanks are going through something as well, all my acans died, I lost a torch and a small hammer colony, but everything else is ok. I don’t know what happened across 2 different tanks that would have had the same effect, short of a water or salt issue. But I have been using the same salt for over a year and get my water from a good LFS. So