[TheForge] back on topic PHs, well, mostly

[Andrew Vida]

peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:

> There are rumors of huge warehouses full of hammers churned out under 
> Mao's directive,
> by state factories, that simply never quit, after their role in China's 
> industrialization was satisfied.

Ahhh... the beauty and efficiency of centralized government.  Hearkens 
me back to the good old days of Soviet rust factories... <sigh>

Seriously, those hammers appear to be built like crap.  I've seen at 
least one up close.  Junk. Utter garbage.  Someone mentioned once that 
they are better now.  I sure hope so.