 |
 |
Bruce, this is caused by a syndrome called "importedjunkinitis" a=20 condition caused by the purchase of items made in countries where pride=20 in workmanship has been replaced with unmitigated greed. I purchased a=20 repair kit for a toilet tank, just a couple of nuts and bolts, a metal=20 plate, and a rubber gasket. The purpose is to seal the tank to stop water= =20 leakage. when I tightened the nuts, one just split in two, with hardly=20 any pressure applied. The original parts where 43 years old, and the=20 metal was still strong, only the rubber dried out. The kit was a cheaply=20 made import, relabled by a well know U.S.A. company. I am not saying=20 where the parts were made, as I know that country does make some fine=20 products..but this kit was not one of them. Imagine if that nut had been=20 used to hold an engine on an airplane? Next time try to find furniture=20 made by a company that is interested in making quality products, even if=20 it costs a few dollars more! If you read Consumer Reports, they=20 frequently report recalls of defective products, such as beds, that=20 injure, or kill people due to shoddy construction and/or design. I did=20 not mean to go on so long, but don't blame yourself for the defective chair= ! =09 [OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! Ken Becker [log in to unmask] On Tue, 28 May 1996, Bruce Warr; IFSM (GRAD/FACULTY) wrote: > In the past four months I have broken two office chairs the exact same wa= y and=20 > was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. In both cases= the=20 > chair cracked where the center column was attached to the base of the sea= t. >=20 > The reason for the fracture wasn=92t difficult to figure out=97when my me= dication=20 > is off I have a tendency to rock from side to side and this was enough to= =20 > cause metal fatigue on the joint over a period of time. >=20 > So this is definitely going to be a consideration when purchasing office= =20 > chairs in the future. >=20 > Bruce Warr > 54/8 > Sinemet CR 200 1.5 tab X 4 > Pramipexole 1.5mg X 3 (Phase II) >=20 >=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bruce G. Warr "Experience is what enables us to recognize > Healthcare Informatics Lab a mistake the next time we make it." > Information Systems Dept. > University of Maryland Baltimore County >=20 > http://umbc.edu/~warr/ > (V) (410)455-3206 > (F) (410)455-1073 >=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > =20 >=20