Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
How insane. Trying to minimize supermarket trips, replacing with farm visits and farmers markets, but yeah the amount of crap from China is overwhelming. I used to work near Hanes Mill - yep, cotton mill clothing central. Not a trace that they ever made anything there, just their names on buildings they contributed to. I try to find clothing at least made anywhere else, especially the Americas, to help industry there so they stop coming here lol
But collectively we'll need a huge growth in manufacturing to replace all the chips, small appliances, tools, housewares, etc. Pots and pans! I mean, car iron is awesome but we have glass stovetops. Just think of all the plastic and silicone and bamboo junk in the dollar stores and cringe...