Saturday, January 19, 2008

Growing Problem: China Floods Market with Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings

I am sure there are many people who work with stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings every day, or perhaps even work at a stainless steel butt-weld pipe fitting factory making the darn things. I am sure that these people can bring them up in casual conversation and still retain some level of dignity. However, for the rest of us, stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings are about the funniest thing we've ever heard of.


A Forbidden Thought: No matter how much you are tempted to, out of respect for other cultures, please don't try to imagine what a conversation in English between Chinese manufacturers about stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings would sound like.

A Second Forbidden Thought: No matter how much you are tempted to, out of respect for yourself, don't try to mentally catalog all of the uncomfortable mental imagery that stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings bring to mind.
Chinese stainless fittings flood market
Contractor Mag, IL - 4 hours ago
... stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings in mid-February pointed to increasing volumes of low-priced imports from China as a serious and growing problem. ...


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