A rant about...... shims

Ducimus · 03-17-11, 01:38 PM

I won't lie, this genuinely pissed me off. It's such a small thing too, but it made me realize, just how well and truly screwed we are.

What am i pissed off about?

Shims. You know, shims. What's a shim you might ask? It's an object of basic F'ing carpentry. Primarily used to square and/or space windows or doors into their rough opening. I'm sure you do it yourself'ers know what im talking about.

Here's a picture of a shim.

Seems simply enough doesn't it? it's just a thinly cut wedge made of wood. It's purpose should be self explanitory. You wedge it into things. Not a very hard concept, nor is the object itself, all that complicated.

But lets back up for a moment. Here are those shims after i picked them up from my local home depot. So what am i upset about? Do you see it?

If not, let me zoom that in for you...

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?

This is basic Mother F'ing carpentry! And its outsourced to china?!?! If i had access to a band saw, i could make those pack of shims in less then two F'ing minutes. Don't we make ANYTHING for ourselves anymore? If we can't even make our own F'ing shims, SHIMS, then WTF is this country coming to?

03-17-11, 01:38 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	A rant about...... shims I won't lie, this genuinely pissed me off. It's such a small thing too, but it made me realize, just how well and truly screwed we are. What am i pissed off about? Shims. You know, shims. What's a shim you might ask? It's an object of basic F'ing carpentry. Primarily used to square and/or space windows or doors into their rough opening. I'm sure you do it yourself'ers know what im talking about. Here's a picture of a shim. Seems simply enough doesn't it? it's just a thinly cut wedge made of wood. It's purpose should be self explanitory. You wedge it into things. Not a very hard concept, nor is the object itself, all that complicated. But lets back up for a moment. Here are those shims after i picked them up from my local home depot. So what am i upset about? Do you see it? If not, let me zoom that in for you... SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?!? This is basic Mother F'ing carpentry! And its outsourced to china?!?! If i had access to a band saw, i could make those pack of shims in less then two F'ing minutes. Don't we make ANYTHING for ourselves anymore? If we can't even make our own F'ing shims, SHIMS, then WTF is this country coming to?