saw this Deb

and thought of you! Don't know how true it is but worth a look-see I think !




>
> Bar code - country of origin (information) good to know!
>
> If you are like me, you don't want to buy anything
> "Made In China", but unfortunately, the great
> majority of everything you find in a store is just
> that..."Made in China". Just look at the labels.
> It will surprise you greatly, especially your FOOD. Meat,
> Canned Fruit, Seafood and many other items.
>
> Why are we buying MADE IN CHINA when the USA produces (or
> used to produce) the best and the most food in the world? Is
> everything we have being OUTSOURCED With 'Melamine'
> and 'Rat Poison' laced foods flooding the
> market......You need to read this article...and print out
> the list and carry it with you when you shop.
>
> The whole world is scared of China-made 'black hearted
> goods'. Can you differentiate which one is made in the
> USA, Philippines, Taiwan or China? Let me tell you how...
>
> The first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code
> wherein the product was made.
>
> Example: all barcodes that begin with the numbers 690, 691,
> 692, 693,
> 694 and 695 mean the products are MADE IN MAINLAND CHINA.
>
> This is our human right to know, but the government and
> related departments never educate the public, therefore we
> have to RESCUE ourselves.
>
> Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not
> prefer products 'made in China ', so they don't
> show in which country it is made.
>
> However, you may now refer to the barcode: Remember if the
> first 3 digits are 690-695 then it is Made in China.
>
> SAMPLE
>
> 00 ~ 13 === USA & CANADA
> 30 ~ 37 === FRANCE
> 40 ~ 44 === GERMANY
> 471 ====== Taiwan
> 480 ====== The Philippines
> 49 ======= JAPAN
> 50 ======== UK
> 57 ======= Denmark
> 628 ====== Saudi-Arabia
> 629 ====== United Arab Emirates
> 64 ======= Finland
> 690 ~ 695 = Made in China
> 740 ~ 745 = Central America
> 76 ====== Switzerland and Liechtenstein
>
> Please inform your family and friends for them to be aware.

Tanks! I will certainly research that!

That is very interesting. Good find !!!

I forgot

WOW

Well, I have something here that starts 38 and it was made in USA, and something starting with 72 that was made in Japan.???

Debu wrote:

Well, I have something here that starts 38 and it was made in USA, and something starting with 72 that was made in Japan.???

Crap...never trust an email, especially from gullible old men (my Dad)

Still needs some research I'd say. Found the following...

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977516443

I guess there is no real way to eliminate everything but if it states "Made in China"....

You can tell clothes made in Pakistan without looking at the label. That smell never goes away.

A lot of men's clothes are made there. I avoid buying any if I can but Glenn kinda likes them. He says they fit better.

Of course he's not the one ironing those stinky shirts.

Shelia wrote:

You can tell clothes made in Pakistan without looking at the label. That smell never goes away.

A lot of men's clothes are made there. I avoid buying any if I can but Glenn kinda likes them. He says they fit better.

Of course he's not the one ironing those stinky shirts.

I bought a cheap batch of socks made in P-o-k-E-stan and those people must think Americans have broomsticks for legs. For real.

Hummer I sure am glad to read "broomstick" ...these people up here have no idea what that is. I don't hear it very often...

Glenn is skinny. He says they make the shirts just like he likes them.

They stink !!!!

And we got them at a nice menswear store.

When I was working at a dept store as a teenager I remember when we'd get in big boxes of clothes from any manufacturer ...when we first opened those boxes they stunk...I think it was the dye and the cotton. That was when we first started getting more and more stuff made in the Phillipines and they kinda stunk too. Most of what we got tho were baby clothes. Those people could make some beautiful baby stuff in that really thin gauzy material. They cost a whole dollar for a dress too...ha ha haa really expensive outfit was 5 dollars. Way back in the day...
Shelia does Glenn not smell the shirts? Russell has always said I had a good nose..he used to say he could walk under a beer sign and I'd smell it on him. I can smell things that other people don't smell...Thank goodness for that cause I read that loss of smell is one of the first signs of Alzheimers...

Glenn's sense of smell, color, hearing and lately his eyes to some degree are going.

After you wash the shirts and hang them to dry it's not so bad but ironing them I smell it. Like mildewed straw.

My smell is so good I can tell if someone strange has been in my house. Jonathan had a girl come in while I was gone and I knew it the minute I walked in.

He said how did you know ?? I said it smelled different. She was in here less than 1 minute.

I hear fantastic but my eyesight is going fast. I'm wearing 2 sets of crafting glasses to paint and sometimes sew.

It looks silly too.