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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Hottrockin on May 25, 2009, 09:17:08 AM
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Quick question...
Joined the NRA about 4 to 6 weeks ago (5 years). I got the welcome letter, decals, etc. about 2 weeks ago and got my first magazine last week. When do they send out the NRA hat? I didn't join for the hat, but still want it so I can wear it with pride.
Thanks!
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FYI the hat is made in china ( no joke)
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I've been waiting 3 months for my flashlight for extending another 2 years.
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In the past I have been offered promo items from NRA, some of which I received and some that I did not. Always seemed to take a long time when I did get them though.
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FYI the hat is made in china ( no joke)
That is annoying. You think they could manage made in the USA (or at least Austria ;D).
FQ13
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I really don't want them spending my money on the cheap promo items, but they sent my knife pretty fast. I just want them to stay on the politicians as much as possible.
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FYI the hat is made in china ( no joke)
Some years back I tried to go one week buying nothing but American made products. I found that it was nearly impossible!
Shame on the NRA....!
Any of you fellas think your Harleys are 100% American made? You'd be wrong!
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Some years back I tried to go one week buying nothing but American made products. I found that it was nearly impossible!
Shame on the NRA....!
Any of you fellas think your Harleys are 100% American made? You'd be wrong!
Correct, Fuel and electrical components have Japanese writing all over them. In fact Honda and Kawasaki are made in America and have been for years, I believe both plants are in Wisconsin.
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Correct, Fuel and electrical components have Japanese writing all over them. In fact Honda and Kawasaki are made in America and have been for years, I believe both plants are in Wisconsin.
Indiana and Kentucky as well. They may be union busters, but they are made here. The big three (and probably them too) are out sourcing parts production to maquelliadoras in Mexico. I'm not at all a fan of Michael Moore, but I did get a kick out of him trying to show up at GM Hq. and give the CEO $.75 for the first hour of work that was being outsourced from Flint, Mi. to Mexico.
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I'm betting the "Made in USA" tags sewn into clothing these days are probably made in China or Vietnam...... ::)
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Correct, Fuel and electrical components have Japanese writing all over them. In fact Honda and Kawasaki are made in America and have been for years, I believe both plants are in Wisconsin.
Honda's V-Twin bikes are made in their factory in Marysville, Ohio....or at least they were.......
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Thanks all...I'll just wait it out and hope to get the motorcycle, uhh, hat soon!
:P
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Last time I got an NRA hat it was a piece of crap that I never wore anyway.....hope they are better by now....... ;D
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I'm betting the "Made in USA" tags sewn into clothing these days are probably made in China or Vietnam...... ::)
Is the label made in America or the shirt?
Some years back I tried to go one week buying nothing but American made products. I found that it was nearly impossible!
Shame on the NRA....!
Any of you fellas think your Harleys are 100% American made? You'd be wrong!
It's very difficult to find some products that are made in America. Go to a store and try to find American made baking pans and cookie sheets. Very few and far between. Finally found a company called Nordic Ware I think from Minnisota. Couldn't find them locally and had to by online. There is a big push in this area to buy local. The problem is a lot of the stuff I want isn't carried by local stores or the local mark up is rediculous. Local shop had tires for my truck for almost $600/4 mounted and balanced. A shop I drive past every day that I work that is out of town had the same tires for just over $400. Same place sells truck caps and were similarily over priced on those also.
Harleys have had foreign parts for years. At one time they were trying to become 100% american made. At that time I think most outsourced items were in the carburation and fuel system. Saw a news clip from a rally and a bilker was asking the Harley rep about the foreign sourced parts and the rep replied that they wer working on domestic sourcing for all their parts.
I remember way back when when the big three were complaining about people buying imports and urging Americans to by American. That kind of annoyed me as they were building a lot of over priced junk with a lot of foreign sourced parts.
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Is the label made in America or the shirt?
This is why I try to avoid shopping at Walmart. Back in the early days, they used to say their products were majority made in the USA. It turns out that the Chinese goods took a pit stop in the US Mariannas (where minimum wage doesn't apply) to sew a "Made in the USA" label into the shirt. This is legally kosher, but it still pisses me off. If it's Chinese, tell me, if its American, I'll pay a bit more, but don't lie to me while pretending to be patriotic and laughing all the way to the bank.
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Pet Peeve Alert:
The NRA doesn't send out HATS, they send out CAPS.
Next thing you guys will be agreeing with your wives and the advertising industry that it is possible for a man to wear a TOP.
Not me, I will continue to wear SHIRTS!! Don't get me started on panties v shorts or drawers.
To review: if the brim doesn't go ALL the way around it cannot be a hat, it is a cap.
thank you for your future co-operation.
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Pet Peeve Alert:
The NRA doesn't send out HATS, they send out CAPS.
Next thing you guys will be agreeing with your wives and the advertising industry that it is possible for a man to wear a TOP.
Not me, I will continue to wear SHIRTS!! Don't get me started on panties v shorts or drawers.
To review: if the brim doesn't go ALL the way around it cannot be a hat, it is a cap.
thank you for your future co-operation.
Kinda like.... mags and clips ;)
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Pet Peeve Alert:
The NRA doesn't send out HATS, they send out CAPS.
Next thing you guys will be agreeing with your wives and the advertising industry that it is possible for a man to wear a TOP.
Not me, I will continue to wear SHIRTS!! Don't get me started on panties v shorts or drawers.
To review: if the brim doesn't go ALL the way around it cannot be a hat, it is a cap.
thank you for your future co-operation.
Can I offer to sell you clip for your pistol? ;D ;D ;D
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THREAD DRIFT WARNING:
Here's a pistol that takes clips.
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Pet Peeve Alert:
The NRA doesn't send out HATS, they send out CAPS.
Next thing you guys will be agreeing with your wives and the advertising industry that it is possible for a man to wear a TOP.
Not me, I will continue to wear SHIRTS!! Don't get me started on panties v shorts or drawers.
To review: if the brim doesn't go ALL the way around it cannot be a hat, it is a cap.
thank you for your future co-operation.
And as a man who has had a long-running relationship with a Stetson or two (and Resistol, Bangora, Larry Mahan, et al), I should have noticed that.
Peeve noted. ;)
;D
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And as a man who has had a long-running relationship with a Stetson or two (and Resistol, Bangora, Larry Mahan, et al), I should have noticed that.
Peeve noted. ;)
;D
As someone who has a 6x Bailey, which I bought used in a pawn shop in Wyoming, meaning I win when it comes to cowboy street cred ;D). I have to say that the threat of thread drift when we're debating where the NRA gets its hats is pretty much a non-issue. Thread, we don't need no steenking threads.
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Got my hat in the mail yesterday! Kinda El Cheapo, oh well.
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I always check the box telling them to keep their trinkets. I don't use them and they just get stuck in my "NRA box 'o crap".
Maybe use them as gifts or something.
If it was something really cool I might consider it, but they can spend my money better in other areas.
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I liked the NRA coin collections....and the Life Member CRKT skinning knife they sent me is a good knife....
I just never liked the old-style caps with the mesh back......... and 'scrambled eggs' on the bill.
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I liked the NRA coin collections....and the Life Member CRKT skinning knife they sent me is a good knife....
I just never liked the old-style caps with the mesh back......... and 'scrambled eggs' on the bill.
You'd make a damn silly looking Pirate with a ball cap on anyway! ;)
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I didn't get crap for signing on for another three years with the NRA. Oh well, I am not bitter. The stuff they have sent out is lower quality and not made in the USA. Kind of a bummer in my personal opinion.