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I read it and then thought "Why Coke?" That's the story of every manufactured product assembled from multi-sourced vendors. It's not news, and it's not unique t
by largesse 14y ago
I read it and then thought "Why Coke?" That's the story of every manufactured product assembled from multi-sourced vendors. It's not news, and it's not unique to Coke. If you think it is you'll probably have an orgasm when you learn how pencils are made.
- rlu 14y agoI'll go ahead and ask how pencils are made.
- largesse 14y agoDO NOT CLICK THIS YOU WILL GET VERY EXCITED!! http://www.pencilpages.com/articles/make.htm http://www.pencilpages.com/articles/make.htm
- derekp7 14y agoI've actually got an educational kit floating around somewhere that looks like that, from when my Mom worked at an office supply business. It was called "How a Ticonderoga Pencil is made kit", and has the raw parts from each step of the pencil making process. I'll see if I can dig it up and post pictures.
- marknutter 14y agoRight, this same story gets re-hashed every few months on the popular news sharing sites as a way to "blow people's minds" and there is never a shortage of people who lap it up. It is amazing how stuff is made, but not mind-blowing.
- ubercow13 14y agoWho said anyone is trying to blow anyone's minds? It's just an article which has been posted which is interesting.
- namank 14y agoThe process is representative of the complexity involved in something so pervasive that it almost replaces water. It is the complexity and the pervasiveness that makes it mind-boggling.