It's like JROM said, we are scrambling around for scraps. We as a nation are no longer in the manufacturing buisness. We have become a R&D nation with all the computers and stuff. The part is either rapid prototyped inhouse or sent out to a machine shop to be made. Once perfected it is sent overseas to be mass produced by the millions and done cheaply.
We have always sacrificed ourselves trying to provide a good living for our families so our kids don't have to work as hard as we did. Well this has gone far enough such that our kids are NOW the ones pushing the keys on a keyboard, designing parts to be made overseas.
So what is to become of our great, great, great grandchildren.........
Another interesting tidbit.... Did you know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI