[ATM] Pyrex Quality Suffering

[artbianconi@blast.net]

I went on a 3 day weekend with some bikers last year to Wellsboro, 
PA. (just 20 miles east of Cherry Springs State Park.)

There aren't many jobs to be had out there and the nearest employer 
of an consequence, Corning Glass works (2 hours north), was rumored 
to have laid off 3000 employees. 

This year, Steve Swazie again supported the DelMarva groups Mirror 
Making  event in Delaware. I heard him share his opinion that the 
quality of Pyrex has suffered ever since Corning shut down it's New 
York operation and moved it to England. 

The name "Pyrex" is a copyrighted trademark for Corning's brand of 
tempered glass. They are far from being the only supplier of such 
glass and I have noticed many call their glass Pyrex, even when there 
is reason to suspect that it may be someone elses glass.

What I know about glass I can put into a shot glass and still have 
room for a gallon of Pepsi. One thing is clear however (sic!), the 
times they are a changin'. 

The assumptions we are used to making about the quality and 
predictable behavior of tempered glass, Pyrex especially, may no 
longer be justified. I am not sure if we should be concerned about 
this or not.

Art Bianconi

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