Metalworkers Mugs

Strategic Metals and Non-Strategic Metals.

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

A bridge builder using an organic blow torch.

'No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants.'

'He'll stop being so smug when he gets his first dent.'

'Just as we finally get the industrial revolution down pat, we find ourselves in the middle of the electronic revolution.'

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

'There was a slight accident in shop class. I welded my braces together.'

'It's called playing. Provides one with a sense of accomplishment - without actually accomplishing anything.'

"How come politicians don't earn mimimum wage. If anybody does minimum work, it's them."

'My client stands before you, a jury of his whittling peers ...'

'U.S. Manufacturing'

'If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?'

"No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants."

'Your mom too? Always saying, 'You never do anything constructive.''

'Oh flips! I've forgot me anvil again!'

'I thought you knew we play heavy metal.'

'Of course it's not your fault, Smedley, but someone has to accept the responsibility.'

Curate talking to miners

My husband is a world expert, but unfortunately it's only on maganese bronze.

'What the hell is PIG IRON?'

'It may be industrial strength Crazy Glue©, but substituting it for welds isn't the way to be low bidder.'

Heavy Metal Scrap Merchants.

Flop Musicals: Singing in the Crane.

'I wish McWit would lead a life of quiet desperation.'

'...but according to your DNA, you'd be much better at smelting.'

Workers rest

'I don't need a hard hat, boss. I passed the plumb bob test where they dropped one on me from 50 stories up and I suffered no ill effects.'

Guide to Conservative Economics: Bail-outs

'I play heavy metal.'

Japan-Reconstruction

'Now, with this system you can do the equivalent of running a steel mill - keeping track of the quality of the ore, domestic and foreign orders, smelting processes...'

"No, let's go with the hook."