Companies that still care about the quality of their product?

[Shevek]

Richard Feynman is famous for his demonstration of how some critical O-rings on the Space Shuttle couldn't do their job at low temperatures, which led to the loss of the Columbia. He discovered the problem while being a gadfly on an investigative committee, not following the guided tour, but he was really spoon-fed the clues he used by engineers who had been overruled, and subsequently didn't want to lose their jobs by saying anything more on the record.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I am experiencing this right now. My daughter bought me a new mattress, and set it up last night. It turns out the mattress which is listed as "firm hybrid, memory foam and coils", is really just a big memory foam pad. It's so squishy that one topples, a little, when they sit up. There are no springs at all, except individual ones at the corners. It's a big wobbly pillow. No springiness or support at all.

My old mattress I had all through cancer, and recovery. It is in poor condition as I have spent about half of my days in bed for several years, and when I had cancer, I was in bed all day.

The description, I looked at it online, it's so deceptive. It's not a mattress at all. It is just a big foam pad. When you go from sitting to standing, that force is enough for me to feel the box spring underneath, for a moment.

I would honestly say that my old mattress was way better. A nice, firm, supportive bed. But the problem is that springs are starting to poke out. It's truly an awful bed. But way more supportive than the new one.

I am writing this at 4:30 a.m. I haven't even slept one whole night in it, and I'm miserable.

My daughter was so happy to get me the bed. My big surprise. Only 80 dollars. But it's all she could afford. I'm dreading telling her that we're going to have to return it. She was beaming with joy. And I was so excited to sleep in the new bed as well, to be honest. She's had so many disappointments lately, I don't want to add to it. I have been tempted for hours to go out and sleep on my recliner, or my old mattress, that we haven't disposed of yet, on the floor.

She's had so few reasons to smile lately. This is going to suck.

 

[Mary Terry]

I am experiencing this right now. My daughter bought me a new mattress, and set it up last night. It turns out the mattress which is listed as "firm hybrid, memory foam and coils", is really just a big memory foam pad. It's so squishy that one topples, a little, when they sit up. There are no springs at all, except individual ones at the corners. It's a big wobbly pillow. No springiness or support at all.

My old mattress I had all through cancer, and recovery. It is in poor condition as I have spent about half of my days in bed for several years, and when I had cancer, I was in bed all day.

The description, I looked at it online, it's so deceptive. It's not a mattress at all. It is just a big foam pad. When you go from sitting to standing, that force is enough for me to feel the box spring underneath, for a moment.

I would honestly say that my old mattress was way better. A nice, firm, supportive bed. But the problem is that springs are starting to poke out. It's truly an awful bed. But way more supportive than the new one.

I am writing this at 4:30 a.m. I haven't even slept one whole night in it, and I'm miserable.

My daughter was so happy to get me the bed. My big surprise. Only 80 dollars. But it's all she could afford. I'm dreading telling her that we're going to have to return it. She was beaming with joy. And I was so excited to sleep in the new bed as well, to be honest. She's had so many disappointments lately, I don't want to add to it. I have been tempted for hours to go out and sleep on my recliner, or my old mattress, that we haven't disposed of yet, on the floor.

She's had so few reasons to smile lately. This is going to suck.

Can you put the new mattress on top of the old mattress for extra support?

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Can you put the new mattress on top of the old mattress for extra support?

It's a nice idea, but I'd be way up in the sky, like the princess and the pea. The bed frame is about 12 inches off the floor. Then the box spring is 8 inches. The old mattress is 12 inches, and the new one is 10 inches. It might even be dangerous getting in and out of, as this new mattress sort of wobbles like a marshmallow.

 

[Mary Terry]

It's a nice idea, but I'd be way up in the sky, like the princess and the pea. The bed frame is about 12 inches off the floor. Then the box spring is 8 inches. The old mattress is 12 inches, and the new one is 10 inches. It might even be dangerous getting in and out of, as this new mattress sort of wobbles like a marshmallow.

Our bed is high, about 4 feet above the floor. I like it because it is easy to get on and off the bed but understand if you don't want that height.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Our bed is high, about 4 feet above the floor. I like it because it is easy to get on and off the bed but understand if you don't want that height.

I'm going to return this mattress, and get my daughter's money back. We'll save up for a better one. She needs a new bed too. So together, I'd like to save up to get a new set.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I know weight matters when launching a rocket and trying to break free of earth's gravity, but does weight have any real relevance in deep space?

Weight does not matter, but mass does, as mass and its inertia will impact the force necessary to change its motion.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

This is a great illustration of the decline of Boeing, especially the decline of their innovation and rise of manager decisions over engineers. They were selected as the primary crew vehicle contractor, with SpaceX as a secondary contractor, mainly because Congress mandated a second source. Boeing got $4.2 billion, while SpaceX got $2.6 billion. Boeing had the already successful Apollo capsule to build on, while SpaceX started from scratch. SpaceX developed a capsule in seven years that has worked flawlessly for the last four years, while Boeing has spent 11 years and twice as much money building a capsule that still does not work properly. Boeing needs to put the engineers back in charge.

Boeing is a has-been company. With the merger with MD, MBAs and Jack Welch wannabes infested the company and practiced labor arbitrage and outsourcing to the point where they cannot build a defect-free plane and deliberately killed 346 people. Welch destroyed GE and Boeing administration is in the process of destroying that company for profit. In their Charleston facility their workers are clowns supervised by monkeys.

 

[Mary Terry]

I'm going to return this mattress, and get my daughter's money back. We'll save up for a better one. She needs a new bed too. So together, I'd like to save up to get a new set.

Isn't Memorial Day when mattresses traditionally go on sale? If y'all start saving now, you might be able to buy a couple of good mattresses then. There might be Labor Day sales, too, to watch for.

 

[Mary Terry]

@Yeshuasdaughter - Watch for yard sales for a decent used bed. I wouldn't buy a used mattress, though!

 

[Magna]

A few that I like to do business with:

Diamond Gusset Jeans. They're a USA company that still makes their jeans in the USA.

I would say Filson for outer wear, woolens, etc, but unfortunately they started marketing to hipsters and doubled, tripled their already expensive products. I started buying their clothing back in the early 1990's long before they became "hip".

 

[Judge]

The most incredible solution to a very old mattress I found was in placing a 55"x 24"x 1" melamine desktop between my mattress and the boxsprings. Bought one from Amazon for less than $100. Initially used it as a desktop, but decided to shelve the idea later.

Instantly turned a sagging mattress into a one-inch thick marble slab. Great for lower back pain...though I have no idea if this solution will hold out indefinitely. For now at least, I see no need to replace it.

Otherwise at the time the lowest cost reasonably durable mattress I found was around $350. Which could still be a "turkey". My original mattress and boxsprings are from Sealy Posturepedic.

 

[Cryptid]

Boeing is a has-been company. . .

Boeing has all but had a stake driven through its heart.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

This is a great illustration of the decline of Boeing, especially the decline of their innovation and rise of manager decisions over engineers. They were selected as the primary crew vehicle contractor, with SpaceX as a secondary contractor, mainly because Congress mandated a second source. Boeing got $4.2 billion, while SpaceX got $2.6 billion. Boeing had the already successful Apollo capsule to build on, while SpaceX started from scratch. SpaceX developed a capsule in seven years that has worked flawlessly for the last four years, while Boeing has spent 11 years and twice as much money building a capsule that still does not work properly. Boeing needs to put the engineers back in charge.

I agree quality matters Why I became a quality engineer, look what it did for automobiles, bought a used car couple of years ago from a used car dealer got insurance on it for motor and train train for five years just change the oil every six months when the snow tire are put on.