# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1580
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31584 "2014-12-02T16:56:51Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps – Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets- Clanton, Alabama Among many other places, but there are people who make good livings making them there for use in the peach farms. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31585 "2014-12-02T17:00:47Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps – Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets- Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31586 "2014-12-02T17:01:23Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio Good-quality stuff. And if you bring your knives back to them, they’ll sharpen 'em for free!: [http://www.warthercutlery.com/individual-knives-2.html](http://www.warthercutlery.com/individual-knives-2.html) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31587 "2014-12-02T17:16:13Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31588 "2014-12-02T17:21:35Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, KY ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31589 "2014-12-02T17:46:21Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape - St. Paul, Minn. 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, Ky. 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio [http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/home](http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/home) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31590 "2014-12-02T17:49:14Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, KY 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio 9. Diamond matches - Cloquet, Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31591 "2014-12-02T18:33:01Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape - St. Paul, Minn. 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, Ky. 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio 9. Diamond matches - Cloquet, Minn. 10. Slinky toys - Canton, Mich. Not sure how “simple” a Corvette is, come to think of it… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31592 "2014-12-02T18:49:42Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape - St. Paul, Minn. 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, Ky. 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio 9. Diamond matches - Cloquet, Minn. 10. Slinky toys - Canton, Mich. 11. Light bulbs- Summerville SC Huge news when there was talk of phasing out conventional bulbs for the energy savers because it would have closed or greatly reduced the plants. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31593 "2014-12-02T19:57:54Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape - St. Paul, Minn. 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, Ky. 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio 9. Diamond matches - Cloquet, Minn. 10. Slinky toys - Canton, Mich. 11. Light bulbs- Summerville SC 12. Pyrex glassware - Charleroi, PA ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31594 "2014-12-02T19:59:17Z")
Simple things that are still made in USA: 1. Victor mouse traps - Lititz, Pennsylvania 2. Buck Knives - Post Falls, Idaho 3. Straw baskets - Clanton, Alabama 4. Crayola crayons - Forks Township, Pennsylvania 5. Warther knives - Dover, Ohio 6. Scotch tape - St. Paul, Minn. 7. Corvettes - Bowling Green, Ky. 8. Great Lakes beer - Cleveland, Ohio 9. Diamond matches - Cloquet, Minn. 10. Slinky toys - Canton, Mich. 11. Light bulbs- Summerville SC 12. Pyrex glassware - Charleroi, PA 13. Bamboo bicycles- Greensboro, AL If that’s not simple enough, they also make bamboo cane fishing poles. Next Up: More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay Scout learns important lessons about life when she and her effeminate little friend Dil are chosen to represent their small Alabama community in a fight to the death ritual against tributes from other districts across the nation. Throughout she is armed with the moral compass her father gave her, a bow and arrow, and a suit of papier mache armor shaped like a ham. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31595 "2014-12-02T20:21:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not sure how “simple” a Corvette is, come to think of it… For certain degrees of “simple”, it works…or something like that. BTW, I don’t understand the new topic at all. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31596 "2014-12-02T20:21:19Z")
To be more specific: the before and after can be literary and-or cinematic, either-or; it doesn’t have to be both but it can be. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31597 "2014-12-02T20:32:22Z")
(I don’t think you have to do a synopsis… do you?) More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers Robert Redford stars as Roy Hobbs, an ex-baseball player who snaps and goes on a tri-state kill spree. To his shock (and eventual delight) he finds that he’s even a bigger media sensation as a spree killer than he was when he was leading the NY Knights to the pennant. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31598 "2014-12-02T20:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=buddha\_david] BTW, I don’t understand the new topic at all. 😕 [/QUOTE] It’s a before and after ([examples here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728224)), but subjects should be book and-or movie titles… > [@JohnT](#): > > (I don’t think you have to do a synopsis… do you?) No, but certainly feel free obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31599 "2014-12-02T20:47:39Z")
More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers 3. The Magnificent Seven Percent Solution Sherlock Holmes and Watson thwart Moriarty while saving an American western town from the ravages of a band of marauders, with the help of five expendable extras. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31600 "2014-12-02T20:53:22Z")
More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers 3. Law Abiding Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane takes the law into his own hands to settle a score against the detractors of his beloved Susan Alexander.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31601 "2014-12-02T21:03:08Z")
More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers 3. Law Abiding Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane takes the law into his own hands to settle a score against the detractors of his beloved Susan Alexander.) 4. _ **A Die Hard Day’s Night** _ (The Beatles must take down terrorists who have captured the Abbey Road studios) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31602 "2014-12-02T21:04:58Z")
More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers 3. Law Abiding Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane takes the law into his own hands to settle a score against the detractors of his beloved Susan Alexander.) 4. A Die Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles must take down terrorists who have captured the Abbey Road studios) 5. The Magnificent Seven Percent Solution Sherlock Holmes and Watson thwart Moriarty while saving an American western town from the ravages of a band of marauders, with the help of five expendable extras. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31603 "2014-12-02T21:10:34Z")
More Cinematic and Literary Before & Afters 1. To Kill a Mockingjay 2. The Natural Born Killers 3. Law Abiding Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane takes the law into his own hands to settle a score against the detractors of his beloved Susan Alexander.) 4. A Die Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles must take down terrorists who have captured the Abbey Road studios) 5. The Magnificent Seven Percent Solution 6. Dirty Harry & the Hendersons (a family discovers Bigfoot and must protect him from a vengeful San Francisco homicide detective) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1579) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1581)