Arpie: They Don’t Make Pencils Like They Used To
"Pencils seem to be made more cheaply than they used to be. Quite often the lead is not in the center of the pencil. This yields a poorly sharpened pencil that has wood on one side." Full comment here: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2009/may/27/little-tiny-tables/#comments
Anything else they don't make like they used to?