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We want to say thank you this week to all those workers who are in the steel<\/a> mills and fabricating shops, analyzing alloys<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0measuring metals<\/a> to help ensure we get the best knives and flatware, pots and pans, serving utensils, platters, and other metal items we use during the holidays — even the aluminum pie plates<\/a> and aluminum foil we use to wrap up the leftovers.\u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving to all our US readers!<\/p>\n

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