8:30—


8:45—


You climb into your car and put the key in the ignition. A cast steering knuckle makes it possible for you to pull out of your parking space.


9:00—


You prepare your breakfast of bacon and eggs on a cast iron skillet.


12:15—


You sit down to a salad for lunch. The salad contains chopped vegeta- bles processed by the food producer through several metal castings.


9:15—


You sit down at your desk (late). You lean back in your chair, which rolls with the help of cast wheel fi xtures.


You arrive in the parking lot of your workplace and cross a cast sidewalk plate on your walk toward the door.


8:00—


8:05—


You turn on your fl at screen television (lucky you), which is mounted on the wall with several die castings.


10:00—


You retire to your sitting room, where you kick back in an aluminum frame chair.


You hop into bed and call it a night. You lay your head on a cast iron pillow. (Okay, so not everything is cast metal.)


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