Why I HATE Modern Technology.....

[mdehners]

just probably not the reasons most do;>. I HATE the planned obsolescence. Everything's designed to fail after a couple of yrs so that it has to be replaced. I mean, I can Understand. after all, we live in a Capitalist economy that requires folks to constantly buy, even stuff we don't need to keep it running. Also, much of our population is both lazy and shallow. I can turn on the boob-tube at any hr and find a handful of shows exhorting folks to throw out perfectly good appliances simply because the colour doesn't match their planned new paintjob(well, with a few exeptions where they make folks work and like repaint them like I've done since the 70's).
As someone who just "broke" a lawnmower because it can't handle 4" grass, I pine for the days when you had a big, heavy metal smoke-belching monster that lasted for more than a decade and could scarf down small shrubs.
Now, for some folks, their Income is such that these experiences are not only Acceptable, it's part of their lives. As a nurse I NEVER had the disposable income to "remodel". Repaint, change a few things out sure(I AM Gay after all;>)but to gut a room simply because I was "bored" with it's looks? NEVER.
I'm Sooooo tired of Disposable EVERYTHING!
Truth,
Pat

Comments

[weofodthignen]

And try finding somewhere to sharpen push mower blades. I've even had trouble buying one. OTOH this is still the promised land for curbside acquirers and dumpster divers. Next door abandoned the electric mower I now use when the grass gets away from me. I have no idea why.

siliconshaman ranted a few times not long ago about on-switches on TVs and washing machines made out of flimsy plastic so that they would fail. The first he fixed, the other he has a long-term maintenance contract, which was as well because everything had to be taken out with a special doohickey or it wouldn't go back in again. Which is my nightmare and the reason I never open anything up or do macrame kits.

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[mdehners]

If I was healthy enough(or had less grass;>)I'd get one. One thing about doing time as a Hotshot crewmember forthe Forest Service, you learn how to sharpen tools;>. Even my Dad was impressed how easy my shovels "cut" through sod!
At 1st glance I think what's wrong is that a hair-thing spring is broken(well it's broken, so I'm assuming;>). Of course, this delicate piece of metal is completely exposed to ANYTHING more than 5" tall so.....
What I get a "kick" out of is that my folks have replaced their window AC unit about 3 times in the last decade while the used one I put in 9 yrs ago still works(though the casing is getting a touch rusty). It even was one of the 1st to use the new refrigerants an hasn't needed a refill yet...as opposed to those new unite the folks had that needed topping off each yr. 'Course, ours isn't as pretty so....
Cheers,
Pat