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Good on you!
Not only are you right on with your approach and attitude, but if you
were to replace that dryer today, you probably find the new one wouldn't
last 1/10th the time before it became non-repairable because some
plastic part broke that is no longer available and made of some plastic
that can't be glued. Or, some IC circuit failed that not only can you
not test without a special tool only available to the "Maybag" service
depot, but they no longer make the part, and the machine will not work
without it, so you have to replace the whole thing.
We have indeed become a society of waste and arrogance. We think this
can go on like this forever, but we are just beginning to see the
consequences of 10% of the world population consuming 90% of the
resources. Terrorism isn't about religion, my friends, it's about people
feeling they aren't getting their share... of land, of resources, clean
air, water, health care, and "wealth". Those plastics we toss away in
the garbage have blood on them... they are made from the oil we are
fighting over.
And, besides the less than 5% fallacious science financed by oil (EXXON
MOBIL) and coal (PEABODY) and the current US government, the rest of the
world and scientific community is well aware that global warming/climate
change is real, is progressing, and is going to have tremendous
consequences globally. It has already cost billion of dollars in damage
and disease and loss of infrastructure, and it hasn't even started yet.
Even big business insurance companies are sweating it now and begging
the US government to please start taking this seriously.
While the US refuses to make any change toward lowering CO2 output, in
fact, has plans to increase it via more use of coal, global climate
change is causing drought, crop failure, massive forest fires,
hurricanes, el niño conditions, melting the polar ice caps, massive
changes of animal distribution and migration, famine, floods, etc.
mainly throughout the equatorial and polar areas. But its just a matter
of time before the US is more effected. Malaria is creeping into the
US, and California has just begun to see the fires and droughts of summer.
So, all you smart people who think it's just "kool" to waste energy,
buy big muscle cars, and toss your equipment because you are "bored"
with it, you won't be bored much longer, when you find yourself
wondering where you next glass of water or meal is coming from, not to
mention your next gallon of gasoline, or your electricity.
I've often thought that the proof of individual intelligence is
someone's ability to CONNECT THE DOTS.
Art
Terry wrote:
>>I'm bored with products after 3 years, never mind 5 - get shot of it and
>
> buy
>
>>a new one.
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>>Si.
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>
> Si
> So you scrap and junk an otherwise good, or slightly repairable item?
> Isn't that just changing for change sake?
> No wonder the world is polluted!
> We take the opposite view and take pride in how 'long' something can last.
> Our clothes dryer, for example, is 44 years old. We've repaired it ourselves
> about seven times, only twice was it anything major and the cost of all
> seven repairs spread out over those 44 years was a total of less than the
> third of the cost, now, of a new one. So I'm much money in hand.
> Most people, not capable of fixing something as simple as dryer, would have
> had three or four machines in that length of time! It works perfectly. Right
> alongside the washer which is about 25+ years old which I rebuilt about six
> or seven years oago.
> My son, who first helped repair the dryer when it was 31 and he was age 12,
> is aiming to get it the 50 year mark!
> BTW I'm current repairing a Hewlett Packard VTVM (Vacuum Tube Voltmeter);
> it's got some tubes in it, but heck it's nice machine and will work fine
> when I'm finished; at a total cost of less than $10.
> Terry.
>
>
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