[2Jedismom]

I like things that stand the test of time. This thing has obviously been used a lot, but it's still doing what it was designed to do. So few things are that way nowadays...it's a throw-away society, so to speak.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

No kidding...it's growing more and more difficult to actually get things repaired nowadays. In most cases, it's become cheaper to just throw it out and buy a new one.

Our old VCR (which was first mine when I was 16, and is now Autumn's) conked out on us a few weeks ago. I took it to a repair shop, and he wanted to charge me $95 to fix it.

Wal-mart sells VCR's as low as $30. Guess which option I took (against my heartfelt wishes, admittedly).

I really wanted to keep that thing, but there wasn't a sound financial reason to.