Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: nopardons
You bet that I'm a bit of a Luddite and PROUD of it!

Well there you go. Have fun. There is virtually no major product made today that is not better than its counterpart 20 years ago but feel free to use whatever you want, I do.

245 posted on 03/20/2017 7:02:15 PM PDT by itsahoot (Must learn to resist the compunction to offer advice or help to complainers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 243 | View Replies ]


To: itsahoot
Oh HELL YES, there are; especially the products that are no longer made.

For but one example....DVRS, where you are able to record a show or movie and then make a disc out it. These are no longer made; which stinks! Sure you can buy discs ( though not everything that is shown on T.V. [movies], or they cost a HUGE/OUTRAGEOUS amount of money !) and so we just keep getting these machines repaired.

There are MANY such things, some of which ( cooking implements especially ), MANY OF WHICH ARE 50 YEARS OLD, that you can't get anymore, or what you can get are completely inadequate/useless.

Then there are clothes.....

So much new furniture, even very expensive furniture, is now made in China and is utter CRAP!

Pens....one of my favorite pens, that I got 40+ years ago, used a felt tip refill, but was was made of a Bakelite substance, overlaid with filagree sterling silver. They stopped making the refills, rendering the pen case useless.

China.....about 42 years ago, I bought a lovely set of chins, from England. The company is still in business, bit the product is a cheaper quality and the pattern is also done badly.

Another set of china, also from England is still made, but is now made in China and Indonesia and is LOUSY and more expensive.

Now...do you wanna talk about washing machines and toilets? Nether of the ones made today, holds a candle to what I bought 27 years ago! And all of MY products are still working as though they were new; whereas people I know ( especially re washing machines and I'm talking about the TOP OF THE LINE, BY THE BEST MANUFACTURERS! ) STINK in comparison.

I can go on, but since you are so enamored of today's CRAPPY STUFF, that you find right up your alley, I'll say it again....EACH TO HIS OWN! ;^)

247 posted on 03/21/2017 12:16:13 PM PDT by nopardons
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 245 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson