"GET IN MAH BELLAY!"
But Nature ABHORS a vacuum!
How old is Ted Kennedy?
He still sucks!
Wow. That really sucks!
/stupid vacuum cleaner humor
I have a 10-year-old computer still going strong!
“Mr & Mrs Waller should qualify for (ahem) lots of carbon credits.”
Al Gore invented this vacuum cleaner.
My grandmother still uses her Electrolux vac from the 1950s. It’s a canister type that rolls along the floor. It’s looks like a little Buick. Actually that’s not quite true — it looks like a 1930’s Art Deco steam locomotive with the modernistic streamlined fairings, but with lots of 50s style chrome trim pieces. Anyway, it’s a nifty looking thing. And all metal, no plastic.
That’s nothing. Cheryl Crow has a square of TP that’s lasted for two weeks!
I’ve been using the same clipboard at my job for 21 years.
"GET IN MAH BELLAY!"
A refrigerator that once belonged to my grandparents (one died in ‘52, the other in ‘54) is still running.
We’ve got a 1964 General Motors refrigerator, that’s still going strong.
We are addicted to the feeling of buying something new, no matter how cheap and stupid the product.
Instead of buying something solid, people tend to buy plastic-frame vacuums every 3 years... with nylon impellers, flimsy attachments, and awkward bagging systems.
Investing in quality isn’t even possible sometimes - they just don’t sell it in stores.
The up-side is that cheap does the job, usually. We just don’t need the extra “edge” of expensive products. It’s not worth it.
I have a bicycle I bought almost 4 years ago, and the tires still have a vacuum in them.
My uncle had a 1920’s era fridge (it had the motor on top of the unit, and a foot pedal underneath as a second way to open it) that my grandfather bought used and handed down to him. It never mechanically broke down, was quiet, but was the antithesis of energy efficiency. He sold it (for a few hundred bucks!) maybe 4 years ago when the door handle snapped off. Can’t build them like that today - you would break thousands of government regulations, LOL.