Re: Well our day went to Hell *update*

In article <496bdb9f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pogonip <nobody3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

erilar wrote:

Note: my almost-40-year-old stove that I replaced a few years ago was a
Kenmore. It WAS still working, if a bit decrepit. Back then, however,
I believe they were build in the US.


Back then, it was a major purchase and expected to last as long as the
owner. Appliances were like that. Cars were expected to last three
years, then you were supposed to trade them in. Now, appliances have a
very short life-expectancy, but cars go on and on and on.

My last car lasted 13 years. . . I don't believe in all this
new-car-all-the-time nonsense. I run mine into the ground 8-)

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

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