<VV> Re: Nobody fixes anything...

[Dave Morris]

Nobody builds anything anymore either.  Compare a Radio Shack of the 1970's 
with today's Radio Shack.  If your time is being billed at $40 an hour, why 
would you want to spend 300 hours building a radio you can buy at Radio 
Shack for $99.95 already tested?

Most people can't work on a modern car.  It's too complicated, requires 
extensive training and test equipment.  Computers have gotten so 
specialized that a network guru knows nothing about programming, a 
programmer knows nothing about hardware, and a hardware technician knows 
nothing about IP subnets.

I can't really complain too much.  I don't know how to build a barn or make 
a candle or shoe a horse either.  Those used to be pretty common skills.

Extrapolating to the ultimate (absurd) conclusion, we'll just sit around 
and watch the Paris Hiltons of the world entertain us, while "someone else" 
builds everything, maintains everything, and we just eat, sleep, (insert 
hobby here), and watch TV.  Maybe that's the point at which we all get 
"beamed up" to the mother ship.  A Corvair piloted by Ralph Nader's 
grandson, of course.

Dave Morris

At 03:32 PM 6/13/2005, you wrote:

>Can I get an amen?
>
>Ryan
>65 Corsa Coupe(group red)
>
>
>.....................................
>..Everyone wants you to throw everything away and have
>you buy new.  It is a
>huge
>waste of resources and money ... unless you are handy
>enough to fix things
>(nobody is any more).
>
>..................................
>At 10:03 AM 6/10/2005, Ron wrote:
> >It's because no one repairs anything anymore, they
>just buy a new one.
> >Except Corvair folks that is, and we're in a
>minority.
>
>
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