<VV> Excessively Frugal

[Jay Pitchford]

Dave,
The reality is, the cost of replacing the entire two-circuit-board phone is
less expensive than the hourly rate of those "old timer" telephone
repairmen, once you factor in the fringes, pension expenses, etc etc. That's
one reason why the wire line regulated telco monopoly is a dead man
walking.

Given that harsh reality, it also explains why Corvairs have such enduring
appeal - they hark back to a time when you could work on your car yourself,
and then enjoy the fruit of your backyard labor by driving around and
showing it off afterwards.

Jay
65 Corsa Vert
25-yr-old slimline phone owner

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Dave Thompson <dave.thompson at verizon.net>wrote:

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> Tony,
> That's not "excessively frugal"! It's being a repairman, not a replacement
> artist. Back in the 70's and 80's, as a telephone man, we used to tease the
> new guys for replacing phones. We "old timers" would open up the phone and
> repair the problem. Now days, business phones are all one or two circuit
> boards with no field repairable parts. That's one reason I like the
> Corvair;
> you can repair most of the parts.
>
> Dave Thompson
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> Tony said:
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> I drilled out the rivets to fix the one given to  me that had been
> cooked... because I was cheap.   I did fix it  (bad transistor and
> shorted zener).   It's on one of the 'Vairs  here now and still working.
> :)
>
> tony..   excessively frugal
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