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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: Craftsmanship is dying
- References: <MOTOYAMA.92Aug11183427@harlgw92.harl.hitachi> <1992Aug11.212327.449@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Aug12.202819.23364@krfiny.uucp> <1992Aug14.111053.17267@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:17:58 GMT
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- aescherm@iastate.edu (A Person of Awareness) writes:
- >The way that I solve the problem of New is Bad/Old is Good is to buy those
- >old things that were good and fixable and those new things that I don't care
- >if I can or can't fix.
-
- >Really, if I'm buying a $5 pair of walkman headphones, who cares if they
- >break? BTW I actually had a Radio Rip Off Store sales-droid offer me a plan
- *----
- I care. Don't you have anything that operates in a way you
- particularly like, and wish you could keep? I prefer the controls
- on my old VCR to the new one. My friend loved his cheap, folding
- headphones, and has been unable to find a replacement as good.
- --
- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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