Hear Hear Shel
At 08:47 PM 7/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Mark said:
>
> > The rather quaint notion that you buy
> > something once and never buy a similar
> > device for the rest of you life arose
> > out of 19th century and prior technology
> > where things just plain didn't change fast
> > enough to warrant being replaced in one
> > lifetime. That logic was obsolete in the
> > 20th century, and is mythologic in the 21st
> > century. Things are more disposable than ever.
>
>I don't subscribe to that logic. I like things that last, and
>that I can use and take pleasure in for the rest of my life.
>It's comfortable, it's convenient, it saves money, it saves
>time. I like things of substance, and that have a timeless
>quality about them. That's not to say you're wrong, it's just
>that I don't think quality items that last a long time and
>give satisfaction and pleasure is a "quaint notion". Sadly,
>quality - in both goods and service - is becoming obsolete.
>What a shame.
>--
>Shel Belinkoff
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>"It matters little how much equipment we use; it
>matters much that we be masters of all we do use." - Sam Abell
>
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