They just don't build them like that anymore - Page 2

Yahoshua · 05-01-07, 08:20 PM

:rotfl: It's so true!!!!

Or even better that NASA spent several billion dollars for a pen that will work in space when it can be replaced with a pencil!!! (well, not really funny in hindsight).

JSLTIGER · 05-01-07, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Not real familiar with corollas'. Are they a reliable company?

Um...Toyota Corolla.

I-25 · 05-01-07, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

:rotfl: It's so true!!!!

Or even better that NASA spent several billion dollars for a pen that will work in space when it can be replaced with a pencil!!! (well, not really funny in hindsight).

yea i heard about that. NASA spent millions on the pen. Soviets used a pencil....

as for car endurance i agree 150% that older cars outlast the new ones by a LONGG time. just ask my daily extreamly abused 70' VW Bug

Camaero · 05-01-07, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by I-25

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

:rotfl: It's so true!!!!

Or even better that NASA spent several billion dollars for a pen that will work in space when it can be replaced with a pencil!!! (well, not really funny in hindsight).

yea i heard about that. NASA spent millions on the pen. Soviets used a pencil....

as for car endurance i agree 150% that older cars outlast the new ones by a LONGG time. just ask my daily extreamly abused 70' VW Bug

That is not a true story guys! That is one of those myths that has gone around for awhile now, but not true. NASA is not that stupid.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

Also, I am working on a Toyota Corolla in autotech and it is a horrible, pitiful little thing to work on. One look at the milage however and it was soon clear to me that it was at least a decent car. It had 240,000 miles on it!!! When something does break on those cars however, please do us all a favor and light it on fire!:rotfl:

Yahoshua · 05-01-07, 10:50 PM

Oberon · 05-02-07, 12:26 AM

I have a telly upstairs that's gotta be at least 30 years old, it's got no remote control, the buttons on the side give options for such channels as BBC1, 2, 3 and ITV 1,2,3....and this was before Sky even existed

It's still going strong, touch wood I've never had a problem with it. The only time I've tried to replace it, I brought a newer telly from a shop in Leiston, after about a week it started making worrying crackling noises and started smelling wierd. Haven't used it since.

The Avon Lady · 05-02-07, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Frozen in time: the fridge still going strong after 50 years

Big deal! Let me enlighten you.

STEED · 05-02-07, 04:36 AM

I still got a old Win95 which is about 12 to 13 years old and all is OK, but I gone through 3 XP PC's in the last 7 years.

bradclark1 · 05-02-07, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

The whole HD thing is so up in the air, that I have been hesitant to buy one. It seems crazy spending that much on a tv.

I do know that the Adult Video Industry has said that HDDVD will be their standard and not Blueray. The AVI selected VHS back in the day, and this killed Betamax.

I was the same way but I got our HDTV given to us as a gift and have to say WOW!
I don't normally watch TV but the wife does. Even digital is great on these things. The nature shows are incredible. Now we couldn't go back to a normal tv.

Skybird · 05-02-07, 10:15 AM

I have a hair/beard trimmer with accu-batteries which cannot be replaced. the motor and the blades are still working like on first day (5 years ago), but the accus are dead. I need to replace the whole device because the batteries not being replacable. Most hair trimmers, if not all, are like that. throwing a fully functional device into the bin - for nothing. Stupid.

I still have the WM1 by Sony, the very first walkman ever available on the market, that was in 1982 or 83. Full metal case, solid manufacturing, very good and robust quality. It still works very well. Two other walkman me and my parents tried in later years were made of plastic, were light like TT-balls, and didn't live very long.

My parents also happen to own the first disc player by Sony from the mid-80s, still fully functionable, and the size of a discman. Again, solid manufacturing, metal case, and quite some weight.

If you look at devices today you fear to brake them by simply pressing the play-button.

I am extremely hesitent to buy HD-TV. If the picture is not received as an HD-signal, then LCD -TV simply have a terrible picture quality, compared to classical cathode-ray monitors. And the two major TV stations in Germany still wait to invest into HD-technology. they got burned twice in the past, with PAL+ and some other norm that was said to be the future, and then died. I also think the prices for these things are ridiculous, even more so if considering the constantly shrinking lifespan of consumer elctronics today. You pay more and more money for gimmicks you never missed before, and constantly detoriating quality (time to break-down).

I don't like all this. It stinks. I am still operating a VHs alongside a DVD player, I plan to avoid HD as long as possible, and will try to get a classical cathode-widescreen TV next time (which is becoming difficult for many screen-sizes, unfortunately). Major parts of my music librarary still are cassettes, and I feel lucky for having used quality tapes back then. Newer does not mean better today. In the majority of cases I think it is exactly the other way around. But of course, life is becoming faster and faster nevertheless. that's why more and more people becoming ill from living the modenr life.

It seems to me there is only one thing a reasonable man can do these days: find something that is his own, and detach his life from the growing madness and hectic all around. I feel thankful towards life, for having been able to do so. It comes at a price (some ammount of isolation, caused by lacking understanding of most others), but it still is a fair deal and a positive bilance. Else I would live in constant anger, and at the end of each day I would leave a smoking battlefield behind me.

bradclark1 · 05-02-07, 12:20 PM

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am extremely hesitent to buy HD-TV. If the picture is not received as an HD-signal, then LCD -TV simply have a terrible picture quality,

You have a choice of analog or digital reception for cable. Normal cable is analog. If you use analog with a HDTV you wasted your money. Digital gives a much improved (awesome)picture. HD and digital are two different things price-wise however, but you can't get HD without the digital receiver.

STEED · 05-02-07, 12:44 PM

My radio has died on me, well it was cheap and old.

05-01-07, 08:20 PM	#16
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: It's so true!!!! Or even better that NASA spent several billion dollars for a pen that will work in space when it can be replaced with a pencil!!! (well, not really funny in hindsight). __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

05-01-07, 10:50 PM	#20
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

05-02-07, 04:36 AM	#23
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I still got a old Win95 which is about 12 to 13 years old and all is OK, but I gone through 3 XP PC's in the last 7 years. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-02-07, 10:15 AM	#25
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,650 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have a hair/beard trimmer with accu-batteries which cannot be replaced. the motor and the blades are still working like on first day (5 years ago), but the accus are dead. I need to replace the whole device because the batteries not being replacable. Most hair trimmers, if not all, are like that. throwing a fully functional device into the bin - for nothing. Stupid. I still have the WM1 by Sony, the very first walkman ever available on the market, that was in 1982 or 83. Full metal case, solid manufacturing, very good and robust quality. It still works very well. Two other walkman me and my parents tried in later years were made of plastic, were light like TT-balls, and didn't live very long. My parents also happen to own the first disc player by Sony from the mid-80s, still fully functionable, and the size of a discman. Again, solid manufacturing, metal case, and quite some weight. If you look at devices today you fear to brake them by simply pressing the play-button. I am extremely hesitent to buy HD-TV. If the picture is not received as an HD-signal, then LCD -TV simply have a terrible picture quality, compared to classical cathode-ray monitors. And the two major TV stations in Germany still wait to invest into HD-technology. they got burned twice in the past, with PAL+ and some other norm that was said to be the future, and then died. I also think the prices for these things are ridiculous, even more so if considering the constantly shrinking lifespan of consumer elctronics today. You pay more and more money for gimmicks you never missed before, and constantly detoriating quality (time to break-down). I don't like all this. It stinks. I am still operating a VHs alongside a DVD player, I plan to avoid HD as long as possible, and will try to get a classical cathode-widescreen TV next time (which is becoming difficult for many screen-sizes, unfortunately). Major parts of my music librarary still are cassettes, and I feel lucky for having used quality tapes back then. Newer does not mean better today. In the majority of cases I think it is exactly the other way around. But of course, life is becoming faster and faster nevertheless. that's why more and more people becoming ill from living the modenr life. It seems to me there is only one thing a reasonable man can do these days: find something that is his own, and detach his life from the growing madness and hectic all around. I feel thankful towards life, for having been able to do so. It comes at a price (some ammount of isolation, caused by lacking understanding of most others), but it still is a fair deal and a positive bilance. Else I would live in constant anger, and at the end of each day I would leave a smoking battlefield behind me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-02-07, 12:44 PM	#27
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	My radio has died on me, well it was cheap and old. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-02-07, 12:26 AM	#21
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I have a telly upstairs that's gotta be at least 30 years old, it's got no remote control, the buttons on the side give options for such channels as BBC1, 2, 3 and ITV 1,2,3....and this was before Sky even existed It's still going strong, touch wood I've never had a problem with it. The only time I've tried to replace it, I brought a newer telly from a shop in Leiston, after about a week it started making worrying crackling noises and started smelling wierd. Haven't used it since.