They don't make 'em like they used to!
Just a quick entry today, I have corrections and output to do on Lost Squad #5 and some writing to do.
Anyway, you know how people (like me) bitch and moan that everything today is made to fall apart on a regular basis so you have to constantly buy more and that when they younger things were still made to last? I have proof!
I have this desk lamp that used to sit in my parents house, when they sold the place I took it. I have NEVER changed the bulb in it until just this week. For the past 6 years this lamp has been on a minimum of 12 hours a day! I'm not exaggerating, if anything I'm underestimating the hours it's been on.
What I'm saying here Is I had an 18" 15Watt Cool White fluorescent Sylvania light bulb lit up at LEAST 12 hours a day that lasted about EIGHTEEN YEARS. I replaced it today and I predict from here out I'll be changing it a minimum of twice a year.
Side note: My sister has a counter top mixer that was our mom's. Mom used it a lot, now it's only used a couple times a year....BUT STILL, it's like 40 years old! An' still kickin'!
Anyway, you know how people (like me) bitch and moan that everything today is made to fall apart on a regular basis so you have to constantly buy more and that when they younger things were still made to last? I have proof!
I have this desk lamp that used to sit in my parents house, when they sold the place I took it. I have NEVER changed the bulb in it until just this week. For the past 6 years this lamp has been on a minimum of 12 hours a day! I'm not exaggerating, if anything I'm underestimating the hours it's been on.
What I'm saying here Is I had an 18" 15Watt Cool White fluorescent Sylvania light bulb lit up at LEAST 12 hours a day that lasted about EIGHTEEN YEARS. I replaced it today and I predict from here out I'll be changing it a minimum of twice a year.
Side note: My sister has a counter top mixer that was our mom's. Mom used it a lot, now it's only used a couple times a year....BUT STILL, it's like 40 years old! An' still kickin'!
posted by The Mad Alaskan at 1:58 PM
2 Comments:
There is no "repeat customer" if it doesn't breakdown. That's not good for the bottomline.
The economy seemed to be doing just fine BEFORE they started making EVERYTHING completely disposable.
It cost me 7 bucks to replace that bulb...I'd spend 40 to get one that was that quality again.
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