CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

CA>> I stress when any piece of hardware becomes unuseable
CA>> needlessly. It's not that they cannot be replaced it's
CA>> just the frustration that it shouldn't have happened. I
CA>> destroyed a set of amplified speakers some time ago and it
CA>> still angers me even though I replaced them for $10. 

RJT> I'm definitely of the "fix it if it's practical" school of
RJT> thought as well, and it sure seems like the whole economy
RJT> is geared toward tossing it and buying new, instead. It's
RJT> a losing battle, but I'm going to continue to deal with
RJT> things that way as long as I can manage to do so... 

CA> Yes, it's a personal decision for me as well. :-) 

The problem is,  the whole economy is biased against us taking that
approach.  And most of the younger generations coming up don't look at
things that way,  as far as I can see.  It's a damn shame,  really.

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