I have always liked gizmos and gadgets,
it seems a lot of males do for some reason. The world of electronics
has come a long way over the decades with all sorts of bells and
whistles – and a growing price tag. One could live with that if the
quality remained the same as, say, thirty years ago. But overall it
has not.
My mother had a toaster that lasted for
twenty years and a coffee maker (early Mr. Coffee) that lasted almost
ten years.
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| Old-Fashioned Quality |
Today I threw out my coffeemaker that
lasted a little over two years before the electronics went haywire. I
am replacing it with an old fashioned peculator. Since then the toaster,
hardly two years old, was shorting out. I have learned what products brands to trust and in the long-run spending a little more is wise. What good is the UL Approved
symbol when manufacturers don't make quality products? It may have
been one that slipped by the inspector, but I think it just was not
made to last. It probably would help if we could find products not made in China, despite having a well-known American product name. Quality control in China is practically non-existent.
Automobiles are another item where
prices have skyrocketed over the decades, paying for all those bells
and whistles and government required stuff and $2,000 extra fee if you purchase what government calls a
gas guzzler. Problem is the sheet
metal (where metal exists and not plastic-rubber configuration) is so
thin you can put a dent in them by leaning on it.
