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Old 13th Jan 2019, 1:41 pm   #62
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Default Re: Changing the throw away culture, BBC News

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Originally Posted by evingar View Post
I'm actually an anti fashionister. The bean-counter led downgrade of products has been gradual and systematic and I've worked out jeans (etc) from the 80s are made a lot better than the stuff these days. I scour ebay for new old stock. Problem is, occasionally my late 70s early 80s "look" temporarily flickers back into fashion. It causes me immense consternation while it lasts
So am I. In fact there is nothing introduced in the last 30 years that I actually want (and think would improve my life). There are plenty of older, properly made, repairable things that I want.
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