Hi
None of these tales of woe surprises me
We live in a throw away society
Teaching of practical skills in schools is woeful
Even the simplist of maintenance tasks is devolved to “experts”
Sorry if this sounds like a rant
Gaz
I totally agree, it’s unfortunate that modern society has gone down the route of disposability and the general lack of interest in practical skills that has produced.
There’s no getting away from it that the majority’s first thought is to replace something (usually something perfectly serviceable) rather than repair or even maintain it.
I don’t think it helps that many of the new commonplace items - computers, cars, home appliances are being manufactured in such a manner that the layman can’t repair or maintain them even if they wanted to - I think this mentality naturally crosses over to the other items where things like basic sharpening, oiling when being stored etc.... as they aren’t skills that are generally taught any more.
I know a lot of this is done under the guise of “safety” as we now live in a world we’re everyone is assumed to be an idiot until proven otherwise it my cynical mind says in reality it’s simply a way to squeeze a bit more money out everyone.
Rant over
Back to the OP I do like to see a bit of recycling/up cycling and shows that even when something is actually broken it can be repurposed.
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