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Just back from a road trip through Texas and the bodywork I saw was honestly depressing.
From Dallas to Houston, it was like a parade of bad repairs that had me wanting to cry (or offer my services).
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mary_hill473mo ago
Seems like craftsmanship is disappearing everywhere lately.
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laura_patel33mo ago
My grandma's old dresser has drawers that still slide perfectly after sixty years, and nothing I buy today comes close. You see it in everything now, like how new kitchen tools feel light and cheap compared to the solid ones from a few decades back. It makes me sad because you can just tell the care isn't being put in anymore, everything is about getting it out the door fast. Really feels like we are losing something important.
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patricia_singh8116d ago
Oh, I don't know, my kids have had that cheap particleboard dresser from Target for five years and it still works fine. The drawer sticks a little in the summer but that's probably just humidity. I think we romanticize old stuff because the crap that didn't survive didn't make it to grandma's house. My mom still has a hand mixer from the 70s that weighs as much as a small car, but it also takes three minutes to whip cream and sounds like a lawnmower. Not sure that's better just because it's heavier.
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