[MBZ] Continued off topic

[Jeff Zedic]

I often quote a story to people of when my brother was a buyer for a 
large national Canadian retailer. I won't say CT's name but Canadians on 
the list may know who CT is.

He came back form mainland China all excited about how they had 
factories that made toasters and they could produce x number an 
hour....can't remember exactly but let's say 200 an hour. He was excited 
because they could produce this many and the suckers would work for 6 
cents an hour!

Somehow, they could survive on that. I asked him how much harm would it 
do to give them 12 cents an hour and was met with a blank 
stare......surely another 6 cents an hour spread over 200 toasters is no 
big deal but the lowest common denominator rules!

I guess the world doesn't need people like me with my 1956 Sunbeam T20 
that still works perfectly. When was the last time anyone tried to have 
a toaster repaired? Or tried it themselves?

Thank you for the disposable society...............they should have told 
us when this started that it included people too.


Jeff Zedic
Toronto
1956 T20
1987 300TD
Still uses tube amps and listens to vinyl