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Termyn8or -> So who all likes old stuff ? (5/29/2007 12:32:29 PM)
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I like old stuff, and the older the better. When my 20 year old car went down for the count I bought an 18 year old car. My bigscreen is almost old enough to drink but still works fine.
I like quite a bit of music that is near as, or older than me, and I never throw out an old videotape. I also still have a betamax. Of course I have a VHS (it is a 1995 second from top of the line Sony, the last of the good ones), funny, I have not yet bought a DVD player though. When I do though you can bet it is not going to be the $39 kind. Believe that it will be region free or hacked to be, and is going to have more high definition modes than I'll ever use.
As far as cars, I got an 89, I want a 70. I think 1970 was one of the best years for American cars. They had the suspension and handling down pat, I don't think they have really improved since then. The power was there. Damnear every car had a V8, which I know is not good on gasoline, but so what. Cars of substance. A real frame under it.
One of the furnaces in the house is gravity, and thermopile operated. It is almost totally silent in operation and if the power goes out we still have some heat.
Even my speakers are 20 years old, and IMO outperform most of what is on the market today. I bought them when they were about 10 years old and paid as much as they cost new, but I knew what I was getting. Nowadays you get a bunch of little speakers that ain't worth ten bucks and a subwoofer in the corner. Bunch of crap as far as I am concerned.
There is only ONE THING that has impressed me that is not old. I got this Casio Privea digital piano. Awesome, has the feel and sound that just can't be beat. I really don't have room for a real piano. After playing with it a few minutes I turned to the salesman and said "You might want to go get the box".
But nothing else lately has impressed me, not at all. Some of this is substantive, and some is strictly my preference. I want a car with bumpers. I consider that substantial. I want to be able to see the hood when I drive, that is a preference.
To sum it up, I like old stuff. I would love to have a real piano, but I don't have all that much room, but I made room for the electric one. I could have a spinet I am sure, but I don't want to carry it. I know how heavy real pianos are.
Old stuff, built to last. I got a buddy bought a Maytag refrigerator. Huge warranty, but this certain common problem happened to his, and it was $400 to fix, long warrany or not, not covered. And this is with no upgrade so it will happen again, so out to the tree lawn it went and was off to Sears. Come on, this was a MAYTAG !
Lots of cars newer than mine get junked every day, plenty of bigscreens newer then mine hit the landfills every day.
I think I am onto something here. What say you ?
T
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