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most peoples logic is they can buy and use till it blows up a £200 WM then just scrap it after 18 months , then rinse and repeat...
The thought of having the same WM for 20 years and keep repairing it would be totally alien now to anyone under 40
I agree... I find it amusing/sad/despairing/ironic that it tends to be the youth that 'bang-on' the most about the need to save the planet... yet it is them that have absolutely no idea it's how they live that is causing it !! For a good visual example... just look at the waste left behind at Glastonbury !
 
Hey Tel, I was a telly repair man back then as well.
yep, the thorn 3000 and 3500 were a great revenue source. along with the Philips G8, i think, and them awful dog sh*t by Bush.
 
"picture valve" the good old over stressed PL81 usually.
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Yes, I remember them well, the Thorns with their innovative "chopper transistor."
 
My folks had an American style frigidaire fridge for 30 years...left it in their house when they sold it. 15 years later I was passing by the old house and saw a guy in the garden, so stopped and chatted to him...yup, he still had that fridge, in his garage full of beer!
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I love the old valve radios...a mate has about 50 of them scattered around his huge house, and I am so jealous! He has boxes of valves too...things of beauty.
My oldest item is a Hacker Sovereign...still awaiting restoration.
 
I've got a Hacker Autocrat. Repaired it by changing a resistor in the amplifier section, and also fitted a Bluetooth module to play the phone through it. Sounds lovely.
 
A thing of beauty, for sure...

My Dad had one of these:

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But the earlier Transoceanic valve ones are much revered.
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Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...
 
A think of beauty, for sure...

My Dad had one of these:

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But the earlier Transoceanic valve ones are much revered.
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Ah, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

Looks classy that. Would have cost a fortune when new I bet.
 
He had a Grundig Sattelit too...can't recall which model...plus a brilliant Sony one which was designed for rack mounting of sorts, with all the marine bands
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Pleased to report I have a Marine Band too...
my absolute favourite!

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As used by Neil Young and many others!
 
Dan, if I could do it, I would change your wording actually to exclude a split infinitive!
 
I rememberwhen i was a kid things worked then amd never hardly brake
And now thing dont last long now .
We tend to throw things out if a wheel falls of a hoover.
Too right. Good old Raleigh bicycles had great brakes that hardly ever used to break! ;)
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1960s and 70’s cars used to fall apart after a few years. Current cars seen to go on for about 3 or 4 times longer before things start breaking. 40 years ago we could fix things more easily, now days you need much more specialist kit. Swings and round shouts me thinks. What proportion of average income is a car / washing machine now compared to 40 years ago?
 
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My grandparents didn’t even own a car or a washing machine

They walked or buses everywhere and used the local launderette

How times have changed
 

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