cowart
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You might want to investigate Tracfones. My current one is an LGL15GG which does all the useful "smart phone" stuff. Got it on sale from Walmart for $10!
Built in obsolescence...ANOTHER rant.
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You might want to investigate Tracfones. My current one is an LGL15GG which does all the useful "smart phone" stuff. Got it on sale from Walmart for $10!
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I mean the VAPOR.
The vapor gets into the electronics. That's what I was told. I've got Whirlpool everything and they lasted for many years. I've just replaced the washer.
I don't doubt that coming from a salesman he was just looking to sell what he had.
The vapor gets into the electronics. That's what I was told. I've got Whirlpool everything and they lasted for many years. I've just replaced the washer.
I don't doubt that coming from a salesman he was just looking to sell what he had.
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Something you had to jack....
I can't remember the car but the engine had to be loosened from the mounts and raised in order to change the oil filter.
I can't remember the car but the engine had to be loosened from the mounts and raised in order to change the oil filter.
JcMack
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Surge protectors need to be installed on the newer "electronical" appliances.
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I've had phones that lasted for many years....
Our first cell phone was a 'bag phone'. My wife's flip phone is many years old and works fine. Everybody else wanted the new upgrades all the time and she stuck with hers. I've personally had several phones that lasted for much more than a few years. My first cell phone was a track phone that could have kept using. It's the recent generations that have started taking the obsolescence thing to an intolerable degree. If you have an old unit that works, keep it.
Our first cell phone was a 'bag phone'. My wife's flip phone is many years old and works fine. Everybody else wanted the new upgrades all the time and she stuck with hers. I've personally had several phones that lasted for much more than a few years. My first cell phone was a track phone that could have kept using. It's the recent generations that have started taking the obsolescence thing to an intolerable degree. If you have an old unit that works, keep it.
Rick_A
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I held on to crappy flip phones for a loong time.
Sometimes you have to debug the "updates." They often change minor settings without warning.
I did have to get a fancy case for my Samsung Galaxy S4 as it gets wet often and dropped, ran over, etc.
Sometimes you have to debug the "updates." They often change minor settings without warning.
I did have to get a fancy case for my Samsung Galaxy S4 as it gets wet often and dropped, ran over, etc.
Fishslayer
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I realized pretty quickly that my '04 Dakota's V6 had exceeded my expertise. I had the shop drain/flush the radiator & replace the plugs.
Good news... the plugs have a maintenance interval of 50K miles.
Fishslayer
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As I understand it the gamers drove the CPU race in the 90's. I was building the chip handlers at the time.
I don't think you want to know one of the major factors that drove internet development...
I just traded in my Audiovox XV6800 last year. I got my first one in about 2006 or so - and it was around a year old when I got it. It was one of the earlier "smart" phones using the Windows Mobile OS. I liked it well enough that I bought a couple of good used ones a couple of years later and between them I managed to keep one going up until last year. Verizon finally said I had to have a data plan if I was going to keep using a "smart" phone, so I upgraded. The new one is and Android OS phone by Samsung and it is better than the old Audiovox in every way. Pretty amazing what kind of communications and computing power you can carry in your pocket these days.
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There was about a 10-15 year period where I couldn't buy a desktop computer get it home and plugged in fast enough before it was incompatible or incapable. Technology was advancing so quickly it was was crazy for a while, but things seem to have settled down. I don't need the latest and greatest Intel chip anymore, or the latest 14, 28, 56k modem, and hard drives of 500gig-1TB seem to hold enough for the average user. A 4TB external can be had for not much over $100. Yawn... my six year old desktop works fine.
I think smartphones have been going through a similar technology curve that desktop computers did in the 90s.
I think smartphones have been going through a similar technology curve that desktop computers did in the 90s.
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Fishslayer
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The only reason I got rid of my PII 400Mhz beige box was that I couldn't find compatible hardware anymore.
Got gifted a Dell & only got rid of that because I couldn't find a new HDD to add to the 64Gb original.
So I had a local kid build me one to spec... 250Gb of solid state HDD, 8Gb of memory, optical drive, etc etc... for $500-ish.
Paid less for my 22" curved Samsung LED monitor than I did for my first 19" CRT monitor.
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Yup. In computing and electronics, bigger or smaller, faster and better is cheaper than ever before. On the flip side, I'm paying $50/mo for the Net, $100/mo for TV and $150/mo smartphone service.
SweetMK
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Recent pickups no longer have a dip stick to check the transmission oil,,,
(The same for cars,,, take it to the dealer to have the ATF checked)
BUT,,, when was the last time ANYONE pulled a transmission dip stick??
Fishslayer
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BUT,,, when was the last time ANYONE pulled a transmission dip stick??
On an automatic, yes. Don't recall ever actually seeing a manual with a dipstick. Just dump oil in till it runs out of the hole.
My '04 manual Dodge doesn't even have a maintenance interval listed...
I have a 2010 Camry with no transmission dipstick.
I was certified as an automechanic by the State Department of Education of Virginia in 1979.
I no longer crawl under cars for a living, but I still speak fluent car talk.
I have a good mechanic, who owns his own shop, and who will actually talk to me man-to-man.
I think most of the "service writers" at the dealership know about as much about cars as the servers at Fuddruckers know about cooking.
My mechanic was as chagrined as I when we discovered the absence of a dipstick on the Camry. That didn't stop him from handling the fluid-change with confidence and competence.
And indeed, the owners manual lists no service interval for the transmission.
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I was certified as an automechanic by the State Department of Education of Virginia in 1979.
I no longer crawl under cars for a living, but I still speak fluent car talk.
I have a good mechanic, who owns his own shop, and who will actually talk to me man-to-man.
I think most of the "service writers" at the dealership know about as much about cars as the servers at Fuddruckers know about cooking.
My mechanic was as chagrined as I when we discovered the absence of a dipstick on the Camry. That didn't stop him from handling the fluid-change with confidence and competence.
And indeed, the owners manual lists no service interval for the transmission.
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I've had the same flip phone for years, with no problems. I'll be getting a "smart" phone soon, since I'll be retiring and I'll get to keep my phone, so I might as well get a new one. I'm not too hip on getting an Apple anything. I see how they change everything with each model, and you can't replace the battery. Actually, cars are so much better now than they were in the past, I think they're great. Maybe they're so much better now, because we can't work on them.
