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The Sh*tification Of Everything
With apologies for the commercial blurb about 1/3 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our consumer lives, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.
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New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why
With apologies for the commercial blurb about 7/8 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our homes, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.
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GreenWave
(9,997 posts)Raven123
(6,307 posts)madaboutharry
(41,552 posts)a house built after 2009. He said that was the year it all went down hill.
pansypoo53219
(21,881 posts)i have a danish mod coffee table. $5. new is only for lands end fleece. i had no name kohl's sales cotton undies lasted like 25 years. new jockey maybe 12 yrs. got new tape deck radios + died w/in months. digital cameras. ef new. ebay for vintage.
MissB
(16,192 posts)Given the cost of houses, one would assume that they were being built to last. Sad to think so many of them are as temporary as a mobile home.
Our house was built in 1922. Weve been here 2 decades and have had various interior and exterior walls open. Its always amazing to see the old lumber used, especially the sheathing for the exterior walls and the skip sheathing on the roof.
When we moved in, we knew that the roof only had so many years left. When we had the roof replaced, they took off at least two layers of comp before they ran into the old cedar shingles and then skip sheathing underneath. I think our house got a bit taller after that I mean, we did add plywood on the roof but losing all of those layers had to lighten things up a bit.
bucolic_frolic
(48,404 posts)for those unfamiliar with the term.
Thanks for the tale!
milestogo
(19,043 posts)and you have to spend a lot to get a decent used car.
Kali
(56,038 posts)I too used to be a levi's owner, and used to buy them at the Gap. but they were old style all cotton levi's and they were about $8!!!! got a new pair for school every year.
but in my opinion levi's strarted going to shit probably before she was born.