[MBZ] Tire Purchase

[R A Bennell]

They need to watch "This Old House" with Norm Abram - especially some of the early shows. One can repair almost
anything and often the older houses were better than a lot of the new junk. We are repairing our cottage at the
lake. It sat too low for many years and the sills were quite rotted on part of it. We had professionals lift and
level it last October and now the task falls to me to repair anything rotted above the new sills. Will have to mess
about with some of the lower plates and studs etc but it is certainly not so bad that I would consider tearing it
down. The old place has character and was built by my father in the early 50's. I hope it will one day be cherished
by my children and grand children.

Randy B

-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net
[mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]On Behalf Of Curt Raymond
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:46 PM
To: Mercedes at striplin.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tire Purchase


Hi Randy,

  I've been seeing the throwaway mentality even during my house search. We looked at several houses I was
interested in that the realtors said "Oh you'd be better to just tear this down and build a new one. In the case of
the house we're looking at we may get it because all the other offers are based on tearing the house down.

  I don't want a new house, the house thats there has character, it needs work but nothing all that major. I can't
imagine why you'd tear it down....

  -Curt

  Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:41:41 -0500
From: "R A Bennell" <blc at mts.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Tire Purchase
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes at striplin.net>
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Unfortunately, it is quite likely that you soon will not be able to buy
the better model at any cost. The average
person is drawn to the lower price and does not care if the value is
not there. We are a throw away society and it
is becoming more and more difficult to have anything repaired. The
result is that the consumer replaces rather than
fixes anything that causes trouble. Cheaper is better if you know you
will ultimately toss it on the scrap heap. An
example is a 14" Delta Bandsaw. There are several models - some made in
the far east and one still made in the USA.
The american made one costs close to double the cost of the aisian one.
They look about the same and perform
similarly. The castings on the american made model are nicer but maybe
not nice enough to encourage the average
woodworker to pay double the price. A trade person working in a shop
day in and day out will appreciate the better
model in years to come. I struggled with this very issue a year ago. I
bought the aisian model as I am not a
tradesman or a very high level home woodworker. I really liked the
american model better but there are always lots
of places for the money to go and I just found it really difficult to
spend almost twice as much for something I
will use occasionally.

Randy B



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