On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:48:29 -0800, islander <
no...@priracy.com> wrote:
>On 1/15/2018 7:02 PM, rumpelstiltskin wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:39:50 -0800, islander <
no...@priracy.com> wrote:
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It's the throw-away age. Everything changes so fast that
when something complicated fails, it's often impossible to
get a replacement part, and usually cheaper to just buy a
new thing instead of trying to repair the old thing.
My amplifier will no longer work with the computer. It's
only two years old but it's on its way out. I just played
some CD's but I have to play around with the amplifier to
get the CD setting to stay on. In the course of my
experimentation, it seems to me at the moment that if I
can get ANY setting to stay on, which is perhaps usually
the AM radio setting, then I can switch to CD and it will
stay on. I need a new amplifier, but it's hard to find
just an amplifier for a reasonable price these days.
Many things now are "bluetooth" but I don't have
anything else "bluetooth" and I'm not sure if I could
connect anything not "bluetooth" to a "bluetooth"
amplifier. Or the amplifier is built in with a "CD
Changer", and I'd almost rather have dinner with
Lucrezia Borgia than buy a CD changer, having had
one once which I hated.
Right now though, I need a heart valve operation
and I can work with the electronics I've got. One
infuriation at a time is as much as I can stand, which
is a tough position, in this age when infuriations
are more common than molecules. I also need to
get a cell phone to replace my AT&T phone. I don't
want a cell phone, but they're cheaper than regular
phones now, and I use the phone so little I don't
want to continue paying $40 a month to AT&T for it,
now that my "bundle" "deal" has run out. "Bundle"
and "for the first X months/years" are two other
things I want to avoid in future. It's really hard to
avoid sales-scam-nightmares these days: the whole
world seems to be moving in that direction.
The "for the first X months/years" is particularly
annoying - are people idiots? Or have their doctors
told them they only have X months/years to live?
If the latter, then that sales scam is worth taking
advantage of, but otherwise I'd rather get
something that I don't have to cancel and then
deal with more scam artists, to find a replacement
after the current come-on rate runs out.