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Post #AubYXFfBcUYE818iGW by [email protected] |
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The antidote to materialism isn't minimalism; it's maintenance. Keep th… |
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Post #AubcUuWHeyQJn37ATw by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok I have some household items which were my grandmother's, whic… |
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Post #AubcUue5Byf6BElOdc by [email protected] |
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@CommonSparrow That is a beautiful machine. |
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Post #AubcV3pP3G44ex8424 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok I have the pair of loaf pans my mom gave me when I moved out of the… |
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Post #AubcV3vmfXAWyk79yi by [email protected] |
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@justmichelle Our grandparents were sitting on goldmines |
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Post #AubcYo6nRDpP453ELw by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok It's frustrating some stuff is so hard to repair. For example, … |
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Post #AubcapJXvVIdNoyg52 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok How? Everything is made out of cheap materials and assembled out o… |
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Post #AubcapPZZ67VgVnUTQ by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle It does require some learning on the part of the individual. Thri… |
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Post #AubcapUXGe5dvu7SD2 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Also, how much time do you have to spend tending to your things? |
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Post #AubcapaCvYcwDUlz3A by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle Not a lot. Mending clothes and darning socks don't take a lot… |
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Post #AubcapfsaTAEV5QVtI by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok I like watching youtube videos of people doing crafty things, but i… |
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Post #AubcbjofqxTOcZyKNE by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Maintenance is the key to civilization.. |
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Post #AubcdamsOTMlCJ112O by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok I love this.As I listen to a tube amplifier made in 1958, that I re… |
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Post #AubchdAxSJAtlOCmHY by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok Choose what you buy carefully. I recently upgraded tw… |
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Post #Aubclxx69QvJMIn0We by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Yes! |
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Post #AubcnKxk5Iwb0ukDpY by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Absolutely. |
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Post #Aubcnu0RnEu7hRHNPE by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok and most importantly: Demand #repairability and #LongTermSupport fo… |
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Post #Aubco5ylHKgapgaCRc by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Even bath mats can be family heirlooms. My mom was born in 1935 and… |
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Post #Aubcovw46bQVyNimSe by [email protected] |
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Post #AubcrZfPM9Y3mDBnGa by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok there was a contrarian book a while back that said the problem is n… |
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Post #AubdJl50W73vHVbPDE by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Unfortunately, 90% of the population doesn't know a screwdriver… |
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Post #AubebnnZFP2Wscc3ZA by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok learning to use a sewing machine as an adult was great for keeping … |
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Post #AubvFWSiilR5xjp8Pw by [email protected] |
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@[email protected]. When you've had a years and years of adve… |
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Post #AubvHwr1ZE0KOYLf7o by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok This. When you've had a years and years of adventures in a pair… |
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Post #AucBKYS2LssIqUvRZ2 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Maintenance & repair are good to know about. Bought a car in �… |
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Post #AucHDE7w7NGLVdPeHw by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok also: repurpose. I try to do a lot of simple house/garden maintenan… |
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Post #AudZRoMwA1PCIaUdea by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok @maximum_mew Good advice! |
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Post #Aueh9Pr1Yp8ZqYGWJ6 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle 🙂🖖 |
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Post #AugjvPi7zB2NWg2TPk by [email protected] |
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@retrosponge @SordidAmok I have an old iPad I use on an exercise bike and it’… |
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Post #AugjvPo9clrFpMrHo8 by [email protected] |
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@rasterweb @SordidAmok Yeah, mine is so screwed that it runs out of battery eve… |
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Post #AugjvPvFCPWsBMAwrI by [email protected] |
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@retrosponge @SordidAmok Oh wow, that’s terrible. :( |
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Post #Augjvinn0Lr6jjplNQ by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok Right to Repair needs to be enforced. |
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Post #Augjvx3Y0YmMwfJXsm by [email protected] |
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@trisweb @SordidAmok My amplifier was given to me by my father-in-law after he … |
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Post #AugjvxBLXZ19Kqxm2S by [email protected] |
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@vandenberglegs @trisweb They don't make 'em like they used to. That… |
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Post #Augjx3C4fs0KGnpJc8 by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle everything TODAY is made out of cheap materials |
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Post #AugjxSxmrc1aC1LGxE by [email protected] |
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@kkarhan @SordidAmok yup, I was just thinking I want to keep using my N64, PS2,… |
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Post #AugjxT4WSZPcWuUeS8 by [email protected] |
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@MxVerda @kkarhan See, you're talking about stuff outside my range. I know … |
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Post #AugjxTAC7TwuoV9BIG by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok @MxVerda Noone expects you to know everything...That's why comm… |
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Post #AugjxTGDl4ln7Bxzge by [email protected] |
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@kkarhan @MxVerda Thank you for adding this. We can't learn to fix everythi… |
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Post #AugjxTLtPzJ5OmcWWm by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok @MxVerda OFC.Humanity as a species surpassed the point where "… |
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Post #AugjxTRZ4tqNgNH3Mu by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok @MxVerda In return, I know how to "make computers go brrr"… |
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Post #AugjxTYIfrEQ1GQQro by [email protected] |
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@kkarhan @SordidAmok I complain a lot so I'm decent at concentrating aphori… |
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Post #Augjy6yu4sgWJ4AjFQ by [email protected] |
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@MillerTimeGarage @SordidAmok Trader or Community > one person who can do it… |
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Post #AugjyGbWIfvE9RJCBk by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok imo it's a combination of trying to own decent qu… |
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Post #AugjyHhwCIeLZdJppY by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok Also, it's still possible to find tailors for clo… |
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Post #AugjyJJuCccAZg5feK by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok otherwise... you're doing like i did some years a… |
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Post #AugjyVggDlxivmq1oW by [email protected] |
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@von @SordidAmok It 𝘪𝘴 both. However, I think the post stems out of frust… |
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@stardust @von Yes, that frustration, but also I enjoy stuff. I have about a do… |
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Post #AugjzJcUZcJznHGOEC by [email protected] |
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@rasterweb @SordidAmok Yeah, it's really screwed. |
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Post #Augjzsv9KF2fHHGHfU by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok check out house clearances and second-hand places, us… |
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Post #Augk0tJPM9HmmT5X5U by [email protected] |
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@justmichelle @SordidAmok my favorite bundt pan used to be my wife's grandm… |
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Post #Augk0tQUvmxP8SPC8e by [email protected] |
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@ReverendMoose @SordidAmok I'll say. 💕 |
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Post #Augk0xwC9sgl7vGZ6G by [email protected] |
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@von I enjoy my cluttered, messy home, but I'm relatively poor which is a k… |
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Post #Augk1LOKxPrjrrbreq by [email protected] |
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@stardust @von @SordidAmok Repurposing +Giving away +Trading away>Throwing a… |
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@ocdtrekkie @MegaMichelle @SordidAmok also see if you can find a repair cafe ne… |
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Post #Augk4ecFwBo6MOhNJY by [email protected] |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok we have a thing here called Repair Cafe, does that ex… |
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Post #Augk4eidYSuYgBgTGC by [email protected] |
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@noodlemaz @SordidAmok Yeah, we have a hackerspace that does that on ... Thursd… |
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Post #Augk51o5iLwMHlPeSG by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok I live in America. We have cheap, disposable consumer goods and no… |
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@MegaMichelle @SordidAmok Ah! That's what they've trained us to think,… |
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Post #Augk9CEwrkirnlxk8W by [email protected] |
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@TeflonTrout @MegaMichelle "If it's broke, you can't break it more… |
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@SordidAmokBring back heirlooms! |
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Post #Augk9bHHmCRlSGFSka by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok “He fixed things--clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies… |
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Post #AujFIHFx4SrqrQA5ui by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok my spouses shoulder bag needed mending again and he asked me if it … |
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Post #AujFIHMgfQFtCJJTPc by [email protected] |
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@whangdoodler The weak points of my bag are where the strap joins the sides. I&… |
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Post #AujFIHT4HhMLW6IZMG by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok mending also moulds the items usability like that! my spouses bag i… |
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Post #AujFIVvEXmCwLVaGCe by [email protected] |
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@whangdoodler Yup. Some people try to hide their mends. I like to show them off… |
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Post #AuljBnTQH8Yth8Czy4 by [email protected] |
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@SordidAmok My mother was from New England, and they say, "Use it up, wear… |
