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06-27-23, 05:08 AM
#7276
Should Be More Popular
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06-27-23, 07:45 AM
#7277
Silver Comet Fred
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06-27-23, 07:48 AM
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Silver Comet Fred
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06-27-23, 08:01 AM
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06-27-23, 08:03 AM
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I do know that cell phone and computer years are short, but I thought bike and car years are roughly the same.
06-27-23, 08:20 AM
#7281
Senior Member
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Frankly, bike years are their own animal. My 31 year old Paramount rides like new.. And my 43 year old Trek too. And the Trek looks like new.
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06-27-23, 08:22 AM
#7282
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BikeForums operates on Mexican time? Who knew?
06-27-23, 08:27 AM
#7283
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Damn, I wish I still had my 47 Chevy. And maybe my Corvair, my 56 VW, and some of my old trucks.
06-27-23, 08:30 AM
#7284
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If you read some of the stuff on BF you will learn that an old bike will last forever. Old bikes are better than new bikes in every way and anyone who buys a new bike is a fool who has been conned by marketing.
Damn, I wish I still had my 47 Chevy. And maybe my Corvair, my 56 VW, and some of my old trucks.
Damn, I wish I still had my 47 Chevy. And maybe my Corvair, my 56 VW, and some of my old trucks.
I know that BITD even appliances like refrigerators and washing machines would easily last 30+ years, now they seem to last less than 10.
Time to take this subthread to 50+?
06-27-23, 09:20 AM
#7285
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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06-27-23, 09:56 AM
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Silver Comet Fred
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I have a 29 year old working refrigerator in my garage. Like Vol would say; it's doing just fine.
06-27-23, 10:26 AM
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That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
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06-27-23, 11:25 AM
#7288
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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In my business we use a LOT of fridges and freezers. My experience has been that the most reliable ones were always the cheap ones from Sears, or if we needed a glass-front "Dairy Case" type fridge, it was the ones intended for convenience and/or liquor stores. At Genentech BITD, the dairy cases with media and agar plates in them actually had "Take Enough Home Today!" on them.
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06-27-23, 11:36 AM
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We had a 35 year old Kenmore clothes washer in the laundry room. It was doing just fine, but mrs datlas really wanted a 21st century washer, so we replaced it last year. The 35 year old dryer is still fine.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
Our kitchen fridge is going strong after 15 years. A light switch works intermittently, but otherwise a-okay.
06-27-23, 12:18 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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We had a 35 year old Kenmore clothes washer in the laundry room. It was doing just fine, but mrs datlas really wanted a 21st century washer, so we replaced it last year. The 35 year old dryer is still fine.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
06-27-23, 12:32 PM
#7291
VFL For Life
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06-27-23, 12:40 PM
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VFL For Life
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06-27-23, 01:13 PM
#7293
Super Modest
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06-27-23, 01:17 PM
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We had a 35 year old Kenmore clothes washer in the laundry room. It was doing just fine, but mrs datlas really wanted a 21st century washer, so we replaced it last year. The 35 year old dryer is still fine.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
That said, we had an 8 year old fridge that shat the bed and it was not cost effective to repair it, so we have a new fridge too.
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06-27-23, 01:22 PM
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It’s our turn for wildfire smoke. It’s smoky and you can taste and smell it. It’s not like the pics of NY or Philly but it’s pretty bad. We have an air quality alert of dangerous.
So, about an hour after our 44 mile ride, i hocked up some phlegm and it reminded me of when I quit smoking and I would get that sickly stale cigarette smoke taste for six months or so whenever I coughed. Ick.
So, about an hour after our 44 mile ride, i hocked up some phlegm and it reminded me of when I quit smoking and I would get that sickly stale cigarette smoke taste for six months or so whenever I coughed. Ick.
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06-27-23, 01:25 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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06-27-23, 01:29 PM
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I am reminded about how it cost $275 to get a backup key made for daughter #1's Toyota Corolla, whereas a backup key for the Saturn costs $1.49.
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06-27-23, 01:34 PM
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VFL For Life
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06-27-23, 02:13 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Since Dad died, my sister has been updating/upgrading The Ancestral Home. They moved 5 fridges out of that basement!
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06-27-23, 02:35 PM
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Silver Comet Fred
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