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The year is 2020...at that point the Chinese economy will start to dwarf the econ of the USA. Andy Grove has said that the USA is going to lose it's technological edge in 10 to 20 years...

NOw Ouality vs Junk...That goes for almost everyting U buy. A friend of mines Dad once said, "The best isn't always the best." Meaning that sometimes it is better to buy lower on the pecking order...as in washing machines, dishwashers and cars..that the one with all the bells and whistles isn't needed. That simplicity is better.

The one thing that impressed all the antique dealers that I knew from the auctions in LA is that I had a good eye for quality and price. I was always taught to buy quality, because at the end of the day you at least have somehting.

Today we live is a disposable world. It seems that everything is made out of plastic. If your VCR/DVD player breaks it's cheaper to go buy a new one than fix the old one. I bought my computer in Jan 2000, it's a 600 MhZ. Today if your not pushin 3000 mhZ your obsolecent. Go look at furniture, it's all pressed wood eg junk! U can still buy the real stuff but it's gona cost you at least 25K for a good dining room set. So I guess you might say I pick and chose..I will pay the big bucs for something that will last, like furniture but for the TV DVD technological, pedistrian things I'll buy cheaper.