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Originally Posted by lm6y View Post
I'm just happy to see that he fixed the old parts. We have all gotten it into our heads that we live in a disposable society, and it's better to chuck something, and buy new ones. Those old, tough S.O.B.'s that we admire here from time to time wouldn't buy a new part unless they screwed with it for a week, and mangled it beyond recognition. Nice to see that spirit is still alive and well in some of us.

I have been known to blow a whole weekend making/fixing a $50 part... I am addicted to the feeling of satisfaction from making something old and broken work like new again.
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