Reply #14: my eyeopener: my dad, a depression-era man, told me to buy a new watch [View All]

[bobbieinok]

fixing the old one would cost more than buying a new one

this happened ca 20 years ago.....when I tried to get it fixed anyway, no one would do it.....either they couldn't or they said it wasn't worth it

my father-in-law, also a depression-era man and one who grew up on a farm in NE where they learned to fix everything they used, made a bit of money and provided a service by fixing appliances that people were told they should throw away

both men were born in 1908, one in NE and one in OK, and both are now dead....father-in-law died in 93 and father in 95