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Man on the moon

Over 55 years ago we landed 2 men on the moon and returned them to earth, safely. In a few years we did it 5 more times.

Today we do not have a reliable (say 95%) and accurate (say plus or minus 5%) Continuous Glucose Monitor.

With 4 days left on the sensor it crashed, Replace Sensor, comes the error message.

Ok I getting over it. My last reported 7 day average BGL was 84. 1 away from a target of 83. New target is now 70. So come morning I will make the phone call for a replacement.

Ty for letting me get o v er this.

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    The refrigerator in my shop is now 'on and off' appliance. I took it out of my father-in-law's shop when he passed in 2004. He put it in his shop in 1995 when they built their house. And before that

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The refrigerator in my shop is now 'on and off' appliance.

I took it out of my father-in-law's shop when he passed in 2004. He put it in his shop in 1995 when they built their house. And before that it was in the other house bought new in 1978.

I'm guessing it would take three or four of today's refrigerators to make 48 years of service.

I'm 56 and sound much older, but...'they just don't make things like they use to'. LOL

Scott

On 3/20/2026 at 8:42 PM, Geezy said:

Yep and that is by design. It’s a greedy world we live in.

Sad but true.

The other side of the coin is we live in a world of disposable products. In the past you were better off finding a repair man. Today, by the time you pay for parts and labor, you might as well throw the unit away and buy a new one.

Planned obsolescence is nothing new. They have been building things that way for decades. While some things built in the good old days may seem to have lasted longer, many of them were still built to fail.

The rising cost of labor has encouraged disposable products and disposable products has caused labor prices to go up. It is a vicious cycle and not about to change anytime soon.

They keep raising minimum wage to the "living" level - but then the higher wags cause prices to go up and that higher minimum wage is no longer "livable".

Sadly, this often make cheap, disposable things more affordable and desirable so large companies see no reason to make things better to last longer since cheap and disposable is what sells the best.

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