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[Roy J. Tellason]

On Friday 13 October 2006 07:04 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 10/13/2006 at 6:53 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> >Automotive stuff in general seems to be getting worse and worse as time
> >goes on for being able to work on it,  but the trend seems to be in all
> > sorts of manufactured product.  Or maybe I'm just getting grouchier about
> > it... 
>
> It's like everything else nowadays--not made to be serviced at all, just
> easy to manufacture.  The idea being that if you keep your Lumina long
> enough to have a dead battery, you should have already purchased a new one.

Yup,  and having made my living for way too much of the time fixing stuff,  I 
find myself without marketable skills these days...  :-(

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