Someone discarded their microwave on 12th Street and Avenue A last evening... but not before leaving a note of appreciation on the appliance... "Broken. 35 yrs of service. RIP."
Thanks for @PerJennifer for the photos!
Friday, December 29, 2017
Thank you for 35 years of reheating leftovers and other microwaving activities
Someone discarded their microwave on 12th Street and Avenue A last evening... but not before leaving a note of appreciation on the appliance... "Broken. 35 yrs of service. RIP."
Thanks for @PerJennifer for the photos!
19 comments:
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ReplyDeleteAnd they are still wondering why they could never manage to have any children.
ReplyDeleteThey don't make 'em like the used to!
ReplyDeleteI have a similar model nuke from Sharp, in white. My mom bought it for me when I moved away from home and into my 1st apartment. That was 1989. The plate that goes on the carousel is long gone, and the door sticks, but it still works!
ReplyDelete35 years is pretty good. I'm willing to bet no appliance today would last that long.
ReplyDeleteI had a vacuum cleaner from the 60s that lasted at least 40 years (before I gave it to someone else). Best damn vacuum ever.
Be kind to the environment: Sanitation doesn't take electronics, so either take such things to an E Waste event at Union Square or give to Salvation Army (they take everything, even if it doesn't work) via the shop on 4th Ave & 12th St or they will pick up, as well (and they'll come upstairs to a walkup apt).
ReplyDeleteanonymous @ 6:05 PM missed all the humor boats. debbie downer over there.
ReplyDeleteYeah, a clean street and recycling for environment is a real downer, @6:43 pm
DeleteTheory:
ReplyDeleteThe longer a product lasts, the more money you have to spend on other things and save.
Therefore the better made product, the stronger the economy.
Thoughts?
Thirty-four and still going strong.
ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/a/rBf1W
I have a 19 inch TV I bought in 1995 and it still works. DTV compatible too.
ReplyDelete7:34 is right on. Considering the recent controversy with the Apple batteries.
We have a GE frost free refrigerator, purchased from J Eis & Sons in 1981. Still works great. Bucking the throw away economy.
ReplyDeleteTodays marketing strategy is built in breakage. Why sell something that last a lifetime, when you can makes sales for life. How new are our electronics? Less than five years old?
ReplyDeleteFYI There is going to be an Electronics Recycling Event at Union Square on January 7th 2018. These things have a tendency to sneak up on one, amidst the holidays and all, so I just thought I’d mention it. I have a printer that I need to get rid of, it’s not anywhere near 35 years old, but I do have a 50’s fridge and stove that still work.
ReplyDeleteYou can recycle your printer at staples, best buy et al at any time, don't need to purchase to recycle
DeleteFolks have a toaster from 1937! That toasts!
ReplyDelete1955 Westinghouse push button refrigerator bought off Ebay, 1920s double-wide gas stove with decorative enamel found on the streets of Little Italy in 1994, 1930s Art Deco Electrolux turquoise steel vacuum cleaner on sled legs found with attachments in the trash on 11th and A, 1981. They all work perfectly.
ReplyDeleteI still have the original iPod, the first Nintendo Gameboy, a Zune music player which I found on the street, and a 1930s Toast-o-Lator where the toast marches from one end to the other on a conveyor belt while being toasted to perfection, and then the toast falls out right onto your plate when it’s finished. Everything still works except for the Zune, which was obsolete a week after Microsoft started selling them.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, Giovanni, you have a Toast-o-Lator?!? I've always wanted one of them, coolest toaster ever!
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