Why does nobody repair things any more?

[UnquietDad]

this article struck a chord.

Currently dealing with a recalcitrant DVD player and incensed that the thing is playing up when it's less than 2 years old! It would be cheaper to buy a new one than to get it repaired.

[Tortington]

you so silly! its capitalism, to make the world go round we must exploit people in emerging economies, contributing to the mass pollution and affording us cheap wears.

[tortoiseSHELL]

Dh mends everything - hoover, computers, washing machine, dishwasher, childrens' toys, a smashed glass(!) (it was a wedding present)...anything that breaks

[UnquietDad]

what I was saying with my OP was not that we have all grown up not repairing but that, if you are crap at repairing and you take something to a shop, the chances are that these days they will just say "ain't got the parts, guv" and tell you to buy a new one. I find that quite a big thing to get my head round. Even as recently as 10 years ago things were more repaired than replaced.

[StrangeTown]

LOL at 'Mending Dads' - some desperado could probably make a TV show out of that.

[UnquietDad]

God, can you imagine? There would be 6 of us stuck in a house for a week under the tutelage of Ray Mears (Manly Stuff With Knives & Fires), Craig Phillips (carpentry), Big Tommy (building stuff), Jeremy Clarkson (cars), and probably a Celebrity Plumber and Celebrity Sparks whose names aren't coming to me right now. At the end of each episode there would be a "Mend-off" with the least successful person sent home.

[suzycreamcheese]

ud..your programme is great idea and i think thats on itv one tonight 8.30 lol

[suzycreamcheese]

cant wait for the 'mend off',,lol

my dad is great at mendin small bits of jewllery and such,,dp general mending; me am not bad,...immaginative...!