William Wixon wrote:

that's how it used to be done, fix it instead of throw it out.

That's how I was raised. My dad remembers the Depression, and grew up on
a farm that had it's origins in one of California's Spanish Land Grants
a few years before it became a state. -Nothing- was thrown out that had
any possible chance of being reused.

I've been known to spend stupid amounts of time fixing something just to
keep it out of the trash. Like the crank powered flashlight I bought at
Grocery Outlet. A screw came loose inside and munched a tooth on the
plastic gear. Spent about 1.5 hours making a new gear, lubing it
properly, and hot-gluing the screws so they don't back out again. Works
better than new. It's a good feeling!

Jon