On 07/01/2013 23:51, Tim Watts wrote:
Yep...

I wonder if in part, everything is now too complicated?

In 1970, you could open your car bonnet and identify everything - and the
choices when something went wrong were limited.

OK - TV's have always been specialist - but most other machinery was pretty
simple.

In 1970 you _had_ to be able to open your car bonnet and identify
everything because it _would_ break down. I used to carry a toolbox in
my first car, this one... well, I once had to get a jump-start, followed
swiftly (that day) by a new battery.

I've also spent nearly an an hour twice by the motorway because the
engine said "fault" and turned off. No clues. Nothing. Except by the
time the AA had turned up after 59.9999 minutes it was working fine.
Twice. In one evening. At least I missed the 2am fire alarm at the hotel
I was going to

Andy