On 4/30/2013 7:32 PM, dadiOH wrote:
Bill wrote:
dadiOH wrote:
Bill wrote:

It's worth mentioning how machines, in all of their speed,
omitted much ofthe "style"that had been a part of furniture.

That's very true. And not only in furniture.
I have no doubt that you are correct; what were you thinking of
(besides furniture)?

Computers? : )

Oh, many things. Consider the architecture of the early 1900s. Lots of
details inside and out that would be exorbitantly expensive now. Not even
many who would know how to do them.

Shows too. Used to be you could get shoes in many widths (C, D, E, etc) as
well as lengths. Now medium and wide is about it.

Meat. Butchers used to get half beeves and cut what you wanted. Now it all
comes in cryopaks and the meat counter attendants - they aren't butchers -
couldn't cut bone in meat even if they had it. Seen a USDA stamp on a piece
of meat recently? Try asking for a flat bone sirloin.

Much of this has nothing to do machines, it has with lowering knowledge,
skill and craftmanship to a lower common denominator in the interest of
expediency and greater profits.

Generally, there has been a decrease of elegance, an increase in crassness.


You provided some interesting examples.

Even at BestBuy in the laptop section -- NONE with a solid-state drive
(which arguably most should have) and ALL with Windows 8 (except for
Apple's) which almost nobody seems to want.