"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:44:53 -0600, Robert Nichols
wrote:

On 01/18/2018 02:53 PM, Leon Fisk wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:56:05 -0500
Ed Huntress wrote:

huge snip
It's disheartening to become obsolete. d8-)

Yeah, I use to fix stuff, good thing I retired when I did. Still
do for
friends when I feel ambitious, which isn't often nowadays. Now
people
replace stuff, even the "repair" guy...

I recently repaired a printer for a neighbor -- fixed a mechanical
problem with the paper feed deep inside the printer. Neighbor said I
should go into business repairing printers. I pointed out that for
my time at minimum wage I would have to charge twice what a new
printer would cost.

That's something that a lot of us overlook. And that's why we aren't
rich. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

I factor in the knowledge gained from fixing something I didn't
previously understand, if relevant to the stuff I own or want to buy.

For example the repair instructions for the HP6110 3-in-1 printer I
was given say to swap it for a less troublesome newer model, but I
found that Mass Air Flow Sensor cleaner works fine to restore the
clouded front surface mirror.

-jsw