On 31/05/2019 09:18, Graeme wrote:
In message , Brian Gaff
writes

Back in the early days of infra red tv remotes we had little click
switches
with hard button tops, never ever went wrong. Has to be a lesson there.

Yes Brian.Â* The lesson learned by the manufacturers is that if things
don't break, consumers are less likely to replace them.

And quality costs money.
It all goes back to T Bliars 'investing in people' - basiocally they
gave mony to people woith no sense, no class and no brains who hadn't
earnt it, and 'buying stuff' became their hobby then.

So the Rattner generation was born.


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conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the
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Alan Sokal