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5. My wife sews. Some of the best machines out there are Singers...from the 1930s-1960s.

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:11 PM

Mar 2013

I really appreciate the engineering of the older machines. With a little tlc they work perfectly, today.

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New technology...vs..old stuff...phones.. got to share this.... [View all] Stuart G Mar 2013 OP

beacuse the old phones had less complex technology snooper2 Mar 2013 #1

Hey, you wouldn't happen to know where I could get a cover Frustratedlady Mar 2013 #6

I wouldn't know, google the model number snooper2 Mar 2013 #9

Thanks! Frustratedlady Mar 2013 #12

CALEA warrants have nothing to do with the endpoints (phones) snooper2 Mar 2013 #8

I'm still using a wall phone I bought from AT&T when we started having sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #3

I actually have an old Oak farm phone on my MineralMan Mar 2013 #4

and some of the crappiest UncleYoder Mar 2013 #10

Phones have a polarity. RC Mar 2013 #11

Planned obsolescence in (formerly) public utilities Hekate Mar 2013 #14

I have a cordless phone that I use most of the time.... llmart Mar 2013 #16

Simple. The old stuff was built to last. The new stuff is built to fail. talkingmime Mar 2013 #17

I have one phone hardwired in the house. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #18