inevitability and bugs

I've come to realize, I am a bit of a conservationist.... not just with the planet, but with 'stuff'. :> .. I like to see things last.. it's cheaper, ya don't have to get new stuff alla time, stuff lasts longer, you're not caught without spares, ya get comfortable with the way things run, etc..
Like for example when Microsoft Office moved all the stuff around in its User Interface, the biggest complaint I'd hear is "where is stuff??" That added inconvenience and a learning curve, lower productivity, etc..
Anyways... what I'm getting at is... I like stuff to last forever... as long as its taken care of :> ... Or at least a very very reasonable length of time... like, oh... 50 years maybe more... like uh, forever :D
Well, not *everything* of course... but I try to take care of stuff, like cameras, appliances, electrical and electronic components, cars, books, collectibles... perhaps my inclination comes from the collectible mentality that if you take care of stuff, it may actually increase in value, or at least maintain it.. and of course there's even more added value in gaining more years of usefulness.

Thusly, I have lots things that I can keep usin' because they keep right on truckin'... LP turntables, camera gear, computers, cars, etc... The deal with my car for instance is 'I care for them, they care for me and get me where I wanna go'.. *tailwags*

Which is why it's been something I've been dreading to admit, but, Cassette machines just don't have that same perpetuation that most other components can have... :/
Seems like it's just a matter of time, and cassette machines all wear out... eeeeeeeven if you don't touch them for many months!... *sigh*
Which also makes it sad because lots of people have precious stuff in cassette format, and so the powers that be will have to keep making some cassette players, or a lot of history and goodness will be lost...
Which is why .. I guess.. I gotta digitize my cassette stuff before my next cassette player failure.. or I'll have to buy another (if they are available at that future date), or get one fixed (if anyone really knows how)...
*sighs again*

I put together a lot of nice tapes over the years, and they were carefully segued and themed, and I'd rather not have to do that again from scratch. I dug out an ole tape last night for the first time in months, and alas, my last system component cassette machine wasn't up to the task... Had to play it in a new portable I had gotten for mom.. (luckily that worked ok... but it really sent the concept home.. cassette players don't last..) ... This isn't a problem for reel-to-reel players as far as I've seen, thank goodness... and LPs just keep on going and going with the endurance of the energizer bunny...

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In other chat, over the Thanksgiving dinner the topic was, what else?... scorpions. heh!... People were talking about their sting and someone mentioned this other bug that is 'like a scorpion but without the stinger'... called a Vinegar Rune??... wild name!... So everyone is suddenly passing there smartphones around the table googling vinegar runes and camel spiders and various insundry other arachnidial visages...

Ah... the modern Thanksgiving... :P

Here's hoping (for those celebrating) that you are having a wonderful one, too! ^v^