Repair then and now. I recall listening to a lecture by the great physicist Richard Feynman* where he talked about his teen-years, neighborhood repair business (1930’s) for radios and the like. He said mostly he just looked for a loose wire or burned tube. Presto, he fixed it. He could repair because repair was easy and because he was real smart. I recall the (very) old Maytag washer/dryer commercials on TV featuring a repairman lamenting he never had any work, because Maytag’s never broke down. Great add. Great reassurance in the beginning age of home machinery. I recall myself in the 60’s of stripping my TV of its tubes and taking them to the local drugstore where they had a tester. Burned ones were replaced and the screen glowed again. Beyond that required an an actual TV repairman - expensive! Today, note whenever you buy anything electronic or mechanical, the seller offers to sell you insurance policies against damage and breakage. Sooooo… What do you wa
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