Some
years ago I started thinking
that we’d probably be better
off if we’d all buy paper
clothes. With the high cost
of dry cleaning it only
seemed to make sense to me
if we’d just buy these
disposable suits and shirts
and then just throw them
away when they got dirty.
Always be in style; never
have to worry about
alterations. I think it’d
make a lot of sense in the
long run. Watch and see, I’m
probably ahead of my time,
in about fifty years, this
will be the normal thing to
do. Have new clothes
delivered to your door every
month or so.
Everything today is marketed
around convenience. Go to
the grocery store. Look at
the produce section. Why,
you don’t have to cut up
carrots and celery anymore….
it’s already done for you.
Stew meat is cut into
smaller chunks. Hamburgers
come in individual patties.
Fruits and vegetables are
sliced and diced and placed
on platters. Nothing is
overlooked.
Look
at our offices of today.
Years ago, a printer for a
computer would cost you an
arm and a leg. I can
remember paying thousands of
bucks for some new printer
because it was faster,
better quality or whatever.
Today, they almost give them
away. Printers are so cheap
it doesn’t make any sense to
have one repaired, just
throw the old one away and
start over. Same thing goes
for fax machines. They don’t
cost anything these days.
So, how do they make any
money giving them away?
Simple, they give them to
you and then you have to
buy the printer cartridge to
keep the thing printing. How
long does a printer or fax
cartridge last? Not long
enough to suit me. Are they
all interchangeable? Not on
your life. Each one is
different and each one is
hard to find and each one
gets to be obsolete in about
three months or so. I bet
every office in this country
has a couple of spare
printers and fax machines
laying around somewhere that
can’t be used since they
stopped making ink
cartridges for them some
time ago. I tried buying
some of that fill it
yourself ink supply kits to
refill ours…you won’t do
this but one time. I haven’t
figured out how to use one
and keep the ink from
splashing all over me and
anyone around me. As far as
I’m concerned these things
are a disaster waiting to
happen. Hopefully someone
else out there has had
better luck than I have.
The latest gadget trick I’ve
noticed this past month or
so is a swell looking
automatic coffee brewing
machine that is just about
free. So, how could you go
wrong on this one? I love
fresh coffee. I think most
of us do. How can we get
done in on a coffee pot?
Simple, you have to use
these special coffee pellets
to brew the stuff. So, how
much do these cost? I
haven’t the faintest idea
and don’t want to know.
First of all I’m not going
to put another thing on my
kitchen counter since we
have entirely too many
things up there now. Second
thing is that when I wake up
in the morning I want some
coffee and don’t want to
have to worry about some
dumb special pot needing
special pellets or pods to
make it happen. Not going to
happen. I use regular old
coffee that will go into any
pot.
They used to have a saying
in the old west that went
like this…”There ain’t no
free lunch.”
The bars and saloons used to
advertise ‘free lunches’ but
you had to buy drinks before
you got to eat. So, where
did the free part come in?
There wasn’t one.
Nothing has changed; there
still ain’t no free lunch.
Look at those printers and
fax machines. Check the
prices on that stuff you buy
already cut up at the
grocery and see how much it
costs to cut those carrots
and watermelon. I bet you
can do it a whole lot
cheaper.
Speaking of cheaper, can I
interest you in saving some
money by buying my new line
of paper clothes?
