bluewing

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Been there done that. Got the tee shirt.

While good support to customers is very valuable, trying to support a product that is decades old and shares nothing in common with current products is a plain waste of time energy and money.

It would require someone to search out all the documentation needed to make that one part, then you need to figure out the correct process to make said part, determine if you have material on hand or need to special order something, then try to find that one old jig/fixture needed amongst a building full of 100's of such items for the right one. Then you need to be sure that the the complete fixture is there and nothing is worn out beyond use. Then you need to make time to insert this one-off semi-custom part into the manufacturing process.

By the time you do all this, that one 20 year old obsolete part will have perhaps cost you thousands of dollars and you still haven't made the first piece of swarf. Imagine the shock and surprise that customer would have when they get the bill that accurately reflects the true cost.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Much the Scots ruining Scotland, liberals seem to delight in ruining liberalism. As time passes, I see liberals more worried about some other liberal's little slot in life. And less and less concerned with getting things done. The Big Picture is eschewed in favor of fighting over minutia.

We get what we are asking for.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

I always wanted a beige tower big enough to need wheels.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I've seen pictures of them. Just haven't seen one in the real world nor seen one tossed on the ground. I do suspect they just aren't popular around me. Smokers around here probably prefer real cigarettes.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

That seems like a "you" problem at the polls in your state. Not an issue here.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I live closer to Winnipeg than I do to my state capital. We are often referred to as "Canada Lite" by other states.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I had that misfortune when I was teaching math at my local school for 4 years.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I probably spend more time you side than you do. I just mostly do it in a forest.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't claim to be all that enamored of humans as a rule. But I'm not a hermit in the classic sense.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, I live in legal weed state. The nearest dispensary is a mere 20 miles away. I'm not even sure they sell vapes. Flower and edibles for sure, but I have no idea if they sell vapes. (I've never been there-- weed just ain't my thing). But I still don't see any used ones tossed out. Maybe we are just neater people here and don't litter.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ain't no night clubs within 100 miles of me. Plenty of bars, but no night clubs.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Perhaps where you live. I recently helped a young man get an e-bike, (somewhat mentally handicapped-- we raised funds to purchase the bike to get him to have better mobility), We got him an Aventon Cargo bike. The local bike shop plainly stated they would work on any e-bike you brought in. And that that all of the area bike shops were the same.

One does not turn away a paying customer.

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