Quote: Mintball "Take buildings The only reference I can find to a lifespan of the Millenium Stadium is this www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynatio ... _page.html referring to a problem with some of the concrete. However, in a country known for keeping dilapidated stadia in use for far too long, perhaps a planned intention to maintain a schedule of updating or replacing it's sports stadia is no bad thing.

Quote: Mintball "Take buildings The only reference I can find to a lifespan of the Millenium Stadium is this www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynatio ... _page.html referring to a problem with some of the concrete. However, in a country known for keeping dilapidated stadia in use for far too long, perhaps a planned intention to maintain a schedule of updating or replacing it's sports stadia is no bad thing.

Why don't you just continue to use the earlier version of Lightroom?

Her's a tip.

Don't waste your money on Calgon, put the cash in a jar and use it to buy your next washing machine, I bet you'll still have some change left.

I've lived in hard water areas all my life, Hull, Staffs & Somerset are all noted for very hard water and have never suffered a failure to any machine that could be attributed to limescale

Well chips fail for starters. Plus there will be other components in there that aren't semiconductors that are capable of failure. Entropy always wins.


Do you need the new version? What does it do that your current version doesn't and that's essential for you?

Building in backwards compatibility isn't always possible.

Makes me laugh, though, you go into Sonic or wherever and there's a choice of a hundred washing machines. Even the cheapest will do a job for you and will be guaranteed for at least a year, but surely everyone understands the concept of you get what you pay for?

How do you think a manufacturer makes a washing machine with superficially comparable features and looks to on three or four time or more the price? Perhaps, just perhaps, compromising on build quality / cheaper materials? is this a shock?

Extended guarantees are a real rip off, but if you want your kit to be "guaranteed" for the indefinite future you have that option too.

Solid state electronic items that don't take the physical stick tend to be very long lived, in my experience. Can't remember the last time we bought a telly, for example, that wasn't working perfectly adequately many, many years later.

it's not so much "planned" obscolescence, as simply working to a price.

My OT comment ... You're the first person I've "met" (outside of watch forums... and I only "lurk" on those, I don't post) who I have seen/heard mention the co-axial escapement.
You now have a place in my esteem so don't go spoiling it.

Meant to say, have you seen rlthis?rl

You probably have, but this drift reminded me of it.

iPhones are the worst for planned obsolence. I had one that lasted 17 months, just none month short of a contract then all of a sudden it stoped working.

I even had to pick all the bits of glass out of my trouser pockets before I dared put them back in the washing machine.

Quote: Mintball "Meant to say, have you seen rlthis?rl You probably have, but this drift reminded me of it. Much appreciated. A whole host of forums and blogs that are dedicated to horology usually keep me up to date. A favorite of mine. www.hodinkee.com/ Just to keep this thread on topic. I most be very lucky or I just look after products better than others. But I always seem to make things last for ever. Both my oven and fridge are pushing the 20 year barrier and my boiler/central heating is 38 years old this year and still going strong. Perhaps it helps that I'm stuck in time warp myself.

Quote: Mintball "Meant to say, have you seen rlthis?rl You probably have, but this drift reminded me of it. Much appreciated. A whole host of forums and blogs that are dedicated to horology usually keep me up to date. A favorite of mine. www.hodinkee.com/ Just to keep this thread on topic. I most be very lucky or I just look after products better than others. But I always seem to make things last for ever. Both my oven and fridge are pushing the 20 year barrier and my boiler/central heating is 38 years old this year and still going strong. Perhaps it helps that I'm stuck in time warp myself.

El Barbudo, you will probably be disgusted to know that I am also aware of a co-axial escapement.

You'll just have to watch out then.












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