17 Jul
2007
17 Jul
'07
7:35 p.m.
>> I have that problem whenever I go to museums
of household
>> appliances/tools/etc. My genreal though it "I'm still using one of
>> thsose" '-)
> "I've been thinking of replacing my old one with one like that"
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Jules Richardson wrote:
"Oh, so *that's* what it's supposed to
look like"
(I'm never too bothered if my tools are a little battered, providing I keep
the raw function in good shape)
My tools haven't much over the years.
I was thinking a little more of that "household appliances" - blenders,
waffle irons, toasters, etc.
I never had any trouble with toasters with fold down sides, not even the
new-fangled electric ones. But ever since I replaced mine with ones with
slots that "pop-up", I've never had good control of toasting, nor
reliable operation. Some of them have a "bagel" option for less toasting
on one side than the other, but they don't give me control of the ratio
unless I eject manually and override the controls.
Yes, I was VERY unimpressed with the early Macintosh credo
of "a computer should be as easy to use as a toaster".
(and the first day that I had one, I put a "panic" button on a piece of
drill stock for disk ejection)
Some years ago, I replaced all of my rotary phones, because of the
prevalence of "voice mazes". I've got a Uniden cordless that works well
for me, but I've never found a cellphone with comparable sound quality.
I never had a carbureted engine that I didn't convert from automatic to
manual choke. But, I gave up on that 20 years ago, with electronic fool
injection. And it has been 30 years since I last used a crank to start a
car engine (2180cc VW with Botch fool injection - too much voltage drop
for the "brain" when using the starter motor)
Sometimes I think that modern product engineering just doesn't have
somebody like me in mind.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com