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Sharpening your scissors, that is certainly old school. Nowadays people don't mend; if your kitchen knife looses it's sharpness, you by a new one.
In contrast your story on turning in blown-out light bulbs was interesting, in that light bulbs were one of the first things that were intentionally engineered to not to last. The first step towards disposable throw-away society.
The worlds oldest lightbulb has been glowing since 1901: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...lightbulb.html
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