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The lost art of repair

We increasingly live in a throw-away world.

If your five year old TV set fails, throw it away and buy a new one because even if you could find someone who could obtain the parts and repair it, the cost of that repair would likely be higher than the cost of a brand new set. Plus, if you buy a new one, you'll get the benefits of improved technology and performance.

The same applies to almost all the things we used to treasure and repair.

Everything from toasters and electric jugs to cars and home entertainment systems are now often cheaper to throw away and replace than they are to repair.

There are often three main reasons that even relatively simple repairs are uneconomic.

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I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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