Morning, how's your day going so far?

durhamjaide2001

Thank you 

Teigr

Morning all.

The fireworks started up again after the downpour and went on until almost 11 o'clock,they saved the ones that sound like mortar shells until last.

66Mustang

Good morning @Teigr

Teigr

How are you this morning @66Mustang?

Teigr

Ada said:

Morning. Everyone. 
Been on here playing games as it was to early to say good morning x

I slept like a log last night @Ada and didn't wake up until half eight.

66Mustang

I am not bad thanks @Teigr, just having my 3rd cup of coffee. How about you?

Rosie_Scope

Good morning everyone

Hope everyone managed to get some sleep though the fireworks last night and that all your pets are doing okay today.   

Good luck in Birmingham @durhamjaide2001, hope it goes well!

66Mustang

Good morning @Rosie_Scope

durhamjaide2001

Thank you @Rosie_Scope what are you up to today?

Lou67

Morning my friends I hope yous have a lovely day, whatever your plans are.


❤️

66Mustang

Hello @Lou67 I hope you are feeling a bit better today

Rosie_Scope

I'm here with you lot for the day @durhamjaide2001, then I have some sewing to do later if I have the energy. I'm making a costume for a local pantomime

Hope you're feeling better soon @Lou67

durhamjaide2001

Oh lovely what costume are you sewing? 

Rosie_Scope

@durhamjaide2001 It's one for the dame, so it's good fun. It's like a Victorian or Edwardian bathing suit, but bright red and spotty with huge puffy sleeves and bloomers. There's still quite a bit to finish off, but it's nearly there!

Sandy_123

Morning all, ohhh hello @Biblioklept @ada was asking about you in the games yesterday, nice to see you on here. 

How's everyone doing? I'd love to to make clothes @Rosie_Scope, I usually add a button or something on mine. 

Your right @teigr the fire works got louder towards the end, 1am some were still going off 

durhamjaide2001

Rosie_Scope said:

@durhamjaide2001 It's one for the dame, so it's good fun. It's like a Victorian or Edwardian bathing suit, but bright red and spotty with huge puffy sleeves and bloomers. There's still quite a bit to finish off, but it's nearly there!

Sounds lovely 

Jimm_Scope

I was about to say good morning... but it is no longer morning!

So, good afternoon everyone. I hope you're all well! I'm not doing too great. I had to skip my Crohns medication due to being under the weather last week and now I'm feeling the after effects of that. Bowels aren't doing so good! I'll spare you further explanation.

Speaking of costumes/clothing/adding to clothes, I was watching an interesting video on planned obsolescence the other day. How clothes are made much more cheaply, made to wear out sooner and this is so cheap that you're more likely to buy a second clothing item than repair the first. How this is in basically every industry these days. 

The video also showed a research paper about people's feelings around such items. How, when we realise the item is made purposefully to wear faster, we feel very negatively about it (no surprise to me!). Yet we often don't realise without being expressly told.

To get back to the point, it also showed how we value items far more when we repair them ourselves or take part in their repair. Such as taking electronics to a repair cafe/group. Even if we don't repair them ourselves, we find much greater value after seeing the inner workings and seeing it repaired. It has more of a "history" and association with us as people then.

66Mustang

That's really interesting @Jimm_Scope

I had a pair of jeans, a decent brand, which broke. The company make a big song and dance about being able to repair them, but repairing them was more expensive than buying a discounted new pair. To give them credit it was cheaper than buying a pair at RRP, but still

Out of curiosity did the program you watched have a piece about light bulbs as I may have watched the same program. Apparently planned obsolesce started (or at least the first major instance of it was) many decades ago when light bulb manufacturers all agreed that their bulbs would only last a certain amount of time, even though they could easily have made them last longer

Jimm_Scope

It did indeed bring up the "lightbulb cartel". Though, I think it's a topic covered by quite a few youtubers but very possible we watched the same one! The one I watched gave an example of "accidental obsolescence" early on in the late 1800s. A company had finally made a watch that could be sold for a dollar, but couldn't be repaired by the consumer (like other watches of the time). However, if their watch broke you could send it to them and they'd have it back to you repaired within a few weeks.

But since it was only a dollar, many people simply bought a new watch instead. The manufacturer didn't intend for people to not get them repaired, but less than 3% of the watches were ever repaired.

Teigr

I'm freeeeeezing @66Mustang,I've been trying to sort out our garage.