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Posted by Steve from Mo - mostly ag on February 25, 2004 at 14:45:41 from (168.166.54.11):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fifty Year Ago Cost posted by Hugh MacKay on February 25, 2004 at 14:14:15:
I have most of the same experiences as you. I seem to have come out with a different perspective though. I had some of those big cars in the 70's and 80's; most would not stop in a straight line and they are all rusted out now. We used to haul feed in a car, too. Some folks around here still do. The truck dealers have degraded the 3/4 ton pickup from what it would haul 20 years ago, but again, that stopping in a straight line thing is a lot better in a newer truck. I own houses ranging in age from the 50's to one a year old. The old ones don't hold up without continuous upkeep/updates. I think people forget about what they have done to their house since it was new. They wouldn't like their original house now.
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