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GeorgeC
Jokes about pilots being able to afford airplanes because they buy cheap cars / use double edge razors / use both sides of the toilet paper aside...
I've had the same winter coat since the mid-90s. I ordered a new one a year or two ago because Lands End had it on sale for impossibly cheap, but it didn't fit well and was probably made by questionable labor, so I returned it.
My local airport is having a coat drive, so I'm trying a different approach this year. For the cost of a cheap new jacket, I could get two "vintage" LL Bean jackets off ebay, made in USA. If either one fits, I'll keep it, and I can donate the other two, and still come out ahead relative to buying new.
I have been buying refurbed computers and phones for some time.
I recently got the urge to do my own brakes.
What other strange impulses can I expect from middle age?
Is this The Change? Are you there, God? It's me, GeorgeC.
I've had the same winter coat since the mid-90s. I ordered a new one a year or two ago because Lands End had it on sale for impossibly cheap, but it didn't fit well and was probably made by questionable labor, so I returned it.
My local airport is having a coat drive, so I'm trying a different approach this year. For the cost of a cheap new jacket, I could get two "vintage" LL Bean jackets off ebay, made in USA. If either one fits, I'll keep it, and I can donate the other two, and still come out ahead relative to buying new.
I have been buying refurbed computers and phones for some time.
I recently got the urge to do my own brakes.
What other strange impulses can I expect from middle age?
Is this The Change? Are you there, God? It's me, GeorgeC.