Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Who's Responsible?

I just found this written on a paper by my wife's hand:

"Last January we experienced some faulty electrical problems that resulted in frying a bunch of our hard earned appliances. It took us years to accumulate these things. Our 65" television, home theater, Wii, karaoke player, printer, oven, dryer, microwave, and our son's X-Box. We had insurance for the X-Box, but why? I didn't expect things that I already paid for to break within a couple years. My husband Leif is a wanna be Mr. Fix-it. He takes pride messing around with broken stuff, and it makes him happy when he sees the "Junkpot." Haha! I love the smile on his face. He initially tried to fix our dryer. He took it apart trying to find out what was wrong with it. And it was a simple fix. However, come to find out, its extremely hard to find the parts. Worse yet, it was cheaper to buy a new dryer than to fix our old one! Well, my husband doesn't surrender easily, so he took apart our television and home theater also. But it was the same heartache. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!! Why? Who is responsible? WASTE! Landfills, toxic waste, environmental harm, air pollution, chemical spills, irresponsible manufacturing. We want a green earth, and yet we don't even know what frugal characteristics are! It leads to empty bank accounts. More work and less time for family and friends. There's no place in the world for a DIY guy anymore."