July 2010: Mandatory Electronics Recycling in NYC

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Originally Posted by NowhereMan 1966

I think keeping up with the Jones'es is a huge problem. It's like when I was a kid, my aunt had a roundie color TV, we had a B&W Philco from 1959. I asked, "why don't we have color," and I was told, our TV was OK, when it goes, we will get color. I'm happy with my 1982 Zenith, high def doesn't mean anything to me, if I can afford it fine, if not, who cares? I hope we don't do something like this here in my area, dumpster diving is quite productive. I fear the moderator's wrath so don't get me started on "tree-huggers." As to them taking my old electronics away, as Charleton Heston said, "from my cold, dead hands."

I've got a friend who is still watching a late '70's to early '80's Quasar console. His kids, in their early 20's, are constantly pushing him to get a new set. "Daddy, when are you going to buy a new TV? That thing is older than you are. This is the 21st century and you need to get rid of that junk and get something more updated." He always tells them that "I'm not getting a new TV. What we have works fine and I'm not replacing it until it dies and can't be repaired."