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[quote user="Poppa_Zit"] <p><font face="georgia,palatino" size="3">I never thought about it before, but the things I buy at WalMart do require frequent replacing -- GE light bulbs, Scott toilet paper, Bounty paper towels, Gillette razor blades, Edge shaving cream, Old Spice deoderant, Anco wiper blades, Pennzoil engine oil, Fram truck air filters, Planters peanuts, M&Ms peanut, 2-liter bottles of Coke Zero, Hallmark greeting cards, dog chewies, Scott's fertilizer, rolls of 35mm Kodak and Fuji film, Maalox antacids, milk, Campbell's soup, Coffee Mate, those $4 prescriptions... the list of "less durable" products they have hypnotized the American public into buying could go on forever. </font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for (however unintentionally) making my point for me. You cite an extensive list of consumables. When durable goods are made so cheap and flimsy that they may become regarded akin to "consumable", the similarity is hard to ignore.</p><p>Think I'll buy a jumbo pack of lawn umbrellas this summer, there might be a little wind. <span class="smiley">[}:)]</span> </p><p> </p>
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