And why we go and visit my DD University a couple times a year when we are in Central Illinois. It is massive so we have plenty to do and a couple nice hotels for cheap down that way. It is always a fun roadtrip.
It is hard to compare generations though. I don't even know anyone who smokes cigars, not thinking there are as many boxes out there to be had these days as there once were when it was popular to smoke cigars socially. My one Gran was a real saver and recycler especially with clothing items. That Gran never held a job outside the home. Frankly I don't have a lot of time needed to cut squares out of old fabric and create a quilt. We use to have TVs with tubes in them and they would be replaced as needed or the TV repairman would take the TV away and returned fixed. Now it is cheaper to toss it than have it repaired. My gym shoes cannot be re-soled or heeled like my real good expensive shoes can. But I did take Walter's leash twice to the shoe maker to be resewn. It was expensive and soft leather, worth the $20 for them to fix.
But other things if we are being fair are tossed less as example light bulbs where my kitchen fan bulbs would last a few months now they last at least 7 years. I use to have buy replacement batteries for my older cell phones but now they last as long as my phone does and hold a charge longer using less electricity. My truck gets so much better gas mileage than my Mustang did and that one loved Premium Gas. My refrigerators last about the same length of time but take so much less electricity to operate. I don't use charcol that needs to be tossed anymore, I love my gas grill and the coals only need to be replaced every 5 years. My Christmas Lights don't die anymore when one bulb goes out like they use to. Unlike my Big Bulbs I had when I was just married they don't burn out and get tossed, the LEDs just last longer and are more efficient. I had an artificial Christmas tree for 25 years, got away from fresh trees that were tossed after a month. Do to refrigeration improvements and storage food lasts longer now and not as much waste. We have the ability to freeze and save where my Gran's ice box did not.
Every era looses some old stand-bye ways of life and in turn we make new milestones in what we improve upon.
