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I try very, very hard to live by Morris's credo. It is not easy. Finding things which do their jobs well and hold up takes so much time and energy. And on top o

I try very, very hard to live by Morris's credo. It is not easy. Finding things which do their jobs well and hold up takes so much time and energy. And on top of that, I despise waste, so I'm usually not willing (even if I can afford it) to buy a dozen different models and throw away the losers. That's the best way to do it, if you can manage it. But there are a few good things out there if you know where to look. Tools, especially, have good options. But then I use a lot of those professionally and get to experiment using someone else's time and money.

qup 3y ago
It does take a long time to find quality items. I'm glad to mostly have all the items I want, at least those that already exist. I don't care too much about some of the things the author talks about. A suitcase not able to stand up when full is annoying, but also well within my ability to fix. I guess I'm just conditioned to junk. The one thing that pisses me off the most is how the swiffer (mop) handle isn't strong enough for mopping. We've broken over a dozen of them in the exact same spot. We have taken to repairing them ourselves with a plastic welder. They already have a freaking subscription model built in with their stupid pads and incredibly overpriced fluids, at least the mop could be really well-built and a pleasure to use.