Because ozone and UV attack rubber. All rubber is shorter lived now because more ozone in the air. Mechanics complain bitterly that rubber boots (like CV or steering) degrade in only a few years, where they used to last 20 years. It’s not necessarily because rubber is made worse.

Recommend Plugable! I have been using a Plugable USB-3 7-port hub in my VW campervan for about 8 years with no trouble! It has been a rock solid performer throughout the heat, dust, vibration and humidity of New Mexico. Runs directly from the DC auxiliary system which can hit almost 15v from the solar panels, but has never burned out from overvoltage. Every port still works but now USB-C adapters are adding to its footprint in an already crowded van. Very impressed with it and when I do upgrade to USB-C I'll definitely be getting a Plugable hub.

Freedom of choice!

I have a Seiko titanium frame from years that broke, they are no longer made. After about 3 months a broken one popped up on eBay. I used its part to repair mine. Still using it!

That must be why. I have a Chinese Diesel Heater in my van that I feed kerosene and it burns a lot cleaner than diesel. The combustion chamber doesn't carbon up either, and it ignites easier at high elevations.

That sounds… expensive (why does kerosene cost 3x more than diesel ?)

A paucity.

HA! I have an McM account! Will check it out!

I use an antique Revlon diamond file from the 1980s. They don’t make them anymore, understandably because they never wear out. Oh and I also use it to sharpen my cuticle nippers and tweezers. The plastic handle broke years ago but I replaced it with epoxied fiber.

I’m just going to warn you that the new machines are trouble. Water miser mode means you can never get a good rinse. For chemical sensitives that is a nonstarter. Very hard to select a custom wash cycle because they are all programmed. Even getting a decent hot water wash is difficult since they are optimized to conserve energy and use cold water detergent. I’d recommend bending over backwards to repair your old clunker.

And if you ever do, smell them real closely. Old plastic was often stored in under-counter spaces and absorbed sewage odors that are impossible to drive out.

Hate to say it but plastic does decompose after a long time and releases particles into your food. I wouldn’t consider such old plastic safe.

Watch out. While ozone is a tremendously effective sanitizer, it does to by hyperoxygenating everything around it. So in the case of food I would be concerned you are creating excessive oxidants for your digestive system.

You would be better off peroxiding your carrots. Its an effective but gentler oxydizer.

Paraphrasing, most antique cars are Ford Model A. Not because they were built so well or a great value, but rather because more were sold than any other. That’s why I will always recommend the Ford Model A as BIFL.

It will do double duty as a colovesical fistula detector.

I had a nice orange Le Creuset pot years ago that got a Corelle plate stuck inside of it. Unfortunately upn trying to remove the plate the pot broke. I was pretty flabbergasted, as it was cast iron under the enamel. Never bought one again.

Good idea, stir up a cloud of toxic sediment!

“dead zones are proliferating” succinctly exemplifies the moribund state of Reddit literacy.

I’ll never need more than one terabyte per day that’s for sure!

I’d say you got your moneys worth.

Back when labels were honest, it never broke.

If it can’t do rough terrain I am not interested.

Macbook Pro, my last one went 10 years. Not a lifetime but about the best you could expect.

I use a memory foam pillow I boughtfrom a Amazon bedding seller years ago except it is a cylinder. I really like the cylinder. Trouble is nobody makes a cotton pillowcase for it so I have to make my own.

That’s because it’s the Boston spelled with a tilted o.