We have become a disposable society and one of instant gratification. Use it up, throw it away and buy another nice new shiny one and sadly most consumer goods are manufactured to the same mentality. I was raised by parents and Grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and WW2. You fixed what was broken until it just couldn't be fixed anymore and then found another use for it. My first "bike" came from the town dump, Dad brought it home cleaned it up and painted it and I was THRILLED with it. I still have it but after going through several generations of kids it has reached the end as a means of youthful mobility and now decorates our front porch.

It truly was saved from the dump........