tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207943533681542301.post5819809675988745315..comments2011-10-02T11:49:50.806-07:00Comments on Pimp My Toolbox: You've Never Had it so Good?SpannerMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828275967671679605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207943533681542301.post-89224373824461593102011-05-07T17:54:55.296-07:002011-05-07T17:54:55.296-07:00Sorry FMIL, only just seen your comment - and what...Sorry FMIL, only just seen your comment - and what, indeed?<br /><br />It's the insidious drive to consume that's happened. With it comes the idea that self-worth is in some way connected to possession. Not everyone is a squillionaire, so product to satisfy a burgeoning, artificially-created demand has to be made cheaper.<br /><br />If we can't do it in the UK, we'll import - not just bicycles, but anything.<br /><br />What depresses me about bicycles is that almost none of the supposed "improvements" that we have seen in the last 10 years have diddly to do with what people need, but everything to do with what people are seduced into believing that they want - a further driver on consumerism, a further driver on production not on these shores.<br /><br />As I say, whinging won't fix it, but it's nice to know it's you *and* me against the world, now :-)SpannerMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828275967671679605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207943533681542301.post-19674872875123518672011-01-18T12:48:29.377-08:002011-01-18T12:48:29.377-08:00Oh so right. What has happened?Oh so right. What has happened?fat man in lycrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981347568315090224noreply@blogger.com