Deep Value
Apr. 2nd, 2008 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillThere's an interesting post over at Making Light about "Deep Value" --stuff that remains useful over a long period of time and many changes in circumstances. Stuff like bicycles, treadle or hand cranked sewing machines, reusable shopping bags, stuff like that.
My "deep value" articles are
1) My bicycle. I have a recumbent bicycle that I ride regularly to the library and to the store. Today I paid the water bill, took the paper and cardboard recycling in, and am presently in the Carson-Newman library courtesy of my bicycle. The best "value added" items on the bicyle are the great big bag behind the seat, and the foldable wire baskets attached to the frame.
2) My leatherman tool. A couple of chisels. My C clamps.
3) My camping stove. Okay, it sounds silly, but I have a Trangia alcohol stove for camping. It has no moving parts (unless you count the simmer ring that can be dropped over the business end to lower the flame). It can boil a quart of water in ten minutes, and I confidently expect it will be functional (barring catastrophic accidents) long after I am dead.
4) My musical instruments.
5) I have got some shopping bags; whether they're deep value items will depend on how long they take to wear out and whether I lose them.
6) My racks for drying laundry. A number of years ago I broke one, and before buying a new one, sat down and worked out that the old one had paid for itself eight times over (figuring drying laundry at a laundromat).
Have you got deep value items that you would recommend?
My "deep value" articles are
1) My bicycle. I have a recumbent bicycle that I ride regularly to the library and to the store. Today I paid the water bill, took the paper and cardboard recycling in, and am presently in the Carson-Newman library courtesy of my bicycle. The best "value added" items on the bicyle are the great big bag behind the seat, and the foldable wire baskets attached to the frame.
2) My leatherman tool. A couple of chisels. My C clamps.
3) My camping stove. Okay, it sounds silly, but I have a Trangia alcohol stove for camping. It has no moving parts (unless you count the simmer ring that can be dropped over the business end to lower the flame). It can boil a quart of water in ten minutes, and I confidently expect it will be functional (barring catastrophic accidents) long after I am dead.
4) My musical instruments.
5) I have got some shopping bags; whether they're deep value items will depend on how long they take to wear out and whether I lose them.
6) My racks for drying laundry. A number of years ago I broke one, and before buying a new one, sat down and worked out that the old one had paid for itself eight times over (figuring drying laundry at a laundromat).
Have you got deep value items that you would recommend?
