Back when I was working in truss assembly, I'd always tell the dumb kids that "aren't scared of death", that the chances of death are low. The chances of horribly mutilating yourself and living with lifelong injuries are high though. Anyways, there was a lot of that.
"Why did the stop making these?" : Companies realized that after a customer would buy one they wouldn't need to buy another in a couple years time and would last a lifetime. Now a days tools don't last like they used to because of the profits they miss out on by making them last forever. (Planned Obsolescence)
This is like the vacuum cleaner on snl. The Yugoslavia vacuum had no suction. They used it to clean up while waiting for the "foxes" to arrive. Two wild and crazy guys. 😆 🤣
"But we do have this new washday marvel. Now, it takes me only five hours to do the wash. Imagine, it used to take two days." DIsney's "Carousel of Progress" I think the real question is, How many gallons of gas per load?
Что?,, Это?я подумал что это старинная мясорубка, у нас русских до сих пор используется уникальная ручная иногда люди любят вручную фарш делать, их до сих пор выпускают в России и китайцы тоже эту идею себе взяли и выпускают такую же. А это явно электро прибор что это? Не могу понять!?.
I guess the logic here is that if you're going to be spending $2000 on one of those new-fangled electric motors, you want it to perform as many functions as possible.