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Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by Retra on Sunday March 19, 2017 @09:53PM (#13911125)
Any reason to expect them to last longer?
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Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by lotsofpulp on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:14PM (#13911214)
They are more serviceable at least, you can get the replacement parts pretty easily along with manuals. They're purposely made that way for hotels/laundromats/etc where you can't just swap it out.
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Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:01PM (#13911170)
They're built for commercial/industrial service.
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