Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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No we can't. I volunteer in the 'leisure railway' industry and there are things we just cannot make any more because we have lost the skills. Sure there are modern equivalents, but they tend to last 10 years instead of a 100. A bit like the Romans could make far better concrete than we can (although we are on the verge of rediscovering the secret). Roman concrete happily lasts 2000 years - ours lasts about 50. They are currently knocking down some 60's flyovers in Liverpool because the concrete had deteriorated enough to make them unsafe...it is nearly impossible to make something of such good quality now. ..
That is one of those 'don't make them like they used to do' sayings.
I respond 'Bollocks',
We can, but for most of the time there is no need to. All that belongs to the days of 'wages five bob a week and beer at a penny a pint'.
INT21.