Planned obsolescence they call it. And, yup, I also heard Intel is building by Columbus/New Albany area. 3,000 direct jobs and an estimated 10,000 indirect jobs. Just not sure about who's getting those jobs. new Albany, I hear, is the wealthiest part of the country (?). I havent bothered fact checking that. Southern Ohio would benefit from this a bit better imo.Everything is just crap these days. I work in IT - we buy new printers & they poop the bed in a couple years, if we're lucky, yet I have ones 20 years old still cranking away like the day we bought them.
We need to go back to making chips here in the US. We used to, but then it was all shipped over seas - lesson learned there, Intel is on it in Ohio. I hope they follow thru & everyone follows after them.
Chickens are all buttoned up for what is now supposed to be a full on blizzard. I stuffed some filters in the vents, pulled outdoor feeders & filled food & water. I'll close run doors too when they go to roost to try & keep the snow out. They should be fine till I can dig them out in a couple days. DH now has to work on Sun, so much for help cleaning up!