Short Circuit

Fancy gadgets lose their sheen through time.  It's for certain that the new products of today will become old tomorrow.  

Obsolescence .. and the glib-tongued advertisers will bilk the gullible of their hard-earned cash for that is what they're actually paid for: to purvey and sell.  Harsh but true, absolutely!

As people age, they tend to become wiser and can discern wants as opposed to their own needs.  Material things make life convenient for the Juans who can afford no doubt but the hard question stays  - are the recent material comforts really essential in daily existence? 

Here's what I've observed amongst our seniors over the years: our elders no longer crave the new comforts of the present.  

They'd cling to the things of old and their values as if the newer contraptions are a trap with no meaning at all and will discard these non-essentials as they live through their sunset years.