What goes around comes around...

Nearly two years ago I made a post to rec.food.cooking about my experience repairing a stripped gear in my KitchenAid[tm] mixer.

Tonight I received an email from a gentleman in New Zealand who was attempting the same surgery and had some questions as to the proper packing grease to use.

Tamara noted that the time and distance (two years, halfway around the world) was about the same as it would take a message-in-a-bottle to make the journey.

So has technology really given us anything over the old system? Food for thought...