Why so many gloom and doomers on this site

YY1 said
The good old days when it took 6-8 weeks to deliver anything.

...ordered from a catalog that you had to buy...after you figured out where to get one.

Back in the mid 1970’s my street racing buddy’s and I would make trips out from Pa to Summit Racing and charge 5.00 per order and pick up orders for other friends. It covered the cost of driving out.