Just got back from the supermarket.
Some supermarkets carry odds and ends of things you not normally think or look for in a supermarket.

They had a 65" Visio TV for sale. For $349

TV's have gotten SO cheap compared to years back. I'm sorta glad they are not made in USA anymore. At $349 , there is not a lot of room for profit.

The gooks have so much labor, and at almost slave labor prices, they can sell any thing dirt cheap and still turn a profit.

There used to be such a thing as TV repair men. Now we just throw them away.

When's the last time you saw a shoe repair shop?

My dad was TV repairman.
I felt slightly privileged as a 2yo because I had my own TV , my brother had one , mom&dad had one , one in the living room , one downstairs , one in my dad's workshop. All B&W clunkers he got for free and fixed them. Most homes at the time had 1 TV , 2 if they had some money.


About the only thing that is left is orthopedic shoe shops for custom shoes for the disabled. They are CRAZY expensive. $1k-$4k for one pair of shoes.

The last shoe/repair shop I remember was when I was a young man. My mom use to go to old "Charlies Shoe Shop" ( an old foreign fella ) don't recall his nationality and buy me school shoes and get her heels and purses repaired etc.

I also remember some of his equipment and sewing machines as I liked to watch him work a little when mom was busy looking at other items in the shop.

Gosh I guess that says a lot about how old I am.

My grandfather apprenticed in Germany as an orthopedic shoe maker, which he did after moving to the US, later he started a shoemaker supply and leather business.
As kids we would go fill boxes with heels and soles, got payed with lunch, lol
Also serviced and sold the machines used by shoemakers.... I believe all those customers are long dead with no one to replace them...can't think of a single repair shop.

Several shops around here that repair shoes. The problem is finding shoes worth having repaired.

more Amish ones than you can shake a stick at out here.

AH, never forget the special smell of a shoe repair shop. Often was combined with belt and saddle making.

OR: finding a pair that CAN be repaired. All those cheapo shoes have molded on soles, with plastic uppers. I occasionally have need to sew some heavy straps/webbing, have to go with rivets or nuts/bolts.

Computers, TVs a d fur the only thing that have went down in price.. I think the 85/6 tvs are Walmart ase under a 1000 now.

349 for a 65 is about what you'd pay for 55 at Walmart.

I know a guy called Drake, who works at a shoe repair shop in Xenia, Ohio.

Keith

We had a Vietnamese man who had a small shop that was cluttered with product people never returned for. Our last repairman was Eastern European. He died.

I am retired and somewhat feeble. In the warm seasons I wear Sketchers slip on sneakers. Cheap, light, and comfy. Only problem is my feet get wet from the morning dew.

Last time I was in a shoe repair shop, I was getting married and needed a pair of black dress shoes, yep, he had a pair that was never picked up and I think I paid 5 bucks, lol
They were a little tight but they only needed to last the day, gave them to my brother and he wore them for years, they were quality leather shoes.....this was 48 years ago,,

I think your account has been hacked by Wolfdog or Providence.

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