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       #Post#: 19559--------------------------------------------------
       Should the cobbler stick to his last?
       By: Nikola Date: October 29, 2019, 5:05 pm
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       Do you know anyone who still gets their shoes repaired these
       days? I have a vague recollection of visiting a shoe repair
       place years ago and paying almost as much for the repair as I
       paid for the shoes and being told that the material they were
       using was much better than what the shoes were made of. It
       didn't surprise me because things are made cheap... well,
       disposable really. So is there still hope for the cobbler?
       #Post#: 19560--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Should the cobbler stick to his last?
       By: SHL Date: October 30, 2019, 12:53 pm
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       We have a shoe repair guy in Fairfield, not far away. He’s the
       only one in the County. He’s a small one man operation but has
       been there 45 years. They are around but hard to find. The dude
       wanted me to wait a week or more on fixing something for me
       awhile back so, I said forget it, and I think I just bought a
       new pair of shoes. It’s a dying profession. The guy has no
       competition in a town of 100,000 of mostly welfare recipients.
       (The town‘s a dump in my opinion....like this whole area.)
       #Post#: 19563--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Should the cobbler stick to his last?
       By: Nikola Date: October 30, 2019, 2:50 pm
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       Sorry, I couldn't miss this limerick opportunity:
       There was a cobbler in Fairfield
       The one and only in their field
       Who once tempted fate
       By making Steve wait
       Now there's no cobbler in Fairfield.
       #Post#: 19565--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Should the cobbler stick to his last?
       By: SHL Date: October 30, 2019, 2:53 pm
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       [quote author=Nikola link=topic=1380.msg19563#msg19563
       date=1572465006]
       Sorry, I couldn't miss this limerick opportunity:
       There was a cobbler in Fairfield
       The one and only in their field
       Who once tempted fate
       By making Steve wait
       Now there's no cobbler in Fairfield.
       [/quote]
       That old fool does a good business, believe it or not, because
       the people there are all broke and can’t buy new shoes.
       But that was good Nikola  :)
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