tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5285306106901071286..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Kudos to Olson Vacuum in Madison - updatedMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30357192002574851922018-01-28T17:23:01.910-06:002018-01-28T17:23:01.910-06:00Almost worth moving back to Wisconsin. However, it...Almost worth moving back to Wisconsin. However, it's 80 degrees here in SoCal today...Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31515998698874720082018-01-28T13:07:11.453-06:002018-01-28T13:07:11.453-06:00We now live in a 'Throwaway Society' and S...We now live in a 'Throwaway Society' and Sally Lee wrote a book about it in 1990. Long ago one person might have used the same spoon, bowl, cup or fry pan for a lifetime. The advent of 'fast food' and cups, bowls, spoons and more are single use creating the great plastic waste heap and problem the world must solve. It's a shame. I just love to repair and renew the discards of others. It's a lost art and future generations will pay the cost of the outrageous plastics discarded and now devastating living creatures from micro size to birds and mammals. Very sad to see the loss of these businesses you featured and the short sighted, short usage of products that can last a lifetime, style be damned.doomedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948917039391481617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63689022091486641282017-05-27T10:23:47.690-05:002017-05-27T10:23:47.690-05:00i enjoy fixing my own stuff. there is a certain s...i enjoy fixing my own stuff. there is a certain satisfaction in a job well done and in having the 'whatever' working again.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88032790709618117962017-05-27T10:19:19.613-05:002017-05-27T10:19:19.613-05:00I usually leave the hair and come back later. I m...I usually leave the hair and come back later. I mean, who wants to wait? And watch someone else's hair getting cut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4122475200261280232017-05-26T22:29:51.097-05:002017-05-26T22:29:51.097-05:00..."haircuts while you wait." Uh, is the......"haircuts while you wait." Uh, is there another way? Just kidding, I assume you mean without an appointment. ;o)xoxoxoBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512934465987061068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-12111363520219687042017-05-26T18:35:47.505-05:002017-05-26T18:35:47.505-05:00Yup. That's the same place that fixed my golf...Yup. That's the same place that fixed my golf bag. I've appended some info to the post.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73833859916558226902017-05-26T18:29:27.432-05:002017-05-26T18:29:27.432-05:00After ten years, the tread finally vanished on my ...After ten years, the tread finally vanished on my favorite work boots, I took them to the shoe repair place down on Park and was sad to find out they could not re-sol them but he said the sole was plenty thick and he could carve treads into them. He put them on some kind of cutting wheel and handed them back five minutes later with treads that will probably last me for another 10 years. Didn't charge me anything and offered me a doughnut on my way out. The Weaving Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013097834290174056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34648562926490466782017-05-26T15:20:01.088-05:002017-05-26T15:20:01.088-05:00I've encountered other businesses like this - ...I've encountered other businesses like this - one guy fixed (and cleaned) my electric razor, and once I took my golf bag to a shoe repair shop and the guy spent probably half an hour trying to reattach a broken strap, finally hammering a rivet into a suitable spot. He charged me maybe $1 and said he had enjoyed the challenge. I think many craftsmen/shop people actually enjoy their work. And they know that a good reputation is better than random advertising.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71426542188673592782017-05-26T13:58:56.003-05:002017-05-26T13:58:56.003-05:00Good lord, how can they possibly make rent chargin...Good lord, how can they possibly make rent charging $4 for even 10 minutes?!?Humbabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466919522684648264noreply@blogger.com