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Post by Humph on Sept 12, 2024 12:43:46 GMT
There is a traditional wood yard in our little town. It’s been there and in the same family ownership for 107 years.
Mainly supplies trade timber, but they welcome members of the public too.
So today I went to see them about a new kitchen table top which we want made to a specific non-standard size.
Nothing very complicated about any of that, but they took the trouble to allow us to go and select our own sections of wood and in about a week they’ll have cut and joined it all together to our specific requirements.
I like that.
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Post by bpg on Sept 13, 2024 8:51:32 GMT
Small companies and blokes in sheds as seen on Classic Car Hunters: the Restorers really do some amazing work.
I love the interior door handles made for the FIAT 130 Coupé by a gun specialist who not only replicated the originals but improved them with better material. Brilliant !
Also, the work on the headlights by a jeweller, I think it was, to restore the reflectors.
Not available online and a mouse click away, fine examples of lateral thinking.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2024 8:57:12 GMT
I like brown.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 13, 2024 10:46:31 GMT
Really!
Who knew?
I like metallic BRG with a tan interior.
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Post by Humph on Sept 13, 2024 11:00:03 GMT
I had a Rover 800 in BRG with beige velour.
Looked quite nice. Broke down a lot though and a wiper arm flew off it in a rainstorm.
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Post by WDB on Sept 13, 2024 11:34:38 GMT
I like velour.
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Post by Humph on Sept 13, 2024 13:08:33 GMT
It was certainly quite comfortable to sit on while waiting for breakdown assistance.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2024 13:10:49 GMT
DSG.
BEV.
But not QPR.
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Post by Humph on Sept 13, 2024 13:13:08 GMT
Eh?
Sorry if I’m being thick, but what?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2024 13:23:19 GMT
I like DSG.
I like BEV.
But I don't like QPR.
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Post by WDB on Sept 13, 2024 13:27:46 GMT
I like shoes that can be repaired. A pair of Loakes I bought in 2009 came back the other week from their second factory refurb, and they’re better than new: fresh soles, heels and laces but the insoles and uppers already conform to my feet. Time to send off another pair for the same treatment.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2024 13:29:17 GMT
I would not like that job at the shoe factory.
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Post by WDB on Sept 13, 2024 13:34:45 GMT
Because? Proper shoes, well maintained, smell of shoe, not feet. It’s cheap, plastic shoes that smell bad.
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Post by Humph on Sept 13, 2024 13:49:16 GMT
They will have been left to air for a minimum of 72 hours to ensure the demise of any bacteria etc before the repair process began. Welted shoes can be refurbished multiple times, the limiting factor really being the integrity of the uppers.
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Post by Humph on Sept 13, 2024 13:59:57 GMT
Reminds me of the rather charming story I heard many years ago.
The general gist of it was that a chap took his shoes in for repair during WW2. The shoe repairer issued him with a ticket to collect them when they were done. In the meantime, the owner of the shoes was called up, served in the army, was captured and spent the rest of the war as a POW.
On his return home, he was going through his things and discovered the shoe repair ticket.
He decided to go and see if the repairer still had them. On entering the shop he presented the ticket along with his enquiry. The cobbler sucked his teeth and said “they’ll be ready on Tuesday sir”…
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