Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
T most cities and towns had a skilled tradesman called a shoe maker. This was a gent that used to repair shoes.
True. Shoe maker is a dying breed. They're getting harder and harder to find, but they still have plenty of job ready for the skilled ones.



Same as appliance or small engine repairmen. Programmed obsolescence make things to be replaced instead of repaired. Sometime you don't have choice to replace as was the case with my mower earlier this week, but sometime just getting a cheap part would do the job. The problem is less and less people are selling second hand parts (and used appliance too) and it is getting impossible to get a OEM from the manufacturer. They're now expecting people to buy another item instead of a single part.