Mildly interesting

[Jon]

@Copper said in Mildly interesting:

I have had leather half-soles replaced on a pair of Florsheim Imperial wingtips. Probably at least a few times, I remember it being a reasonable price.

Of course this is 40 or more years ago. I don't think this kind of cobbler's shop exists much anymore.

I had shoes resoled too, also 30 years ago or so, but I doubt it was as much work as was put into those boots.

[Jon]

[mark]

@Jon said in Mildly interesting:

WHY???

[George K]

@mark said in Mildly interesting:

WHY???

Cables can get pricey, you know.

Note: It's on the tape input jacks, LOL.

[mark]

It appears to be a guitar amp.

[Jon]

[Mik]

There's perspective for you.

[George K]

Professionals

[Horace]

[LuFins Dad]

1. it was disheartening to see how many were actual hacks, to make something look like something else… Why have a brick accent wall? Use this technique to make Sheetrock look line bricks… That kind of stuff…

2. midway through there was a guy laying pavers at the pool. Rather than just lift the paver, he used some long and heavy looking vacuum device that required him to carry the paver AND the device at a very awkward height. It seems to me that it would have been easier to just pickup the paver…

[George K]

[Jon]

One of those genius inventions that is obvious after you see it.

[George K]

Can it even fly after that meal?

[George K]

[Mik]

https://www.southernliving.com/food/seafood/difference-between-shrimp-prawns?utm_campaign=southernliving_southernliving&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=64c681fd6abc700001895986&fbclid=IwAR0VGFJ6TUqzfCgDWhsYicSTbHCzQFZed6Qk8O1uhc8SD4FVABoaP-yGa3E

[Jon]

I didn’t know this.

[Mik]

I didn't either. Wonder what Jordan would have done with that.

[George K]

[Jon]

I walked around Jegellonian University in Krakow once. There’s a plaque honoring a famous student: Nicolaus Copernicus.

[Wim]

This article sucks. University of Louvain (Belgium) founded in 1425 is not even mentioned...