Equally baffling, is its malfunction. You know, suddenly
the teeth won't mesh. You try to force the tracks together
by hand, but nada, it's irreparable. How can a mechanism
so simple fail?
I haven't yet met anyone who can explain the zipper.
Equally baffling, is its malfunction. You know, suddenly
the teeth won't mesh. You try to force the tracks together
by hand, but nada, it's irreparable. How can a mechanism
so simple fail?
So simple, yet so inexplicable...
Who invented this gadget? He deserves a monument -
---
Rich
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:14:59 -0800 (PST), RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
I haven't yet met anyone who can explain the zipper.
Equally baffling, is its malfunction. You know, suddenly
the teeth won't mesh. You try to force the tracks together
by hand, but nada, it's irreparable. How can a mechanism
so simple fail?
So simple, yet so inexplicable...
Who invented this gadget? He deserves a monument -
---
Rich
I just sew a new one over the old, after cutting off the teeth.
A trick my brother (with six kids) taught me.
More useful on jackets or luggage than elsewhere.
My bike bags are nearing 40yrs old, winter parka 15yrs.
RL
RL
I just sew a new one over the old, after cutting off the teeth.
A trick my brother (with six kids) taught me.
More useful on jackets or luggage than elsewhere.
My bike bags are nearing 40yrs old, winter parka 15yrs.
On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:19:56 -0500, legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:14:59 -0800 (PST), RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
I haven't yet met anyone who can explain the zipper.
Equally baffling, is its malfunction. You know, suddenly
the teeth won't mesh. You try to force the tracks together
by hand, but nada, it's irreparable. How can a mechanism
so simple fail?
So simple, yet so inexplicable...
Who invented this gadget? He deserves a monument -
---
Rich
I just sew a new one over the old, after cutting off the teeth.
A trick my brother (with six kids) taught me.
More useful on jackets or luggage than elsewhere.
My bike bags are nearing 40yrs old, winter parka 15yrs.
RL
Looks like we've found our Cheapskate of the Year winner for 2024
already!
I just don't like shopping, or most new stuff of any kind.
When I try to replace stuff that I like and that has served well,
they either don't make it anymore, or the entire retail
operation is gone.
Beginning to think that my custom is the mark of doom for any
retail operation . . .
On 1/21/2024 8:02 AM, legg wrote:
I just don't like shopping, or most new stuff of any kind.
+42 (at least for the shopping... some new is acceptable,
though most is a step downwards)
When I try to replace stuff that I like and that has served well,
they either don't make it anymore, or the entire retail
operation is gone.
I have learned to buy multiples of everything I like.
E.g., I buy *4* pair of "identical" shoes each time I
discover I "need shoes". I can store them in MY closet
just as easily as they can store them in THEIR warehouse!
YEARS (!) ago, a friend gifted me some T-shirts... all identical
(she had "noticed" my fondness for black T-shirts and these are
black -- at least the BACKS are!). I had 42 of one "style"
and 30-something of another. (two different images imprinted)
Each New Year, I scrap the 7 shirts that I had worn the previous
year and drag out 7 of the "other" style. Seven shirts gives me
a fresh, clean shirt each day until weekend laundry (on which
day I wear the third-style, "while-doing-laundry-black-T-shirt").
I figure at least another 5 years before I'll be back to
wearing any "other" shirts.
And, bluejeans are bluejeans... regardless of make.
[I have two (identical) black dress shirts for special occasions
(which, at my age, is often funerals). And, of course, two
identical pair of black dress slacks.]
[[You can always find a NEW pair of slacks or shirt if the
sole criteria is "black" (white shows dirt too easily)]]
Beginning to think that my custom is the mark of doom for any
retail operation . . .
Our biggest complaint is when specific foodstuffs stop
being available. Costco ran out of sweet onions (I eat
5lbs weekly) which resulted in a mad dash to other
stores to see if anyone else had anything similar in stock.
We'll have to buy sliced almonds on-line as Costco apparently
may have stopped carrying that brand, too. (bake biscotti
every two weeks)
I just don't like shopping, or most new stuff of any kind.
When I try to replace stuff that I like and that has served well,
they either don't make it anymore, or the entire retail
operation is gone.
Beginning to think that my custom is the mark of doom for any
retail operation . . .
RL
I haven't yet met anyone who can explain the zipper.
Equally baffling, is its malfunction. You know, suddenly
the teeth won't mesh. You try to force the tracks together
by hand, but nada, it's irreparable.
How can a mechanism so simple fail?
Who invented this gadget? He deserves a monument.
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