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<blockquote data-quote="puros_bran" data-source="post: 457480" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>In the town I grew up in we had four cobblers. Hard to imagine a Podunk town in the south east Ky coal and tobacco fields having four cobblers isn't it. It wasn't for custom fitted shoes, it was for repairing boots. Granted my grandfather passed when I was sixteen (talk about lamenting, I still do) but I never remember him purchasing a pair of footwear. I do remember going to the shoe store to get stuff fixed quite often. There were seventeen of us under his direct care, we wore stuff out. Lol</p><p></p><p>Now on your actual topic... The American way of life is over. The first factory that outsourced made a brilliant but deadly business move. </p><p>We can no longer afford the quality we once produced because we do not have the high paying jobs associated with skilled labor. </p><p>Your footwear was replaced by a model that cost $.08 less to make. Sorry about your luck. </p><p>Your field jacket was replaced by a model for the modern effeminate American male. No shell loops, no lighter pockets, they even deleted the breast pocket for fear someone may put a pack of cigs there...can't have that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puros_bran, post: 457480, member: 10"] In the town I grew up in we had four cobblers. Hard to imagine a Podunk town in the south east Ky coal and tobacco fields having four cobblers isn't it. It wasn't for custom fitted shoes, it was for repairing boots. Granted my grandfather passed when I was sixteen (talk about lamenting, I still do) but I never remember him purchasing a pair of footwear. I do remember going to the shoe store to get stuff fixed quite often. There were seventeen of us under his direct care, we wore stuff out. Lol Now on your actual topic... The American way of life is over. The first factory that outsourced made a brilliant but deadly business move. We can no longer afford the quality we once produced because we do not have the high paying jobs associated with skilled labor. Your footwear was replaced by a model that cost $.08 less to make. Sorry about your luck. Your field jacket was replaced by a model for the modern effeminate American male. No shell loops, no lighter pockets, they even deleted the breast pocket for fear someone may put a pack of cigs there...can't have that. [/QUOTE]
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