Second for Chico Bags @58
We're carfree here in our little suburb of Seattle. Three years now.
We walk and bike and take the bus. We rent a car once in a while. More
often we borrow a car from one of our neighbors. Good neighbors are
about as deep value as you can get.
To improve bicycle carrying capacity there's Xtracycle, a bolt-on frame extension that radically increases a regular bike's utility. Here are pictures of the more improbable loads I've carried on mine.
Another old technology that's still wonderfully alive is woodworking
tools. For remarkably little money you can buy vintage human-powered
drills, saws, and planes that surpass anything manufactured today for
quality and utility. A good eggbeater drill is a joy to use--silent,
safe, fast, and the batteries don't run down until supper time.
Outrageous amounts of good information and help on this available on
the Oldtools mailing list.
Re: the wtfwjd? particle, I prefer the ones from the author of the Going Jesus blog at her wtfwjd? cafepress store.
It is a most excellent introduction. Thanks for the link too!
Hey, wouldn't it be cool if the RSS feeds for the Particles and Sidelights included the links and tool tips rather than just the words?
Could a "just because you're on their side, doesn't mean they're on your side" bumper sticker be made such that it would be legible in the obvious application?
I keep trying to figure out if the colors on that shirt encode some information. Do they, or can I stop?
(Ordered my nutbar bumper stickers. Sigh.)
I have a friend from Bangalore who worked here in Seattle with me for a while. Every time he went home for a visit he'd come back with a set of new clothes hand made by his tailor at absurdly low cost. Might be worth the trip!
I keep threatening to find someone in my area to make me clothes that fit, look good on me, and will last. I think fear of the price tag has kept me from embarking on this mission, that and not really knowing where to start looking.
Has anybody here done this? How'd you go about it? How did it work out?
Me too (should a reader attempt to report discovered errors to someone, or just shake it off?)
And condolences.
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