Bob's Grinding Service pulled up in front of my apartment today! He used to park in front of G's old apartment a few blocks away, but I have never seen him near my apartment, so I was really excited when I heard his unmistakable old-fashioned bell ring. $8 and I walked away with a knife as good as new, which just that morning could barely cut through a red pepper. Thanks Bob! A truck that drives around sharpening knives (and lawnmowers!) has to be one of the coolest things I've encountered while living in NYC. It's so weirdly old-fashioned! Maybe there is someone around here who delivers glass bottles of milk, too!
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Bob's Grinding Service pulled up in front of my apartment today! He used to park in front of G's old apartment a few blocks away, but I have never seen him near my apartment, so I was really excited when I heard his unmistakable old-fashioned bell ring. $8 and I walked away with a knife as good as new, which just that morning could barely cut through a red pepper. Thanks Bob! A truck that drives around sharpening knives (and lawnmowers!) has to be one of the coolest things I've encountered while living in NYC. It's so weirdly old-fashioned! Maybe there is someone around here who delivers glass bottles of milk, too!
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Should that be legal in NYC? I mean in Boston thank goodness it's probably not for obvious reasons. lol! I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing before!
I went to Turkey as an exchange student, and gypsies on a horse drawn ramshackle carriage would roll through the parking lot of the giant apartment complexes singing a song that meant, "Bring your old worn out pots down and we'll patch the holes."
Then the gypsies would park their horse, build a fire, and repair worn out pots and pans.
That was weird.
I think it might kill people in the US to repair an old pot or pan. Why repair when you have Target?
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