[AT] OT Bicycle program

[Indiana Robinson]

The guy that does the "Bizarro" cartoon will occasionally do one with a
store window in the background with a sign in the window promoting "Quality
pie repairing"...  :-)
That might require special training.  :-)


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On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 12:28 PM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> A lot of Amish are working in light construction. They hire non-Amish to
> drive them where they need to go and to provide them with a cell phone.
> This means fewer are working in self-employed shops. I have even
> encountered them doing inside sales at supply houses.
>
>
>
> They are less opposed to diesel ic engines. Could you belt power a shoe
> machine from a line shift and power the line shaft from a small diesel? The
> shoe repair trade seems to be pretty diminished with a lot of new shoes
> molded rather than stitched.
>
>
>
> [Indiana Robinson] <snip> There is an Amish shoe shop not far  from here
> that the last I knew was still using a big old Landis out-sole stitcher
> that was still driven by a set of bicycle pedals. The operator sat on the
> seat and pedaled it which would be tricky because guiding the shoe / boot
> takes about 3 hands itself. <snip>
>
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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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