This morning I did my grocery shopping at Lazy Acres, a small southern California grocery chain, by bicycle. They have a public bike repair stand next to the bike racks in front of the store.
This afternoon I discovered my garbage disposal was leaking, and I would have been pleased to buy the replacement at my local ACE Hardware, as I did with the current unit, but they closed up shop last fall because of skyrocketing rents. (We lost our Whole Foods the same way. With the inevitable COVID-19 recession, I wonder if the landlord is second-guessing his decision to raise rents so high.)
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069