Impossible ! Do not get me wrong i dislike cloths shopping after about 40 minutes especially when they don't have my size or going anywhere near IKEA but old fasioned hardware shops , decent tool shop or going to a sawmill and buying wood is my cup of tea . There must be some type of shopping you enjoy ?? Books , car parts , tools .
No. If I want or need something I simply want or need to just have it with the minimum of fuss. If I could click my fingers and there it was - happy days.
Choice, the essence of shopping, is over-rated. I believe also known as consumerism. I just want a thing, not a waste of my time choosing.
Completely agree if it's a no brainer for example a kettle or bedsheets but if you are buying something you have a genuine interest in like a new bike it's enjoyable checking all the models out and trying them for size etc . Surely something excites you to the point you would get off the sofa and go out and buy it with enthusiasm
My last 3 buses I bought without bothering to view first. I hanker after a '62 fender jaguar to replace one I was diddled out of by someone I thought was a friend. I'd view that first if I found what looked to be a good genuine one. The last time I went to a shop to compare models was for studio monitors but they all sounded boxy in the shop compared to the ones I already have so I came home empty handed. I spent £500+ on headphones by research only. What can I say? I don't like shopping!
Each to their own I suppose ! Hope the three buses were what you expected ? as there is no way I would buy an old bus without viewing unless they were giveaway prices .
They all needed restoration - better than buying one you think doesn't only for it to fall apart later.
I did wonder ! Agreed with you on that ! Buying a restored bus blind for top money is definitely not a good idea .
Caxton Decor (traditional hardware / household shop) and Perkins Motor Accessories, both in Fordingbridge. There's nothing hardware or car part related they don't have or wouldn't try to order. I love local 'proper' shops!
Hoods the Banbury Ironmongers occupied the whole of three rambling Edwardian houses including attics and cellars and the interiors were exactly as the ones above. Customers were quizzed at the counter by the brown-coated storesman and were often led away into the depths in search of what they wanted. Hoods were family owned for three generations and what they didn't have in stock they would order. Out in one of the yards was a forge (always lit!) to which local farmers would bring damaged equipment for repair. There was an old Banbury joke which ran: scruffy ol' boy asks the Hoods storeman for a bottle of methylated spirits. "No," came the reply, "you'll just drink it." Scruff protests indignantly, saying he is a painter and decorator, so needs it to clean his brushes. After much arguing the storeman reluctantly fetches a bottle. Scruff looks at it and says . . . "Haven't got one in the fridge then?"
