jeeves | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 07 2007 | interesting, 77, old-fashioned, goodolddays, experience, ui, blogpost, blog, craft, artisan, artisanship, razor, shave, imported:del.icio.us... began to wonder how on earth anyone had the time to make such a high quality tool and still make a living, and I was struck with the idea that there was a time when Americans didn't have television or video games sucking away every waking hour.
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