The hyper-specialist shops of Berlin

Post by gbear605 » Wed, May 01, 2019, 4:14 PM UTC

teddyh wrote: post #27

I would assume that the decline of specialist shops is strongly correlated with rising rents for storefront properties. But with online shopping on the rise, maybe landlords (outside shopping malls and after some years to pass through the stages of grief) can accept that there just isn’t that much money in rents for storefronts anymore, and that specialist shops thereby can continue to exist. Of course, the risk is t…

Post by yonaguska » Wed, May 01, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #96

yourapostasy wrote: post #35

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With enough cleaning solvents and disinfectants, any object can be made safe again. There are people who dive into literal sewage retention ponds full of human waste in full SCUBA gear every day to work (clearing obstructions). After reading about that, squeamishness was never an issue for me. As long as it isn't some kind of chemical/biological/radiological warfare agent type substance, or a compound that makes chem…

It irks me that when a brush is retired, a gigantic chunk of plastic heads into the landfill. I feel this way about toothbrushes. They've gotten very expensive and seem to be designed to last only a month or two. I picked up a couple of eco-friendly ones in the supermarket recently. They're made of bamboo. They're also crap. Now I'm back on the plastic toothbrush treadmill.

Post by zach_garwood » Wed, May 01, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

gbear605 wrote: post #101

teddyh wrote: post #27

I would assume that the decline of specialist shops is strongly correlated with rising rents for storefront properties. But with online shopping on the rise, maybe landlords (outside shopping malls and after some years to pass through the stages of grief) can accept that there just isn’t that much money in rents for storefronts anymore, and that specialist shops thereby can continue to exist. Of course, the risk is t…

I don’t know about in Germany, but the huge malls are going the way of the dodo in the US.

Post by DonHopkins » Wed, May 01, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

weinzierl wrote: post #10

Several hyper-specialist shops I know in Munich: - balloon shops seem to do really well because we have several here and every major city seems to have one - foam shop for when you need to fix your upholstery - venetian blind store which only sells the vertical kind - Ketten Wild was a chain shop that only sold chains but chains in all forms and sizes - la porcelaine blanche's slogan is "only china, only white" and t…

Post by amelius » Wed, May 01, 2019, 4:36 PM UTC

systemtest wrote: post #92

yourapostasy wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With enough cleaning solvents and disinfectants, any object can be made safe again. There are people who dive into literal sewage retention ponds full of human waste in full SCUBA gear every day to work (clearing obstructions). After reading about that, squeamishness was never an issue for me. As long as it isn't some kind of chemical/biological/radiological warfare agent type substance, or a compound that makes chem…

I have a European toilet (one that is not filled to the brim with water) and I clean it by putting bleach in the bowl and leaving it overnight. I then put the toilet brush inside the drain pipe submerging it in the water/bleach mixture. By doing this I can use a single brush for years with it being brand new. Also, when you flush and wipe the skidmarks from the bowl, use the flowing water to immediately clean the bru…