General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I used to be a shoemaker way back and I could write a lengthy essay. Despite such 'progress' I find many modern shoes and boots very inferior to the British made offerings way back then. Its a pity - the British shoe industry suffered by competition from cheap products at the budget end from Korea, etc and top notch at the higher end from Italian products. We were barely making ends meet to compete and eventually went out of business.