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martin ewen
02-03-09, 07:06 PM
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/03/joe-ades-sidewalk-po.html
martin ewen
02-03-09, 07:14 PM
what I like most is that he never retired, he just plugged on, presumably because he loved it.
lovelylittlelolo
02-03-09, 09:40 PM
I used to chat with him all the time when I lived in the city. . . how sad!
Jim
02-03-09, 09:49 PM
I just read about this guy a few weeks ago and today I heard he had died.

He seems to have had a successful life and he was great at what he did. What a way to make a living.

Here's the actual peeler he sold:
http://www.amazon.com/Rosenhaus-Swiss-Peeler-Carbon-Steel/dp/B000UT69MY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1227814342&sr=8-1