Trolley 535

Captured across the road from our Costcutter, a Sainsbury's trolley a good way from its assumed home in Kiln Lane.

The front left hand wheel was one of those black plastic affairs, presumed to contain some kind of a locking device. A device which had gone wrong, as the wheel kept noisily jamming as pushed the trolley forward. Jamming which was unjammed by taking the weight off the wheel. With the result that pulling the trolley worked rather better than pushing it, made the journey through the Screwfix underpass and on the Sainsbury's practical - although I might say that pulling was harder work than pushing. Not what the engineers at Wanzl intended. And presumably Sainsbury's, as a bigger customer, have made some deal whereby their warranty is not voided by their tampering with a front wheel.

Deposited in what I take to be the Sainsbury's equivalent of  'behind the shed' in the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories. Left on its side in an attempt to alert the trolley jockeys to the problem wheel.

Back to Epsom down East Street, past the creationists where there were no trolleys for once. Although the front entrance is rather spoiled by the permanent presence of a couple of large skips.

The heels on one of my two pairs of trainers have worn down to the point where they are probably bad for my feet, so a new pair is in order, some 15 months since the last purchase noticed at reference 3. Which is not bad, even allowing from the reduced wear arising from having two pairs on the go. Moab 2 Ventilator trainers, branded for if no longer made by Merrell, trainers which I have now been wearing for more than a decade, with just the odd lapse. Finding them is left as an exercise for the reader.

I thought for a change to take a look in Mountain Warehouse, where they carry quite a lot of trainers, all their own brand, some more a less a replica of my Merrells. But they lost the sale as they could not manage size 12. So I shall probably stick with the real thing, which have served me well.

One point of interest. I learned from the young lady at Mountain Warehouse that Merrells do a vegan option, although I believe my own trainers contain a modest amount of animal leather in the uppers. It seems that the main problem with vegan trainers is being sure that the glue doesn't contain anything animal, while still working as glue. Apparently, around five years ago, they (or their Chinese subcontractors) got this wrong and there were lots of returns. A vegan storm that passed me by.

Two or three other errands then back home for a spot of sea bream, which has more or less replaced cod in our diet.

Plus two washers. One smaller than anything else in my collection, one a spacer rather than a washer. But near enough.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/09/trolley-534.html.

Reference 2: https://www.wanzl.com/en_GB.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/06/trainers.html.

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