Things that are archaic - Page 4

Shawnee123 · 02-21-2011, 12:26 PM

When I've needed string for a houseplant or something, I've twisted together a bunch of those paper-covered wire twisty ties, having been unable to find regular old string (like kite string.) There's something comforting about a ball of string, to me. That might be because I remember a book about a kid who was sick and home in bed and rigged up his whole room with string and I think some kind of pulley system so anything he needed he just pulled the right string and VOILA. (Never mind all the jumping around he did getting everything in place.)

wolf · 02-21-2011, 12:27 PM

I don't think the USPS lets us use string any longer, it gets stuck in the automated postal machines.

I have a ball of string, and I think there may be some twine lurking about as well.

Griff · 02-21-2011, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Needle and thread: I don't know if I could locate it in the house, don't know that I've used it in over 10 years. (but this may be a product of the fact that I don't dress nicely, ever)

Lil' Pete sewed her Jr Prom dress this year. It was lovely but I suspect that is the first and last dress project.

Shawnee123 · 02-21-2011, 12:42 PM

Isn't she pretty! She favors her dad, too!

Clodfobble · 02-21-2011, 12:43 PM

I have a sewing machine, smaller needle/thread kit for things like buttons and repairs, and probably 3 different sources of plain string. But I really only use the sewing machine once a year or so for the kids' bigger costume projects.

Sundae · 02-21-2011, 12:52 PM

Griff, your daughter is beautiful, and I'm sure you checked out her date thoroughly... but honestly, he looks old enough to be her father!

He's hot though.

monster · 02-21-2011, 01:09 PM

I mended a swim suit with needle and thread during a meet on Saturday (not while the swimmer was wearing it). That caught people's attention. It was a practically new Speedo Endurance racing suit, but the seam had come apart.

Nirvana · 02-21-2011, 01:54 PM

I always have to re-sew the buttons on the new suits I buy.

Shawnee123 · 02-21-2011, 01:57 PM

If I lose a button, I may as well throw the shirt away. I am not sewing on a stupid button. I lost my buttoneer, and I hate sewing.

I'm such the anti-domestic.

monster · 02-21-2011, 02:13 PM

Shawnee. I am disappoint.

Shawnee123 · 02-21-2011, 02:14 PM

I am too.

footfootfoot · 02-21-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Griff, your daughter is beautiful, and I'm sure you checked out her date thoroughly... but honestly, he looks old enough to be her father!

He's hot though.

funny as hell.

footfootfoot · 02-21-2011, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Lil' Pete sewed her Jr Prom dress this year. It was lovely but I suspect that is the first and last dress project.

Wow, Griff. She's mesmerizing. She's as gorgeous as her mom, so I expect she'll have an extra long walk through the snow when that time comes...

Griff · 02-21-2011, 04:19 PM

You people are the amuse.

Spexxvet · 02-21-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

funny as hell.

SG has been on a tear, hasn't she? Exceptionally entertaining lately.

02-21-2011, 12:26 PM	#46
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	When I've needed string for a houseplant or something, I've twisted together a bunch of those paper-covered wire twisty ties, having been unable to find regular old string (like kite string.) There's something comforting about a ball of string, to me. That might be because I remember a book about a kid who was sick and home in bed and rigged up his whole room with string and I think some kind of pulley system so anything he needed he just pulled the right string and VOILA. (Never mind all the jumping around he did getting everything in place.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-21-2011, 12:27 PM	#47
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't think the USPS lets us use string any longer, it gets stuck in the automated postal machines. I have a ball of string, and I think there may be some twine lurking about as well. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-21-2011, 12:42 PM	#49
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Isn't she pretty! She favors her dad, too! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-21-2011, 12:43 PM	#50
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have a sewing machine, smaller needle/thread kit for things like buttons and repairs, and probably 3 different sources of plain string. But I really only use the sewing machine once a year or so for the kids' bigger costume projects. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-21-2011, 12:52 PM	#51
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Griff, your daughter is beautiful, and I'm sure you checked out her date thoroughly... but honestly, he looks old enough to be her father! He's hot though. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-21-2011, 01:09 PM	#52
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I mended a swim suit with needle and thread during a meet on Saturday (not while the swimmer was wearing it). That caught people's attention. It was a practically new Speedo Endurance racing suit, but the seam had come apart. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2011, 01:54 PM	#53
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I always have to re-sew the buttons on the new suits I buy. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

02-21-2011, 01:57 PM	#54
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If I lose a button, I may as well throw the shirt away. I am not sewing on a stupid button. I lost my buttoneer, and I hate sewing. I'm such the anti-domestic. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-21-2011, 02:13 PM	#55
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Shawnee. I am disappoint. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2011, 02:14 PM	#56
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I am too. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-21-2011, 04:19 PM	#59
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You people are the amuse. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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