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  • Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching

    From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sat Dec 21 01:50:03 2024
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 20:16 this Monday (GMT):
    On 16 Dec 2024 17:39:51 GMT, vallor wrote:

    In boot camp, we had to sew patches onto our uniforms by hand.

    Those of us who knew how to sew taught those who didn't. There was no
    ribbing that we knew how to sew...it was a survival skill.

    iirc we also had to hem our fatigues.


    Oh, cool! I didn't know that you were in the military.
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to DFS on Sat Dec 21 01:50:04 2024
    DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote at 21:31 this Tuesday (GMT):
    On 12/16/2024 12:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote at 23:41 this Sunday (GMT):
    My favorite knit cap frayed and came apart at a seam, and left me
    looking and feeling like a Linux hobo. Rather than waste money on a new >>> cap, I fixed it.

    https://imgur.com/a/VK5lZKw

    1st pic is cap turned inside out, before mending
    2nd pic is cap turned right-side out, after mending

    On both pics the seam I fixed is at 3pm.

    Grandma S taught me way back in the 80s how to mend things with needle
    and thread. It's a handy skill. I've reinforced or reattached at least >>> 20 buttons thru the years, but this was my first time working along a seam. >>>
    Dignity is restored.


    Cool! Do you knit a lot?

    Not so far. Mainly just repair/replace buttons. Usually I get paint on
    my clothes or get sick of them before they wear out.


    Me neither, but it seems like a handy skill to have.
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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 21 02:35:18 2024
    On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 20:16 this Monday (GMT):
    On 16 Dec 2024 17:39:51 GMT, vallor wrote:

    In boot camp, we had to sew patches onto our uniforms by hand.

    Those of us who knew how to sew taught those who didn't. There was no
    ribbing that we knew how to sew...it was a survival skill.

    iirc we also had to hem our fatigues.


    Oh, cool! I didn't know that you were in the military.

    I try really hard to forget but sometimes stuff like that slips out.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 21 02:43:13 2024
    On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

    Me neither, but it seems like a handy skill to have.

    https://www.speedystitcher.com/#the-basics

    It's a little overkill for sewing buttons back on although I suppose you
    could but for 22 bucks...

    https://alpinist.com/mountain-standards/speedy-stitcher-fix-everything/

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  • From Farley Flud@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 21 09:46:55 2024
    On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:


    Oh, cool! I didn't know that you were in the military.


    Not only was he in the military but he was in the military of nearly
    every nation on the earth.

    Ask him about his time in the French Foreign Legion.





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  • From DFS@21:1/5 to Lameass Larry Piet on Sat Jan 4 11:54:14 2025
    On 12/21/2024 4:46 AM, Lameass Larry Piet wrote:

    On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:


    Oh, cool! I didn't know that you were in the military.


    Not only was he in the military but he was in the military of nearly
    every nation on the earth.

    Ask him about his time in the French Foreign Legion.

    The jealousy oozes out of your smelly GuhNoo pores.

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