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Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching

From candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching
Date 2024-12-21 01:50 +0000
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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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Real men do their own mending and stitching DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-15 18:41 -0500
  Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-16 17:20 +0000
    Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-16 17:39 +0000
      Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-16 20:16 +0000
        Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-21 01:50 +0000
          Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-21 02:35 +0000
          Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-12-21 09:46 +0000
            Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-12-21 20:00 -0600
    Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-17 16:31 -0500
      Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-12-21 01:50 +0000
        Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-21 02:43 +0000

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