Sheilajeanne

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I can't read the name on it - what's the brand? (But it's NOT a Singer... )

Yikes! Wishing here a smooth recovery this time around! I used to visit patients in their homes for a living when I was nursing. We didn't get to see the patients who had uneventful recoveries from surgery, of course, so I know what can go wrong! I also have diverticulitis. Haven't had an attack in 6 years. I'm fine if I stay away from things like nuts. Unfortunately , I REALLY love nuts. I can eat them in moderation, but sometimes I don't have the self-control I need. Last attack I had was triggered by being really hungry, and having free access to a large bag of peanuts...

Wow! Does your daughter have diverticulitis or some other intestinal problem? That's a LOT of things that needed fixing, though I'm sure the appendix was probably just 'preventative medicine' !

Due to Trump imposing tariffs on Canada, Canadians have been trying very hard to buy Canadian:

Prayers for your daughter that the surgery goes well!

Thank you! I'll be here all week!

Today is the international day of the potato. I live in an area that is famous for its potatoes. In honour of that here are some potato groaners... What is the difference between a baked sweet potato, and the preserved part of a pig that's been thrown out the window? One is a heated yam, and the other is a yeeted ham. What do you call a reluctant potato? A hesitater What do you call a potato wearing glasses? A spectater What do you call a regular potato? A commontater. I can hear the groans all the way up here in Canada...

A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks for their order. The man says, “I’ll have a hamburger, fries, and a coke.” He turns to the ostrich and asks, “What about you?” “I’ll have the same,” says the ostrich. A few minutes later, the waitress brings the food and says, “That’ll be $9.40.” The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change. No counting. No wallet. Just the right amount. The next day, the same thing happens. Same order. Same ostrich. Same exact change. This goes on for days. Then one Friday night, the man says, “Today I’ll have a steak, baked potato, and a salad.” “Same,” says the ostrich. The waitress brings the food. “That’ll be $32.62.” Once again, the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact amount. At this point, the waitress can’t hold back. “Sir… how do you always have the exact amount of money? No matter what you order?” The man smiles. “Well, a few years ago, I found an old lamp in the attic. I rubbed it, and a Genie appeared. He gave me two wishes. For the first one, I asked that anytime I needed to pay for something, I’d just reach into my pocket and find the exact amount.” “Wow,” says the waitress. “That’s smart. You’ll never run out of money.” “Exactly,” says the man. “Whether it’s a cup of coffee or a new car, I never need to check. It’s always just there.” She looks at the ostrich and asks, “And the bird?” The man sighs and says, “For my second wish… I asked for a tall chick with long legs who’d follow me around and agree with everything I say.”

With the stair climber cart, it was very easy to move! Ferg knew exactly what he was doing, and I think the only time he needed a second pair of hands was to get it over a door jamb, then to get it off the cart into my SUV. He took it off the stand, of course, then made a wooden frame for it to sit on, and anchored it down with screws or bolts. Once I got home, I had to leave it in the car for quite awhile until I was able to get a male friend who was quite strong to take it out and move it to the basement. If you are going to have to take the machine up or down stairs, I VERY much recommend getting that cart! You can raise and lower it, so it is exactly at the right height for getting the machine out of your vehicle. Ferg is very much in his senior years, but with the help of that cart, he moved the machine like it was nothing!

When I picked up the machine I purchased from Ferg, he had this handy little cart that helped move the machine down the stairs. It could also be raised up to get the machine into the back of my SUV. Let me see if I can find you a link for it... Edit: found the relevant thread! Here ya go! https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/86190-roman-shoes/ Whew! Trying to find this thread sent me into a panic! I have a folder in my bookmarks that is just for leatherwork. It contains over 100 items - links to threads and videos and websites that have important information about leather crafting. I knew I'd bookmarked the above thread, because that's a dandy little machine, and also, I was toying with the idea of taking Ferg up on his offer for the punches! I COULD NOT FIND THE FOLDER!! YEARS worth of important bookmarks!! It took me about an hour, but I finally found it hiding inside another folder! WHEW!! Going to take steps to make sure I don't lose it again!

Yep, have had a few Darwin moments! Worst one was when the canoe flipped, and my foot got stuck under the seat. I kicked like crazy, and finally my shoe came off, and I was able to get to the surface for some air. Thank God i wasn't wearing my hiking boots, or we might not be having this conversation! The second nice part of this near disaster was fellow trip members found both my paddle and my track shoe at the bottom of the rapids! Old Towns are nice canoes. Here in Canada it's the old Chestnut cedar and canvas canoes that everyone treasures.

Thanks for clarifying, Johanna!

Frodo, I'm assuming it was a aluminum canoe, which would have stood up to hitting any obstacles in the road better than fiberglass? I'm cringing at the thought of doing that to an old canvas and cedar strip canoe, or even a fiberglass canoe! I've seen too many busted canoes! I remember this one long-ago canoe trip where our trip leader had a beautiful brand spanking new 17 ft. Grumman aluminum canoe. This one set of rapids required that you pull hard to the left after going down a small chute/waterfall, to avoid the right channel, which was a rock garden. They hit the chute at an angle, and the canoe flipped. It think they must have hit nearly every darn rock on their way down that right-hand channel. The beautiful Grumman was considerably less new and less beautiful by the time they got through the rapids! One nice thing about aluminum canoes, though - you can generally bash the dings out of it with a rubber hammer or a boot! Oh, the things I did in my younger days...I LOVED canoeing! Don't get me started on stories, or I'll hijack this thread!

Tim, I remember waaay back a number of years ago, noticing that another member's profile name looked different from mine. We eventually figured out it was because she'd made a donation to support the site. So, my guess is that's the the reason for the CFM. As another guess, It might stand for Contributing Forum Member.

When my husband was alive, this was our go-anywhere-mobile. A bit of creative doctoring was done to make it look like we had 2 German shepherds! We were actually x-country skiing at a place north of Toronto, but the guy who made our canoe lived nearby, and Roger wanted him to do some work on the canoe, so we took it along on our ski trip. No doubt it raised a few eyebrows!

Everything is starting to bloom here! My white lilac is gorgeous this year, but for some reason the purple ones are lagging behind. Flowering crabs are just about in full blossom, too. The scent when you go outside is amazing! Both the liac and the flowering crab trees are highly perfumed. I'd post photos, but we're having a thunderstorm with heavy rain at the moment.

I love the pink saucer magnolias! They're my favourite! Our church has a lovely magnolia tree just outside the front door. It was in full bloom last week, so I snapped a picture. There's also a small decorative waterfall beside the angel statue.

Frodo, that's a cypress tree in your previous post, right? Have never seen one in real life...

Right, should have said only the edges are glued! Gotta have something holding it together!

It is possible to get the spines separate from the binders, but you have to buy more than one: https://www.amazon.ca/GORGECRAFT-Mechanism-Replacement-Notebook-Organization/dp/B0D9Y52Q42/ref=sr_1_19?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8NrSbrqYITZvlCynqNpfPu-exYO4tl-IF9ia6PXcoSTyTXvV9nWv0Xg7qkbIn10tvLbazE6xn9rSz4gOWUj9uicoIo2jF7m3urxkAgkzQeartloL-wr6CyUEXhiVsETdikB4Jo2w1ROuR7SDmiIapV9R0fAZAqORWOWArg80HKt5ss7_WrAXfUKW39pJqJSUxhEw-5m3O2jY7dN3kHUOYJAUfGhnMf8Y0stERUwBkXdTyVEhiwIr1yN-5AkwEMEPElTQHUcHt9RJJ9cdv1PUsoniPYwqr992Kcw5u_LlTd4.38BT56S29bq3XSbAMNincPJPxD0uWs3bIAd9EIpxxV4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=605132128236&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9221298&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2623142170463263152&hvtargid=kwd-324338471741&hydadcr=19050_13435280&keywords=3%2Bring%2Bbinder%2Bspine&mcid=a6b31fa6d8d2328ebe33b33d7487becb&qid=1747362180&sr=8-19&th=1 Given how many different sizes there are, I'd double check that I picked the right one before placing an order! The British sized paper is different from North American sizes! Somewhere I have a leather notebook holder which holds an 8 1/2 by 11 pad. I'll see if I can find it so I can tell you how the inner liner is attached. I'm pretty sure it's not glued, and like I said, the inner liner has to be slightly smaller to allow the holder or binder to fold without wrinkles. I know for sure the plastic ones aren't glued. When they fall apart from age, the cardboard stiffener isn't attached to the plastic.

That is some awesome work! I'm sure your friend is very pleased with it! Back in my teens, I had a summer job making binders in a factory, and knowing exactly how a binder is put together, I am curious as to how you converted a plastic binder to leather. A binder is made of 3 layers - an outer plastic layer, an inner cardboard layer of 3 pieces - one for the spine and two for the covers, then an inner layer of plastic. The rings are attached with 2 rivets that go through all 3 layers. So, I'm curious to know how you were able to remove the rivets? Or did you leave them and the outer layer of plastic in place and just cover them with leather? What size is the binder - does it take 8 1/2 x 11 paper? Asking because I've often thought of doing something similar! It's also possible to buy the rings separately, but of course, that would be more expensive than repurposing them from a plastic binder, which was likely just lying around the house! Edit: I think I know why the leather of the inner liner bunched up. The same thing happens with the inner liner of a wallet when you fold it. To prevent it, the inner liner has to be slightly smaller than the outside of your piece. I'm unsure of exactly how much, but if you fold the piece in half before doing your final cutting and stitching, you will likely be able to see how much you need to cut away for a good fit.

You're welcome! Glad to be of help. What I like about these designs is most of them are so simple, so easy to copy and carve. At the same time, they are very pretty and elegant. Edit: I missed an item in the index, probably because it's so antiquated no one is ever going to use it: Rouleaux a Musique translates as Music Rolls. This was what was played on the very early phonographs, before the transition to recording disks. It was a wax roll, with the tune engraved on it by a needle. Later rolls were made of celluloid, which was much more durable. Music rolls were also used in player pianos. Yeah, definitely not many of those around any more!

Chuck, the problem with the extra stiff suspension is the car would 'float' when going over washboards! And since we had a lot of relatives that lived on farms, where there were gravel roads, that was a bit scary, especially since my brother liked to drive fast!