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Heh, never heard of railroad board before! Will have to look into it.

TomG, the non-Tandy stamps used the same numbers Tandy uses, so I didn't have to post pictures of the stamp, I just told prospective buyers to check out the Tandy online catalogue, and I listed the stamps by letter - you know, B for bevellers, C for camos, etc. Oh heck, here's the post! As you can see it was a quick sale! :D https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/85348-stamps-for-sale/

Billybop, exactly what I do, too! I think their kits are overpriced, and I can make the same item much cheaper if I make a pattern and cut the leather myself. I really dislike the amount of lacing needed for some of Tandy's kits, so then I can stitch rather than lace, if I choose to. I use the cardboard from old cereal boxes to make my patterns. Being somewhat skilled with drawing, I also often put my own choice of decoration on the item.

This was a kit for a change purse they were discontinuing, so I think they didn't care anymore. I also had trouble getting the holes to line up, which is probably why I haven't done the other kit I bought. I did notice the problem with the dome, though. I haven't had too many problems with Tandy kits. The leather sometimes isn't the best quality, and they punch REALLY large holes in the projects. You won't like the holes if you're planning to sew, BUT if you're lacing, your poor, blistered fingers will sometimes wish the holes were even bigger!

Yep, that ones a beaut! Terrible PITA! Bought a Tandy kit once where the dome fastener was on the wrong side of the leather... Haven't made that particular kit yet, but will just cut out a new piece of leather (it's a SMALL piece, fortunately) and put a dome facing the correct way. Hopefully, it will match with the female part of the dome it's supposed to fit into.

I acquired a large number of stamps from a pawn shop back in 2019. There were quite a few duplicates, and some were not Tandy, but a cheaper brand made in Taiwan (Ivan). What I did was TEST THEM ALL. The older Tandy stamps were not always the best, and the newer ones were not always the worst. This could be due to the amount of use some of the older stamps had over the years. As for the age of the stamps, Tandy stamps with no letter are the oldest, followed by Craftool Co. with a letter and number, then Craftool Co. U.S.A. The most recent stamps are Craftool U.S.A. As a rule, the first two types of stamps listed are considered to be much better than the newer ones. I charged $4.00 per stamp for the Craftool Co. stamps and $3.00 for the newer ones and Ivan stamps.

The author has written two books about funny exchanges in the courtroom. I think the one I had was the first one - I seem to remember the picture of the two guys fencing on the cover. https://www.amazon.ca/Law-Disorder-Absurdly-Moments-Courts/dp/0393349535

Apologies for one-upping you, Fred, but I used to have the book these were all taken from, and both yours and this one were in it, also the one I posted above! Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?" Witness: "No." Lawyer: "Did you check for blood pressure?" Witness: "No." Lawyer: "Did you check for breathing?" Witness: "No." Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?" Witness: "No." Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?" Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar." Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?" Witness: "Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere." Oh, da burrrnn!! :D

This (I'm paraphrasing, as I don't have the exact wording in front of me) is a court transcript from a case in the United States. Lawyer: Could you please describe the person you saw coming out of the house on the night Mr. X was killed? Witness: They were about 5' 9" tall, and had a short, dark beard and medium build. They were wearing a black bomber style jacket, and light coloured pants." Lawyer: And was this person male or female? Witness: Well, unless the circus was in town, I'm gonna go with male...

Two elderly people decided to get married, and for their wedding night, the husband bought his new wife a really nice silk negligee. When the wife went into the bathroom to get ready for bed, she decided to surprise her husband by returning to the bedroom totally naked. "Here I am, dear," she cooed He looked up at her (minus his glasses, of course), and scowled. "Dammit, for what I paid for that thing, at LEAST they could have ironed it!"

Good 'un!

Billybop, true, dat! The whole episode has had some editing done. The main complaint about it originally was the gremlin looked like a teddy bear - the costume was all wrong, even for the 1960's. They edited out the scenes that showed the teddy bear costume, and changed the face to make it scarier - and also colorized it! Here's the original: https://dustinkoski.medium.com/the-accidental-lesson-of-nightmare-at-20-000-feet-ec0246c936a

Hmmm...you could be right, but I'm not that familiar with Aykroyd. I checked his older photos on IMDB, and it does look a lot like him. However, could also be Nick Cravat, who played the monster: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186576/mediaviewer/rm3078854657/ Why would they hire a second person just for that very short speaking part?

I had a second look at it, and no, I don't recognize him. IMBd doesn't say who it is, either. Who is it? (Other than the monster in disguise...)

Here's a version that's available in my country: Gosh, Shatner was young...

There was once a young fisherman, who lived in a coastal village, who suffered the misfortune of a snapped paddle. This, of course, left his boat just about useless. Speaking to one of his neighbors, he asked where he might get a new one, as his old ones had always held up well. "Well, the carver lives just down the main street. But don't knock, he's not fond of company. Just leave three silver coins in a pouch on his stoop, and he'll leave the work outside his place with your pouch over the tip." 'And how will I know this hermit carver's home from any other? Lots of people live on the main street!" "There is a house, where new oars lean..."

Thank you so much, Nate! Awesome! And by just glancing at the manual, I can see not all the 28's were hand cranked! The second machine shown is the exact machine she inherited! So, that answers my original question.

I apologize in advance because I know this is a domestic machine, but some of you people are so knowledgeable about old Singer machines, I hope you can help. A lady of my acquaintance found an old Singer on a treadle table, and would like to try restoring it, as it belonged to a family member. The serial is D1411055, and the Singer site says it was manufactured in January of 1908. However, the model number for that particular serial number is 28-3. The 28's were supposedly hand-cranked machines, not treadle. So, I'm scratching my head here... It even still has the treadle drive belt, though it's no longer attached. Pictures of the machine: Also, if you can point her in the right direction for finding a manual and people who can advise her with the restoration, I'm sure she'd be very grateful! Thanks!

Fred, please clarify - are these torches (we'd say flashlights) that were provided to owners of BMW cars, for emergency use? Or were they actually part of the car's regular lighting system? Cool little sideline for you!

Wow! What a story! How did you find out about the shipping history?

Canada Post may be better, but not by much. My niece, who lives in Southern Ontario, sent a Christmas parcel to her sister, who lives in Manitoba (first province west of Ontario.) It first got sent to New Brunswick, which is over 3,000 km. away from its intended destination!

Fred, shipping ANYTHING to/from the U.S. is CRAZY, especially if it has to go to another country! It took well over a month for a couple of creasers I sent to reach people in the Eastern U.S.A. And then there was this bit of craziness... The item took from Nov. 18 to Dec. 25 just to get out of the country! So, IOW, I wouldn't give up hope just yet! The folks at USPS badly need to take geography lessons....

Thanks, Bob! Going to bookmark this page! Love the little flowers!

No thanks, the older I get, the harder it is for me to tolerate hot weather.

What's the temperature there, Fred? We're having a heat wave here - it's currently -5 C