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The chemo did not make me feel all that sick during my round with breast cancer back in 2000. I would often go home, then go out and do my grocery shopping! The third day was usually the worst. It just made me feel tired and sometimes just a little feverish. I had to be careful what I ate, though. Spicy food or anything that irritated the digestive system gave me the runs. Never had a problem with nausea or vomiting, though. BTW, here's a tip. They used to give me a dose of Benadryl before the chemo, in case I got an allergic reaction to it. I think it also helps with nausea too. That is NOT a non-drowsy antihistamine, so I wasn't happy about being dosed with it. I take Allegra for my allergies, so I asked if I could take that instead, and after they got permission from my doctor, they said fine, go ahead! I was scheduled for 12 sessions of taxol, but only got 6, as I started having breathing problems, plus I got an infection in my port-a-cath. I was hospitalized for awhile due to that. Unfortunately, the shortness of breath never completely went away. My oxygen sats are usually around 92 to 95 percent, but go down really fast with any sort of exertion. The respirologist says it`s rare but the chemo does sometimes damage the lungs. Yeah. Lucky me...

That's cool, Frodo!

Fortunately for me, the one time I did a major dye spill, I had a roll of paper towels and a bottle of methyl alcohol handy. The two of them together did a really good job of cleaning up the spill before it soaked in. And fortunately, most of it was on the cutting mat. Even more fortunate - the floor was ceramic tile! It also missed the project I'd been wanting to touch up!

Yep, was definitely thinking it looks like something a country singer would wear!

Never mind the ECG tag, I'm wondering why he has a piece of rusty barbed wire on his bench?? Hope your tetanus booster is up to date, Chuck! Very nice work on the roses!

Great video, thanks Tugadude! Good advice that he has his customers sign off on a very detailed invoice (color of thread, even!) before he begins work. I'm sure that prevents a lot of people from thinking they can get the finished product for cheap because it doesn't look exactly as they expected. I liked his plug for leatherworker.net. When i was wanting to learn more, my instructor at Tandy recommended I join, and it's been very valuable. (God rest you, Bill. You were a wonderful teacher! )

I need to make something similar for my compass and a few other sharp, pointy things, so the points don't get damaged!

Oh, that's funny! Chuck, reminds me of this photo: Most of my skunk encounters have involved skunks and dogs that didn't know any better... I can report the Skunk Remedy (hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and a little dish soap) works REALLY well...and that some dogs just DO NOT LEARN! The one house we were renting, we had a backyard neighbour with a skunk nest under the porch. The neighbour had decided to just let them be. Twice while we were living there, one of the young ones fell into our window well. Our dog alerted us to it, and fortunately we noticed before anything bad happened to her! (I'm sure the skunk was reluctant to spray when it was in a confined space, too.) We tried (very carefully) putting a 2x4 down into the window well, but the youngster couldn't get a good grip on it. Then, we thought of an old piece of carpet we had somewhere, and didn't want anymore. That did the trick, though the skunk did spray just a tiny bit while I was putting the carpet into the well. Fortunately, the smell didn't last, as it wasn't a full blast!

So, how DO you catch and skin a skunk without causing the fur to stink? Won't a skunk let go its scent glands if it's caught in a trap?

Best joke I've come across in quite some time! A punter was at the horse races playing the ponies. He noticed a Priest step out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the race. Next race, as the horses lined up, the Priest stepped onto the track. Sure enough, he blessed one of the horses. The punter made a beeline for a betting window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was another long shot, the horse won the race. He collected his winnings, and anxiously waited to see which horse the Priest would bless next. He bet big on it, and it won. As the races continued the Priest kept blessing long shots, and each one ended up winning. The punter was elated. He made a quick dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and awaited for the Priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on. True to his pattern, the Priest stepped onto the track for the last race and blessed the forehead of an old nag that was the longest shot of the day. This time the priest blessed the eyes, ears, and hooves of the old nag. The punter knew he had a winner and bet every cent he owned on the old nag. He watched dumbfounded as the old nag came in last. In a state of shock, he went to the track area where the Priest was. Confronting Him, he demanded, 'Father! What happened? All day long you blessed horses and they all won. Then in the last race, the horse blessed lost by a mile. Now, thanks to you I've lost every cent of my savings!'. The Priest nodded, wisely and with sympathy. 'Son,' he said, 'that's the problem with you Protestants. You can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and Last Rites.'

That's a very good question! I remember watching a program about matadors in Spain. They mentioned that matadors most often get gored on the upper thighs. They even showed a picture of an older matador's numerous scars in that area... I imagine wearing a jock strap wouldn't work for bull riding [ouch!] but you'd think they could provide something to protect the area below the belt. My cousin wears special pants with - I think - some sort of Kevlar woven fabric in them when cutting trees with a chainsaw. I suppose a bull rider could do the same

Okay, of course I had to look it up: Edit: Click on jfdavis58's name to ge to the post. If you click on the topic, it will take you to the beginning of the thread instead. Some good stuff in this thread...

LOL, Chuck! Not such a bad idea! I still remember that story on here (forget who it was that posted) The guy's friend picked up his head knife, and tested the blade by running his thumb along the edge... Much blood, a trip to the hospital and quite a few stitches followed... We need another thread for the dumbest thing anyone's ever done with a very sharp leather tool! Billybop, yes the Leather Gods must be appeased! When younger, I did a fair bit of woodworking. Quite a few bandaids happened, especially when I was whittling! Haven't done anything too serious yet with cutting leather. Okay, that's probably tempting fate...

I used to break up boxes for recycling in the dumpster when I worked for a retail nursery. Great way to work out frustrations, and I kept my Swiss Army knife handy for slicing the tape! Had it down to a fine art and never cut myself.

People wear thimbles when hand sewing - have you thought of that? This thimble designed for quilting might work for leather too: https://www.amazon.ca/AIEX-Thimble-Protector-Quilting-Knitting/dp/B088BJYCB2/ref=asc_df_B088BJYCB2/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=320347773323&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10864780862965643511&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9104883&hvtargid=pla-914884391695&psc=1

Those pictures aren't detailed enough to give us a good idea of what you have for sale. And Kijiji doesn't allow you to search by ad number. However, by narrowing down the search area to New Brunswick, I did find your ad, though it wasn't listed under 'crafts and hobbies - leather tools', which would be the logical place for it! Here's the link: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles/bathurst/leather-tool/1657125176?undefined A couple of suggestions: Move the ad to 'crafts and hobbies' List what is available by category, with better pictures. E.g. for the leather kits - say you have 2 Roper wallet kits, 3 Tom Thumb purse kits, etc. For Craftaids, same thing - give the title and number of the Craftaid. Same thing for books - titles and better pictures. Your pictures aren't centered very well, so parts of the items are cut off, like the 4th picture especially. I would really like a better look at exactly what's in the black box on the left of the photo! (See below.) Unless all this stuff has to go NOW you will likely get a better response if you price it by lot - so much for all the Craftaids, so much for the books, etc. Do you know a leatherworker your father-in-law was friends with who could help you with the ads, and give you a better idea of what it's all worth?

You can resize the pictures. Here's one of the most recent links on doing this: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/page/2/ And here's the method I use. If your computer is a Microsoft product, you should have some version of Microsoft Paint installed on it. Open the picture in Paint. You should see a 'resize picture' option in the top menu bar. Click on it. I always resize by reducing the number of pixels rather than by percentage. 600 pixels should give a nice sharp picture that's not too large. When you resize one dimension of the photo, the other resizes automatically to keep it in the correct proportions.

Ookay, so not such a crazy idea after all! Interesting to know it does work, if not for a hobbyist.

That would have to be one heck of a big tumbler, Bert! I could see maybe giving a try with a clothes dryer, but it would likely wreck the dryer, and the missus would have your head for it! I use some plastic balls with spikes on them to soften clothes in my dryer as I hate chemical softeners. They work just fine. You could be onto something, though you'd have to find an old dryer someone had thrown out and get it working. Maybe one that's got the heating coil burned out, but the tumbler still works?

Fredk, I have a book that gives in detail the traditional Native American way of tanning deer hides. And believe me, it's a LOT of work!! Given the much bigger size and thickness of a bison hide, I'm guessing it would be twice as much work. Doesn't hurt to ask, though. Some Native Americans have adopted more modern methods of doing things - the Tribal Spirit shop that I buy deer and moose hides from gets their hides from native hunters, and ships them to a tannery in Alberta. And I've heard most native craftspeople now use artificial sinew for sewing.

Oooh!! INSTRUCTIONS!! https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Make-a-Sewing-Machine-Tractor/ Still trying to find out if these things actually run under their own 'steam'! According to its maker, this one doesn't. The electric motor is only there for show, and he removed most of the insides of it to reduce the tractor's weight: Actually, as someone who has often visited the annual Georgian Bay steam show in Cookstown, Ontario, I realize steam WOULD be an option! One of my cousins had a miniature steam engine that actually worked when I was a kid! https://www.steamshow.ca/ Some of you will relate to that last line! Maybe I'll sell it and buy more old broken sewing machines. You can never have too many!

John Deere fan, I take it?? Actually, White brand tractors are most often red - or white! https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/White_Farm_Equipment#Tractors

Thought this was pretty awesome! They even saved the light from the machine! But I'm not sure it will actually move on its own - maybe it's spring powered, like a windup toy?

Cool stories, Wiz and Don! Thanks for sharing.