Sheilajeanne

Too funny, Chuck! I've never played RP games, though being a fan of fantasy literature, I know a bit about them. You are definitely the first person to ask a question like this on these boards though I do remember threads about people making leather dice cups for playing these games!

Canada changed to metric when I was in High School As a result, here's how most Canadians of my generation measure. This is NOT a lie - I have only a very vague idea of what my weight is in kilograms but would have to divide by 2.2 to really be sure, and have NO clue how tall I am in cm.!

I spent a winter in Edmonton. In January and February, nighttime temperatures often dipped to -40 (which is the same on both the C. and F. temperature scales!) and daytime highs were -30 to -25. It was a really bad winter - we broke a record for snowfall, and nearly broke one for the number of days below -25. What saved us was a chinook. They are common in Calgary but rare in Edmonton. In the space of 24 hours, the temperature went from -30 to just above freezing, then plunged back down again, accompanied by freezing rain, then a blizzard! The street I was living on was not very high on the priority list when it came to plowing. As a result, the snow got packed down, and when they did plow it, they weren't able to get down to bare pavement. Then, spring came, and that layer of snow melted into about a foot of slush, which would refreeze when the temp. dropped at night. Both my landlady and I got a lot of exercise pushing cars during this period, both ours and the neighbours! I was all too happy to move back to the Banana Belt of Southern Ontario when spring came! I left during the last week of May. Saskatchewan had just had a major spring blizzard. Somewhere there's a picture of me wearing shorts, T-shirt and sunglasses, standing in a very big snowdrift! Life in the Canadian prairies ain't for the faint of heart!

I would do a sketch first, of course, to get everything in the right place, and see if you can find any photos to use for reference. Good luck!

Thank you, Johanna, and thanks to the mods for all the good work they do! We're lucky to have you!

Wait - what did I miss here? :O

Me too, Pastor Bob! My favourite was where Thor gives him some Asgardian liquor and he gets totally drunk! "EXCELSIOR!!" My one criticism is the blank glasses just weird me out. I know it won't be easy to do, but I think you need to give him some eyes behind those glasses. Excellent job - I can't imagine doing portraits in leather!

Northmount, you can tell I'm not an electrician! :D Yeah, 220 volt. We reused the line for the stove when I put a full kitchen in the apartment that's overtop of the garage/laundry room.

I had an interest in moulding clay when I was in junior school, but it never stuck. As for now, I don't need another hobby...lol! The lady who owned this house before me worked with clay, and there was a 220 amp outlet in the laundry room where she used to plug in her kiln. She also had a special filter over the smoke detector to keep out dust from the clay. In addition to clay, she worked with fabric a lot - had FIVE sewing machines, and also did metal sculpting. My neighbour has a couple of her metalwork pieces decorating her lawn. She was single for many years, after her husband died of cancer, so was free to indulge in her hobbies. Her kids were already grown when she bought this place. She accumulated SO much stuff for her hobbies that her children needed two dumpsters to hold it all! I'm sure a lot of her craft stuff just got thrown in the dumpsters. Here's where she kept her sewing thread and shears - I pulled the nails out so I could burn the pegboard. There were over two hundred of them! I really like that she had the electrical outlets moved to where she could easily access them for her machines. That's come in handy for my leatherwork!

Ouch!!

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!