Sewing machines, stitchers, profanity & thoughts of violence.

[dikman]

I'm with you, Big Sioux. I love music and when I'm casting boolits I'll play some nice easygoing instrumental/orchestral stuff but when I'm working with the leather - nothing. It's too distracting because I listen to the music, rather than concentrating on what I'm doing (and as you know, one mistake can ruin a project!).

[TinkerTailor]

1 minute ago, dikman said:

I'm with you, Big Sioux. I love music and when I'm casting boolits I'll play some nice easygoing instrumental/orchestral stuff but when I'm working with the leather - nothing. It's too distracting because I listen to the music, rather than concentrating on what I'm doing (and as you know, one mistake can ruin a project!).

Part of the problem isIi have the choice of listening to my music or the neighbors......Silence is not an option. .........Ahhhh, city life, where it is just not nearly as acceptable to fire off a warning shot to get them to turn it down as it may be in Dwights neck of the woods......

[dikman]

Yeah, I can see where that can be a problem (I'm sort of rural but close to the city, so almost the best of both worlds - almost).

I forgot to comment on Mr. Gibson's excellent blog, much truth in there.

[Dwight]

4 hours ago, TinkerTailor said:

Part of the problem isIi have the choice of listening to my music or the neighbors......Silence is not an option. .........Ahhhh, city life, where it is just not nearly as acceptable to fire off a warning shot to get them to turn it down as it may be in Dwights neck of the woods......

Ammo is getting too expensive for warning shots, . . .  

Our "big" noise problem is these nutcase kids who have a $300 vehicle, . . . but have 5 grand in the sound system, . . . just so they can crank up the base and shake the little birds out of their nests as they drive by.  

And don't think I haven't toyed with the idea of "target" shooting up next to the road when one goes by.  About 100 grains of triple 7 in my old muzzle stuffer can make all the newly buried sit up and take notice, . . . 

But, . . . back to music, . . . guess I'm just from the generation that started out having to have it as a part of their lives, . . . so I enjoy it.

May God bless,

Dwight

[NikkiPizzini]

The Landis K shoe stitcher my associate Kelly learned on was called "La Beastia"   It was a monster, a finger biter and a needle breaker... Kelly was convinced that my standing directly behind her and staring down " La Beastia" while threatening to cut her up into many pieces and sell her to the scrap metal factory allowed Kelly to safely stitch countless pairs of pointy toed Luchesses without a problem ... So I oblige d. The second Landis K Kelly stitched on was a honey of a stitcher, and appropriately named Buttercup. We had a crotchety old Singer 29 K patcher that we called Clementine, and so I would sing " My Darlin Clementine" each time I had to stitch something expensive. I believe all leather workers have such stories, what would be the fun otherwise??? 

[BruceGibson]

6 hours ago, NikkiPizzini said:

The Landis K shoe stitcher my associate Kelly learned on was called "La Beastia"   It was a monster, a finger biter and a needle breaker... Kelly was convinced that my standing directly behind her and staring down " La Beastia" while threatening to cut her up into many pieces and sell her to the scrap metal factory allowed Kelly to safely stitch countless pairs of pointy toed Luchesses without a problem ... So I oblige d. The second Landis K Kelly stitched on was a honey of a stitcher, and appropriately named Buttercup. We had a crotchety old Singer 29 K patcher that we called Clementine, and so I would sing " My Darlin Clementine" each time I had to stitch something expensive. I believe all leather workers have such stories, what would be the fun otherwise??? 

LOL!   Love this!  

Thanks everybody for all the comments ...most of us work in isolation, to some extent, so it's cool to me to see that we all deal with machinery that's "possessed" at various levels!    Mine run the gamut from predictably annoying to full-on Stephen King novel, and all points in-between.

[makitmama]

I must confess that I have a whole set of CDs I made up, and use a different one for each task. Hand quilting/jewelry making? Harry Chapin/James Taylor/Carole King. Fast housework? ZZTop/BTO/classic rock. cross-country drive? southern trash rock.  sewing on my Class IV? hymns/southern gospel. That way when I pray that the bobbin doesn't run out/needle doesn't break/thread doesn't jam, I can pray to music. Since starting the gospel music, I haven't hit or kicked my machine once.

[Wizcrafts]

12 hours ago, NikkiPizzini said:

The Landis K shoe stitcher my associate Kelly learned on was called "La Beastia"   It was a monster, a finger biter and a needle breaker... Kelly was convinced that my standing directly behind her and staring down " La Beastia" while threatening to cut her up into many pieces and sell her to the scrap metal factory allowed Kelly to safely stitch countless pairs of pointy toed Luchesses without a problem ... So I oblige d. The second Landis K Kelly stitched on was a honey of a stitcher, and appropriately named Buttercup. We had a crotchety old Singer 29 K patcher that we called Clementine, and so I would sing " My Darlin Clementine" each time I had to stitch something expensive. I believe all leather workers have such stories, what would be the fun otherwise??? 

I experience these moments when I sew on my patchers. At any given moment in time, one or both of them will skip stitches on an important repair job. The very next job will be sewn perfectly. They both prefer to listen to Internet Country radio stations. They agree with my choices of KEQX in Texas, or KWKZ in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

[Constabulary]

I think you folks should oil your machines instead

[TinkerTailor]

2 hours ago, Constabulary said:

I think you folks should oil your machines instead

On other forums there is a smilee that is giving the bird just for these kinds of comments. Try to imagine it now for me please.