On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:01:53 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:08:09 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
Bruce L. Bergman quickly quoth:
The Featherweight is a great little machine, Mom found several in
her wanderings - in some ways she Out-Gunner'd Gunner by a mile. ;-)
Walks in with a Ridgid #2 pipe cutter in pristine condition ($160),
and she had the balls to say "It was $2 - did I pay too much?"
(Good night Mrs. Bergman, wherever you are.)
I'm glad you didn't say "audacity". That took balls. 
The one I grabbed to see "which model is he talking about..." was
the sole 221K White (Made in Great Britain) she had. There's at least
two each of the Green and Black variety around here somewhere. But I
won't say where here is, in case there are any rabid quilt makers
waiting to mug me for a sewing machine.
Only wimmenz make quiltz.
(Satire Alert - put down the Mountain Dew before reading further,
unless you want a good excuse to go buy a new monitor.)
Nah, it's the keyboard which gets ruined by sugary crap like that.
Not even that, I just hose it out with 99% isopropyl alcohol followed
by compressed air. Of course you might have to vacuum out the
cockroaches first.
Remember The Rules: Guys don't make clothing - and we sure as HELL
don't make matching His And Hers outfits - matter of fact it's your
sacred duty under the Man Code to burn anything resembling them if
found, and never allow yourself to be seen in public in same. :-P
Amen!
But we are allowed to repair holes and ripped out inseams in work
clothes, and hem our Levis and Carhartts, make sails and spray covers
and light covers and shifter boots and upholstery, and do other Guy
Things with a sewing machine. It still qualifies as a Power Tool, but
only when used properly. ;-)
At least three times over the 12 years I worked away from home and
occupied a rented room during the week, I answered phone calls from
SWMBO while showing my landlady how to operate her sewing machine
(which happened to be located in a corner of her bedroom)
I make my laptop glare guards with mine. And manly pillow cases. (I
needed one for a reading wedge I bought which was naked.) I also used
it for curtains in the gar^H^H^Hshop. We can't have people peeking at
all the tools now, can we?
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Gerry :-)}
London, Canada