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Skriven 2010-05-26 19:09:39 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38248 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: And Sew On                                               [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> up) touches the presser foot. It thinks the thread is 'broken' and
>> reports it to you (g).  It's easy to fix, just move the thread, but I
>> noticed that happening.

 JK> > I've not noticed that happenening with our machine.  It does seem
 JK> odd to > start sewing with no visible bobbin thread tho.

 JK> With the Singer, you do have the bobbin thread visible, but it has to
 JK> be in the right position, and not lying across the embroidery foot ...
 JK> picky machine :)

I don't have that issue with my machine.

>> alone.. you still have to get the cassette to "see" the thread as
>> well.  Sound like a real PIA.

 JK> > At that point, I'd take it to a repair person & see what the
 JK> estimate to > fix would be.  If it were over a certain level, I'd tell
 JK> them not to
 JK> > bother & I'd buy a new machine for "take with."

 JK> I think I'd do the same in both cases.

I'll see if I can get one that will cook supper and clean up afterward.
(G)

 JK> > OTOH, we have to go thru more hoops. But, our old "big" laptop has a
 JK> > lot of sewing stuff on it, like the embroidery software. I also got
 JK> the > "Threads" magazine first 24 years DVD; I think Steve put it on
 JK> there as > well.

 JK> 24 years :)  I didn't know they'd been around that long (g).  Probably
 JK> some very interesting articles on that DVD.

I've not really looked at it.  Now that class is over, I'll have more
time for that.


 JK> > Combination of factors in that one. But if schools made math and
 JK> reading > more fun--incorporate some cooking into it maybe--then kids
 JK> would know > how to, and maybe enjoy cooking with things other than
 JK> the microwave.

 JK> Agree there.  We had a home economics class when I was in Jr. and
 JK> Senior high school.. that program was still around when my kids went
 JK> to the same school - male and female children were both required to
 JK> take it... and taught to cook and sew.. The girls also had to take a
 JK> semester of shop (g).. so no one was left out :)  Not sure if that
 JK> school is still doing that program now or not though.

Rachel had co-ed, required in junior high but she was in Berlin at the
time.  Deborah missed home ec. I only took it in junior high; my senior
year, they started a "Batchelor Survival" class for boys. They even
learned how to make chocolate chip cookies. (G)

>> guess is the getting 'older' that most people hate. :(   For most of

 JK> > High metabolism.  Most of us have one that slows down as we age.

 JK> Some things are slowing down, I can see that (G)

Some of mine are pure crawling!

>> (it's a known side effect).  I think if I was lucky, I was about
>> 110lbs. Right now I'm at about 120-125.

 JK> > Evry little bit helps.

 JK> Yes, it does.  Grandma used to insist I eat custard when I'd visit her
 JK> in Dunmore, PA.. she was determined to fatten me up, she'd tell me
 JK> (g). I loved eating it so I'd wolfe it down.. didn't work though.. I
 JK> just grew a bit taller I think (g).

Did your siblings get any?


 JK> > I'm still more than that, but loosing a bit here
 JK> > & there.

 JK> That's the healthy way to lose it if you need to.  Everybody is
 JK> different though.

Yes; I've been in a narrow range the last few years.  Dropped 20 or so
fast when I got off prednisone & we moved to HI.

>> Yes, I would think frajitas would demand that seasoning.. that btw, is
>> also one of the things my son will eat.. mexican food ..

 JK> > That one is hybrid Tex-Mex. (G)  But still good.

 JK> Sounds really good :)

They're good over rice, as deconstructed fajitas too.
>> air".. I had some friends move there just for that reason. That and

 JK> > And the southeastern corner has rain every summer--the monsoon
 JK> season. > it gets very humid then--both before a late afternoon/early
 JK> evening
 JK> > thundeerstorm and after one.

 JK> Boy, sounds almost like the tropics there (g)  I truly didn't know
 JK> about that aspect of Arizona.

Weather patterns that move up from Mexico in the summer cause it.  They
also get snow in the state.

 JK> > And my folks used German when they didn't want us to know what they
 JK> were > discussing.  Steve & I used ASL.

 JK> We'd hear my parents talking in Italian for the same reason, but still
 JK> they wouldn't teach us any of it.  When I asked why, Mom said it was
 JK> really important to them at the time to make sure we 'fit in'.  I
 JK> guess they'd experienced some negatives when they were growing up.

 JK> My daughter used to use sign language with her children .. it was
 JK> incredible to see a toddler signing to make his desires known. I guess
 JK> a number of the younger moms did that :)

Talking with one, her son learned "milk" as his first sign.

 JK> > No, Steve cat naps (falls asleep in his chair at the computer).

 JK> I think I've caught Ron a few times as well (G).

Must be the hum of the electronics.

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Ruth
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