The longest thread ever

[bundabergdevil]

I’m going to do a cooked breakfast and then some hot weedwacking.

[Bostondevil]

I'm going to turn on the air conditioning and sew together a wool sweater. The first round of blocking is finished. After I sew it together, The Drewsk has to try it on, then I block it again. Not every knitter blocks sweaters twice, but I'm the kind of knitter who washes and blocks test swatches, so.

[bundabergdevil]

I'm going to turn on the air conditioning and sew together a wool sweater. The first round of blocking is finished. After I sew it together, The Drewsk has to try it on, then I block it again. Not every knitter blocks sweaters twice, but I'm the kind of knitter who washes and blocks test swatches, so.

Knitting sweaters does not seem like a June pursuit!

[ClemmonsDevil]

I'm going to turn on the air conditioning and sew together a wool sweater. The first round of blocking is finished. After I sew it together, The Drewsk has to try it on, then I block it again. Not every knitter blocks sweaters twice, but I'm the kind of knitter who washes and blocks test swatches, so.

Trust but verify. Trust but verify.

[bundabergdevil]

Trust but verify. Trust but verify.

That escalated quickly.

[ClemmonsDevil]

That escalated quickly.

Sounds like you're in the pocket of big wool.

[bundabergdevil]

Sounds like you're in the pocket of big wool.

And you’re buddying up to the gipper?

[ClemmonsDevil]

And you’re buddying up to the gipper?

Did your handlers pay you to ask that?

[Bostondevil]

That escalated quickly.

Nah, I know what he meant. Just because you get the right gauge when you're knitting your swatch, sometimes the measurements will change once the yarn gets wet, especially with a superwash, you gotta know what your knitting is going to do if you want the sweater to fit the person you plan on wearing it when you're done.

[bundabergdevil]

Did your handlers pay you to ask that?

Nyet. (cough, cough). I mean, no. Y'all.

[bundabergdevil]

A Pirate Looks at Forty felt different when I was younger.

I did not know who this song was about. Interesting.

[YmoBeThere]

I did not know who this song was about. Interesting.

My Aunt and Uncle weren’t in their 40s when the sailed off and finally settled in Fiji. But they were in their late 50s. The story didn’t end well, they are now divorced and mostly broke. But they are still alive.

[ClemmonsDevil]

Nyet. (cough, cough). I mean, no. Y'all.

I knew it!

[bundabergdevil]

My Aunt and Uncle weren’t in their 40s when the sailed off and finally settled in Fiji. But they were in their late 50s. The story didn’t end well, they are now divorced and mostly broke. But they are still alive.

Pirates come between them and steal their treasure?


You trying to tell me there’s no such thing as happily ever after?

[TruBlu]

The rain is holding off long enough for me to start staining my big deck. Using a brush instead of a roller. My back is not in favor.

[Phredd3]

I’m having pork for lunch. Could never do lamb. Poor Mary…

Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb
Little lamb
Then she passed her plate again, and had a little more...

[ClemmonsDevil]

Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb
Little lamb
Then she passed her plate again, and had a little more...

Hahaha! I like it!

[bundabergdevil]

Sweating. Wear pants and long sleeves to weed wack. I’ll probably still get poison ivy somewhere.

Never seems to fail.

[YmoBeThere]

Pirates come between them and steal their treasure?

You trying to tell me there’s no such thing as happily ever after?

They spent their money starting up small businesses that the ROIs were low. Not failures per se but not successful enough. In other words, subsistence living. But subsistence living in Fiji doesn't afford one the opportunity to make a grand entrance back in the USA. Not to mention susceptibility to certain types of persuasion. They are all-in on Clinton's, Trump, et al. I think that was part of the rift. She wasn't hook, line and sinker like he was for that stuff.

[-jk]

Sweating. Wear pants and long sleeves to weed wack. I’ll probably still get poison ivy somewhere.

Never seems to fail.

Trick to dealing with poison ivy is knowing the oil is really thick/sticky. Think scrubbing off axle grease. Go at it with a (disposable) rag and Dawn, and lather, rinse, repeat two or three times. You have a couple hours after exposure before it's too late!

I haven't used it, but my mom swore by Tecnu stuff.

-jk