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John - I love it!

Fishboy - Drinking beer is a hobby?

on the entry On the dynamics of collecting ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100369 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100369 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:28:50 -0600
 Yes, this is called a 'portable building'.  It was built by Mennonites in the Springfield, MO area and then delivered on a very interesting kind of trailer. I took a video of the delivery, but it needs a lot of editing.

It's amazing how they can move something this heavy around so easily.


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SWWBO's Shanty?  Spinner's End?  Top Spun? 
I think if you insulate and drywall, you could use the electric heater just fine.



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JST,
Going into a Hancock's or a JoAnn's these days is frought with peril.  The staff are ignorant, rude and can't tell the difference between cotton and linen.  Not only that, they can't cut something on the grain to save their lives.  They have been 'trained' but they don't know anything.  Hancock's and JoAnn's doesn't want to pay their informed female help anything.  The older women who sew are either dying or quitting.  If it weren't for women like Martha Pullen, who keep heirloom sewing and basic tailoring skills taught, I shudder to think of where we would be without those skills.

I learned the basics in jr.  high.  I do a LOT of sewing and mending because it is cost effective.
In fact, the Princess Kitty wore a dress that I made for her to church today.  She got compliments on it, and a few 'I wish my mom could sew' comments.  I knit for all the male members of my family.  Most of what I knit, they absolutely love. 

It doesn't surprise me about the bike clips.  I have a few of them for my quilting.  I actually have a Quilting Buddy now!  She also crochets and sews.  I am racing to set up my quilt so we can stitch while we chat or watch movies.  She has one in a frame all the time; I have a frame and some tops...I might need the Engineer to rework the playhouse ...

hm.

Off to bug the Engineer...

on the entry On the dynamics of collecting ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100374 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100374 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:12:41 -0600
Happy Birthday Charleston Chula.


on the entry Just a mention en passant... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/just_a_mention.html#comment-100375 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/just_a_mention.html#comment-100375 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:26:00 -0600
Splodey-Goat Shelter's in the front yard, I see.  What Massa and Missa are going for is for a true Bailey.  All we need to do is start working on a Motte.


on the entry On the dynamics of collecting ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100376 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100376 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:33:06 -0600
Maggie...sorry I had Presidential duties last night and missed your post.

I'm not Irish...so beer is a hobby. If I was...beer would be a vocation.

And Happy Birthday.

(Just in case you would ask...I had to attend the Fireman's Ball as President of my club and present donation. Firemen do like to drink...good thing I was sitting with the Police Chief)

on the entry On the dynamics of collecting ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100377 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/on_the_dynamics.html#comment-100377 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:49:05 -0600
You're all clearly missing the clues in this pic.

First up, the look of SPC Jellyroll because he clearly remembers Top giving the speech about "I don't want any of you F*%$ing MEN bringing any F*$#*ing porn on this F*%$ing deployment!!"

Then the knowing Cheshire-cat grin of the FEMALE troop that understood his orders word for word.


on the entry Caption Contest (Chest, Tool, Pioneer: Edition) ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/caption_contest_20.html#comment-100378 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/caption_contest_20.html#comment-100378 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:55:50 -0600
Around Silicon Valley, proper fabric stores pretty much disappeared during the 90s, replaced by "fabric & crafts" places featuring lots of "glue it together and paint it" stuff.  For decent cotton or linen fabrics, I'd have to go all the way to Berkeley.
With the latest wave of immigrants in the mid-2000s, various little fabric stores sprang up to cater to people who came from places where sewing is still practiced.
It's been a few years since I made any custom garments for myself; there's always other stuff to do, and the sewing table keeps getting covered with paperwork, birds, and other household clutter.  The cloak I made back in the late 90s still keeps the rain off... and still draws comments.
Interestingly, the main population of non-elderly, non-recent-immigrant people who sew seems to be science-fiction fans, many of whom are into costuming and thus sewing and leatherwork.



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There *is* a difference between Monorail Cat and Picatinny Rail Cat...


on the entry Monorail cat sues for trademark infringement... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/monorailcat_sue.html#comment-100380 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/monorailcat_sue.html#comment-100380 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:41:25 -0600
I just have one question -- if this is gonna be soooooo good for us, why did the Congers specifically *exempt* themselves and their families from the obligation to participate?

And I have an answer -- because they're lying crapweasels.

This isn't about "health care" or even "health insurance" reform. It's about grabbing control of the largest remaining part of the ecomomy they haven't yet wrecked.


on the entry In the new healthcare utopia our lords and masters deem shall be upon us... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/in_the_new_heal.html#comment-100381 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/in_the_new_heal.html#comment-100381 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:53:33 -0600
"I kan haz silenzer?"



on the entry Monorail cat sues for trademark infringement... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/monorailcat_sue.html#comment-100382 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/monorailcat_sue.html#comment-100382 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:55:26 -0600
*raises hand*

Alibi.

If -- as Obie-Won has been saying -- it's all about providing immediate aid to those unfortunates who don't have health insurance and *not* about his legacy, then why

1. doesn't it kick in until four years from now, and

2. why will the gummint be collecting *payments* for those four years without delivering anything for those four years?


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I bet the puppet store owner doesn't get customers like that very often...


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May God hold the family close. I thank your son for keeping faith to his family and countrymen.

on the entry An email making the rounds inside the Army. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/an_email_making.html#comment-100387 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/03/an_email_making.html#comment-100387 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:28:20 -0600