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« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2005, 05:44:51 PM »
Basic Tatting Lessons

http://www.thisntat.com/lessons1.html


Yeah I looked it up, curiousity got the better of me.

Well - seems to me knowing how to thread a needle, sew on a button, sew a tear, re-sew a hem,  put in/ take out cuffs, darn socks, or even how to iron on a patch would be a more needed skill that how to tat.
I mean knowing how to double tie shoelaces seems more useful to me.

Barbara - forget tatting!

Proper door slamming on nuisance door salesman - now that is an art!!  
Proper rude to crank  phone calls / wrong numbers - now that is an art!!

Personally not sure I'd want some lady sharing with me she could not hard-boil an egg - instead she could tat.

Now I gotta look up the old adage "tit for tat" ...after seeing how tatting is done, this old adage may take on a whole 'nuther meaning....Smiley
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« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2005, 05:50:09 PM »
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darn socks
The way I taught my kids, you look at a sock with a hole in it and say "darn socks" and throw it away.

Yes, I DO know how to darn socks, I just don't do it.

And, Sandy CAN make gravy, brown or white.   Not me though.
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« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2005, 06:16:46 PM »
Larry, Larry, Larry - what am I gonna do with you.

Everybody knows - your supposed to darn the socks - not toss 'em.  Whaddya think you slide across the hardwood floor in?  "Darn Socks" of course.  Spray furniture polish on 'em to make 'em slicker.

Make great dust cloths when they won't stay on your feet anymore...

Now when they finally get really really bad, gar bait.  Cotton rope all shredded is good, but trust me, toss out a cotton sock all worn and such, and when the fine teeth of a gar latch hold - he is snagged but good.


For a dollar I'll share what nylons and panty hose with runs in them are good for.

I may not care one whit about 'tatting'  - but I do make scratch biscuits, can make gravy, and know how to be resourceful in other ways.

Barbara - don't be tossing out them nylons with runs in 'em...they do have a good use.
Just have to wait until I get my dollar, or three. Smiley
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« Reply #28 on: November 01, 2005, 04:08:00 AM »
Okay, I think I understand the tatting thing, but what is lace?
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« Reply #29 on: November 01, 2005, 07:23:20 AM »
My mom taught me how she darns socks...
1 take needle with the thickest heaviest thread and go around hole in whatever manner
2 pullthread tight or until hole closes
3 knot 13 times
this works particullarly well if the hole is near heel or ball, because they they become Darn socks after this treatment.  Never asked my mom to fix any socks after that....


Now Nylons w/ runners make for the best application of hand rubbed varnish or oil finishes.  Ball them up and tuck them in to the toe and dip in the finish and start rubbing.  Now I am talking about Nylons not Pantihose....


But most of all a woman (and all men) should know is how to Learn.
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« Reply #30 on: November 01, 2005, 08:06:27 AM »
Brian is correct on one use for nylons - varnish and oil finishes.

Ain't got my dollar yet...but anywho...

Onions!

Take the pantyhose, drop and onion in, tie a knot above it. Drop another onion, tie another knot. Repeat.

This keeps onions, from touching each other and spoiling each other.  Just cut  below the knot, retrieve the onion as need. Knot above keeps onion above from falling out , hitting toes and rolling around and under something.  Also great conversation piece, folks go into where the pantyhose are hung up...and folks will either give you funny looks, have to ask, or pretend they didn't see and talk about you behind your back...

Yes it really works.
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« Reply #31 on: November 01, 2005, 09:11:43 AM »
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Now Nylons w/ runners make for the best application of hand rubbed varnish or oil finishes.  Ball them up and tuck them in to the toe and dip in the finish and start rubbing.  Now I am talking about Nylons not Pantihose....

But most of all a woman (and all men) should know is how to Learn.
I learned that this idea works best with her foot OUT of the stocking....
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« Reply #32 on: November 01, 2005, 09:24:04 AM »
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How to make her man content...he'll take care of all the rest.  Modern or ancient, it's the best way to cope(most times).
Dude, I was trying to voice something along these lines without sounding like a MCP (Pig)
I'll just add my +1.


...IF the guy's worth a flip.
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« Reply #33 on: November 01, 2005, 10:30:30 AM »
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...what nylons and panty hose with runs in them are good for.
Picking up small parts.
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« Reply #34 on: November 01, 2005, 12:46:52 PM »
There once was a woman who begat,
Three children named Nat, Pat and Tat.
Fun was the breeding but HELL was the feeding,
When she found there was no tit for Tat!

So sorry, I just COULDN"T resist... Wink

Oh, and if you spill all your weed on the carpet just take a sock OR pantyhose, put it over the bare end of the vacuum hose and suck it up into the sock. Don't ask me how I know this, I just do. Cheesy
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« Reply #35 on: November 01, 2005, 03:42:00 PM »
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Oh, and if you spill all your weed on the carpet just take a sock OR pantyhose, put it over the bare end of the vacuum hose and suck it up into the sock. Don't ask me how I know this, I just do. Cheesy
Add a second vacum hose to the exhaust, a blow-dryer element and you have a giant forced air bong. Great for parties. Tell the fuddy-duddies it's a rented "fog machine".
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« Reply #36 on: November 01, 2005, 03:44:33 PM »
^BTW, that was a joke ^

.. you might kill everybody from CO poisoning.
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« Reply #37 on: November 01, 2005, 04:12:07 PM »
I keep a couple pairs of old nylons in my emergency pack in the van.

They can be used as long johns, rope, emergency fan belt, filter, etc. Handy things. Uncomfortable as hell, but handy.
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« Reply #38 on: November 01, 2005, 04:14:44 PM »
(A gilded cage is still a cage. I prefer freedom.)
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« Reply #39 on: November 01, 2005, 04:26:53 PM »
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Tell the fuddy-duddies it's a rented "fog machine".
Damn, where were you with this idea 30 years ago? Tongue

The "head shops" did used to offer some kind of power bong set up. It was always like major $ though so nobody I know ever bought one...

Ah, memories of a truly misspent youth. Glad I grew up! Smiley
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« Reply #40 on: November 01, 2005, 04:42:43 PM »
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Tell the fuddy-duddies it's a rented "fog machine".
Damn, where were you with this idea 30 years ago? Tongue

The "head shops" did used to offer some kind of power bong set up. It was always like major $ though so nobody I know ever bought one...

Ah, memories of a truly misspent youth. Glad I grew up! Smiley
Winston - Salem. I was a muddy 5 year old playing in the creek behind the house. My closest experience to the ways of the wicked world was finding a six-pack of Schlitz (or was it Pabst) the Dillinger boys (real neighbor, real name) had hidden in the henhouse.
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