Not an old number but an old house. When we first moved in we got so much mail for Norman. For years after. Like 5 years at least. Finally stopped arriving and I’d forgotten all about it but like 4 months ago we got a letter for him! It’s been 14 years!!
Oh thats lovely, thank you for posting! Not often I see my trade in art. If you’re curious, the reason it’s tied up like that is to tension the luff for sewing. The luff is the edge of the mainsail that attaches to the mast. The luff rope is made from three strand rope that stretches when it is under load. So when you sew the sail to it, it needs to be under tension/load for the cloth to be flat when it’s hoisted. You can see the rope sewn to the edge where it trails down the post.
It really does look like that even now, though maybe with not so many people lol. The artist has done a masterful job of depicting the scope of the job, the amount of fabric, the folds of the cloth. I’m going to get a print made for sure!
My husband had the same, brutal headaches if he tried to quit. What he did was slowly over the course of a few weeks replace some of the beans for the morning pot with decaf, ramping it up until it was all decaf eventually. He’d have green tea the rest of the day. He’s a tea drinker now, but we’ll have a half decaf latte every now and then as a sunday treat if we’re out. It’s really hard to replace coffee with tea as the caffeine types are different.
We did a bunch of things today, all definitely what we wanted to do. Went to costco yesterday so did a ton of fall food prep stuff and finished the new shelves in the pantry to put away said costco trip. So much yummy food now! We made…
Was going to make some more things but we’re beat. Going to go and have a beer on the beach in the sun. Oh, after we take down the deck unbrella for the winter. Shoot.
Absolutely
Aww, kids are the same throughout history. Thanks for the link!
I think I was all of them at some point today. But it’s leveled out at 5. Eh, see if this ax is still here tomorrow.
This one for me too. I remember watching some movie when I was younger and it had two people talking over a video screen and I thought that when that happens I’ll be actually living in the sci-fi future. Fast forward many years and I’m driving with my husband, regular old day, and as I’m looking out the window I see a girl face timing with somone at the bus stop. And it hits me, I’M HERE, I’M IN THE SCI-FI FUTURE. And that was 15 years ago. It’s missing a bunch of the other cool sci-fi shit, but it’s nailing the dystopian aspect’s full on.
We just had ramen for dinner last night! It depends on whats in the fridge but for veg we do grated carrot, broccoil, and shredded cabbage almost always. Last night we pan fried sliced tofu with some sesame oil and soy, excellent for sandwiches the next day too. A nice seared steak thinly sliced is a treat in a heavier flavoured ramen. If I see one marked down heavily I’ll throw it in the freezer for this. My new thing I’ve been doing is dice up some mushrooms, some lightly smashed cashews, sesame seeds, frozen corn, and some chili crisp and fry it in a pan with some sesame oil. Makes a nice topping, kinda like on tantamen ramen.
Edit: Oh! I forgot my favorite treat. A slice of american cheese. Like the singles. I don’t do it all the time, but man, it melts into the broth and is SO GOOD. It’s a Korean comfort food I read about, though they poach an egg in there too.
Absolutely! CBC has a free app called Mauril! It’s paid for by our tax dollars, might as well use it.
CBC has an app called Mauril! It’s free and govt funded!
She was a saint. And not in a religious way, but in the way that she was for everyone, and truly cared about us all. Rest in peace with your dear Carl, your memory will always be a blessing.
I’m in! I was actually already thinking about it as my best friend had a stroke last week and we’re thinking maybe french might help her communicate better. She studied french for years and lived in France as well. Hasn’t spoken it in years though. A good friend from Montreal will be visiting her in the hospital this week, going to try.
Oooh, Hadestown and BG3! It would be so good! Like AC Odyssey but with more focus on the Gods and less on the wars, with more DND mechanics. I’m so down for that.
Oh hey, nice to see Ginger remembered here. I’m friends with one of the people that made the documentary about him, highly recommend watching it!
Too late, already got forked. Can’t remember which user but saw that in another thread.
Perchance peeerchaaance PERCHANCE!
Aww, I’m not on there. But I’m not really surprised, I don’t talk much.
He’s all flop, no bones.
Heeeeey! Nice to meet ya! There’s at least three of us, I was talking with a guy that does canvas in Ontario a few years ago haha. I’d imagine there’s more of us from the industry if you’d include all the areas like composites and mechanics, but sewing is definitely the niche of a niche industry.
I never seriously got into canvas, wasn’t trained to sew anything with frames, just the stuff that goes with sails like covers and UV. Though I’m going to be making a dodger and enclosure for my own boat eventually, eek. I was on the sailmaking/rigging/splicing side of things. I applaud your skills, canvas is an art!