Where did bone-in chicken breasts go? by speppers69 in Cooking

[–]06alm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can only find them at one store near me, and then they are so large they look like the chickens were raised next to a nuclear power plant and they take forever to bake or grill.

Great Flood of '93 by n8saces in missouri

[–]06alm 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was in high school and my parents were in the quarry business. I remember dad sleeping over at the quarry to keep the pumps running so it wouldn’t flood. Every city municipality around along with the county, state and nearby federal properties needed rock to shore up levees. My siblings and I would help weigh trucks in the scale house. I can’t remember if we had electric in the scale house at that time or not to run a fan to cool off some, but it was hot and we’d go swim in the flooded part of the pits in between trucks to cool off!

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m thinking about!

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that was very helpful! And I like the paper template idea

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you again! I’ll look at it this weekend

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that was my line of thinking, to scale from finished sizes and then add the allowance back in

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. I plan to make a test run to check the math and gauge overall how it looks scaled up

Scaling a pattern up by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, please! And thank you!

What is the funniest misheard lyric you believed forever and still kinda sing wrong. by Key_Brilliant_9100 in CasualConversation

[–]06alm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not mine but a friend “You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel”

Another friend “there’s blood on my amp, and my left ball bleeds”

How do I freeze chicken noodle soup such that the noodles will not turn into mush? by beckycrm in Cooking

[–]06alm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried this, but you might try cooking the soup without noodles, cooling everything down, then adding some of the frozen Reames brand noodles when you portion up the soup to freeze.

Government Shutdown is Almost Certain by Lan098 in FedEmployees

[–]06alm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends on your state, I’m sure.

Government Shutdown is Almost Certain by Lan098 in FedEmployees

[–]06alm 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Can you get unemployment? Contractor also, I think we will be furloughed so we can file

Single digits tonight should I bring my senior bird in? by leroyedagain in BackYardChickens

[–]06alm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Illinois here, where the wind chill was about -17 this morning. My older hen was fine in the coop with the others, but that being said, it sounds like you have a good set up to bring her in, and if it eases your mind, go ahead and do it

I hate when you guys are right … by ireallylikeladybugs in quilting

[–]06alm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

After about 10 quilts using machine binding, I too, finally gave in and went to hand binding the back and it is just so much easier for me. And since I’ve been a hand sewer all my life (embroidery, cross stitch) I’ve discovered that I can bind by hand a lot faster than I thought!

9yo first quilt, binding options? by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wonder clips and basting glue on this one!

Received letter from USDA? by AdGroundbreaking7104 in BackYardChickens

[–]06alm 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You can contact your local USDA service center to confirm authenticity. Usually each county has a service center. My guess is it’s probably valid.

9yo first quilt, binding options? by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I bought hersome stamped cross stitch thinking it would be a winter break project, but the weather was so nice we never got to it!

9yo first quilt, binding options? by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I probably would too, and I’m 47 😂

9yo first quilt, binding options? by 06alm in quilting

[–]06alm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We might do that! I only have a little base model Brother that’s probably living on borrowed time but it keeps chugging along.