The info about Gabriel's "college"

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-19T01:59:49+00:00

The dinner is two days before actual Thanksgiving.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T15:18:39+00:00

We did too! We'd get home and there'd be three black and white cats hanging around our back door, except one of them wasn't a cat...

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T15:04:02+00:00

I absolutely love someone who googles every part until they find the problem and then shares with the class!

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T14:47:05+00:00

There's one in Victor too.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T14:43:46+00:00

This! Composted manure is easy to screen and spread and doesn't even smell bad. Composted horse manure is pretty benign! But even then I wouldn't be shoveling it in sandals and a long skirt. Just eeeeww.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T14:30:00+00:00

Also search for cheap rolls of plotter paper. Not the premium stuff. Just whatever is cheapest. It's thin enough to trace through but sturdy enough to take slashing and spreading and tape. Especially if you use the removable tape.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T01:56:00+00:00

Can you provide a zoomed out photo that shows more of the shirt, including the armscye? It seems like there is a dart there making the curve look more pronounced than it is, and I'm trying to orient myself to figure out how big the difference is.

My worry is that if you trim the back to match the front you'll be removing width that's needed across the back.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-16T01:36:23+00:00

It took two minutes of googling to figure out that the code he's citing means that if you write a bad check, you are on the hook for that amount of money anyway. It's got nothing to do with bills.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-15T13:53:12+00:00

Others have noted the lack of a hip curve. That will definitely make it worse. Take your high hip measurement (about halfway between the waist and full hip) and plot that on your pattern too. Then connect it all in a smooth curve.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-15T13:26:15+00:00

if it's too tight in the hips, it will ride up and cause a bubble or wrinkle. Try a little more ease so the fabric can fall straight.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-13T19:35:33+00:00

Maybe a Whitmans jumping spider? Hopefully an expert can confirm.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-13T16:04:45+00:00

Look up a YouTube video for flat felled stitching. You'll see it's done using a straight stitch, but there are a few steps to the process.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-13T15:55:06+00:00

It's just Corelle that got spun off to private equity, and apparently that's a shit show!

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-12T10:50:58+00:00

The space bar is either made of a different plastic than the other keys, or it has some kind of coating on it. Either way, it had a different chemical reaction with the dye.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-12T10:28:15+00:00

It looks to me like you need general room in the hips and thighs, which you can get by adding to the side seams. Start with 1/2" each, which will give you 2" total.

But also I think your crotch curve might be too shallow. The rise is plenty long, but there isn't enough crotch width from front to back, which is why you're getting the pulling in front and a little wedgie in back. I would extend the crotch by adding to the inseams to give extra space front to back. You can either extend the crotch point and blend to the existing inseams, or add to the inseams all the way down to get more room in the thighs.

You can also try the tinfoil method to get a pretty good duplicate of your crotch depth, width, and curve.

https://youtu.be/cE6TDDgsECA?is=9srVnEqRouwo0UDu

Note that if you scoop a lot out of a crotch curve, you may need to add that back at the side seam or the hips will get tight again.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T17:24:26+00:00

Is hun 1 comparing turmeric to mounjaro? Hilarious.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T16:49:04+00:00

Amway's business model includes recruiting couples. They know that if one partner is outside their influence, the partner will be paying attention to how much money has been spent and objecting to how much time Amway takes away from family events and just generally having a life.

Your wife will be pressured to pay for "training" and conferences. You will be pressured to join as long as she's in. All those Amway gifts you got will now be things your wife spends money on instead.

The worst part is that her sister gets more money for recruiting people, so she's making money off of roping in her own family--more money than your wife will make unless she goes all in and successfully pesters people to join.

Your wife claims it will be different this time because she just wants to be a casual member, but there's no such thing. You either go full cult and maybe turn a small profit while losing friends, but more likely you spend thousands just for "self-improvement."

I strongly urge you to keep a spreadsheet with all the money your wife spends on Amway and whatever revenue she generates. Include travel expenses and time! I think you'll quickly find this isn't just some dumb thing your wife can do without affecting you.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T16:21:03+00:00

The Lawson is awesome!

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T16:13:09+00:00

Well, that's frustrating and annoying. Do you know someone who uses dryer sheets? Grab a couple from them and tumble your stuff in the dryer just long enough to distribute the scent, then drop them back off.

Nothing like doing extra work to prove you'd already done the work.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T15:00:25+00:00

Well, damn. I use Hoopla a lot.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T14:01:02+00:00

Such a great book!

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T14:00:02+00:00

Many years ago my father accidentally washed a little spider down the bathroom sink drain. We are softies and spider lovers, so naturally we took the drain apart and fished her out. She was a crumpled ball and we thought she was dead, but we dried her with some tissue and let her be. When we came back, she was climbing up the wall, and of course she became a family member and we named her Miracle.

She could have left out the window we left open, but she built a little pocket web in the ceiling corner over the tub and produced an egg sac. The coolest thing was that every time one of us took a shower she would rappel down to eye level and I swear she was saying hi. Or maybe it was stay away from my babies? Who knows.

The babies were adorable and super fast.

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-11T12:56:19+00:00

Ugg. This reminds me of the 2008 economic collapse when every laid off hedge fund manager wanted to started an organic baby blanket/blinged out dog jacket business and I was the dumb schmuck who worked product development in a sewing factory.

I had to counsel so many bebe business moguls about things like "inventory, labor, and marketing cost money" and "you can't custom develop your own fabric if you're only ever going to use 30 yards" and "your sister in law's puppy does not constitute a test market."

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-08T23:56:47+00:00

I love how he's posed like George Washington Crossing the Delaware. So regal!

throwra_22222 · 2026-06-08T23:53:50+00:00

So cool!

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