Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GwenOnBass]

Mistakes are mistakes until they wander over the line of humblebragging.

 

[G-Dog]

Quilters once sewed imperfections intentionally to demonstrate they are not perfect. Some may still do that?

Mrs. Dog is an avid, obsessive quilter and goes to extremely great lengths to correct her mistakes. But she never feels like any of them are perfect. And it bothers her no end to find a mistake after it's completed. But she's not above disassembly to fix it!
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[12BitSlab]

Mrs. Dog is an avid, obsessive quilter and goes to extremely great lengths to correct her mistakes. But she never feels like any of them are perfect. And it bothers her no end to find a mistake after it's completed. But she's not above disassembly to fix it!
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My mother in law was an avid quilter. She started a business - a quilt shop - when she was in her late 60’s.

The stuff she made always looked perfect to me, but she knew the truth and would tell you.

None of the classic Mother-In-Law jokes apply for me. She was a great lady who treated everyone with respect.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Every week I make a pizza, every week I say that I can do better next time. It gives me the impetus to keep trying. I imagine that quilting is like that, as are so many other things in life.

 

[GwenOnBass]

My older sister is/was (? dunno, haven't spoken in 6 years) a professional in fabric design (that included quilts). She made me a quilt of Brunhilde's immolation on the funeral bier, hated it and demanded I bin it. She is even published as a quilting book writer.

 

[Fat Freddy]

So.....I ordered a power supply for my pedalboard from Middletown NY....

Middletown is a two hour drive South of me....

What the?.........(Events are in reverse order....)

• Thursday , 3/05/2020
  7:36 am
  MENANDS, NY
  On FedEx vehicle for delivery
• 7:21 am
  MENANDS, NY
  At local FedEx facility
• 6:08 am
  LATHAM, NY
  At destination sort facility
• 3:17 am
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Departed FedEx location

• Wednesday , 3/04/2020
  12:17 pm
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 10:30 am
  NEWARK, NJ
  Departed FedEx location

• Tuesday , 3/03/2020
  10:45 pm
  NEWARK, NJ
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 9:32 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Left FedEx origin facility
• 5:45 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Picked up
• 4:42 pm
  
  Shipment information sent to FedEx

The mind...boggles....

 

[Jon Clegg]

Quilters once sewed imperfections intentionally to demonstrate they are not perfect. Some may still do that?

I do that with my bass builds. Yeah those aren't mistakes they're 'features'!

 

[Jon Clegg]

So.....I ordered a power supply for my pedalboard from Middletown NY....

Middletown is a two hour drive South of me....

What the?.........(Events are in reverse order....)

• Thursday , 3/05/2020
  7:36 am
  MENANDS, NY
  On FedEx vehicle for delivery
• 7:21 am
  MENANDS, NY
  At local FedEx facility
• 6:08 am
  LATHAM, NY
  At destination sort facility
• 3:17 am
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Departed FedEx location

• Wednesday , 3/04/2020
  12:17 pm
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 10:30 am
  NEWARK, NJ
  Departed FedEx location

• Tuesday , 3/03/2020
  10:45 pm
  NEWARK, NJ
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 9:32 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Left FedEx origin facility
• 5:45 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Picked up
• 4:42 pm
  
  Shipment information sent to FedEx

The mind...boggles....

FedEx: The shortest distance between two points always goes through Memphis
UPS: The shortest distance between two points always goes through Louisville.

 

[Fat Freddy]

FedEx: The shortest distance between two points always goes through Memphis
UPS: The shortest distance between two points always goes through Louisville.

Wonder why shipping is so bloody expensive?.....

 

[GwenOnBass]

The world of fabric design (as I learned) smacks of no mean familiarity. Publicists, trade shows, endorsement contracts with sewing machine companies ...

Wonder why shipping is so bloody expensive?.....

Private industry is always more efficient

 

[beans-on-toast]

So.....I ordered a power supply for my pedalboard from Middletown NY....

Middletown is a two hour drive South of me....

What the?.........(Events are in reverse order....)

• Thursday , 3/05/2020
  7:36 am
  MENANDS, NY
  On FedEx vehicle for delivery
• 7:21 am
  MENANDS, NY
  At local FedEx facility
• 6:08 am
  LATHAM, NY
  At destination sort facility
• 3:17 am
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Departed FedEx location

• Wednesday , 3/04/2020
  12:17 pm
  MEMPHIS, TN
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 10:30 am
  NEWARK, NJ
  Departed FedEx location

• Tuesday , 3/03/2020
  10:45 pm
  NEWARK, NJ
  Arrived at FedEx location
• 9:32 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Left FedEx origin facility
• 5:45 pm
  NEWBURGH, NY
  Picked up
• 4:42 pm
  
  Shipment information sent to FedEx

The mind...boggles....

Is it one of those fancy power supplies?

 

[GonePlaid]

Every week I make a pizza, every week I say that I can do better next time. It gives me the impetus to keep trying. I imagine that quilting is like that, as are so many other things in life.

Nah, you just love pizza.

 

[GonePlaid]

Speaking of mistakes, Lynn Bivianno (sp?) had 2 very noticeable mistakes on Blood, Sweat, and Tears songs. Bs&T released the records with the mistakes.

I’m glad that some engineer didn’t try to fix them. It shows that even the best musicians in the world aren’t perfect.

Ya want a great mistake? Herb Alpert's solo on "Taste of Honey". Fee-ahh.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story....

L...look how wrong you can be.....

Man I loved Rod and Faces back then.....

 

[GonePlaid]

I don't record myself either....
Life's too short to be wasting it listening to crappy music....

 

[Jeff Scott]

Quilters once sewed imperfections intentionally to demonstrate they are not perfect. Some may still do that?

I believe American Indian rugmakers still do that.

Good enough is not good enough in my book. I want things done right...

Ask my home renovation contractor about me and that.

Every week I make a pizza, every week I say that I can do better next time. It gives me the impetus to keep trying.

What happens once you've created the Perfek (used by permission) pizza?

 

[GonePlaid]

I believe American Indian rugmakers still do that.
Ask my home renovation contractor about me and that.

What happens once you've created the Perfek (used by permission) pizza?

Never make another pizza? 'Cos once you've achieved purfekshun...........

 

[Fat Freddy]

I believe American Indian rugmakers still do that.

And the builders of the Taj Mahal....
(No, not the one on the Willesden High Rd.....The ORIGINAL one)....

 

[Jeff Scott]

I wonder if beans has tried to make a Dark Chocolate Pizza™, yet?

 

[Jeff Scott]

And the builders of the Taj Mahal....
(No, not the one on the Willesden High Rd.....The ORIGINAL one)....

Are they still building that? Will it never end?