WouldBe
Dislicksick
Cut the sealed plug off first.
Useful if you want to pass the cable through the side of a cabinet to reach a socket instead of cutting a plug sized hole in it.
Once common 'domestic' skills that are dying out
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Useful if you want to pass the cable through the side of a cabinet to reach a socket instead of cutting a plug sized hole in it.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Needs a new pair or a massive patch from another pair of jeans.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Stuff that teaches proper real-world skills is often really popular with kids but there's just not enough of it. When I worked at an SEN school there was loads of great stuff about budgeting, using public transport, cooking and cleaning, looking after clothes, outdoor stuff like growing plants and building fires. Ridiculous that in a 'normal' secondary school the kids get almost none of that. It's a gripe I hear from kids on an almost daily basis, all the stuff in the curriculum they'll never need (what percentage of the adult population ever has to calculate the relative formula mass of magnesium oxide?) while half of them can't tell the time or read a map.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
You need a piece of denim placed under it and stitch through. I’d normally buy something from the car boot or charity shop to use for patching, say some toddler jeans. Cut a piece about 1 inch bigger than the rip all around and place under, pin it and then use thread to match the jeans and not only stitch around the rip through the patch, but across it too, vertically and horizontally several times, to stop it from fraying. The invisible mending companies use several different shades of blue thread when they repair ripped jeans in this way, but to get it invisible is time consuming! Theres quite a few tutorials on youtube and different methods of doing this.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Strong entry
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I was only allowed to do that once we got one with push buttons rather than a dial
WouldBe
Dislicksick
I'd put the patch on the outside so you don't need to worry about the fraying.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
School discos! Finger of Fudge! Vayknights no returns! Jobs for life! Signing on in the holidays! Shiny toilet paper! Vibration white finger and childhood polio!
Feels like reading one of my to-do lists from a few weeks ago when I wasn't in between homes without a stove or a sewing kit or a kitchen.This thread feels like a boomer Facebook group
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
I admire your commitment to the young fogey lifestyle
(Seriously though fair play from your posts you would outdo most folk in the zombie apocalypse
)
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
We haven't had a zombie apocalypse thread for a whileI admire your commitment to the young fogey lifestyle
(Seriously though fair play from your posts you would outdo most folk in the zombie apocalypse
ska invita
back on the other side
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Nah. Cinema for a penny. Chips for a penny. Scraps for a penny. Sweets for a penny. Taxi home for a penny. Everything was a penny.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Apart from ha'penny sweets
Raheem
Well-Known Member
You could only buy them in packs of two.
ska invita
back on the other side
bowl haircuts - do kids today know how to do that? my mum wasnt exactly great at it either tbf
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Or three-for-the-price-of-two
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Oh, wow! I used to have a twin tub! Had completely forgotten, and would have no idea how to use it now...I think. Maybe it would all come flooding back, hopefully not literally.
Depends how stretchy the denim is. That looks like you should do what pinkmonkey suggested and put a patch on it. (I'd put it inside rather than out. Well, that's what I'd do if I got round to it.)
But I've currently got a rip like that in my favourite pair of jeggings, and they're quite stretchy. I'll probably just backstitch them. It'll be a bit messy, but will most often be covered by long tops
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's a long time since I saw anyone shrink a Monster Munch packet under the grill... Lost art form
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
jontz01
taking refuge in the loft
I don't think I ever oiled my bmx chain but I did (and still do) fix loads of punctures. I also remember using my dad's fancy chrome polish to shine up my frame. I'd love a chromed bike now...
Anyway.
Navigating a long journey using a map, while driving.
