Comments on: More budgeting, and the $500.00 bucket!!! http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819 From total sailing newbies to live-aboard cruisers. How we make it happen! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:25:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1696 Mike Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1696 I hear ya helen. I am going to be a master at this. ;) I hear ya helen. I am going to be a master at this. ;)

]]> By: Helen A. Spalding http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1691 Helen A. Spalding Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:30:57 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1691 Shackles?!! What some people will do to get out of some simple sewing! Of course, I learned to sew as a child, so that might make a difference. Once one is proficient, most handwork can be combined with something else. My mother and I used to darn socks while listening to the opera. Preferrably outside, where we could also watch birds and my kids! See, multitasking isn't new, it's what mothers have always done! Mike, you have no idea of the things one can do with a needle which DO save money even when one factors in the time! Have you any idea of the number of holes which kids put in perfectly good socks? For which, read sails, line, cushions, clothing, etc. for boat purposes! Shackles?!! What some people will do to get out of some simple sewing! Of course, I learned to sew as a child, so that might make a difference. Once one is proficient, most handwork can be combined with something else. My mother and I used to darn socks while listening to the opera. Preferrably outside, where we could also watch birds and my kids! See, multitasking isn’t new, it’s what mothers have always done! Mike, you have no idea of the things one can do with a needle which DO save money even when one factors in the time! Have you any idea of the number of holes which kids put in perfectly good socks? For which, read sails, line, cushions, clothing, etc. for boat purposes!

]]> By: Drew Frye http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1683 Drew Frye Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:02:52 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1683 FYI, the PO of my boat replaced sewn-on slugs with shackles. This caused the slugs to be snapped off again, and did some ugly things to the sail. FYI, the PO of my boat replaced sewn-on slugs with shackles. This caused the slugs to be snapped off again, and did some ugly things to the sail.

]]> By: Drew Frye http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1682 Drew Frye Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1682 Exactly! It isn't the palm hand that gets stabbed! There are many tricks a palm will do, in addition to straight stitching, that an awl will not: roping, whipping, mends, and sewing on slugs. Exactly! It isn’t the palm hand that gets stabbed!

There are many tricks a palm will do, in addition to straight stitching, that an awl will not: roping, whipping, mends, and sewing on slugs.

]]> By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1679 Mike Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:54:53 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1679 I don't think the palm would have saved me. I have on multiple occasions just suicidally stuck the stupid needle into my thumb. I don’t think the palm would have saved me. I have on multiple occasions just suicidally stuck the stupid needle into my thumb.

]]> By: Helen A. Spalding http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1678 Helen A. Spalding Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:51:45 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1678 The whole purpose of the palm is to keep the needle out of your skin! Cowhide is much thicker than human hide! And since it is no longer attached to a living being, it doesn't feel the paid of the stabs. :-) The whole purpose of the palm is to keep the needle out of your skin! Cowhide is much thicker than human hide! And since it is no longer attached to a living being, it doesn’t feel the paid of the stabs. :-)

]]> By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1677 Mike Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:50 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1677 Definitely! Definitely!

]]> By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1676 Mike Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:24 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1676 I am just killing time by writing. It helps me to avoid working on that bucket! ;) I am just killing time by writing. It helps me to avoid working on that bucket! ;)

]]> By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1675 Mike Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:49:43 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1675 I too can see how sewing could be a relaxing (Zen) thing, especially if you don't HAVE to get something repaired on a time schedule. I don't yet have a palm but do plan on getting one and trying to learn to use it. As for this bucket, it is going to be beautiful!!! I too can see how sewing could be a relaxing (Zen) thing, especially if you don’t HAVE to get something repaired on a time schedule. I don’t yet have a palm but do plan on getting one and trying to learn to use it. As for this bucket, it is going to be beautiful!!!

]]> By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819&cpage=1#comment-1674 Mike Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:40:30 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=3819#comment-1674 Um, you couldn't afford my sewing services Kier! ;) Um, you couldn’t afford my sewing services Kier! ;)

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