On Wed, 10 May 2023 08:33:01 +0700, John B. <
sloc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> So you spent $120 for a jersey?
Which statement I have taken completely out of context (not to mention
having clicked "ignore" on the thread), so I'm starting a new thread
here.
The last jersey I bought cost $60, and prices have doubled since then,
so $120 seems quite reasonable. (Though I wouldn't pay more than $5
for the jersey depicted in the link that I omitted from the quote.)
I expect to pay more thane $120 for my next purchased jersey, if I
ever find someone to make it for me. I've become addicted to
clothing that suits the way I ride and the way I live, and no longer
have the energy to make it myself.
I'm hoping to complete the jersey that's in eighteen pieces in the
parlor, and made of quilting cotton for want of anything better in the
stores, in time to wear it in the Tour des Lakes this July, but I
don't think I'll make it.
But I also don't have the time to train up to riding forty miles
before the Tour, so I guess the jersey doesn't matter -- for that.
I deperately need it Right Now, as my cotton-jersey jersey doesn't
support my wallet, and my linen jersey is so worn that I have to iron
on patches every time I wear it. And it's also rather thick and
warm.
But I want to go somewhere tomorrow, which doesn't allow any time to
sew (I can't do two things in one day any more. Each shopping trip
reminds me that when I was first married, I could walk a mile to the
grocery store and come back with a gallon of milk in each hand, put on
a cobbler apron, and start the day's work.
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I wonder when "tomorrow" was?
Tomorrow, I plan to ride to Open Air carden center, and do some
shopping on the way back.
Haven't touched the sewing in days, but I did buy some elastic for
another project yesterday.
Humm . . . maybe I don't need sleeve-facings that are three inches
wide. A bit late to cut two-inch instead of three inches, though.
Not much of the black linen left.
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