Rotary cutters - Fiskars vs. Olfa
SABINA JAMES
The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which is
better?
TIA, Sabina.
Kim Fisher
I've used both. I can't currently remember my favorite. (whichever has
the newest blade...) People tend to like one or the other. My mom,
though, has arthritis woes and likes whichever of the two has more
'bounce' ( is easier for her to hold)
See if you can give each a test run, or at least hold each. If you plan
to do a lot of cutting, go for comfort. Make sure you can afford
replacements (nothing is nicer than a Brand New Blade!) Another good
test for me is to make sure they have a good safety. I have little kids.
My mom's, well, you can't close it so a kid can't open it.
If you plan to cut through more than one layer at a time (stacked
cutting) the big ones make short work of this. If you're planning to do
one layer cutting, or cut around curves and/or other dressmaking
patterns the smaller blade is more manoeverable.
I guess I've really confused the issue for you, haven't I?
Also Kim
Sandy Foster
In article
<Pine.SOL.3.96.98041...@haywire.csuhayward.edu>, SABINA
JAMES <sja...@haywire.csuhayward.edu> wrote:
> The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which is
> better?
> TIA, Sabina.
I really prefer the Fiskars--you're right that they're more comfortable!
--
Sandy in sunny SE Arizona
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8256
sfo...@theriver.com
Rita Boatman
The handle on the Fiskars is shaped in a very comfy way - but if you are
left-handed in a "two quilter" environment, it is necessary to switch the
cutting blade from one side if the cutter to the other for right and left
handed users! (Tough on fingers if not CAREFUL!). The Olfa cutters work
easily for both "preferences"!
Rita B.
Kim Fisher wrote in message <3534BC...@living-history.org>...
DesiHorse1
Sandy. you can say it in one sentence, and I take a book. Call me
blabbermouth. <VBG>
Ellison
Howdy!
I prefer the one I can find.
;-)
Ragmop
SABINA JAMES <sja...@haywire.csuhayward.edu> wrote in article
<Pine.SOL.3.96.98041...@haywire.csuhayward.edu>...
DesiHorse1
I have both the Ofla and the Friskars, but I always reach for the Friskars. I
have arthritis and carpel tunnel and the Friskars are much more comfortable.
The tabs to open and close them are very easy to use also. I try to make a
habit to close them everytime I lay them down even if I think I am going to
pick them up in two minutes. While we are talking about rotary cutters, has
anyone invested in the blade sharpners I have seen at Cloth World. Do they
really work? It you take them apart periodically and oil with sewing machine
oil it will lengten the life.
Sandra Mercado
I have both and I prefer the Fiskars (65 in dia). The grip is excellent
because it is cushioned. I tried my sister's Fiskars (45) and, although the
handle was just as good and comfortable it was not cushioned and it made a
difference. My recommendation: the larger Fiskars.
Helena Suomalainen
In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.98041...@haywire.csuhayward.edu>,
sja...@haywire.csuhayward.edu says...
>
>
>
> The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which is
>better?
> TIA, Sabina.
>
>
Olfa is better for cutting when I stand up and Fiskars when sitting down
when cutting. Helena (from Finland)
Kim Holland
SABINA JAMES wrote:
>
> The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which is
> better?
> TIA, Sabina.
I used the "regular" Fiskars size (45 mm) and the small and large
(60 mm) Olfa for quite a while and thought I preferred the Fiskars,
but then the Olfa's were on sale for cheap so I bought the 45 mm.
I like it much better than the Fiskars but can't really say why.
I have decided that I don't use the small cutter much. I don't
use the 60 mm at all anymore because it seemed like it got nicks
in the blade almost immediately, which doesn't happen with the 45mm.
Anybody else experience the same thing? Replacing those blades is
so expensive!
Kimbo, wishing I had the time to use *any* cutter...
Marissa Vignali
I have both types and prefer the fiskars... easier to hold, less probable that
you'll cut yourself... and they are easier to put together too once you put
them apart for sharpening!! :o)
I just bought a blade sharpener last weekend... it worked fine the first time,
both blades were really blunt and now they cut like heaven. I did not oil it
however. I hope it lasts a looong time, they cost like 15 bucks!! But I
thought that if each blade costs ~5 it would be worth it.
Marissa
Robine J. Lewis
For those who are lefthanded, the Olfa is far better. I recently
bought a new cutter (fiskars) and found it unusable because of the
handedness.
Robine Lewis
Merry Stahel
Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
left or right?
Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
eye.
If you are left-handed, and your dominant eye is the right eye - DO
NOT switch the blade - it will work well for you with the right-handed
blade.
I also use right handed scissors -even though I'm left handed, because
the leading edge of the top blade is lined to the right.....
Merry (took a guy who shot pistols to show me why I couldn't line up
the blasted "left-bladed" cutter & scissors!)
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:09:44 -0400, "Rita Boatman"
<rboa...@email.msn.com> wrote:
>The handle on the Fiskars is shaped in a very comfy way - but if you are
>left-handed in a "two quilter" environment, it is necessary to switch the
>cutting blade from one side if the cutter to the other for right and left
>handed users! (Tough on fingers if not CAREFUL!). The Olfa cutters work
>easily for both "preferences"!
>Rita B.
>
>Kim Fisher wrote in message <3534BC...@living-history.org>...
>>SABINA JAMES wrote:
>>>
>>> The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which
>is
>>> better?
>>> TIA, Sabina.
>>
>>
>
>
Merry Stahel, Editor, CALICO TRAILS
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - wish it was the West!!
sta...@ezonline.com
http://www.ezonline.com/stahel/index.html
http://members.aol.com/hfur/calindex.html
Tiggrrr
Merry Stahel wrote in message <353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>...
>Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
>some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
>object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
>eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
>left or right?
Wow! I'd always wondered about that! I'm left handed, right eye dominant.
Now, to remember if I've switched the blade or not...What side is it
normally on? Maybe I can tell by that! :)
Honestly, I use the cutter with whichever hand doesn't hurt at the time.
I've always been ambidextrous, but never thought it would come in hand like
this! Like another person on the list, I have arthritis. Neither of my
wrists bend, but that doesn't stop me. I love my Fiskars cutter. I have an
Olfa cutter that has never been out of the package (received as a free gift
with a book). Just looking at the two, I knew the Fiskars was for me! :)
Linda
Teresa Creech
Merry Stahel wrote:
>
> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> left or right?
>
> eye.
Wow - this REALLY works. I am left handed - left eye dominant. What
does this mean about my brain?
Teresa inColorado
DesiHorse1
How interesting!!!! I always knew there was something wrong with me. Now I
know. I am right handed and my dominant eye is my right eye. An eye doctor
gave up on me when I was in high school because I can look into one of those
things and make the two objects become one.
><HTML><PRE>Subject: Re: Rotary cutters - Fiskars vs. Olfa
>From: sta...@ezonline.com (Merry Stahel)
>Date: Thu, Apr 16, 1998 15:03 EDT
>Message-id: <353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>
>
>Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
>some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
>object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
>eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
>left or right?
>
>Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
>eye.
>
BFW Sings
Teresa in Colorado wrote:
>Wow - this REALLY works. I am left handed - left eye >dominant. What does
this mean about my brain?
When I was a kid going into kindergarten I wrote my name upside down and
backwards. My parents took me to a fancy-schmancy eye doctor who tested my eye
dominance. He said that if you are left handed, it is normal to be left eyed
and left footed. If there is a mixed dominance, a child has difficulty learning
to read. I am left-left-left all the way.
Linda wrote:
>Honestly, I use the cutter with whichever hand doesn't hurt >at the time. I've
always been ambidextrous, but never >thought it would come in hand like this!
But I too have learned to be ambidextrous in many situations. Lots of left
handers must do this for self preservation. When I cut with that big ruler and
the rotary cutter, I use whichever hand is more convenient. It saves a lot of
flipping and twisting.
Barb in Willow Grove PA
Cindy Brown
I already knew this trick... I'm right handed and left eyed. People
used to try to correct me when I was shooting cause the rifle was on my
right shoulder but I aimed with my left eye. Made for a funny looking
position, but I was much more accurate.
Merry Stahel wrote:
>
> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> left or right?
>
> Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
> eye.
>
--
Cindy Brown
The play seems out for an almost infinite run.
Don't mind a little thing like the actors fighting.
The only I worry about is the sun.
We'll be all right if nothing goes wrong with the lighting.
- Robert Frost
Cindy Brown
Teresa Creech wrote:
>
> Merry Stahel wrote:
> >
> > Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> > some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> > object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> > eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> > left or right?
> >
> > Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
> > eye.
>
> does this mean about my brain?
It means you're in your right mind!!!
Merry Stahel
Yep, the first time I shot a pistol, I put three bullets dead center -
Bullseye - and the other 3 went right into the black. Still do it
routinely, too - which makes a lot of macho men very nervous.
But it wasn't until I was shown the eye trick that I understood WHY I
was doing it, and why using a rifle was slightly different (although I
bullseyed the target at 400 yards).
It is NOT common to be left handed and right eyed. The other
combinations are more common.
I also have better than normal vision - had it in both eyes, but the
left eye is now normal 20/20 (it happened on Guam, a shimmering effect
and couldn't get my eyes to adjust to distance at first - they thought
I'd detached a retina - but what happened is that the left eye sort of
went lazy). However, the right eye is 10/20 - I can see things
clearly up to a mile away - including print on road signs.
What other people see normally at 10 feet, I can see at 20 feet with
perfect clarity. I also have extreme peripheral side vision - he was
amazed that I could see his pencil right about where my ear was (do
this test, have someone hold a pencil upright and move it from the
back of your head to were you can finally see it while looking
STRAIGHT ahead. That is your field of peripheral vision.
Oh, and I'm extremely photo sensitive - absolutely HAVE to wear
sunglasses sometimes even on cloudy days.
Merry
On 16 Apr 1998 15:20:12 -0700, Cindy Brown <Cindy...@pacibm.org>
wrote:
>I already knew this trick... I'm right handed and left eyed. People
>used to try to correct me when I was shooting cause the rifle was on my
>right shoulder but I aimed with my left eye. Made for a funny looking
>position, but I was much more accurate.
>
>Merry Stahel wrote:
>>
>> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
>> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
>> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
>> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
>> left or right?
>>
>> Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
>> eye.
>>
>
>
>--
>Cindy Brown
>
>
>The play seems out for an almost infinite run.
>Don't mind a little thing like the actors fighting.
>The only I worry about is the sun.
>We'll be all right if nothing goes wrong with the lighting.
> - Robert Frost
Merry Stahel, Editor, CALICO TRAILS
Ellison
Howdy!
You put your right hand in,
You take your right hand out,
You put your right hand in,
And you shake it all about....
Ragmop ;-)
Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
<353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>...
> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> left or right?
>
> Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
> eye.
>
> If you are left-handed, and your dominant eye is the right eye - DO
> NOT switch the blade - it will work well for you with the right-handed
> blade.
>
> I also use right handed scissors -even though I'm left handed, because
> the leading edge of the top blade is lined to the right.....
>
> Merry (took a guy who shot pistols to show me why I couldn't line up
> the blasted "left-bladed" cutter & scissors!)
Ellison
Howdy!
Ambidextrous is a wonderful thing: I can use the mouse
w/ the right hand to play on the ng, while holding food and
delivering it to my mouth w/ the left hand.
Ragmop "It's a mind-bogglin' thang" (Tyson chicken ad)
***snipped***
BFW Sings <bfws...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199804162210...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
Ellison
Howdy!
Wish I could see where my eyeglasses are....
Ragmop---I can quilt in the dark ;-)
Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
<353987c9...@news.ezonline.com>...
Teresa Creech
Cindy Brown wrote:
> > Wow - this REALLY works. I am left handed - left eye dominant.
> >What does this mean about my brain?
> > Teresa inColorado
>
> It means you're in your right mind!!!
I know me. I know my life. I seriously doubt this!!!
Teresa in Colorado, Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most
D & B Mawdsley
Teresa Creech wrote:
>
> Merry Stahel wrote:
> >
> > some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> > object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> > eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> > left or right?
> >
> > Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
> > eye.
>
> does this mean about my brain?
> Teresa inColorado
You are in your right mind!
Barbara in Connecticut
Joan8904
And speaking of rotary cutters. I had thought that I had put it together wrong
when changing blades. It went "thawamp,thawamp" when I used it. Turned out
that I had worn out the plastic center widget and the blade was rolling in an
eccentric pattern.
My new rotary cutter is a dream!
joan o'reilly
311 fan club
8904 florence drive
omaha ne 68147
hotline (402-731-3110)
Sandy Foster
In article <6h5i7r$6dh$1...@gde.GDEsystems.COM>, le...@gde.GDEsystems.COM
(Robine J. Lewis) wrote:
I'm also left handed and prefer the Fiskars. It's very simple to change
the blade around to the other side for those of us who are in our "right
minds" <g>!
sarah curry smith
Ellison wrote:
>
> Howdy!
> Ambidextrous is a wonderful thing: I can use the mouse
> w/ the right hand to play on the ng, while holding food and
> delivering it to my mouth w/ the left hand.
> Ragmop "It's a mind-bogglin' thang" (Tyson chicken ad)
>
eat with my left hand (and am left-footed and right-eyed). I've always
rotay-cut with either hand (it DOES save a LOT of time, as Barb noted)
... but I'd not thought about how HANDY it is to be able to eat
left-handed and mouse right-handed ...
is it significant that I drink ambidextrously?
Grins,
Sarah
Pam
You do the hoky poky and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about!
I remember learning that song, and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
in first grade......
Pam (near Seattle)
Ellison wrote in message <6h6268$6...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>Howdy!
>
>You put your right hand in,
>You take your right hand out,
>You put your right hand in,
>And you shake it all about....
>
>Ragmop ;-)
>
>Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
><353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>...
>> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
>> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
>> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
>> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
>> left or right?
>>
>> Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
>> eye.
>>
Pam
Oh, my, Miss Sayruh --
Does this mean you sing along with Garth Brooks ..."Give me two pina
coladas, one for each hand...." <g>?
Pam (near Seattle)
sarah curry smith wrote in message <3536D8...@zianet.com>...
jec
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:03:14 GMT, sta...@ezonline.com (Merry Stahel)
wrote:
>
>I also use right handed scissors -even though I'm left handed, because
>the leading edge of the top blade is lined to the right.....
>
I like the olfa cutter. I have the 45 and the one smaller and use
both easily.
I am also left handed, right-eyed, and right footed. I can only use
right handed scissors and when I work on cutting skills with my kids
(special ed teacher), I almost always insist that the lefties learn to
use right handed scissors. Most can and only if it is truly
necessary, I give in and have them use the "left" (green handled)
ones. My daughter is a pure right person, and my boys share my mix
dominance. After 20+ years of teaching, I still am fascinated with
kids who start school unsure which hand to use and eventually settle
into using the more "comfortable" one.
Diane
Merry Stahel
Rag,
LOLOLOLOL!!!! Ain't it the truth??
Merry, giggling
On 16 Apr 1998 22:54:00 GMT, "Ellison"
<Elliso...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Howdy!
>
>You put your right hand in,
>You take your right hand out,
>You put your right hand in,
>And you shake it all about....
>
>Ragmop ;-)
>
>Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
><353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>...
>> Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
>> some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
>> object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
>> eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
>> left or right?
>>
>> Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
>> eye.
>>
>> If you are left-handed, and your dominant eye is the right eye - DO
>> NOT switch the blade - it will work well for you with the right-handed
>> blade.
>>
>> I also use right handed scissors -even though I'm left handed, because
>> the leading edge of the top blade is lined to the right.....
>>
Ellison
Howdy!
Some people pay extra to get a rotary cutter
to cut a fancy pattern. ;-)
Ragmop
Joan8904 <joan...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199804162325...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
Candy_B
Hi, Barb,
Boy, can I attest to the validity of that statement from the fancy
doctor! We didn't find out that my son had the problem until the end of
his freshman year, and that he had a binocular vision problem to go
along with it. He always tested above grade level (although lower in
reading than math) so no one ever caught it before that. He thought he
"never learned to read right" in grammar school - felt much better once
he knew that he got where he was "in spite of the problem" and his
attitude about himself changed dramatically. I found out after that
there's an easy test that they should give every kindergartener. Sure
would save a lot of aggravation for some kids - the problem can be
worked on with eye exercises if they know about it when the kids are
small.
Proud to say, he got along with it, with some accomodations, and
graduated from college with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Only now
does he actually "recreational read" - it was too much of a chore when
he was in school, so never enjoyed it. As it happens he is left handed,
right eyed, left footed. The eye-foot relationship is another one to
watch for.
--
Candy_B
cbser...@monmouth.com
Stephenie Labovitz
OK,People, stop telling me about new toys:
Because of this thread, I had to go out and have S.E.X. I was only
going in for a ball of perl cotton to tie a quilt, and discovered that
JoAnn's was having a 30% off sale on Fiskars. I ended up with a new
pair of scissors (the ones with one flat side to cut material and that
opens itself after you cut--can't remember the name) and a new Fiskars
rotary cutter to replace the cheapo $4.99 cutter that I had been using.
I haven't tried either one out yet. I took the scissors, showed them to
my husband and said "These are Fabric-Only scissors. (He always uses my
scissors for anything because he claims that they all look alike) He
took one look and said they looked too scary for him to touch, because
he didn't want to have anything to do with a pair of scissors that came
with their own safety lock. <LOL>
Of course I got home and had my new Joann's flier come in the mail and
am now drooling over the cutting table and mat that are going to be on
sale. Does anyone have these, and what do you think of them?
-Stephenie
Deb
Ok, Merry told us how to tell which eye is dominant....how does one tell
which foot is dominant? And why is it important? (I'm not being
sarcastic---I really want to know) I never even THOUGHT about which foot is
dominant! When I was a little girl and kicked little boys in the shins, I
kicked with my right---does that mean anything?? :-)
--
Deb
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/
Candy_B <cbser...@monmouth.com> wrote in article
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>
>---snipped for space---<
geneva davis
Cindy Brown <Cindy...@pacibm.org> wrote in article
<35368435...@pacibm.org>...
> I already knew this trick... I'm right handed and left eyed. People
> used to try to correct me when I was shooting cause the rifle was on my
> right shoulder but I aimed with my left eye
> >
> > Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> > some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> > object or slightly moved
>
> What does it mean if when both eyes are open finger pointing at object,==
when left eye open finger is on right side - when right eye is open,
finger is on left side. No dominance? I knew I was weird, but I am
ambidexterious but right hand dominant. I can eat with either hand,drink
coffee with either, use the mouse with either. geneva in cw Florida
Merry Stahel
You have got to stop this now. Stop telling me about these sales.
I am supposed to be doing my magazine, but now, oh no! Now, I have to
go check out Joann's because by golly, I wanna look around at what's
on sale. I was going later today - AFTER the magazine is done (I need
a treat from all that hard work) but danggit - Stephanie is making me
want to chuck the magazine and go now - this is very bad!
Merry <whining> <G>
Cher Ann Holt-fortin
You can also hold up a tube like a telescope and which ever eye you put it
to will be the dominant one. My mother is a switched leftie. I am right
handed and left eyed and my son is sort of an ambi and left eyed. Makes
stuff like tennis darn near impossible.
And he is graphically challenged. His handwriting looks like a third
grader's.
And I think I have been on the newsgroup for a couple of years.
Cher
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Teresa Creech wrote:
> Cindy Brown wrote:
> > > Wow - this REALLY works. I am left handed - left eye dominant.
> > >What does this mean about my brain?
> > > Teresa inColorado
> >
Cher Ann Holt-fortin
Easy, go out and have someone roll a ball at you. which foot do you
instinctively kick with.
Given the story below, you are probably right-footed.
It matters because of sport and coordination. But more because mixed
dominance can be a problem for reading or coordination. And if you know
the little tricks, you can often catch stuff in your kids while it is
easily remediable.
Cher
Ellison
Howdy!
Sarrer, I think it's because we're women,
and can do anything we want. ;-)
I write & quilt w/ my right hand, but can do just about
everything else w/ the left, and can eat w/ either hand,
or both at the same time.
As for the next reply to this...or former...post:
no knowledge of Garth, in the brooks or not...
I don't do that kind of stuff. <BG>
Ragmop---you can't talk to people who told me I couldn't
do what I want...they don't talk anymore.....<g>
sarah curry smith <scu...@zianet.com> wrote in article
<3536D8...@zianet.com>...
Ellison
Howdy!
First grade: I remember cutting a hunk of hair,
off the top of my head. (Wasn't I supposed to start at the top?)
Teacher took away my scissors, called my mom,
who asked, "What were you thinking, cutting your hair?!?"
My answer: "I need bigger scissors."
Ragmop, still wearing that raggedy mop of hair, too ;-)
(watching the Space Shuttle take off)
Pam <mahu...@nospam.msn.com> wrote in article
<#5h2IZca9GA.234@uppubnews03>...
sarah curry smith
Cher Ann Holt-fortin wrote:
>
> Easy, go out and have someone roll a ball at you. which foot do you
> instinctively kick with.
> Given the story below, you are probably right-footed.
> It matters because of sport and coordination. But more because mixed
> dominance can be a problem for reading or coordination. And if you know
> the little tricks, you can often catch stuff in your kids while it is
> easily remediable.
> Cher
>
The way they taught me to see which foot was dominant is to step down a
set of stairs the way you always do. If you're right-footed, you take
the first step down with your right foot.
Grins,
Sarah
Kate McCollough
Thanks, Merry!
You helped me finally figure out why, as a child, I took to archery so
well immediately! The summer rec program intructer was amazed that I could
hit the bullzeye almost every time! They were calling me "Little Miss
Robin Hood" ;o) Since I'm right handed, (which meant I held the bow in my
left hand) my left eye (which is my dominant one) was perfectly lined up
with the arrow and the target! Bingo! Bullseye! A 26 year old mystery
solved ! The wonders in this group never cease :o)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kate McCollough
mcc...@northcoast.com http://www.northcoast.com/~mccool
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
<353987c9...@news.ezonline.com>...
> Yep, the first time I shot a pistol, I put three bullets dead center -
> Bullseye - and the other 3 went right into the black. Still do it
> routinely, too - which makes a lot of macho men very nervous.
>
> But it wasn't until I was shown the eye trick that I understood WHY I
> was doing it, and why using a rifle was slightly different (although I
> bullseyed the target at 400 yards).
>
(cut)
Sandy Marsh
Ragmop, do love your sense of humor!
Now that you've shared with us, don't
think I could do without it!
Sandy
Ellison wrote:
>
> Howdy!
>
> You put your right hand in,
> You take your right hand out,
> You put your right hand in,
> And you shake it all about....
>
> Ragmop ;-)
>
> Merry Stahel <sta...@ezonline.com> wrote in article
> <353a54eb...@news.ezonline.com>...
> > Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> > some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
Chris Ingle
In article <6h6268$6...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>
"Ellison" <Elliso...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Howdy!
>
> You put your right hand in,
> You take your right hand out,
> You put your right hand in,
> And you shake it all about....
>
> Ragmop ;-)
Have you ever heard Brave Combo's version -- the Heavy Metal Hokey
Pokey? Since you're from N.Texas, I thought there might be a chance
(the Combo is based in Denton) . . .
Cheers!
Chris Ingle
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friend
Hey! Wait a minute! I tried this and neither eye kept the object in the
same place! Seriously! If I close my left eye, the image jumps to the
right, and when I close my right eye it jumps to the left! That *must* be
my problem! I am no-brained!!!
(and I'm wearing my contact lenses too!)
Patty in So. Calif. - the no-brainer!
Teresa Creech wrote:
> Merry Stahel wrote:
> >
> > Whoever wants to do this - hold out your hand and point to an object
> > some distance away. Now, close your right eye. Is your finger ON the
> > object or slightly moved to the left or right? Now, open the right
> > eye and close the left eye. Is the finger on the object or moved to
> > left or right?
> >
> > Whichever eye had your finger ON the object - that is your dominant
> > eye.
>
M. Boyd
Hey Sarah,
Can you shoot pool with either hand? I hate folks that can do that.%^)
Like my roomie.
My relief just got here hooray1
kayb
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, sarah curry smith wrote:
> Ellison wrote:
> >
> > Howdy!
> > Ambidextrous is a wonderful thing: I can use the mouse
> > w/ the right hand to play on the ng, while holding food and
> > delivering it to my mouth w/ the left hand.
> > Ragmop "It's a mind-bogglin' thang" (Tyson chicken ad)
> >
Monica L. Tittle
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:32:09 -0700, SABINA JAMES
<sja...@haywire.csuhayward.edu> wrote:
>
> The Fiskars cutters look more comfortable. Can someone tell me which is
>better?
I like the Fiskars better. I have arthritis and the grip is much
easier on my poor knuckles than the Olfa handle.
Kel
When a friend and I were starting out quilting at the same time, neither of
us had the money for the whole rotary cutter set up. So we shared the cost
of the mat, I bought a cutter and she bought a spare blade (I spent more so
it lived at my house most of the time). She's left-handed, and we found the
Fiskars had instructions for changing the blade over to the other side of
the handle.
Kel
in
London
UK
Robine J. Lewis wrote in message <6h5i7r$6dh$1...@gde.GDEsystems.COM>...
Ellison
Howdy!
Don't know the group, but know the town.
Also have family members w/ Denton in middle of
their names. ;-)
Sing it for us, Chris!!!
Ragmop
Chris Ingle <cx...@psu.edu*spamfree*> wrote in article
<6h8kj8$14...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu>...
Carolyn &/or Steve
I waited a few days before answering, because I knew I'd be using my newly
sharpened 28mm rotary cutter at the quilting group meeting this week. The
sharpener (I'm assuming you're talking about the plastic doo-hickey with
the sandpaper circle?) did a good job, and I no longer have to fight with
the "blank" spot on the blade that wouldn't cut anything. I put a drop of
oil onto whatever surface the directions specified ("3-in-1" household
oil). I'm satisfied that I didn't waste my money on the thing (and trying
to find a sharpener for the smaller 28mm cutters is no easy task!)
--
Carolyn in Harlingen, TX
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4775
DesiHorse1 <desih...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199804160154...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
====trimmed====
> While we are talking about rotary cutters, has
> anyone invested in the blade sharpners I have seen at Cloth World. Do
they
> really work?
dru...@nospammers.straw.com
This is really interesting! Never heard to do this.
Well, I'm right-handed to the extreme! But I'm left eye dominant -
AND I learned to read at a very early age??
Susan
Susan Druding
Quilting Guide at the Mining Co.
http://quilting.miningco.com
On 16 Apr 1998 22:10:12 GMT, bfws...@aol.com (BFW Sings) posted:
>Teresa in Colorado wrote:
>>Wow - this REALLY works. I am left handed - left eye >dominant. What does
>this mean about my brain?
>
>When I was a kid going into kindergarten I wrote my name upside down and
>backwards. My parents took me to a fancy-schmancy eye doctor who tested my eye
>dominance. He said that if you are left handed, it is normal to be left eyed
>and left footed. If there is a mixed dominance, a child has difficulty learning
>to read. I am left-left-left all the way.
>
>Linda wrote:
>>Honestly, I use the cutter with whichever hand doesn't hurt >at the time. I've
>always been ambidextrous, but never >thought it would come in hand like this!
>
>But I too have learned to be ambidextrous in many situations. Lots of left
>handers must do this for self preservation. When I cut with that big ruler and
>the rotary cutter, I use whichever hand is more convenient. It saves a lot of
>flipping and twisting.
>
>Barb in Willow Grove PA
jfa
sarah curry smith wrote:
> The way they taught me to see which foot was dominant is to step down a
> set of stairs the way you always do. If you're right-footed, you take
> the first step down with your right foot.
> Grins,
> Sarah
Not necessarily. :) I broke my left ankle a little over two years ago
(bad break -- compound fracture requiring pins and what-not to keep my
leg together) and I *always* step down with my right foot (can often
hurt if I try to step down on my left, placing most of my weight on the
bad foot), but I _think_ I used to go left first (I know I sometimes
feel I have to fight the urge to automatically step down on my left :)
).
Lisa
PS -- Haven't seen anyone mention it here, but I was at Joann's
yesterday and they have their quilting books on sale, 50%. Woohoo!!
Chris Ingle
No way, Ragmop, not even for you! I don't sing in public. Actually, I
only sing to my cats, and they always protest loudly! ;-)
As for Brave Combo, if your computer can handle it I will try and send
you a sound file of the song. They do have a website
(www.brave.com/bo), but their sound files don't include the HMHP.
:-)
Chris
In article <6h90l6$e...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>
Pam
I like those soft-touch fiskars, too! Explaining the safety and such to
people is usually enough for them to decide they won't bother borrowing your
good scissors. Mine have stayed sharp a lot longer than usual as a
result....and I haven't had the top of my thumb get sore or numb from
cutting stuff out, as I used to. The safety is just second nature now, I
don't even have to think about it!
Pam (near Seattle)
Stephenie Labovitz wrote in message <353749...@pilot.msu.edu>...
Pam
Denton, Texas? I drove through there last September, it seems like a nice
little town. If I ever got a job in Dallas/Fort Worth, that's probably
where I'd live. It just "looked like" home.
Pam (near Seattle)
Chris Ingle wrote in message <6haqsb$q...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu>...
Ellison
Howdy!
Yep, several of us have been to JoAnne's/Clothworld
this week, for those quilt books. Noted elsewhere that
I got "Watercolor Impressions" to add to my "Watercolor Quilts"
on the shelf...well, o.k., they're not actually "on" the shelf,
but they're in the same house. ;-)
Ragmop--I'll use whichever hand, foot, or eye that's closest..
jfa <j...@gte.net> wrote in article <6ha7mn$84d$2...@gte2.gte.net>...
Ellison
Howdy!
Denton is 40+ miles from Dallas, a far piece to
commute ;-) --- and about 20 miles north of Ft.Worth.
There are 2 very, very good universities there,
The University of North Texas (both my in-law parents
gradjjjiated from thar) and Texas Women's Univ..
Old county seat, downtown square, it is a beautiful "small" city.
Next time, stop awhile, give us all a call. There's a quilt shop
just up the road, n. of Denton. ;-)
Ragmop (some places in n.Tx. just deserve bragging on)
Pam <mahu...@nospam.msn.com> wrote in article
<#z12kEwa9GA.200@uppubnews03>...
Teresa Creech
Ellison wrote:
>
> Howdy!
> Denton is 40+ miles from Dallas, a far piece to
> commute ;-) --- and about 20 miles north of Ft.Worth.
> There are 2 very, very good universities there,
> The University of North Texas (both my in-law parents
> gradjjjiated from thar) and Texas Women's Univ..
> Old county seat, downtown square, it is a beautiful "small" city.
> Next time, stop awhile, give us all a call. There's a quilt shop
> just up the road, n. of Denton. ;-)
> Ragmop (some places in n.Tx. just deserve bragging on)
I agree with Ragmop. I attended UNT back when it was NTSU, which
transposed too easily into NUTS, which is probably why they changed the
name :-). Denton was a great place to live, but too hot for this NY
Native. If I had to go back to Texas permanently, I'd choose Denton if
possible.
What is the name of the quilt store and where is it? We come through
every couple of years or so to visit DH's family and my 2 sisters in
Dallas/Ft.Worth
Teresa in Colorado
Ellison
Howdy!
When I worked at the quilt shop, the owner (where are you, Paula?)
discovered the soft-touch Fiskars, and brought a pair into the main
cutting room. They are Wonderful! We could cut fabric all day w/ these
scissors, and never get a blister, sore wrist, no clattering onto the
table.
One day, her partner's son came in and was fooling around w/ some wired-
ribbon; when he picked up the "good" scissors, I objected, but he cut the
wired stuff anyway...the next day, we bought new scissors, as the nick
in the "good" scissors just wouldn't cut a decent straight line anymore.
;-)
But, we couldn't tell the partner's son anything! (He already knew it all.)
Now, we all have a pair of the soft-touch Fiskars. Love 'em.
Ragmop (can't tell my kids much either... <g>)
Pam <mahu...@nospam.msn.com> wrote in article
<eHhfsCwa9GA.169@uppubnews03>...
Merry Stahel
I got Patchwork Persuasion and A Visual Dance - both (I just noticed!)
by Joan Wolfrum.
Doubt if I ever do anything like that - but since most of the books
had patterns in them that I already have - I went for something I
don't have and to give me a bit of inspiration. If nothing else, than
for color placement and unique settings.
Merry
On 18 Apr 1998 20:18:20 GMT, "Ellison"
<Elliso...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Merry Stahel, Editor, CALICO TRAILS
Pam
What's somewhat funny to me, is that I know close to a dozen people in that
general area now, from the internet. <g> I'd already have friends if I
ended up there.
Pam (near Seattle -- who doesn't even have any job leads there -- but likes
the look of the place and the weather -- oh, and the people, too, of course!
:-D )
Chris Ingle wrote in message <6hbj34$1r...@r02n01.cac.psu.edu>...
>In article <#z12kEwa9GA.200@uppubnews03>
>"Pam" <mahu...@nospam.msn.com> writes:
>
>> Denton, Texas? I drove through there last September, it seems like a
nice
>> little town. If I ever got a job in Dallas/Fort Worth, that's probably
>> where I'd live. It just "looked like" home.
>
>Hi Pam!
>
>Denton "looked like home" to me for almost 7 years . . . it really is a
>nice place to live. It has grown tons in the last few years, though .
>. . I almost didn't recognize it when I was there last month! It's got
>the best used book/record/cd store in the whole wide world -- Recycled
>Books & Records on the NE corner of the square downtown.
>
>And HI to Teresa who went to NTSU! I transferred there mere weeks
>after they changed the name to UNT, which I think wasn't such a good
>move. "North Texas State" rolls off the tongue so much better than
>"Univ. of North Texas". And people in academia (other than UNT) still
>call it NTSU anyway . . .
>
>Cheers!
>
>Chris Ingle (getting a little homesick already)
Pam
Fis-KARS! Fis-KARS!! Fis-KARS!!!
Oh, excuse me there. It just seemed like we were starting a Fiskars Soft
Touch cheering section <g>....
:-D
Pam (near Seattle)
Ellison wrote in message <6hb3im$e...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
Gooseberry
I am grinnin'! One of my old employers had a real nice pair of scissors used
on some aluminum cans (to take off the UPC?) Yes, the children are still
living!
Arline in Walla Walla-who had better go to bed or be prepared to turn into a
pumpkin!
P.S.!! I forgot! I love my Soft-Touch Fiskars, too! Next to my Fiskar
rotary! (then there is the three pairs of Ginghers and...never too many
tools or too much fabric!)
Chris Ingle
Chris Ingle
I don't have the soft-touch "big" fiskars scissors (yet?), but I do
have the small (2-3" blade) ones, and I love them! I use them for
snipping threads at my sewing machine. DH thinks they are cool, what
with the spring action and the safety latch and all . . . I've already
warned him that they are "fabric only" scissors.
Cheers!
Chris Ingle
Ellison
Howdy!
Can't remember the name of the shop...
but it's in Gainseville...they go to all the surrounding
quilt shows. Worth checking out, only quilt shop there.
Ragmop
Teresa Creech <cre...@frii.com> wrote in article
<353910...@frii.com>...
STEARNING
switch the blade to the other side. Works great.
Sharon from Lansing, Michigan
Tiggrrr
I have two pair of the Soft Touch scissors! I love them! Last year, I
showed my large pair to my Mom, who also has rheum. arthritis, and she
mentioned how nice they were to use, so I bought a pair for her (knew she'd
never buy them for herself). So, I have the large pair, and a pair of
"snippers" that I keep with my hand sewing projects. The little ones seem
to be a *lot* sharper than the large ones, but the large ones are sharp
enough. My husband cross stitches, so when I got my snippers, he wanted
them for himself (they were an anniversary present from a quilting friend).
Since his birthday is a month after our anniversary, she bought him a pair
too! Now, if he could just find his and stop borrowing mine! (We moved, his
are still packed in a box some where.).
Linda
Pam wrote in message ...
Chris Ingle
In article <6he6gm$1...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>
"Ellison" <Elliso...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Howdy!
> Can't remember the name of the shop...
> but it's in Gainseville...they go to all the surrounding
> quilt shows. Worth checking out, only quilt shop there.
> Ragmop
Ooh, ooh! Next time I'm in TX I will have to find it (as well as get
down to Arlington to visit you, Ragmop!).
Oh, and I just found the info on the place in Azle where I bought all
those cool 30s repro FQs:
Eagle Mountain Products
1157 SE Parkway
Azle, TX 76020
817.237.0881 or 800.260.5998
It's not a very big place, but they have some really neat fabrics, and
a big computerized quilting machine that they will demonstrate for you
if you ask nicely. It was neat-o! Oh, and the couple who owns/runs
the place are very friendly.
Teresa Creech
My 9th grader is pretty good at sign language. Learned in 6th grade -
there was a cute deaf guy at school :-)
Caught her at a 6th&7th grade band and orchestra concert. While the 7th
grade orchestra was playing, she was carrying on a full conversation
from the Trumpet section of the 6th grade band with her friend in the
6th grade orchestra. Fortunately I know sign language too - when I
caught her eye (I am sure she could feel me looking intently at her), I
shook my head left and then right "NO!". Put a stop to that!
She also didn't right notes in class - just signed when the teacher
wasn't looking. Usefull skill, this sign language stuff. She sometimes
forgets that I don't know sign language and tries to sign to me when she
doesn't want the rest of the family know what she is trying to tell me.
Teresa in Colorado
Carolyn &/or Steve wrote:
>
> Me too, me too! I often wish dentists were trained in sign language too, so
> I could converse with them while my mouth is otherwise engaged.
> Krysta Sutterfield <ksut...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
> > It was really funny to have lunch with a friend who is also an
> > interpreter, and we'd talk if our hands were full, or sign if our mouths
> > were full. :) I'm sure the conversation made no sense at all to anyone
> > else around...
> >
Carolyn &/or Steve
Me too, me too! I often wish dentists were trained in sign language too, so
I could converse with them while my mouth is otherwise engaged.
talk with their hands full? One of my SL classes had a "field trip" to a
local restaurant for a sign-only dinner. It was fun, and also funny
watching the waitresses drawing lots to see who was going to have to deal
with us. This was a situation in which our teacher was trying to force us
to use sign exclusively, though I suppose to the deaf it would smack of
condescension. It's strictly non-PC for us hearies (their term) to pretend
to be deaf.
--
Carolyn in Harlingen, TX _\m/ (get it? It's "I love you" in sign!)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4775
Krysta Sutterfield <ksut...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
> I've become much more ambidexterous since a) having carpal tunnel
> surgery which forced me to use my off hand for everything for a while and
> b) going through interpreter school / training [sign language].
> It was really funny to have lunch with a friend who is also an
> interpreter, and we'd talk if our hands were full, or sign if our mouths
> were full. :) I'm sure the conversation made no sense at all to anyone
> else around...
> --
> ~Krysta Sutterfield / Lady Shandra
> A cement truck collided with a van carrying prisoners.
> Motorists are asked to watch for 16 hardened criminals.
>
Tiina Kujala
I had surgery on my hands when I was 12-17 years old (several times) and had
to learn to use my left hand to keep up with school work. I used to write
with both hands simultaneously and mirrored. I did have to write part of my
matriculation exam with my left hand, my right one was too sore. I finally
decided I wasn't going to let them cut it anymore. I also had a twin removed
from the palm of my right hand when I was 12. It started growing... This is
not a joke. My right thumb still isn't in the same position as my left.
Tiina
Maria Bengzon
Tiina Kujala <tiina....@kolumbus.fi> wrote in article
<6hhi7s$am6$1...@news.kolumbus.fi>...
A _twin_? A tumour? I have heard of teratomas, tumors that can have
hair/teeth/bones in them, is this what you mean? Whatever it was, it sounds
scary, hope you don't suffer from that anymore!
Hugs
Maria in Lund, Sweden
Beverly Macbeth
How timely this topic. Just had stitch club this morning at
a deaf friend's home, where a new kitty has taken up residence. She is
teaching her kitty several signs...I love the way he watches her hands
move.
--
Beverly Macbeth
- - - in stitches....most of the time - - - -
Cindy Brown
We had a customer in yesterday who signs. They called me out to
interpret...
It's amazing how much you lose in 15 years of not using it! I was
embarrassed. But she understood me, so it was OK.
--
Cindy Brown
The play seems out for an almost infinite run.
Don't mind a little thing like the actors fighting.
The only I worry about is the sun.
We'll be all right if nothing goes wrong with the lighting.
- Robert Frost
sarah curry smith
Does the kitty sign back?
Sarah
Marny S. Fischer
Cindy Brown wrote in message <353F9B83...@pacibm.org>...
>We had a customer in yesterday who signs. They called me out to
>interpret...
>
>It's amazing how much you lose in 15 years of not using it! I was
>embarrassed. But she understood me, so it was OK.
Marny here. With a deaf friend who wanted to teach all us kids to sign, we all
just told him that we could understand him when he 'speaks'... and, thus, did I
not become bilingual.
But as an adult, I decided it was time to learn that beautiful language and took
an ASL class in 1991. With getting a part in a community theater production, I
just couldn't memorize everything -- and, of course, the signing class took the
toll.
However, when we were in Singapore, I saw someone and tried my best to sign and
he was very pleased (he spoke English and read lips!!!) At the Hong Kong
airport, I tried to let a young lady know my name ... and she loved my attempt
and smiled, but she didn't speak English and I, of course, speak nothing but
English. The glowing feelings were apparent. <smile>
Kel
>Arline in Walla Walla-who had better go to bed or be prepared to turn into
a
>pumpkin!
>
>P.S.!! I forgot! I love my Soft-Touch Fiskars, too! Next to my Fiskar
>rotary! (then there is the three pairs of Ginghers and...never too many
>tools or too much fabric!)
I counted a month or two ago and found that we have 12 pairs of scissors in
the house, and all of them for a good reason <g>
Kel
in
London
UK
Marissa
I made a point last weekend to tell my H about all the great postings on the
wonderful Fiskars' scissors with their soft, padded handles... and suggested
that a pair of fabric cutters and a pair of thread snippers would make a great
birthday present... (maybe I should ask for more stuff, after all I'm going to
be arrghhh... 30!!!
********************************************************
Marissa Vignali
URL: http://www.bmb.psu.edu/597a/stdnts96/Vignali
********************************************************
Teresa Creech
Marissa wrote:
>
> birthday present... (maybe I should ask for more stuff, after all I'm going to
> be arrghhh... 30!!!
>
Teresa in Colorado
Sue Conrad
marissa, i hope your dh does better than mine did. i finally went out
and bought my own stuffed fuzzy duck (75% discount) after easter, came
home, threw it bag and all at him, and am still waiting for him to give
it to me. i think i may give up and become my mom, buy my own gifts
from the start....sigh sue
Sherry McDonald
Teresa Creech wrote in message <354795...@frii.com>...
Hey! I'm over 50....I don't think my hubby can afford me anymore. <vbg>
sherry in california
Chris Ingle
In article <354788DD...@psu.edu>
Marissa <mg...@psu.edu> writes:
> (maybe I should ask for more stuff, after all I'm going to
> be arrghhh... 30!!!
WHEN??!!
(your birthday, I mean)
Denise
Marissa <mg...@psu.edu> wrote:
| maybe I should ask for more stuff, after all I'm going to
| be arrghhh... 30!!!
|
|
You're just a baby Marissa! Forget the ARRGHHH!!
Happy Birthday anyway!
Denise in Southern Ontario
Pam
Maybe he's just waiting till next Easter...or your birthday....or
anniversary...or Christmas. Or maybe he thought the duck was a gift for
him.
<g>
Pam (near Seattle -- who usually buys her own gifts or just makes do with
what the kids make her....)
Sue Conrad wrote in message <6i87p7$en0$1...@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...
Scott Fisher
If you want to feel good, go get involved in a volunteer group
where the average age is over 70. I have never in my life
felt younger, more energetic or more handsome than last
weekend when I was helping the retired people put on the
Orchard Heritage Park fundraiser picnic... Most of the
volunteer things I do are at our elementary school, where
I'm 30+ years older than the majority of the people around
me (450 kids 10 and under do that to a place). It was a
kick to be 30 years younger than the curve for a change! :-)
--Scott "Details at http://www.living-history.org/ohpie" Fisher
P.S. At the fundraiser, I was wearing the vest that Also
Kim made for me using the cherry fabric that she acquired
by swapping with someone here. Thanks to whoever that was,
the vest was a real hit! You brightened the day for a
couple hundred people!
Obligatory on-topic comment (since there's no OT in the
header): I *love* Gingher scissors. Kim won't let me use
hers (unless I'm cutting fabric), but they're worlds apart
from ordinary scissors. Best of all, if you've got a
knife geek in the house (that'd be me, used to make 'em
as a hobby, collect and still sharpen 'em today), she or
he will really appreciate the design -- they're the best
and most effective/easy to sharpen of any of the scissors
I've ever used. Kim says never user 'em on paper, the
chunks of wood will dull the edge. I say that's what
the Case Moonstone is for, but then I drive a 31-year-old
Italian car every day because I'd rather wear things out
by using them for what they were intended than let 'em rot
but stay pristine. But we've done that topic...
The Stanley Family
My hubby either does VERY well on presents or forgets to get one altogether.
It helps that I'm the kind of person who LOVES practical presents so the
serger, the extra large cutting mat, the extra large floor-stand hoop for
quilting, the bread machine and the Oster kitchen center were all well into
the plus column for his selections. Just when I wonder why I bother with
keeping him around (I refer to him as my eldest child sometimes), he'll come
up with a really good present & I decide he can stay <g>
Deborah Stanley
Richmond, VA
stan...@amel.tds.net
Donna Aten
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> --Scott "Details at http://www.living-history.org/ohpie" Fisher
>
> P.S. At the fundraiser, I was wearing the vest that Also
> Kim made for me using the cherry fabric that she acquired
> by swapping with someone here. Thanks to whoever that was,
> the vest was a real hit! You brightened the day for a
> couple hundred people!
Hi Scott - You're welcome - that was me that sent the cherry fabric to
you. Glad it has worked out so well. I probably never would have used
it - just looked at it each time I went through my stash and thought,
"That's pretty fabric, but what am I going to do with it?" Now I know -
I bought it for you to make some mostly over 70's citizens happy!
Donna in Hop Country! (Wilder, ID) da...@micron.net
Herbert and Roberta Zollner
Arline's right, can't have too many scissors. I felt really behind with my
(only) two sewing machines, but we have 22 pairs of scissors counting all
sizes, his and mine. Mostly mine of course, and every now and then I feel
tempted to buy more. I covet those old-fashioned paper shears with the
really long blades, and a pair of the big stork scissors.
-Roberta in Denmark