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From: krw on 15 Apr 2010 18:58
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:55:55 GMT, mzenier(a)eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) wrote:

>In article <9a69s5dce9fov4l98dlfvp7358lsp3ose7(a)4ax.com>,
>Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:15:03 GMT, mzenier(a)eskimo.com (Mark Zenier)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article
>><c04cf976-1c45-4817-b7f7-2597a3e3cf2e(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>>>J.A. Legris <jalegris(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>On Apr 11, 10:39�pm, "Michael Robinson" <nos...(a)billburg.com> wrote:
>>>>> "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
>>>>> messagenews:5iu4s5tofv525lqrluham6ni2os3raf4hv(a)4ax.com...> When I
>>>>travel I carry one of those Buttoneer gadgets that "staples" a
>>>>> > button back on using tiny plastic straps.
>>>>>
>>>>> > You'd think someone would make a similar device for fixing a pant's
>>>>> > cuff that comes unstitched :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> > Is there such a thing?
>>>>>
>>>>> A bit of cardboard about the size of a matchbook with a needle stuck in it
>>>>> and some thread wrapped around. �Or buy a sewing kit at the dollar store.
>>>>
>>>>Ha! Good luck. Thompson would need an illustrated manual just to
>>>>thread the needle. Hot glue would be a better choice - it really
>>>>sticks to polyester.
>>>
>>>They sell hot glue as a random weave fabric (like Tyvek, only very sparse
>>>mesh) at sewing stores for exactly Thompson's purpose. Stick it inside
>>>the hem and iron it. Looking in the old sewing supplies, "Stich Witchery".
>>>
>>>Mark Zenier mzenier(a)eskimo.com
>>>Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
>>>
>>
>>I mentioned that back in the "thread" :-)
>>
>>But couldn't remember what it was called. I can remember using it to
>>stiffen light weight fabrics for my wife's various Girl Scout
>>projects.
>>
>>Now I remember... there's a really light version, almost like tissue
>>paper, called "fusible interfacing".
>
>I wouldn't use that phrase when the TSA inspector picks it up and
>asks you "What's this?".

"It's an, um, iron-on patch. Yeah, that's the ticket."
From: gearhead on 18 Apr 2010 17:22
On Apr 13, 12:37 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-
My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:23:53 -0700, John Larkin

>
> >I have one tie, for weddings only.
>
> >John
>
> You don't need a tie for _your_ funeral... no one will come ;-)
>

>
>                                         ...Jim Thompson
> --
Nothing to worry about. He'll come to yours.
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