I found it a little awkward when I told my wife I was going to buy a crinkle taffeta tablecloth... She has seen my new interest in all things hammock related and is just waiting to see the bills. I assured her a $15 dollar tablecloth is a good test run. Can't wait to cobble together my first hammock to give it a go. Thanks for all the great tutorials on here!
I am having the same conversation with my wife.
VinceInVA - I just got back from Lynchburg. I was there for work, but ended up spending an extra day hiking the AT at Tar Jacket Ridge.
Married close to 40 years... learn from experience. Tell her you will buy _her_ a new tablecloth of her size and color choice. Then, oh by the way.... I ordered one for myself to have in the shop.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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Great advice, Ramblinrev!
Originally Posted by Ramblinrev
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Yep - I bought two that way - one to cover the snow blower and one to use as a curtain when I put up a temporary paint booth.
Then darn if SWMBO didn't go out to my shop to borrow a screw driver and didn't find a single one being used that way...what did I do with them?....umm.....
See.. you gave a distinct purpose. That's not a good thing. "To have in the shop" is so general as to be unenforceable assuming you store your hammocking stuff in the shop. Gotta think these things through.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
Been married working on 30 years...love sleeping in the bedroom hammock Duffy made for me from a $15 crinkle taffeta tablecloth (I had to teach him how to pronounce 'taffeta')...so he made one for himself, too.
Real Freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization. ~ Charles Lindbergh
That is funny. Just wait until she catches you looking at delicate items in the store that "only women use" like those mesh laundry bags for panty hose, they make good ridgeline bags for above your hammock and many other things. Also read this comment #93 by Darth Hanger on his Thread about synthetic bath sponges or the 'Scrubbie Connoisseur' used by some as a sack for a tarp aka "snake skins".
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...-or-two/page10
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