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BPO Gear Forum => Collars, crates, & other cool things => : jesday November 06, 2008, 08:46:39 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
I made a test toy out of the rip-stop material I mentioned in previous post. I filled it with his favorite stuffing. He has been trying for any hour with nary a tear. :D
First photo - Before
Second Photo - Syrus goes right for the weakest part, the corners
Third Photo - Sophie steal
Last Photo - After
Thanks Miss Patty Yellow Dog. I may have a bed he can't destroy after all. At least not the insides.
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Yippeee!!So where is this stuff, at a fabric store?
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Yes, JoAnne's is the place.
It's really slippery to sew. I'd probably do better if I wasn't lazy and used a pin or two or, heaven forbid, use a basting stitch. Learned that back in the days when we had home economics in school. Little kitchens and sewing machines. Am I dating myself? ::)
3 hours and counting. Toy is still holding up. :D
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I am. I remember we had to make aprons to wear in those kitchens.
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I always got hurt in the kitchen. Married a guy that cooked for a living, but then he was always at work.....cooki ng.
I signed up for auto shop in high school but girls couldn't take it back then.
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We did the same thing with our girls. They all had a tool box in their cars and knew how to repair, tune, and change a tire. To this day they know more than their husbands about cars. My son, the youngest, was of the computer mind and learned the least. Ironic........ ....
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We also put them in old heavy cars when they started to drive. And old Chevy Malibu and an old Fairlane, I think, but both from the 60's. I still have the '66 Mustang that my dad bought when I was 16.
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I will be "28" FOREVER :P I had to reply because yesterday we put a new blanekt in Gunners crate and when I came home from work yesterday he had shredded the new one already.
My neighbor is making me crate pads out of car upholstry material, the pleather kind with foam in between.
He says Gunner wont be able to destroy this....we'll see.
I am domestic, but I will say I am a bit of a priss too.
I grew up on a dairy farm, so I knew how to milk cows and goats, churn butter, pick eggs, fight off pissed off geese, ducks and chickens, Ive even sherred sheep,, I would even help our ferrier by cleaning the horses hooves so he could re-shoe them!!
I can check the oil in my cars, fill the tires with air, pump my own gas but that's about it. I can cook, pretty darn good I might add, clean, im a bit OCD, mow the lawn and I know how to use a hammer and a drill, saws scare me and I wont light a propane BBQ grill. I watched one sear the eyebrows and hair off of my husbands arms because of a faulty regulater.
A HUGE THANK YOU to whoever started this conversation. I have a birthday coming up and my vain self is feeling a wee bit down about it, stupid I know.
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Good morning....Fix ed my coffee, schlepped through my bookwork, took my rainy day Aleve, and checked in here. So everybody's feeling or confessing their age. I am Virgo born in 1950. My 4 kids are from 28 to 37, I have 5 grandchildren, currently separated from hubbby,and making the best of a pretty darn good life.
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We also put them in old heavy cars when they started to drive. And old Chevy Malibu and an old Fairlane, I think, but both from the 60's. I still have the '66 Mustang that my dad bought when I was 16.
Drooling over the '66. 8) Don't you just hate what they've done to the Mustang?
Patty, I think you and I are topping the charts. I'm 52.
Laughing at(with) Kira. A BPO and OCD? Hows that working for ya?
By the way, rip-stop toy still intact. I'm not having high hopes for the car interior pleather. Let us know how that turns out.
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I don't know about you other "old ladies" (I'm 58) but I have found that with age comes wisdom. There is school smart and real life smart and some of both is great. Alot of school and a little living makes you educated beyond your intelligence.
But what I love about this age is that I have so much more confidence in myself now. I used to always worry about what other people would think about things, or if I would upset people. Now I know that I always try to do the right thing and if other people don't agree, that's ok.
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In a world that glorifies young and skinny it is quite comfy to have a little spot that allows you to be yourself. I don't know any of you, but you have been most kind in accepting me into the group.
'preciate it........
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Laughing at(with) Kira. A BPO and OCD? Hows that working for ya?
By the way, rip-stop toy still intact. I'm not having high hopes for the car interior pleather. Let us know how that turns out.
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well, I wipe, sweep, mop and dust ALOT!
Im not having much hope for it either. He destroys everything he puts his mouth on, he popped my son's basketball!
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Jack's good for the muscle work - pounding fence posts, shoveling driveways - bucking wood, but when it comes to home repairs the joke in our house is he holds the flashlight.
Wasn't until my late 30's I was exposed to farm life. I wasn't afraid of a little dirt and grime but local neighbors thought I was a little teched in the head. My chicken coop was deluxe with heated ramp from inside to outside during the winter so their scrawny little feet didn't get cold. Had a large bunny yard fenced in with plenty of rabbit condos. Couldn't keep them in those little cages. Apparently couldn't keep them in the yard either. Bunnies dig. Not to mention how hard it is to sex a rabbit. Yeah, that was our bunny population explosion year.
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We worked on our little "cottage" for twenty years. My husband and I did all the work ourselves. We opened up the attic, added a den, renovated and enlarged the kitchen, and resanded all the oak floors. We doubled the size of our house just as our last child moved out.
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Interesting post - I admit that it's good to find out that I'm not the only one here who was born in the 60's!
I have to admit that I'm at a loss when it comes to sewing. My mom and sisters all love to sew and tried to teach me but I found it too boring for words! My own dad used to tell me that I didn't have a lot of domestic talent so he taught me how to handle the yardwork, basic car stuff, and how to handle the family finances.
My first car was a '66 Mustang btw - how I loved that car!
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Oh my gosh! I think I saw you "cruisin" around! Just kidding. But my best friend in San Berdoo had a little orange VW bug. Then my husband and I had one for our first car and we hauled our first baby around in the back seat.
Friends and I talk now about all the ways we did things compared to how our daughters have to raise their kids. These car seats they have to haul around weigh about fifty pounds. I honestly can't carry them without killing my back. Then they turn this way for this age, then get a new seat and turn them around. Then there's don't give them water, sleep on their back, don't use a blanket.
I'm glad I had kids before all the studies were done!!
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It was yellow plastic but I can't remember what critters were on it. I remember if we were going to the store and my husband was driving I would just hold the baby in my lap. Now I would be arrested and have my child taken away.
I met my husband in high school in SB and then I went to SB Valley College for two years. We have been married for 37 years but, sadly, have recently separated. Still get along and everything. We have a small business (restaurant)and I think that kind of business and money stresses sometimes take their toll.
Anyhoo.......t hings are good. Grandchildren are "funner" than kids, and I have my dawg.
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Well....tomorr ow I'm off to the fabric store. Got up this morning and Luke's bed innards were strewn all over the carport. I knew he was mad at me last night but I was keeping the grandkids and was trying to get the little human wild man to go to bed, so I didn't let him in.
Last time we went to SB to visit we couldn't see the mountains anymore cuz of the smog. It was really sad. I loved SB. In about an hour you could go to the beach or go up to the snow. (not at the same time, of course) I lived next to an orange grove and it smelled heavenly.
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For real....I think when politcal correctness knocked on the door, common sense ran out the back door.
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The proper care and feeding of the human baby. Hmmm? How can we ever keep up? Always lay the baby on her back. Never lay the baby on her back. Swaddle the baby so she feels secure. Never cover a baby while she is sleeping. Introduce a little rice cereal at about 6 weeks. Never give her grains, she will develop allergies. How has the human race survived?
Day 4 and rip-stop is holding strong. I finished their beds and so far they love sleeping on them rather than chewing them.
They just couldn't stay out of trouble though. Had to dig a huge mud hole in the lawn that took all summer to come in!!
First car, baby blue Datsun B-210. Bought it new with my own money working for McDonalds. Hey $3000 was a lot of money for a high school kid. Lived in the Bay area of California. All the other kids had Datsun 240-Z's that mommy and daddy bought them. According to my mommy and daddy I would have much more appreciation for my car. Maybe...
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I tried to get to the fabric store today to get the rip-stop and I ran out of day. I spent the morning picking up the pieces of wooden door on the barbeque outside. They evidently made a good snack sometime early this morning.
Ah...buying your own car in high school was quite a feet!! In California, when I was in high school, everyone had old cars. Jacked up in the back with mag wheels or chrome rims and BIG tires. Also had loud pipes and rebuilt engines. My boyfriend (and later, husband) and I spent alot of weekends working on his car. He had a '64 Falcon. When I moved here after a couple years of college all the young kids here had new Pontiacs, that their parents bought 'em. That's no fun!
McDonald's. I think the first one was in San Bernardino. Hamburgers were .25 and cokes were .10.