The Vent and Rant Thread

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Lessee, I have a yarn stash (for knitting scarves), a fabric stash, a bead stash, a paper stash, a silver wire stash, another yarn stash for tatting and micromacrame... and I get fretty if any of my stashes look a little too low!

You and I are obviously related in some way (got any Irish relatives with the surname of Devine?)!! I have loads of back-up crafting supplies, "Just in case". My husband says it's because I'm obsessive compulsive. I KNOW it is because I never know what crafting bug will bite and when it does, I want to have all contingencies covered. It's called planning ahead!

[kazbates]

Originally Posted by nekokami

Yarn - Check. (probably will be used for weaving, as my knitting attempts have all failed.)
Fabric - Check. (sometimes clothing, sometimes fabric-covered boxes....)
Beads - Multiple checks.
Paper - Check. Usually for origami, sometimes other projects.
Silver wire - Check. Also GF, brass, and copper, different gauges, hardnesses, and shapes.
Polymer clay - Check. Including odds and ends of canes from different projects.
Silver clay - Check. Also enamel to mix with or fuse onto silver clay.
Bits of wood - check. For making beads and other small projects.
PVC pipe - check. Multiple colors and diameters. Well, you never know!
Glass rods and mandrels - Check. Hopefully I'll be able to fire up the torch this weekend.
Glitter, lacing, plastic tablecloths in different colors, sheet foam, silver bubble-wrap, low-temp plastic, low-temp metal casting kit, soap making supplies, candy making supplies.... all check.

Spare time - oops, I knew there was something I forgot to stock!

That's why I agree that "yearn stash" is the best description for all of the above.

Neko, I wish I lived near you!! I have been dieing to learn how to make lampwork beads and to solder. The only things stopping me are a slight fear of the blow torch and know how.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by nekokami

Polymer clay - Check. Including odds and ends of canes from different projects.
Silver clay - Check. Also enamel to mix with or fuse onto silver clay.
Glass rods and mandrels - Check. Hopefully I'll be able to fire up the torch this weekend.That's why I agree that "yearn stash" is the best description for all of the above.

I forgot polymer clay! I have some silver clay, too, but as I don't have a kiln I'm limited to what I can fire on the hob!

Glass rods - the yeti has a small stash. We've only got a small torch that runs off cans of butane or propane, though, so we've not made much in the way of glass beads.

If (when) I do get a kiln, sheet glass will end up in my stash as I have lots of ideas for fused glass beads!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by kazbates

Neko, I wish I lived near you!! I have been dieing to learn how to make lampwork beads and to solder. The only things stopping me are a slight fear of the blow torch and know how.

Soldering's fun Fear of the torch will go with use - just remember to keep it pointing away from you and away from anything flammable

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Oh, wait -- is this yet ANOTHER previous occupation that we are learning about?!

Oh gosh .... if we put all the occupations (things I got paid for) I have had in a more or less chronological row (and keeping in mind that some of these were done at the same time .... not unusual for me to have more than one job in my youth), we would have:

Stable Hand (New Mexico);
Babysitter;
Assistant to Archeologist (Akrotiri);
Guide in Art Gallery (Prado);
Reindeer Herder (Finland);
Physician's Assistant (Los Angeles);
Ice Cream Scooper (31 Flavors);
Accessions Clerk - Clinical Labs (UCLA Med Ctr);
Primary Clerk - Hematology Dept;
Assistant to Head of Pathology;
Medical Technologist - Blood Bank;
Medical Technologist - All departments (small lab -- so Parasitology, Bacteriology, Hematology, Serology, Coagulation Studies, Clinical Chemistry, Blood Bank) (Verdugo);
Pathologist (several places);
Search and Rescue (Mammoth Lakes);
Legal Assistant (Sierra Madre);
Department Head Reagent Production American Red Cross (Los Angeles);
Attorney (Los Angeles, San Diego).

The hobbies (things I get paid for sometimes) and volunteer jobs - in no particular order:

Usher - Old Globe Theater;
Deck Hand - Star of India (Brig);
Computer Repair;
Cat and Dog Rescue;
Reading to the Blind;
Needlepoint;
Quilting;
Carpentry;
Computer graphics and animation;
Photography;
Flying;
Skiiing;
Gym Rat;
Small Appliance Repair;
Film;
Reading.


I recently read a description of Leonard of Quirm that fit me to a "t" ... something about being so interested in everything that it was difficult to keep a focus. It's a gift and a curse.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by kazbates

You and I are obviously related in some way (got any Irish relatives with the surname of Devine?)!! I have loads of back-up crafting supplies, "Just in case". My husband says it's because I'm obsessive compulsive. I KNOW it is because I never know what crafting bug will bite and when it does, I want to have all contingencies covered. It's called planning ahead!

Don't think I have any Irish relatives

And EXACTLY! Nothing worse than getting the inspiration to do something and not being able to because you don't have the stuff needed

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

And EXACTLY! Nothing worse than getting the inspiration to do something and not being able to because you don't have the stuff needed

Far worse for me is getting the inspiration to do something and not having the talent to be able to do it!

For example; I keep looking at the big shed in my garden and thinking that I should get rid of it and put in a nice decking area instead. Only problem is that I am the world's worse DIYer and just wouldn't know where to start

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Far worse for me is getting the inspiration to do something and not having the talent to be able to do it!

For example; I keep looking at the big shed in my garden and thinking that I should get rid of it and put in a nice decking area instead. Only problem is that I am the world's worse DIYer and just wouldn't know where to start

1 - Get rid of the shed.
2 - build a deck

Simple really. Doing it in the other order would be needlessly complex.

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

1 - Get rid of the shed.
2 - build a deck

Simple really. Doing it in the other order would be needlessly complex.

But of course - how could I be so stupid

- runs off to fetch hammers, saws, chisels, wood etc -

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

1 - Get rid of the shed.
2 - build a deck

Simple really. Doing it in the other order would be needlessly complex.

Or

1 - Hire a demolition crew
2 - Hire a contractor (Not any that use pshrynk as a reference though)

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Or

1 - Hire a demolition crew
2 - Hire a contractor (Not any that use pshrynk as a reference though)

Also a good idea, although I am almost certain these guys will expect some kind of pecuniary reward for such an arrangement.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Also a good idea, although I am almost certain these guys will expect some kind of pecuniary reward for such an arrangement.

Well, you could then hire the ones that list me as a reference, then you wouldn't have to pay them because they'd do such a crappy job...

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Well, you could then hire the ones that list me as a reference, then you wouldn't have to pay them because they'd do such a crappy job...

If I wanted a crappy job doing, I'd do it myself!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

OK - demolish shed carefully BUT leave floor intact
Prop sides and roof on bricks next to the old shed floor, and at the same height.
Hey presto - one deck, no shed

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

OK - demolish shed carefully BUT leave floor intact
Prop sides and roof on bricks next to the old shed floor, and at the same height.
Hey presto - one deck, no shed

You may have just invent the next growth industry that will save us all from the recession!!!!!!!