Besides, I want to hire someone who will let me watch, because I need to learn how to do this shit.
God, I'd love to find a handyman/woman who would teach me as s/he fixed.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
Inara ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Sep 12, 2011 5:02:47 pm PDT #25683 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Amy - Sep 12, 2011 5:10:14 pm PDT #25684 of 30001
Because books.
That's not a bad idea for a business, teaching homeowners basic maintenance.
Sue - Sep 12, 2011 5:15:10 pm PDT #25685 of 30001
hip deep in pie
The local CC has a continuing ed class called home maintenance for women. My friend took it, but she said it was too basic...like, "This is a screwdriver..."
Consuela - Sep 12, 2011 5:17:39 pm PDT #25686 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, this is fascinating. I watch WNTW and I didn't know it: [link]
Everything celebrities wear (everything, including camisoles & t-shirts) and everything they show on WNTW, is tailored specially. Every item of clothing, not just the jackets and slacks.
Dude, who can afford that?
Jesse - Sep 12, 2011 5:17:55 pm PDT #25687 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is my general issue with adult ed stuff -- I see these one-shot classes in things that I am definitely interested in, but I'm sure I already know the 2 hours' worth of information. Or at least most of it. I think there's a real gap between beginner and Serious classes for people. For the stuff I'm interested in, it seems like there's super-basic and then serious study. Where's the casual enthusiast level?
JenP - Sep 12, 2011 5:19:45 pm PDT #25688 of 30001
I want to take an auto maintenance/repair class. I just want basic knowledge and an idea of how and what you can (safely and reliably) do yourself. Like, my friend changed my brake pads and one of the rotors for me a few months ago -- it cost me the pads and the rotor, so it was ridic cheap compared to what it would have been at an auto shop.
JenP - Sep 12, 2011 5:26:48 pm PDT #25689 of 30001
Dude, who can afford that?
Celebrities!
But I think that one good option for people who are not celebrities is to have a smaller, but really well tailored wardrobe. I would love to have that. If everything I owned fit well, I would probably be much happier with much less. (ETA: and maybe, ultimately, spend less or an equivalent amount on small, tailored wardrobe.)
Maybe I should make that a goal. Hey, instead of buying new clothes as I lose weight, I'll just have stuff tailored every so often and see how that works. Hmmm.
I did do that a couple of times - pants taken in, for example, really wasn't that pricey, as I recall.
le nubian - Sep 12, 2011 5:30:12 pm PDT #25690 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Suela,
you nearly changed my life with that post. Wow.
brenda m - Sep 12, 2011 5:36:43 pm PDT #25691 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
But I think that one good option for people who are not celebrities is to have a smaller, but really well tailored wardrobe. I would love to have that. If everything I owned fit well, I would probably be much happier with much less. (ETA: and maybe, ultimately, spend less or an equivalent amount on small, tailored wardrobe.)
That's great if your weight never fluctuates. I'm not one of those people.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2011 6:02:21 pm PDT #25692 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Everything celebrities wear (everything, including camisoles & t-shirts) and everything they show on WNTW, is tailored specially. Every item of clothing, not just the jackets and slacks.
Some of us have learned basic tailoring for just this reason. I don't tailor t-shirts, tho'.
(Wait. Yes, I do. I change necklines and take in seams on some t-shirts.)
Anyway, yes. Tailoring is the way to make clothing look good.