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Sue
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Posted -  14/06/2011  :  20:21
Today Bob and I had reason to go to Anglesey on business. On the way there we stopped at Abakhan, a fabric and crafts warehouse. It is one of the few places where i can buy material for dressmaking and these days I have a grandaughter to make for! ( By the way did I say we are expecting another grandchild in November. Eve will have a sister or brother)

Anyway back to my story. We were browsing the shelves when we noticed agroup of, what looked like students browsing also. Some had dress patterns in their hand, some had photographs /drawings of gowns, others had nothing. We decided they were students of Textile and Design. It didn't take us long to see who would pass the course with distinction and who would struggle to pass at all.

 One girl picked up some pieces of foam out of a box and said 'What are these'.

'Shoulder pads'  said another.
'
Oh I thought they were for bras' said the first.

(It was this girl who looked very disinterested and had no pattern)

I had to laugh at the situation. especially as I imagined this alternative use.



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Stanley
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Posted - 19/06/2011 : 07:19
Best things I ever wore for my feet were clogs. I got a lot of comments when I was on the cattle wagon. "How do you drive in them?" Always had double irons and one big advantage was that the cattle loved them, they could hear you coming and you didn't get kicked as often. Give a cow a surprise and it'll react!

When I went in the engine house clogs were dangerous on the steel floor plates and I went over to Doc Martens. I never had thick skin on my heels before I started wearing them but I have it now!


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marilyn
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Posted - 21/06/2011 : 04:59
I like my Crocs.
It sure saves having to check the soles of my shoes for muck every time I come back from a walk. I take them off at the door. We don't have need of Wellington Boots here.
The Crocs are great for kayaking in too, because there aren't too many places you can step out on to a dry bank. I think they would be pretty 'snake proof ' too.


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Stanley
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Posted - 21/06/2011 : 05:59
Biggest problem here at this time of the year is the constant fight to remember to get the cut grass off your soles before you come into the house after a dog walk! Not much trouble with dog muck, I have perfected my dog-walkers gait, eyes down and steer a careful course!


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