Okies in the BYC The Original

[osukrazykate]

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I heard this before, don't remember where, but it makes total sense. I was also reading about putting magnets along the sides if you are making it fitted into the window so you could make it cling to the window edges and seal the window some to insulate.

Most windows today are made of either aluminum or vinyl, neither are magnetic. Some of the older windows from the 70s and early 80s were vinyl clad steel though. Velcro works very well to seal the edges. Some will make an insulated blanket that just fits the inside of the window frame and attach velcro all around the edges to make a seal. These are only used at night when heat loss through the glass is the greatest.

I apologize for not being too clear, but I believe they also were attaching a magnet to the window themselves also. However I am not sure that I want to attach magnetic strips to my windows. Oh forgot to mention, my grandma made them how you described with the velcro, but I still don't want that attached to my windows either.

 

[osukrazykate]

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I figured that the military sent me home from BMT after pulling my eyesight waiver, I be darned if I'm going to press a military uniform!

Actually, honestly... there's too many rules. Too many ways to mess it up. EASY ways to mess them up. Even J takes his uniforms (both DAF cop and USMC dress uniforms) to the cleaners... much smaller likelihood of them getting messed up.

Oh I agree, I didn't like pressing my uniforms. The cleaners did a great job, getting lots of starch on them and making them perfect. You had to look perfect when you were in formation or you might be at risked being pulled out and humiliated on the state of your dress. I really liked putting my pants on right after getting them back from the cleaners, it was kind of fun bcs the legs stuck so well together and you had to peel it some to get your leg in them. LOL If I did it just right, I could keep my pants looking good for a few days and could wear them for some time and have them still look good. As long as we weren't doing some kind of dirty work.

 

[Stimpy]

For our utilities, we washed and starched them ourselves, and dried them on pants stretchers. They were made of heavy steel wire and the legs of our trousers were stretched over them while still wet and starch was applied. When they were dry, you had a crease you could cut yourself on.

-Stimp-

 

[faerielady]

Well the USMC has gone to "wash and wear" camis. Absolutely no starch allowed. Apparently the starch glows under a certain light (a new night vision? I can't remember the details), so they are no longer allowed to starch their uniforms.

J was ecstatic when he was issued those last year. Combined with the suede boots that aren't polished, and he has no work involved in getting ready for duty. Now he just has to make sure the dress uniforms are starched.

 

[faerielady]

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Um... yeah. Not going there Stimpy... but he hasn't had to polish boots in over a year. I think he was issued the new uniform in August or September of last year. His dress shoes are also no polish... it's that plastic type finish that shines up nicely with a pledge wipe.

 

[faerielady]

I was kinda cranky when he brought home those boots... the hours I wasted as a child, shining my dad's boots (he understood delegation

) and the hours I wasted myself with the NJROTC uniform in high school... 4 years of shoe polishing there, then all that time I spent in BMT polishing boots... then he brings home these suede boots. I console myself with the fact that he DID polish boots for 10 years.

 

[luv2bmemaw2]

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Fleece doesn't need a finished edge :wink wink:

I know it doesn't ravel, but I don't care for fringe and it seems sort of cheap to give a blanket that is a length of fleece with the selvage cut off. I like to put a blanket stitch of some sort on it or when I want a hand project, I take along a fleece blanket and put a rolled hem on it by hand. I generally make my fleece blankets 3 yards long - plenty long enough to tuck under your feet and pull up over your shoulders.

P&B....that's exactly the yardage I use also. I hate trying to get cozy and it not being long enough to snuggle in. I like things tucked in like swaddling a baby. LOL I have made so many of those I've lost count. I usually give them for gifts such as weddings, babies birth, etc. Just made 8 of them for Christmas but I always make mine double. I really enjoy trying to match the print with the things the person likes and place a solid on one side. It is very relaxing to sit and tie as I watch tv. I usually cut several and tie while watching a movie. Kind of good at it by now. LOL

I wish I knew how to put a finished edge on it like a blanket stitch just for something different. Got any ideas?

 

[luv2bmemaw2]

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Betsy....I didn't lose any of my silkies or showgirls. I've heard people say they can't raise these. Heck, they are one hardy breed for me. I had to move 13 young ones in with my grown ones....I was really worried about the crowded space, however, the alternative of staying where it was snowing ....well they would just have to deal with it. They did fine.

I just love my silkies and showgirls. They are so cute watching them work together raising the little ones. I have four babies with them and they just take turns babysitting them....even the roos. If only some "human" daddies would take lessons from them.

 

[luv2bmemaw2]

Oh by the way good morning everyone. I would not be up at this hour but my DH was talking in his sleep again and woke me up. I'm about to ring his kneck. So I'll just stay up for awhile and then go back to bed. Wanna know why? Because I can....and I love it. LOL

 

[Sooner]

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Sooner got tired of waiting on everyone so I went to watch TV