Re: inexpensive thread

In article <445f352e$0$2536$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kate Dicey <kate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Beverly, I have first-had knowledge of what ignorance does to a sewing
machine: my mother's 99K was packed in the original packing it came with
for shipping to Malta: this, unfortunately, while good for general
shipping purposes, did not save it from being dropped into the hold of
the ship from about 40 feet... :(


Oh don't get me started on movers and relocation services. In our many
long distance moves, I never let the movers take the computers or sewing
machines. But if I had to let them take one of the two, it would be
the computers. :) My DH's model brigantine for which I'd spent many
hours stitching up the gazillion sails was simply smashed into a carton
by a packer. All the rigging and masts were totally destroyed, not to
speak of the hundreds of tiny details he'd spent a multitude of hours
refining. Yet another was crated (as we had specified) in wood and
survived intact. Sometimes, no matter how many precautions you take,
things happen.

OTOH, a dear friend "rescued" an heirloom platter from the hands of a
packer only to drop it herself a few minutes later.

Phae

--
I fear me you but warm the starved snake,
Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts. (Henry VI, Shakespeare)
.

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