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or would that be "Putting up a home of ballish perks?" The Duchess

I wasn't looking for pirate boots, this time out. My engineer boots have died and been summarily burried, so I am after a replacement pair. They do make, for some extraordinary amount of money, thigh high boots that can be folded down. I believe the website is www.westcoastshoe.com. However while it was up last night, I cannot make it come up today. Hmm... The Duchess

Alas, the wrong coast for me. I do wish you all great fun. The Duchess

Near me old home there was certain mega mall. On the third floor was certain miniature golf course. Which just happened to over look a certain indoor amusement park...all of which I was escorted out of. :) The Duchess

Anyone familar with Wesco boots? Comfy? How do they run for size? The Duchess

So where is Fell's Point? for geography-challenged... The Duchess

Please do share the link when you find it. It was at the MNRF that I worked for five wonderful years, and two more that weren't. I bought my jack from Mac 12 years ago, when my first pewter mug took the swan dive from the balcony of our stage/booth. Oddly enough, the same swan dive I took that crushed my jack. But, leather is just so much more durable... I missed the MNRF this year, as I've moved to Washington. It was Mac's widow who resealed my mug, the last time I had it done. thanks The Duchess

No no no... The tiny little hole just be the cover. This is an opportunity to direct high speed small hard objects in crowds of unsuspecting people... "oops my bad *giggle* I just so awful at this..." The Duchess

Aye, Jack o' the drinking kind. I've no need, so far, for armour... Buzzard's Nest? Do they have a website? Tis always nice to have a back up plan in case of eventualities. The Duchess

Aye, that was indeed my point. And though my dear leather jack is truely irreplacable, it isn't worth much to me, if I'm not using it. If it were living on a shelf, I'd have to dust it. Instead, drink goes in and drink goes out, and it is never needing dusting. Though it did need some reshaping after I fell 15' to flatten it with me backside. :) The Duchess

With the temporary tat's, apply them a few days before you intend to show them off. A little aging and the gloss is gone, they'll look fairly real, even the four color sort.

Well the truth o' the matter is that if you have a functional piece of equipment, you must simply accept that something unwelcome might come to it. Trust that everything is replaceable, and the replacement might even be better than the original! O'course this don't apply to me leather jack, since Mac be dead, and no others make any so nice... The Duchess

Plundering the Palouse it is, indeed! The only truely unfortunate part about is that I traded one land locked home for another, half a country away. Though truth be told, the coasts are to populated for me own comfort. So the Palouse and more schooln' it is for me. The Duchess

Perhaps the requirement is that some where some time, you've been with out the internet for more than a week...

are not we all 16 years of age and 36-24-36 on this ye' ole internet? :) The Duchess

What if I be medium, and do not wish to join any group who would have me?

P'raps I spoke to soon about a return! For the journey, it began with a degree pilfered last fall. Then with much time at hand, I took on a volunteer project to plan a large event. At said event a friend of mine died doing something he was very skilled at doing, at my behest, in front of several thousand people, though it was no fault of his. Realizing it could have been me, I went to Florida to procure some more flight training. Then to northern wisconsin for a little art camp in the woods, some camping out in Montanna. And now in the unfortunately Inland Northwest, I'm back on the degree path, thinking that something else might be nicer, as the proverbial sailing is certainly not smooth. It is good to see so many familar names! The Duchess

Hello! Hello! and thank you for the handsome welcome home! The tale is long though the shortened version be: I gained some skills, lost a friend, got a truck, and moved half way across the country. How have things been with you these past many days? The Duchess

So, in my travels of the last eight months, I have become stranded in eastern Washington, a place that is completely foreign to me. Any news about gatherings or activites there would be much welcome. The Duchess

So, it's been more than eight months, but finally I return! What a journey I've been on.

There do be a bit o' polarity among the ladies. Those who favor the looks of Jack or those who favor the vaguely effeminate confused looks of Mr. Bloom. Can you tell on which side I stand? :) The Duchess

Aye, I be thinking these would be equally expensive. As now they would fall under the antiquing catagory of Americana. Highly Collectible=Highly Expensive. The Duchess

For durability you're going to want a heavier weight linen. I would suggest checking in the "suiting" section of the fabric store. Alternatively, all my long coats and jackets are made out of brocades or tapestry fabrics, commonly found in the upholstery departments (which will also have nice linens) These fabrics are heavier, hold their shape well and yet wear in to be quite soft and very comfortable. Another bonus to shopping the upholstery department is the size of the bolts. Fabrics in this department will nearly all be sixty inches wide (conversely fashion fabrics are usually 42"). This wide width makes it possible to cut whole panels for coats out of the width and not the length. ie you can buy less yards. Also wash whatever you buy, just like you intend to wash the finished garment, BEFORE you ever cut anything. Do the same with trims. I found out the hard way trims can shrink as well. I made some pants, preshrunk the fabric, but not the trim which was down the sides of the legs. After the first wash the trim shrank buy about a third, the pants ended up far to short, and delicately gathered up the side. :) The Duchess

we'd just buy the tree a foot taller than the room and nail it to the ceiling. When it didn't fall and cause a rucus the cats quit climbing it. The Duchess

Not so much metaphoric as trouser from what I read.... The Duchess