"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
news:qw9Qh.19623$B7.6064@bigfe9...
To All:

I learned to sew as a boy, repairing the harness for a mule named
'Bea,' which I later learned was short for Beelzebub after she taught
me I had a lot to learn as a mule skinner. But there was a war on,
...
I didn't pay any attention to the messages. The anonymity of the
Internet makes it a playground for sociopaths. But I got another one
today, Sunday, April Fool's Days. Same theme but oozing properly
spelt, grammatically correct nastiness, in that my reference to
'sewing' made it clear I was some sort of fag and shouldn't be allowed
around airplanes except mebbe to design their upholstery because REAL
MEN DON'T SEW.


Sez who? Hard to get into muscle biplanes without at least learning how to
rib stich... Can't get more manly than one of those. Ugh - Ugh - Ugh.

Personally, I think he's got it exactly backwards. Learning to do
things for yourself not only prevents you from becoming a burden to
others, it allows you to go places and do things far beyond the ken of
those who don't.

You da MAN.

...
About all I can really say, with regard to the idiotic responses, is
sailing
without sewing sounds like an impossibility; and as to the rest--think of
a
...

Less and less every year. Sails are turning into glued / laminated
composits. If you are only out for a few days repairs are done with dacron
or ripstop tape (depending on the sail).

On the other hand, for really long races, you are likely to find a sewing
machine (and a sailmaker) aboard. If you ever get a chance to borrow the
movie "Drum" (the movie about the yacht Drum in the Whitbread around the
world race with race with Simon LeBon - not other movies with the title
"Drum") - they complain about how hard it is to sleep with the generator and
sewing machine running. And, of course, it is the sailmaker that stiches one
of the crewmembers face back togeather out in the middle of the Pacific...

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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