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The hurrier I go...
Feb. 22nd, 2011 11:05 pm*gallops*
Picking up some speed from familiarity with the pattern and the techniques needed to square the designs, but it still takes between 2 1/2 and 3 hours to weave each 15 inch square block. Also realized this morning as I was winding bobbins that out of nine people other than myself for whom I have to weave these blocks, six of them chose shades of purple for their color. Ack. And they laugh at me when I say that purple is way overused and therefore trite. My own color selection is a cornflower blue. The other three non-purples are a sandy beige, a deep blue, and a darkish brown. No reds, pinks, yellows or greens at all. Strange, I think.
I am really getting disgusted with the marketing stunts the desperate magazine publishers are trying to pull now. When I let a subscription lapse, I do so on purpose. Do not start sending me repeated "bills" marked "Overdue" and "Please remit now". I did not ask you to extend the subscription, and I am not going to pay this. Two nasty notes sent now to different magazines, but it looks as if both have the same fulfillment agency and that's probably where the sneaky tricks are coming from.
Then there are the book clubs. I'm down to just one, and they pester me mercilessly by e-mail when I don't buy anything for a few months. I bought two books in November, so they sent a coupon good for a free book if I buy one more. I've been waiting for them to have two that I actually want, and they finally did so this week. So when I go online to order the two titles, the postage will be $2.49. OK, that's fine. Now apply the coupon. Yup, one of the books is now free, but the postage goes up to $6.48 for the two books. Whether media rate or third class, I know very well that the cost of shipping those two books is not anywhere near that high. By the time they add sales tax onto it, the cost of the two books is no longer a bargain, even with one being free. I could get both in the publisher edition, with better bindings, for less from Amazon, and with free shipping. I think it's time to cancel out this book club, even though I've been a member for more than 30 years.
Oh, and the threatened snowstorm was pretty much a dud. Though the news reported cars off the road and in crashes all over the place, I could see no reason for it. We only got maybe an inch of fluffy stuff, no ice, and the roads were almost entirely dry and clear this morning.
Farrier tomorrow, or at least supposed to be. Gotta get some sleep.
Picking up some speed from familiarity with the pattern and the techniques needed to square the designs, but it still takes between 2 1/2 and 3 hours to weave each 15 inch square block. Also realized this morning as I was winding bobbins that out of nine people other than myself for whom I have to weave these blocks, six of them chose shades of purple for their color. Ack. And they laugh at me when I say that purple is way overused and therefore trite. My own color selection is a cornflower blue. The other three non-purples are a sandy beige, a deep blue, and a darkish brown. No reds, pinks, yellows or greens at all. Strange, I think.
I am really getting disgusted with the marketing stunts the desperate magazine publishers are trying to pull now. When I let a subscription lapse, I do so on purpose. Do not start sending me repeated "bills" marked "Overdue" and "Please remit now". I did not ask you to extend the subscription, and I am not going to pay this. Two nasty notes sent now to different magazines, but it looks as if both have the same fulfillment agency and that's probably where the sneaky tricks are coming from.
Then there are the book clubs. I'm down to just one, and they pester me mercilessly by e-mail when I don't buy anything for a few months. I bought two books in November, so they sent a coupon good for a free book if I buy one more. I've been waiting for them to have two that I actually want, and they finally did so this week. So when I go online to order the two titles, the postage will be $2.49. OK, that's fine. Now apply the coupon. Yup, one of the books is now free, but the postage goes up to $6.48 for the two books. Whether media rate or third class, I know very well that the cost of shipping those two books is not anywhere near that high. By the time they add sales tax onto it, the cost of the two books is no longer a bargain, even with one being free. I could get both in the publisher edition, with better bindings, for less from Amazon, and with free shipping. I think it's time to cancel out this book club, even though I've been a member for more than 30 years.
Oh, and the threatened snowstorm was pretty much a dud. Though the news reported cars off the road and in crashes all over the place, I could see no reason for it. We only got maybe an inch of fluffy stuff, no ice, and the roads were almost entirely dry and clear this morning.
Farrier tomorrow, or at least supposed to be. Gotta get some sleep.
