So, this is the place where I ramble. There's lots of stuff here. Everything from poking fun at myself, to things I find interesting (history, fandoms, random strangeness), to occasional crafts, to some pretty serious stuff every now and again.
For those of you new to the stitchy show, hello and welcome. I'm one of the "old folks" on here. My children are all old enough to be here legally, if that gives you any indication of age, and I've also had a tumblr for some number of years.
For those of you who came in search of witchy wisdom, you can find it on the witchy blog, over here.
Right after I appealed three selfies. The most risque one was a picture of me with my shirt pulled up to show my pudgy little belly, attached to a long-ish post about my chronic illness.
And I appealed a page from a coloring book featuring Khal Drogo:
AND a collage of a sketch in progress, used to illustrate my personal drawing process, of a person wrapped in a full-length cloak.
Reblog if you’re still seeing porn bots despite the NSFW ban. I’m still seeing them. Plenty of legitimate followers seem to be blocked from my feed, however.
Anyone have suggestions for a sturdy sewing machine that won’t break the bank? @emeraldincandescent@stitch-n-time maybe one of you has some ideas?
Singers are my go-tos. They tend to be really sturdy and you can find a place to repair them just about anywhere.
If you’re getting a brand new one, make sure you can get into where the actual mechanism is at, the engine of the thing. All the parts and pieces should be metal (or at least as many as possible). It’s more sturdy than any of the plastic parts and will last for literally years longer.
If you can’t get into the mechanism easily, try lifting it. It should be heavy af if all the pieces are metal.
Another option is to hit up some of the second hand stores/yard sales/estate sales/whatever in your area. You’re more likely to get one of the pretty indestructible ones that are like 40 years old and be able to run it until the day you die. It might need some minor repairs, and may need the cord replaced, but just about any repair shop can do that for little money.
The one I actually use is… uh… a little older than that. I found it in an antique shop for $100. Had to give it a good oiling and refinish the cabinet, and the drive band was like $10 on ebay, but I’ve had it for 10 years or more and it’s going through 8 layers of fabric without a hiccup on a regular basis.
I’m not going to dispute the premise or the figures, but the parallel is not an exact one.
Costs of living were very different in the 1840s, and the relative value of money was higher. However. Victorian clerks were regularly required to work 10-12 hour days - no ovetime pay - and the only day they were allowed off was Sunday. So Cratchit was being paid 15 shillings a week for 60 hours of work.
Taking the figure of $27,574 above, that works out to about $13.25 an hour, if Bob Cratchit worked 40 hours a week.
But at the more likely 60 hours a week, he earned $8.84 an hour.
So why am I bringing this up, if I’m not quibbling with the premise?
Because $8.84/hour IS STILL MORE THAN THE U.S. FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.
Because we’ve had over a hundred years of labor agitating for a 40-hour work week and a legal minimum wage. People have fought and bled and been imprisoned and been killed to gain us these.
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