Pam on sat 17 aug 02
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From: "Michele Williams"
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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: Selective Blindness, Socks and Patterns in Throwing
> Joyce wrote:
>
>.....I just wish I could figure out what it is about all
> those disappearing socks....
I read somewhere many years ago that socks are the larvae of wire coat
hangers.
Do you have a cat? I also read about a sock-stealing cat that made a lovely
bed in the basement with her purloined socks.
Michele Williams on sat 17 aug 02
Joyce wrote:
"couldn't find my book anywhere .... many, many books in this household
...... but still, it should be SOMEWHERE...... nope. Gave up. Came back in
a few hours later to take a nap ...... and there was my book .... not only
there where I'd looked over and over.... but out in the open, on top of a
small stack"
I'd bet many of us have done the same thing with all kinds of necessary and
unnecessary items. I do it so often I call it "selective blindness". Sort
of like my kids with selective hearing. They can't hear me telling them in
a very loud voice to do something right NOW but they can hear a candy
wrapper at 500 feet. I just wish I could figure out what it is about all
those disappearing socks....
BTW, wet a sock, wrap it once around a bottle or vase at its widest point,
holding one end in each hand. As the wheel goes around, gradually pull the
ends of the sock apart so the loop of sock tightens on the bottle and
presses it inward. The more highly textured the sock, the cooler the
pattern. Women's nylons give a blah pattern. Knobby, knitted wools are
great! (I still have one from living in Omaha, Nebr.) Of course, if I
didn't have so many "disappeared socks" I would not have had singles to give
me this idea.
Michele Williams
Janet Kaiser on sun 18 aug 02
That is a very simple question to answer, Michele... They all go to the
Land of the Single Socks.
Janet Kaiser
Currently hosting a young US relative just graduated from University.
Taking two months time out to think about what next? Interestingly enough
he is contemplating a Masters in ethics. His major? Business Management. He
has spent a great deal of time reading so far... He cannot get over the
"totally different viewpoint" of the literature in this house. He'll be
looking for reds under the bed next...
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On 17/08/02 at 12:28 Michele Williams wrote:
>I just wish I could figure out what it is about all
>those disappearing socks....
>
>BTW, wet a sock, wrap it once around a bottle or vase at its widest point,
>holding one end in each hand. As the wheel goes around, gradually pull
the
>ends of the sock apart so the loop of sock tightens on the bottle and
>presses it inward. The more highly textured the sock, the cooler the
>pattern. Women's nylons give a blah pattern. Knobby, knitted wools are
>great! (I still have one from living in Omaha, Nebr.) Of course, if I
>didn't have so many "disappeared socks" I would not have had singles to
>give
>me this idea.
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art =95 Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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