When did you last 'make do and mend?'

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• thank you! that is kind!
  And I am glad you managed to get the socks fixed - I must admit, I am the same - I hate throwing out socks

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• Laz's Mouse loves her socks!

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 16th, 2009

• *L*

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• Socks...like socks...especially ankle socks with cute embroidery on them, and also boot socks!

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 16th, 2009

• I treated myself to some lovely bright pink socks when I was in London a few weeks ago. Well - if you are passing by Harrods you have to buy something!

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• MMMM, London...I wish...I live in the States, in the armpit of the universe (Arkansas) with no hope of ever getting out, lol...my daughter is going to France this summer for an internship, perhaps she will get a chance to make a road trip to London (her dream is to move there after college) and if so I will give her most strict instructions to visit Harrods for socks for her dear old long-suffering mom!

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 16th, 2009

• where is she going to in France? I spent a year there when I was at Uni. It is easy enough to get to London - just op on the Eurostar in Paris - direct train link right through to Waterloo, then you hop off the Eurostar, and out of the station, and just over the bridge is the Houses of Parliament!

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• She will be at university in Rions (hope that's correct, my international geography is sadly lacking, sorry to say) as part of an internship with her university here in the States...bet she'll have a chance to get to London, she is looking forward to the trip! Eurostar...will have to let her know to buy transrail passes!

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 16th, 2009

• Not sure where Rions is - have you spelled it right? Reims? Rouen? Lyon?

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• Rouen, most likely...she will be at university there...speaks to the sad state of American education, lol, but not really a laughing matter....

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 16th, 2009

• Ah! Rouen is handy for Paris - and handy for the tunnel.
  Is she doing all of her uni studies there? or just spending a year there?

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• Only about 6 weeks during the summer sponsered by one of her home university's courses...she is looking forward to it, and if it were possible I truly think she would prefer to transfer her American college credits to a university overseas, her lifelong dream has been to study and live somewhere whithin Great Britain...

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 17th, 2009

• well.. there are lots of scholarship opportunities for US students to study in UK - http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa-education-funding-your-studies.htm

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 17th, 2009

• Thanks, dea--will pass the link on to her--with the "swine flu" thing going on at the moment, am wondering how/if it will affect plans...just have to wait and see, I guess...

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  by Lazs Mouse on April 27th, 2009

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• oh dear.. did it gunge up the printer?

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• no, its lexmark, and the cartridge has a memory damn!

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  by strange1 still in pb on April 16th, 2009

• wow.. did it have issues in its childhood?

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

• says its empty when its full

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  by strange1 still in pb on April 17th, 2009

• ah... does that mean that even when it is full it does not print? How can you solve that? (my mother has the same problem)

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 17th, 2009

• If it's a Lexmark (walmart) you have to "reset" the full empty mode by removing and replacing the cartrage. when it says "It is old," or "It is new" click "it is new" and you will show a full cartridge. The machine really doesn't "measure" the dry ink, it just "guesses" by counting the number of pages you print. If you print a lot of "bold face", or large font documents, the ink will run out BEFORE the printer tells you the ink is empty.

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  by Skruff on April 19th, 2009

• that's what I thought Skruff - but my mother is 78 and lives a long way away, so I can't see what she is doing. Thank you though, that confirmed my view!

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 19th, 2009

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• I tried that - but ended up with so many dusters!
  I have, however, used old t-shirts as liners for hanging baskets! And cut them up to make 'cabbage collars', and even used some as capillary matting under my pots in the greenhouse.

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 16th, 2009

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• did you use the duct tape on the slippers? or on the dog's mouth?

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  by dea_ex_machina on June 24th, 2009

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• i am glad to hear it!

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  by dea_ex_machina on June 16th, 2009

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• I am pleased to see that there are so many out there who have not moved with the disposable times!

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  by dea_ex_machina on April 20th, 2009

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