It's a Major Award! and Some Other Stuff.

My friend Linda at Hello, It's Me, who is truly a versatile blogger, has given me the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you Linda! As a show of gratitude, I am to tell you 7 little known facts about myself and then pass this award on to 3 other bloggers. Honestly, Linda is the most versatile blogger I am reading these days. Mostly, I stick to rather focused blogs. So, I will have to stew a bit on whom I will pass this on to. But, I will tell you 7 little known things about myself.

1. I dislike clowns. I despised them as a kid and I think they are creepy, now. Seriously, why? I just don't get it.

2. I am one of the best secret keepers on the face of the earth. I have no compulsion to tell others things; quite the opposite. If I am asked to keep something secret, I'll likely take it to the grave.

3. Scary films make me laugh. I think The Exorcist is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.

4. I was in kindergarten when Sesame Street came on the air. Our teacher, Mrs. Donkle, told us that 'there was a brand new show on, just for us'. I thought she meant that quite literally and was shocked in first grade to find out that other kids besides me and my kindergarten classmates were watching it, also.

5. I continue to be amazed and disappointed by haters. I should know better by now.

6. I am constantly imagining structural loads in buildings and bridges I see.

7. In 2000, I stopped four lanes of traffic to pick up an injured hawk on the highway. He was later released and didn't seem particularly grateful.

 

If you are reading this, something you probably know about me is I am a little obsessed with my sewing machine. I've been working on gathering all of the vintage attachments that would have come with it and some of the newer ones that work on it.  So far, I have been pretty successful. I am very near to having a complete style box for this machine and have also picked up a buttonholer, blind hemmer and a zig zagger. 

I've also picked up a vintage manual, in addition to a Xeroxed copy that I feel better about actually using. Knowing that the machine needs some adjustment, I've decided that it would be a good idea to pick up the shop manual for my machine, also known as the Adjuster's Manual. Just today, I exchanged this series of messages over a Xeroxed copy of the manual being offered on eBay:

Me: Hi! I would like to know if this manual has detailed information on timing (or retiming) this machine. Thank you! M.

jimsterxxx*: yes. It is complete. It is a photocopy of the one and only ORIGINAL Singer shop manual for this make and model. If it is not in this manual it is not in any manual.

Me: I am trying to make out what is listed in the table of contents. Would you please post a clearer shot of the contents page? Thank you, Mary

jimsterxxx: We have sold hundreds of these manual as listed. Please don't buy sounds like you would be more trouble then the 4 bucks we make on the item.

Me: A simple "no" would suffice. I am dissapointed by your rudeness, I'll be sure to avoid all of your auctions in the future. Sincerely, Mary

jimsterxxx: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that "simple" enough for you?

Me: Certainly. I just downloaded it for free from the Singer site. Thanks for the encouragement. Sincerely, Mary

jimsterxxx: You should have done that to begin with. I am sure you were able to read the index and have all of your questions answered by them also.

So pathetic. Rude and doesn't even realize that he never answered my question, which is what caused me to ask another question. What is really sad about this is that this seller specializes in vintage sewing machine parts and accessories. I'm a buyer with a 100% rating. We should be a great match. But, I will avoid his items like the plague. I'm sure that's okay. He doesn't want to do business with a high maintenance trouble maker like me, anyway :P

*xxx represents three digits that complete the ID of this seller.