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SC seagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
Nov 13, 2018 - 12:19pm PT
Yeah Happie!

Safe travels to you and Lucas...I hope you get to Moab.

I’m so excited to add to my necklace collection. I can’t tell you how many people ask about them. I always give them your link.

It’s so hard to stay away from your site. I want them ALL!

Hugs to you and Lucas.

Susan
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
Nov 13, 2018 - 01:27pm PT
I love your migration posts, it is like the leaves dropping, a reminder that it is winter. I envy you for being able to live that lifestyle. Please do not let whiners chase you off.
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
Nov 13, 2018 - 03:07pm PT
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neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Nov 13, 2018 - 03:15pm PT
hey there say, happiegrrrl... and dear pupdog...

happy trails... be safe... happy SALES... and tutor-days...

god bless and hugs... and prayers...


:)
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Nov 13, 2018 - 03:49pm PT
I'm off the curve on why that nice woman in Jon Beck's video posting is seeking conductive textiles, but I do like her burgundy nail polish!

The conductivity foray is explained here, though I'm not so hot on the trail of those milk chocolate colored nails she's sporting in this prior installment, just saying ...

[Click to View YouTube Video]

 Stainless steel thread! Sounds durable. But, maybe not the best choice for seam construction on your all-weather haul bag?

(Maybe all that much more highly conductive aluminum hardware was gonnah get you zapped anyway)
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Nov 13, 2018 - 04:08pm PT
Do what moves you, give no regard to what others say. That old canard about acting your age is totally flawed. The older you get the better off you are by NOT acting your age. ACTING your age is just a lame excuse to give in to your age. They say climbing is eighty percent mental...same goes for aging.
canyoncat

Social climber
SoCal
Nov 13, 2018 - 04:13pm PT
Have you ever thought of doing some dog coats? https://www.mimiandtara.com/dog-coat-pattern/

There are a ton of doggies on ST.
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Nov 13, 2018 - 04:25pm PT
Happie. I hope you have a wonderfull and safe trip! My chevy van now has 205k on it. we lived in it for 2 months this summer on a 9k trip and it did great. Got home and turned it into a tool truck and its not happy. Something with either a speed sensor or the computer messes up the speedometer and the shifting but not when the mechanic has it and it did not trip a code????? used my last AAA tow for the year so have to wait till june to break down again....
DanaB

climber
CO
Nov 13, 2018 - 04:39pm PT
The older you get the better off you are by NOT acting your age.

Aye. If you don't watch out, you're 80 years old and you essentially haven't been out of the house in years. I saw a lot of that when I was an ER nurse.
ClimbingOn

Trad climber
NY
Nov 13, 2018 - 10:01pm PT
Have a safe and fun trip! I saw you donated a chalk bag to the Mohonk Preserve's benefit auction - nice touch.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Nov 13, 2018 - 11:29pm PT
Launch
wivanoff

Trad climber
CT
Nov 14, 2018 - 06:45am PT
Happy trails, HappieGrrrl!

('member me? The guy who's grandpa stole a ship from the Russians)
Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2018 - 08:33am PT
I did consider making dog coats at one point. I had won a Patagonia jacket at a Facelift and a few years later scraped some holes in it on my first time in the Chasm of Doom. I cut off one arm of the coat and made a doggy cover, which I still have for Lucas. I even moved the Patagonia label to be above the hole for the leash attachment. I thought "PataDogia!" Of course, I knew that would be a small infringement issue. But - I am not that good at sewing.

Several years before that, when I still lived in NYC, I was thinking of doing a web-based Pet Gift Specialty shop; even went to a big trade show in research mode. That was around 2002, I think, when it would have been on the front end of such a thing. I had adopted Teddy and even in NYC there weren't a great many options of decent quality, tasteful, toys/harness options, dishes and such. I was going to do Gift Subscriptions like "Toy of the Month," and "Welcome our New Doggy/Kitty" party things with a Gift Registry, and things like that. Big on the concept that our animal companions were an integral addition to our family. After the trade show, I sat down and admitted to myself that I couldn't fund such a venture. That's been "the problem" with most of my commercial ideas.

Vivanoff - Yes, I remember!


Thanks again, all. Some of you have made purchases, and it's really appreciated. I'm in town and will ship those out afternoon.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 14, 2018 - 08:36am PT
You really should make some multimeter chalk bags! Call it yer Volt line!
Industrial chic is Da Bomb!
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
Nov 14, 2018 - 09:06am PT
You can get custom fabric printed

https://www.spoonflower.com/spoonflower_fabrics
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Nov 14, 2018 - 09:08am PT
Happie. What is your webstore??
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Nov 14, 2018 - 11:02am PT
Here, HappieG, I got your lite work covered. From the OP:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/climbaddictdesigns

Just click on the item you want, tradman, and voilà, shopping cart functionality presents itself.
Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2018 - 01:37pm PT
Sorry - no new chalkbag patterns this season(except the ones I've finished with the machine and still need to hand finish). Next year, if someone wants a multimeter one, I'm happy to sew it up if they supply the fabric.

I'm a little unsure what trajectory I should be taking now. My first-stop sister just closed on a new house and I was going to help her with the unpacking, but now says they won't be in until next Wed, as carpeting is being done. They have a place on Lake Huron, and *probably* will be there this weekend and Monday, but if I aim that way, it really will be a lot of extra miles just to get there in time to leave on Monday. I hate to just tell her it's not worth it, but..... it just seems so stressful to try to do that. I am sad I won't get to see her though.

My second stop sister is working during the week, and I have the feeling she will do an in-law Thanksgiving at someone else's house, as she hosted last year. She hasn't said anything about it. So..... well, this is kind of normal for my family - tell me they want me to come, but then they aren't available when I do, and they never say that until I'm practically there. I hade kind of gotten ready to "do family," and was looking forward to it, and now I am feeling sad because...well, it's like they are in a different plane of existence. Sigh....

Anyway, I guess I will just head to the Wisconsin sister and try to be unobtrusive and helpful where I can be. And then continue onward.


Had a pre-trip debacle already. Long story short - I ran out of gas this morning and was really worried when it happened because I had miscalculated on the gas since last trip to the station, and didn't think I was at the run-out stage. The van didn't sputter, as it usually would, but just kind of lacked power. I thought maybe this was the Bog One....but it was just out of gas. My bad.

divad

Trad climber
wmass
Nov 14, 2018 - 01:42pm PT
Running on near empty can't be good for the fuel filter. Just sayin'.
John M

climber
Nov 14, 2018 - 02:10pm PT
Terri, have you ever contemplated supplementing your income with some kind of seasonal work that produces a fair amount of cash? I know that Amazon is hiring for the Christmas season. they pay $15 an hour and some locations provide a place for your van for you to live out of. They have a number of locations around the country. A month to 6 weeks work would really add to your coffers and not impinge too much on your lifestyle. Its mostly doing jobs like boxing up orders and preparing them for shipping.

This guy helps people living out of their vehicles. He runs a meet up called the RTR. The rubber tramp rendezvous. It is I believe in January. This year its in Bouse AZ. In previous years in was in Quartzite AZ. There is also a women's RTR. In this video he explains working for Amazon. He also explains working the sugar cane harvest which is in late sept to oct. That is in a different video.
warning.. he is kind of wordy.. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHo3MzO7xMA&t=447s
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