Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Real men do their own mending and stitching Date: 21 Dec 2024 02:35:18 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net g+bz0VDQY1uzVYPELnlgogYUGtm4AJbX43xEaXDpAUWr+ldf6X Cancel-Lock: sha1:uQkCBnnCXn5TxyUiqUiU33Qfalo= sha256:xPoEW/yGrMXsNJWbomWxa7i76DXhKjY1L5qXHYBSVXA= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 1537 On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote: > rbowman wrote at 20:16 this Monday (GMT): >> On 16 Dec 2024 17:39:51 GMT, vallor wrote: >> >>> In boot camp, we had to sew patches onto our uniforms by hand. >>> >>> Those of us who knew how to sew taught those who didn't. There was no >>> ribbing that we knew how to sew...it was a survival skill. >> >> iirc we also had to hem our fatigues. > > > Oh, cool! I didn't know that you were in the military. I try really hard to forget but sometimes stuff like that slips out.