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"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:48:43 -0300, wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:57:47 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:
>>
>>>On 7/24/2015 3:10 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>
>>>> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
>>>> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with
>>>> it
>>>> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
>>>> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed
>>>> about
>>>> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>>>>
>>>I have one of the super duper, does-everything compute-controlled
>>>machines, and I love it - but I would never want to get rid of my trusty
>>>old Singer.
>>
>>I still have my trusty old Singer - if you travel through parts of
>>India and Asia, even today you can see old Singers everywhere, they
>>were made to last
>>
> My husband owns two old Singers. He uses them mostly for repairing
> lawn mower bags. But he does design and make his own cross-country
> ski pants and stuff like that.

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