AG: Aunt Granny's Advice, or How to become an elderly cyclist:

On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:32:27 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:28:51 +0700, John B.
wrote:

Whatever is a "button-sewing kit"? I first envisioned something that
one came in a box and one bought in a store in order to sew buttons
with, and then thought of the little "sewing kits" that my wife
carries with her on trips - a few needles and some twists of thread in
various colors, in an envelope, for emergence repairs.

At the first Day of Helping, someone thought it would be a good plan
to offer lessons in sewing on buttons, and made up a lot of kits
consisting of a zipper sandwich bag containing everything needed to

When I joined the Air Force being able to sew buttons was considered
an ability required by all inductees so the first payday that was a
mandatory purchase at the Base Exchange :-)

Nobody was interested in learning how to sew on a button -- which
should have been expected, because anybody who wanted to learn would
What does Modern America do when a button comes off? throw the shirt
away? :-)

At one point in the afternoon, I held up a cloth-covered cardboard
circle and said "this is a button".

Good Lord! the should teach that in school.... this is a zipper and
this is a button :-)
--
cheers,

John B.