This is topic Whoever said the internet was good for shy people never had to do an intro post... in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
Hello, Hatrack people. I've been lurking about for a while and decided to finally join up. I'm very dull. I live in a little blue house in a little town with my Long-Suffering Beloved**, four cats, a million books, more yarn than any sensible person needs, and stacks of gardening catalogues. Say the words, "book sale" or "heirloom seeds," and I turn into a mutant.
Anyway, hello. This is a nice place you have here.
**He isn't actually suffering, you know, he likes having cats sit on his head while he watches t.v. He just doesn't realize it yet.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hi, Sabrina! Welcome to Hatrack. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Hello. My internet associations are actually responsible for me learning to knit.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Howdy!
Nice intro! Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Wow, I nearly turned into a mutant just reading the words "book sale."
Welcome! And if you think intros are hard, wait until you get to a landmark... Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Welcome to Hatrack!
quote:Say the words, "book sale" or "heirloom seeds," and I turn into a mutant.
So what kind of powers do you take on when you mutate? All mutants have powers, after all.
::ahem::
"book sale"
::watches for transformation::
Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
*turns into puppy*
No, that's not right
*turns into bar of soap* *turns into halle berry in stupid wig* *turns into mushroom*
*muttermuttermutter* *kicks instruction manual*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Your link is broken, by the way; I think that this is what you were trying to link to.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Welcome to Hatrack. Is you mutant form different for heirloom seeds, or the same?
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Welcome.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So what prompted you to stop lurking and start posting, out of curiosity?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Very cool intro! I give it a 5 out of 5 on the Belle Intro Ranking Scale.
Welcome to Hatrack!
Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Your link is broken, by the way; I think that this is what you were trying to link to.
Fixed, thank you very much! This is why one should NEVER buy instruction manuals on EBay. grrr...
Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
quote:Originally posted by ElJay: Welcome to Hatrack. Is you mutant form different for heirloom seeds, or the same?
I turn into a really big garden gnome. Scares the heck out of the cats. Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: So what prompted you to stop lurking and start posting, out of curiosity?
I started feeling a little silly, just reading and never contributing anything.
quote:Originally posted by Belle: Very cool intro! I give it a 5 out of 5 on the Belle Intro Ranking Scale.
Welcome to Hatrack!
Thank you! Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
That's weird, I could have sworn I posted a reply to this, but when I went back to look it wasn't there.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello, and welcome to Hatrack! I also love to read, am an obsessed knitter, and am learning gardening by trial and error in the one tiny scrap of my yard that's usable.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Welcome!
I have started to knit, thanks to Hatrack (and for the record, I blame you all for the yarn stash that has taken over one drawer and is encroaching on a second in my wardrobe...) and also love reading and gardening. Well, I love my herb garden. Bigger gardening is too much work. *grin*
Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
I keep the excess yarn balls in baskets, but I may have to rethink that, since the cats seem to think I put it there for THEM. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Hi, Sabrina! I missed your intro thread. Welcome to Hatrack. Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Greetings, Sabrina! I can tell I'm going to like you
There are some truly fine gradeners hereabouts, so you should feel right at home sharing both your hobbies.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
You really can't have too much yarn.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
You wanna bet?
(Big W has just started selling 100% Australian made yarn in a variety of colours and makes (some 100% wool) for $2.97 a ball. SAVE ME!!!!)
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
quote: ...I blame you all for the yarn stash that has taken over one drawer and is encroaching on a second in my wardrobe...
Pfft. Amateur. Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
My grandmother has converted my dad's old bedroom into the yarn room. She has all four walls stacked with boxes up to the ceiling filled with yarn. Each box is labled with the content and gauge of the yarn.
So far mine fits (tightly) into a large rubbermaid box.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
When I hear "blue house," I think of that song...I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee, da ba di, da ba dee da ba di...
Welcome!
-pH
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
*goes googly-eyed imagining the yarn room*
Someday...
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
It's fantastic. Sadly there is at least one whole box of baby pink 80s acrylic.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
quote: more yarn than any sensible person needs
Is such a thing possible?
I have found popcorn containers - you know the big ones people give as gifts - are great for holding your stash.
Softest wool I have ever found - you just want to roll around in it. I can't stop touching it. I just got seven skeins of the velvet grapes to make a shawl for myself.
Yarnzilla got it to me in less than a week.
Welcome!
Kate (the yarn pusher)
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Don't!!!
(Last time I bought yarn online *for someone else* I managed to buy myself three balls of 2 ply baby mohair as well - I don't need more encouragement!)
((Although, I have a really nifty idea for using the mohair.....))
Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
Mango. They have a yarn that is mango colored. *goes glassy eyed*
Mango.
*twitches*
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
pH, could be worse....I now have 'Big Blue Note' ringing in my head. :/
Welcome, Sabrina Fair! Great intro post!
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Welcome Sabrina!
I love books and gardening too! It's almost time to start planting the flowers here in Chicago, and I am getting twitchy just thinking about it.
I store my small amount of yarn (I crochet, not knit) in plastic file cabinet like things. These are also great for the ridiculous amount of fabric I have. (I'm more of a seamstress.)
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Didja see the velvet grapes? Didja? I have seven skeins. (smug)
Luet! Another Chicagoan! (well, I'm in Evanston) We'll have to have lunch or something.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
Welcome Sabrina!
Book sales are second only to when awesome used book stores leaves out extra books they don't need for free.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Welcome! Only one cat, and one dog, here, but my wife has more yarn and knitting projects around the house than I could imagine we'll ever need. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Welcome Sabrina!
You must not be too shy if you already have a Long-Suffering Beloved** (and one that likes cats!). Quite a feat!
Farmgirl
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Tell us more about you and your LSB? In what part of the country is your little, blue house?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
jeniwren, perhaps this will fix it:
I have a blue house with a blue window. Blue is the color, something something. Blue are the streets, and all the trees are, too! I've got a girlfriend, and she is so blue!
-pH
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:I keep the excess yarn balls in baskets, but I may have to rethink that, since the cats seem to think I put it there for THEM.
So silly. Of course you did.
It's odd, we have something in common: I turn into a mutant too. Strangely enough, it only happens when I see Miyazaki stills.
Welcome! Posted by Sabrina (Member # 9413) on :
quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: Tell us more about you and your LSB? In what part of the country is your little, blue house?
The Long-Suffering Beloved tolerates my piles of books, baskets of yarn, humongous cookbook collection, and the assorted strays of various species that are usually living on the back porch until I find them a home (or end up keeping them). He went with me to plant a baby maple tree in the park because I felt bad digging it out of the flowerbed (I am a world-famous wimp). He suffers my addiction to Costco. I hope he never comes to his senses.
Our house is in NJ, in a little town near the Morris Canal (which is a local historical thing that I can bore you with for hours. So don't encourage me.) The house is actually owned by two bold chipmunks with insatiable appetites for corn.
Oh, we also have a deer who visits in the evening, and she looks through the kitchen window at the cats (which drives them insane). Or perhaps I should say, MORE insane.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Hello Sabrina. Welcome.
(Hmm. Gracious people actually make introductions? I seem to recall I just barged into a conversation like a bull in a china shop.) Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Welcome, Sabrina! I hope you enjoy posting as much (if not more than) you enjoyed lurking. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Welcome! It's great when a lurker becomes a poster! You sound like a cool person. We're glad to have you.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Welcome Sabrina, it's really good to see you here!
Let us know if there's something we can do for you, as a kind of forum-warming gift!
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Welcome to Hatrack. Is you mutant form different for heirloom seeds, or the same? ![[Wave]](graemlins/wave.gif)
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So silly. Of course you did.