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I got a pasta machine:)

I went out today, looking for the best consignment, thrift, and flea market deals on clothes for the kids, and I ended up scoring a pasta machine! The seller initially wanted ten bucks for it, and I had to pass, saying I could really only spend 5 on that item. After she was done ringing up all of my kids' clothes, she plopped the pasta machine down on the table and said "Here's you can have it--it's yours. I've had it forever, and you're the only person to ever even ask about one, so take it. You spent plenty on clothing."

WOOHOO!

Oh, and Starlia--I still want to do those handles for you--even without getting a pasta machine in the bargain--you've done plenty for me, so it's the least I could do, methinks:)

Reply to
~Candace~
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Yippee!!! Way to go Candace!

Reply to
JoAnn Paules

Oh man, that is so COOL!

Cheri - jealous

Reply to
Cheri2Star

So many things done in clay are SOOOO much easier with a pasta machine.. way to go. Diana

Reply to
Diana Curtis

OOOH OOOOH, now you get to do Skinner blends!!!!

Reply to
Jalynne

Would you use those to cover a Skinner box?

-Su

Reply to
Su/Cutworks

What, pray tell, is a skinner box? Diana

Reply to
Diana Curtis

A piece of lab apparatus named after the behaviorologist B F Skinner. There's an urban legend that he raised his daughter in a box as an experiment, and from that mistaken concept came the phrase for people who aren't well-socialized that they'd been 'raised in a Skinner box'.

For an interesting read on Skinner, his daughter and the box try this:

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-Su

Reply to
Su/Cutworks

OOOEEEOOO there sure is alot of serendipity and coincidence surrounding your PC beginings. It's meant to be you know! I can see you comming across a torch at a yard sale...

..Stephanie..

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud

Reply to
Stephanie

I had a feeling it had to do with BF Skinner, but hadnt heard of that rumored box. The actual contraption he did build for his daughter sounds interesting, but weird. Thanks for the explanation. Diana

Reply to
Diana Curtis

ohhh and then you can do those braided rainbow canes WITH the Skinner blends (is it obvious I need more sleep ?) I got my machine about a month ago and it's the best thing for working with clay.

Reply to
cas

Yep:) Can't wait to make Skinner canes!

Reply to
~Candace~

No....and um...no. lol No babies inna box for me. (Yeah, I know, he didn't acutally keep his daughter in a box)

Reply to
~Candace~

Oh I wish! LOL! Now that I think about it, things are sailing along swimmingly, aren't they?

Reply to
~Candace~

I can't do them yet, I don't have a wavy blade:( Sleep? What's that?

Reply to
~Candace~

how about improvising ? I don't have a wavy blade either so I used a paintbrush handle to indent the front and back (after seeing something similar in a book) then squared it all up again and cut slices off using fishing line. Sleep is what I get when Di and J haven't been corrupting me into new hobbies!

Reply to
cas

I'm good at improvisinig:) I'll figure something out when I go to try it. I too, have lost sleep over things that were pushed upon me to try (ahem, tri cuts, Jalynne?)

Reply to
~Candace~

That is way cool! I love it when stuff happens like that.

DH had me cleaning in the garage on and off all day. Today was the first time he actually saw how sick I've been getting. Anyhow, we found some polymer and books for you.

Reply to
starlia

Isn't it like a skinned beaver?

Reply to
starlia

Maybe a skinnier beaver.. ..wait... nooooooo Starlia... we must not encourage Candace in this line of thought. Bad on us... Diana

Reply to
Diana Curtis

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