What stitching would you take to a desert island?--on topic

Realistic ideas could be also Light hearted entertainment , or vice versa. I think at least some of the troubles people develope, is when they stop knowing where reality starts and Tv imagination takes over. All those programs now adays are called REALITY and are faked reality ... Survival people aren`t really Alone , since they are photographed by a crew. If i want a fictional story i will read or watch fiction ,,, Maybe for many of you it is all Hypothetical [life included ], but for many opeople it isn`t. My friend tells me many of the Katherina victims aren`t settled back to Normal life. Many of the Zunamy victims in Thailand etc are still not back to their old life.. Nobody forbade me to make my choise and i did it the hypothetical choice that i do. mirjam

Right now, it is a case of needing the time free and clear. If I knew I had

Something large so that I could use it to make an umbrella when I was done with it? Or maybe several small pieces that could be made into a parasol. And a good buddy would probably be that gentleman who was asking for help making umbrellas or parasols a few years ago. He should be an expert by now. :-) Actually, I would probably want an entire bolt of Anne Cloth (folded up to fit into the box) along with ALL of Claudia Dutcher's charts and ALL of the fibers needed to stitch them. Lots of needles and sseveral pairs of good scissors, too!

Liz from Humbug

take some soap and a good towel , to wipe your hands from the sand !!! mirjam

The guest is allowed to take one book, apart from the Bible & Shakespeare. Which book would rctn readers select?

A good atlas!

Take yiu children`s photo album and your adress book,,, mirjam

I would like a book on how to build a radio/receiver that could communicate with a luxury liner in the area.

Lucille

"Proper Stitch" or maybe Therese de Dillmont.

Desert Island Disks is a looong time RADIO programme. Nothing to do with reality or lack of it. It is an interesting look at what disks well known people would choose to have with them if cast away. I think they can take ten.

Just as in the original thread, the OP was mostly curious as to what we would select, not up for a lecture on survival.

Nobody is lecturing you , unless you take it as such , i just want to express another part of life on this globus !!! And maybe , only maybe i speak from the point of view of one who was there at this point of decision.... May you never have to be there !!!! mirjam

That is a great program.. Also, Schickley (sp?) mix - similar idea - without the desert island part. He picks groups of music, and will discuss what binds them together, often with guests to discuss.

I guess for some of us it is hard to flip the switch into the shear hypothetical for the fun of it, and isolate an idea.

Ellice

Thanks for the touring ides, Ellice! I checked the forecast and the highs are supposed to range from 49 to 60. Much better than the -15 forecast for here on Thurs.!!!!

Joan

"Bruce Fletcher wrote

I might take my Book of Common Prayer instead of my BIble----and would likely try to cheat on the other book and take a Collected Works (Jane Austen, Dicken, Arthur Conan Doyle---or my beloved well thumbed compendium of the Mapp & Lucia books by E. B. Benson). Dickens would provide a range of emotion, Austen humour and happy endings, Doyle would keep my logic working, and Lucia is just great fun.) Any of those options would keep the mind active and entertained.

Dawne

Oh, I *loved* Schickele Mix, but it's no longer played in my market. Don't know if he's still doing new shows.

sue

Is that the same Peter Schickele who did PDQ Bach? I am *such* a fan! I was converted the first time I heard the Missa Hiliarius ('K-k-k-kyrie eleison' had me rolling in the aisles). PDQ has actually done quite a large body of work and you can often get them on ebay for chickenfeed.

If you liked PDQ Bach then you'll love Gerard Hoffnung . And no doubt you would appreciate Malcolm Arnold's "Grand, Grand Overture" scored for full symphony orchestra and organ ? and three vacuum cleaners, a floor polisher and four rifles.

Yes - same. The show is/was fun and informative - especially good for people that like classical music, but aren't knowledgable about music theory at all. He would have guests at times with particular expertize, and then they'd play some music, play a variant, and explain what the difference was, or what to listen for, etc. I always thought of it as the "Click & Clack" of classical music. Maybe because the shows were on the same public radio station.

ellice

Good Lord, is that STILL around??? I remember that from the 50s!

AND..... Mirjam, if you don't understand the game, then do not try to play it!!! I too, as have *many* of us, lived in other countries, learned their language, maybe not fluently, but adequately. I wouldn't presume to know everything about the nuances, and neither should you.

Gillian