In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Kathleen > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>A whole roasting chicken, rubbed inside and out with a mix of kosher
> >>salt, white pepper, sage, majoram, tyme, oregano, galic powder and onion
> >>poder, with a quartered lemon in the cavity, done out on the gas grill,
> >>low and slow, with mesquite chips.
> >>
> >>Not sure about sides yet. Probably ought to go get some potatoes to do
> >>mashed, and use the nice smoky drippings to make some gravy.
> >
> >
> > Sounds like a plan!
>
> Yeah, but I'm crabby. I've been doing repairs.
>
> I hate repairs of any sort but tack repairs Really Suck. The items are
> heavy, bulky, awkward to maneuver. But expensive enough to replace that
> when my daughter asks me to fix something I feel obligated to at least try.
>
> So yesterday I repaired two sets of saddle bags. The first was
> basically shredded on one side. I patched it front and back, reattached
> the d-rings and straps and banged in new gromets for lashing.
>
> The second set of saddle bags had basically been torn in half along a
> seam line. No big deal, I just re-attached the bag and reinforced
> seaming anywhere else where it looked sketchy.
>
> The saddle was the worst. It was a cheapo neoprene trail saddle that
> she'd lent to a woman, who by the looks of the thing, tied a rope to it
> and dragged it behind her truck. The woman reimbursed her for the cost
> of the saddle but DD asked me to try to restore it so she could get some
> more use out of it, if at all possible.
>
> I had some tuftek on hand that seemed appropriate for patching the
> shredded cover and a trip to Home Depot yielded waterproof contact
> cement and some tubes of super glue.
>
> The hassle was that the areas to be patched involved rather complicated
> curves. And so I sat down and started draping the thing, fitting it the
> way you would the bodice of a dress for a decidedly non-tubular female
> human. And it worked.
>
> It's not beautiful, but function has been restored, and the areas of
> highest stress have been reinforced. If she'd had to pay me for my time
> of course it would have been more cost effective to just buy another
> cheapo neoprene trail saddle. But right now I'm long on time and short
> on cash and actually enjoyed the project as a learning experience. And
> I have a much better idea of what to charge if a paying customer ever
> proposes such a project.

Leatherwork is soul satisfying tho'. :-)

So many crafts/hobbies, so little time...
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