It ain’t pretty but it’ll hold.

  • lapping6596@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Good for you!

    I bought a roll of nylon thread that’s so strong I can’t rip it with my hands. Been using it to mend so many cheap seams and am always so proud of myself.

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    5 days ago

    I was in JROTC in High School, and a true Command Sergent Major shamed my for not knowing how to hem my pants. I still never learned how, but he ripped me a new one.

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      5 days ago

      No point in shaming others for not having a skill. If your sergeant didn’t like it they ought to have sat you down with a needle and thread and trained you themselves.

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        He was a good man, from an era where you broke other guy’s balls to let them know you liked them.

        It wasn’t malicious.

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          Ah, I’m sorry if it seemed like I assumed that. I’m sure he’d have happily taught you these things if his job allowed the time for it.

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            5 days ago

            Oh, he did, but I was a stupid 15 year old male, and immediately forgot it. My mind was on chasing girls. 😉

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              5 days ago

              Yeah, my mind skipped the J and went straight to ROTC. WHY IS THIS SERGEANT NOT TEACHING A GROWN ADULT HOW TO FIX HIS UNIFORM oh right

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    5 days ago

    I’ve got a pair I need to do that with. Both those back off-center loops are used far too often to hike up my pants, and both are broken on my oldest but still serviceable pair.

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      3 days ago

      it’s amazing how I could immediately identify which loops you are referring to and have repaired a few of my own for similar reasons.

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      5 days ago

      Hiking these up is what did this as well. Losing some weight finally maybe.