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Do you have a tomato pin cushion?

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Chai
 
Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:34 am
According to Mame, everyone does.

I'm skeptical.


If you do have one, feel free to post your image here, since I notice there is no venue on this site for those that do possess one, and wish to talk about it.

I do ask however, strawberry pincushion images not be posted.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:36 am
My grandmother had one. Alas, i have no pins.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:36 am
You goof! I already posted mine - do I have to post it here, too?
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dadpad
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:38 am
neither tomato nor strawberry.

Ours (well mumpads really) has little chines men with pigtails around a ? globe?
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sozobe
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:41 am
Not anymore... I used to though!
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:41 am
Somewhere, in the mists of my distant past, I seem to remember having one of those. But alas, no more. As of late, I have been keeping my pins in one of those little paper boxes that once held earrings.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:42 am
dadpad wrote:
neither tomato nor strawberry.

Ours (well mumpads really) has little chines men with pigtails around a ? globe?


I've got one of those, too - from Chinatown, Vancouver. It's obligatory if you live there. That and those embroidered eye glass cases.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:42 am
sozobe wrote:
Not anymore... I used to though!


soz, I can tell you haven't let yourself go through the grieving process over your loss.

it's okay, this is a safe place to talk about it.
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Izzie
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:44 am
Laughing

I GOT ONE :wink:

(that makes us the "3-tom-cush-won't-prick-our-finger-girls" of A2K huh. Cooooooooool Laughing
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:45 am
Mame wrote:
dadpad wrote:
neither tomato nor strawberry.

Ours (well mumpads really) has little chines men with pigtails around a ? globe?


I've got one of those, too - from Chinatown, Vancouver. It's obligatory if you live there.



So, you live in an area where there is much pressure to conform?

How do you feel about being forced to aquire a 2nd pincushion that was not a tomato?
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sozobe
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 07:48 am
Chai wrote:
sozobe wrote:
Not anymore... I used to though!


soz, I can tell you haven't let yourself go through the grieving process over your loss.

it's okay, this is a safe place to talk about it.


*sniff*

It wasn't actually mine, it was my mom's, and...

*sniff*

When I moved away from home, I had nothing, and since then...

*sniff*

I just have been putting my pins in...

*sob*

A little white box!
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:01 am
You and Phoenix seem to be in the same boat.

However, I sense an acceptance in Phoenix that you don't share.

Would you like me to coordinate a therapy date between the 2 of you?

Much can be accomplished over muffins and tea.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:05 am
I think... I'm going to buy a pincushion.

<brightens considerably>

Or MAKE one!

<brightens more>
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farmerman
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:05 am
Pincushion, that's like, where you keep your voodooo pins?
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daffy
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:06 am
I have two
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:15 am
Don't have one - never had - and probably never will.

I do remember my mom might have had one.

Don't have any pins either - I have some needles and a few safety pins, I keep in an old baby jar. I'm not very domestic so I don't have much use for stuff like that.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:17 am
daffy wrote:
I have two



You took Sozobes, didn't you?

Give it back.
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Chai
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:19 am
Linkat wrote:
I have some needles and a few safety pins, I keep in an old baby jar.



First of all, isn't "old baby" an oxymoron?

Second, that sounds none too safe for the old baby.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 08:43 am
A proper pincushion should be filled with emory--or at least sand--to take the rust off the pin shafts.


http://newyork.kijiji.com/c-For-sale-Arts-crafts-EMERY-PIN-CUSHION-JUMBO-SIZE-2-x3-KEEP-NEEDLES-SHARP-W0QQAdIdZ38907313
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 17 Mar, 2008 09:36 am
Chai wrote:
Mame wrote:
dadpad wrote:
neither tomato nor strawberry.

Ours (well mumpads really) has little chines men with pigtails around a ? globe?


I've got one of those, too - from Chinatown, Vancouver. It's obligatory if you live there.



So, you live in an area where there is much pressure to conform?

How do you feel about being forced to aquire a 2nd pincushion that was not a tomato?


Well, to answer your second question first, I have enough pins to go around, so the two pincushion issue is perfect for me, thanks for inquiring, Chai.

And it's not so much conforming as it is joining a select club. There are many things we Chinatown-hang-arounders know that outsiders just could not, and we revel in that knowledge. Like where to get the best Deep Fried Curry Beef Buns, where the best deal on tea and ginseng is found, how to eat a lychee properly... you get the picture.
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