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Jan 28, 2009 21:44

As an American, I believe firmly that if I am prepared to hand over good money for something, that thing should be available.

This does not seem like a difficult concept. You have something I want, I have money, we trade these things, and everyone goes home happy. I am not left trying to figure out who I have to kill to get what I want, and I ( Read more... )

you make me socially maladjust, oh shiny, i made this

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faithinthejudas January 29 2009, 06:32:07 UTC

Well if it makes you feel better I'm going to try and make a coat out of belts in the near future, which not only means I'll be dropping some good money on belts and studs to hold it togeter but I'll also probably end up bondaging myself several times in the process.

And if you do find an electrified were-camel let me know. Just out of morbid curiosity.

channonyarrow January 30 2009, 19:35:35 UTC

Oh man, I wish you'd said something about that a couple weeks ago - I just took an assload of really wide leather belts (some of them would be inappropriate, due to being Of The Eighties, but some would possibly have worked) to a thrift store. Still, good luck. Try not to get too wrapped up in your work. (You know that had to happen.)

I'll totally pass it on if I do.

a little help... anonymous January 29 2009, 07:39:40 UTC

found a website for you...didn't know if you had checked online yet or not. http://www.norkro.com/index_files/page0009.htm
Good Luck!!
random slightly crafty person

Re: a little help... channonyarrow January 30 2009, 19:34:02 UTC

Thanks, I'll check them out!

cupiscent January 29 2009, 22:17:58 UTC

Sorry, I know this isn't helpful, but ROFLMAO!

Ahem. It helps my mirth that I'm Australian, and was boggling at your density of population and attendant retail resources while I was over there. How we do things over here is stalk the internet for obscure specialists from whom we can order things like odd craftie bits, and books, and groceries. Perhaps this approach would be of use for you?

Also, "Twelve inch clock hands" should open for NIN on their next tour. ("Electrified were-camel" can be the name of their first album.)

channonyarrow January 30 2009, 19:33:32 UTC

No, actually, that is entirely helpful. I like to turn my suffering into other peoples' laughter, seriously. Class clown, I was.

I've heard about Australia (wow, that sounds so sketchy). I mean, you guys I guess pay insane shipping and import duties on things? I'm on a bunch of crafting comms and every so often someone is looking for a supplier in Australia because ordering from the US or UK will take ten billionty years to get there and cost more money than anyone ever makes, it seems. I guess a lot of stuff still gets shipped by boat, so, forever to arrive. Like, months. Or am I just living in some bizarre fantasy land and making things up again?

But! I have found my hands! They are on eBay, and I am about to put a bid on them (and speaking of shipping, the opening bid is 99 cents, so OF COURSE the shipping is sixteen dollars). It seriously seems that no one actually has such large hands available otherwise, though I didn't look at Etsy at all.

That band, and tour, would be the best thing ever. Why does it not exist?

cupiscent February 1 2009, 22:18:04 UTC

I work in the book trade and was talking with an author friend the other day about the lead-in time on her books with her US publisher, and I was flabberghasted how quickly they could get the printed product, until I remembered they didn't have to have them shipped from Singapore. (Yes, on actual ships, because airfreight on 1500 books? Yeowch.)

We are isolated, yeah. And small, and scattered, and few. There are many, many, many upsides to being Australian, but alas not many of them are retail-related.

The other option that might be worth considering, it occurs to me, is finding a metalsmith and commissioning your own hands? (I'm not sure how feasible this is. I have a very clever father who does things like turn candlesticks for me and convert an electronic organ into a roll-top desk, and I'd just say, "Dad, could you do this?" and he would disappear into his cave looking thoughtful and come back two days later with something brilliant. I appreciate he is a solid gold resource. *G*)

Or, just use a knife and fork.

channonyarrow February 2 2009, 04:00:20 UTC

I have to admit, pretty much everything I know about Australia (other than that I used to joke that so much of my flist was Australian that I should do a world tour) is from Bill Bryson, which may be like admitting that I kill puppies - I mean, I think he does a fair job of reporting and investigating such as he does, but maybe everyone in Australia thinks he's just the biggest wanker ever. But what he says has given me that impression, that it's sort of oddly isolated. Which I'm not used to because, having lived both in the US and the UK I feel like there's not really a HUGE difference between those two countries and they're definitely part of the same world, as it were, but Australia's kind of WAY out there and WAY far away. (Hi, I'm really parochial about your country!) Though I also lived in Alaska for a couple summers, working in the tourist industry, so I have some familiarity with the whole "It gets here on a boat. And that is why your coffee, that you THINK you can get at home for a buck, costs you six. Now go buy a ( ... )

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