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I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". My DH thought I was cleaning the bedroom when he came home to find most of it in the hallway. Anyone have a metal detector I can borrow? I know they have to be in there somewhere because I looked everywhere else. My whole universe is off balance now with out them. On the bright side they seem to be in good company since 1/2 my scroll frame is also missing(dont ask I have no clue) The stress of being on vacation really took its toll. I needed to go back to work (you didn’t hear me say that) guess I have to go to my LNS what a shame Donna Post or lose an ‘n’ to reply. Protect privacy, boycott Intel: http://www.bigbrotherinside.org

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I’m afraid to say that they have eloped with mine. Now mine are only young and foolish so I would have to say that yours, being older, have seduced mine – I put that down to bad scissor-rearing hmmph! If yours turn up please be so good as to make them return mine. They must let them know that their Mummy loves and misses them and has had to resort to the nail scissors. stef -Hounslow, England WIP – Sunflower on Blue needlepoint from Albany Hill – Barbara Baatz April Birthday Faerie for dd#2

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Did you look in the vegetable bin? under the rug in the bathroom? Amongst the cereal boxes? These are all places I have somehow put stuff. You know you’ll find them 10 minutes after you buy the new pair. I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them".

Mj in southern California Big 3 sites for newbies http://www.dnai.com/~kdyer/ online stitchers "bible" http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/ where the abbreviations live http://powerup.com.au/~sheal/freebie2.html tons of freebies

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My favorite is when I misplace things and can’t find them again — and I haven’t moved since I used them last! Somehow, despite the fact that I haven’t gotten up or had anyone else walk through the room, I can still lose things. I swear that my house is inhabited by gremlins or something. Jennifer — The White Crow FUDGE Deryni and more: http://www.io.com/~whytcrow/rpg.html "I hope I never do anything without due thought, even if the thought sometimes has to shift its feet pretty briskly to keep up with the deed." – Cadfael "You must have been very wicked, for your God has sent me to punish you for your sins." — Ghenghis Khan

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I figure that if I can find my DD’s 3 day old sippy cup full of milk (curdled to a solid mass) inside one of my antique sewing cabinets, I can also find my scissors, coasters and other small moveable items in the refrigerator. Sue B. WIPs: "Floral Finesse" by The Heart’s Content, "Kindness Band Sampler" by The Samplar Workes, "Air" by Toini L. Figgins, name badge by me. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you look in the vegetable bin? under the rug in the bathroom? Amongst the cereal boxes? These are all places I have somehow put stuff. You know you’ll find them 10 minutes after you buy the new pair. I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". Mj in southern California Big 3 sites for newbies http://www.dnai.com/~kdyer/ online stitchers "bible" http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/ where the abbreviations live http://powerup.com.au/~sheal/freebie2.html tons of freebies

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Where all have I planted mine? 1) Between the pages of the DayRunner (FiloFax; Day Planner) 2) Between the couch cushions 3) Folded into that new piece of fabric I was measuring 4) In amongst my husband’s miniatures-painting supplies 5) Being carefully guarded by the stuffed-animal collection in the bedroom 6) In the makeup case 7) Glove box of the car Buried in the large new pile of floss 9) Buried in the massive thread box for Storyteller If you’re beginning to think this is a lot of places, you’re right. I have them less often than I don’t. I’ve tried scissors keepers, but it hasn’t helped as much as I need! Kali The perpetually disorganized – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did you look in the vegetable bin? under the rug in the bathroom? Amongst the cereal boxes? These are all places I have somehow put stuff. You know you’ll find them 10 minutes after you buy the new pair. I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". Mj in southern California Big 3 sites for newbies http://www.dnai.com/~kdyer/ online stitchers "bible" http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/ where the abbreviations live http://powerup.com.au/~sheal/freebie2.html tons of freebies

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If you’re beginning to think this is a lot of places, you’re right. I have them less often than I don’t. I’ve tried scissors keepers, but it hasn’t helped as much as I need! Kali The perpetually disorganized

Here’s a tip I learned from a pro. (The costume shop forelady at ISU when I was there) She said she got tired of loosing her scissors too. So every pair in the shop had a 24 inch piece of elastic tied through the handle. Long enough to hang around your neck while you are working. Hard to loose your neck, so it works pretty well. Of course these were all dress makers shears not small scissors. But thought I’d throw it in the mix. Sharon

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Have you checked the garden??? — Jim Mc Namara – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". My DH thought I was cleaning the bedroom when he came home to find most of it in the hallway. Anyone have a metal detector I can borrow? I know they have to be in there somewhere because I looked everywhere else. My whole universe is off balance now with out them. On the bright side they seem to be in good company since 1/2 my scroll frame is also missing(dont ask I have no clue) The stress of being on vacation really took its toll. I needed to go back to work (you didn’t hear me say that) guess I have to go to my LNS what a shame Donna Post or lose an ‘n’ to reply. Protect privacy, boycott Intel: http://www.bigbrotherinside.org

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My needle is lost there not my scissors – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Have you checked the garden??? — Jim Mc Namara I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". My DH thought I was cleaning the bedroom when he came home to find most of it in the hallway. Anyone have a metal detector I can borrow? I know they have to be in there somewhere because I looked everywhere else. My whole universe is off balance now with out them. On the bright side they seem to be in good company since 1/2 my scroll frame is also missing(dont ask I have no clue) The stress of being on vacation really took its toll. I needed to go back to work (you didn’t hear me say that) guess I have to go to my LNS what a shame Donna Post or lose an ‘n’ to reply. Protect privacy, boycott Intel: http://www.bigbrotherinside.org

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Donna D writes… I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". (snip)Anyone have ametal detector I can

borrow? (snip) On the bright side they seem to be in good companysince 1/2 my scroll frame is also missing(dont ask I have no clue) I’m afraid to say that they have eloped with mine.

Is it a conspiracy?? Is this a planned escape of our stitching tools??!! My Favourite Threader must be with Donna’s and Stef’s scissors!! Or else there’s a master criminal travelling the world snatching stitchers’ favourite stuff!! (I wonder if they’ve all gone to the same place those single socks disappear too??) LOL

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Is it a conspiracy?? Is this a planned escape of our stitching tools??!! My Favourite Threader must be with Donna’s and Stef’s scissors!!

You know, that’s a darned good question. I bought one of those darn things and I don’t think I had it three days. I loved it, but I just can’t make myself buy it again yet. Think of all the lovely floss I could have bought with that money. It just makes me heartsick…. Kali who may be going gremlin-hunting tonight!

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Under the cat? My husband was VERY late picking me up from work one time because he couldn’t find his keys…….the cat was sitting on them…..:) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I dont know what possessed me to say " I had these scissors for 8 years and never lost them". Mj in southern California Big 3 sites for newbies http://www.dnai.com/~kdyer/ online stitchers "bible" http://www.crl.com/~dmcmahon/ where the abbreviations live http://powerup.com.au/~sheal/freebie2.html tons of freebies

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Excuses, excuses!!!!! Have a great great day!!!!! And, a better day tomorrow!!!!!! Linda Haering Misawa Japan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text —— Original Message —– Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 6:40 PM | The stress of being on vacation really took its toll. I needed to go | back to work | (you didn’t hear me say that) | guess I have to go to my LNS what a shame | Donna | | | Post or lose an ‘n’ to reply. | | Protect privacy, boycott Intel: | http://www.bigbrotherinside.org | | | | | | |

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Ok, here’s what you do. You have to PRETEND that you’re going out to buy a new pair, and that will fool them into reappearing where you last saw them! Walk around your house announcing that you’re going to buy a nice new pair of scissors, much better than the old ones and then sneak out of the house. If this doesn’t work you might have to go to your LNS and actually buy the new scissors, but check you can take them back once the old ones appear, and you can them exchange them for some nice new stash! Naomi Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.

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Under the cat? My husband was VERY late picking me up from work one time because he couldn’t find his keys…….the cat was sitting on them…..:)

If he had left them there, do you think they would have hatched ? Anne/NC E-mail response not expected but E-mail back delete the ".uk" at the end

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Well those are all quite nice places for finding scissors and probably mean that they haven’t been used for anything else. I have found mine in some horrific places – Kitchen – used for opening packets or (even worse) the rind off bacon – shudder kid’s room – used in conjunction with expensive fabric glue for making collages. Alternative use – illicit hair dressing Bathroom – toe nails, nose hairs and beard trimming. The ones I have lost are my nice storks which were given to me by dmil – she figured that they were so distinctive that I would be able to drum it into everyone that they are mine and there would be no excuse for mistaking them. I think they are just misplaced and not misused this time as even the 2yo Princess Baby Perry is afraid of them. stef -Hounslow, England WIP – Sunflower on Blue needlepoint from Albany Hill – Barbara Baatz April Birthday Faerie for dd#2

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I once took off my wedding ring because I developed a rash under the band. The ring disappeared and I very reluctantly told my husband that I couldn’t find it. A good two months later, when snowboot weather was over and it was time for running shoes again, my husband put on his shoes and found my ring in the toe of the shoe. Not having children or pets at the time, we think I brushed the ring off the dresser top and it went flying into the closet and into the shoe! Mary H. Boulder City, NV —-If you treat an individual … as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Goethe

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Under the cat? My husband was VERY late picking me up from work one time because he couldn’t find his keys…….the cat was sitting on them…..:) If he had left them there, do you think they would have hatched ? Anne/NC

Ohhhhhhhh (thunking head)! That’s where all those spare keys come from! The ones that collect on the key board but never seem to fit anything! Mavia

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My solution for finding lost charts, floss, fabric, tools is: Look for something else that you have misplaced. You won’t find the new thing you’re looking for, but the other thing that you decided not to look for anymore will pop up. Roxanna Please remove the "delete" in screen name to email

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well those are all quite nice places for finding scissors and probably mean that they haven’t been used for anything else. I have found mine in some horrific places – Kitchen – used for opening packets or (even worse) the rind off bacon – shudder kid’s room – used in conjunction with expensive fabric glue for making collages. Alternative use – illicit hair dressing Bathroom – toe nails, nose hairs and beard trimming. The ones I have lost are my nice storks which were given to me by dmil – she figured that they were so distinctive that I would be able to drum it into everyone that they are mine and there would be no excuse for mistaking them. I think they are just misplaced and not misused this time as even the 2yo Princess Baby Perry is afraid of them.

Try putting a scissors keeper on each pair of embroidery scissors. You then have to drum into the family that using a pair of scissors with a tag on is the worst sin in the world. But, the good thing from their point of view is that any pair without a tag is fair game for anything, without any should I/shouldn’t I use this pair debate. To make this work there do need to be a good few pairs of scissors around so that when the toe nail urge arises it can be easily satisfied. Has the added advantage that a well thought out scissors keeper will reduce the possibility of them getting lost, and is fun to make. I’ve made scissors dangles out of ribbon made into a bobbin lace braid, kumihomo braid, twisted cord, and tatting. On the end there are various tassels, curtain rings covered in buttonhole stitch and beads. The best scissors keeper is the longest one, about 30 cm (12 inches) of twisted cord, with two large heavy beads on the end. The long tail makes them easy to spot, and the heavy beads make them fall to the floor, so they always turn up again. The disadvantage is that they won’t fit in my nice wooden needle case with the stitched insert – the beads are too fat! There’s no real need to do housework — after four years it doesn’t get any worse. Quentin Crisp Steph Peters, Manchester, England Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm

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I have cuticle ones I am using now and if your scissors weren’t …. well never mind Donna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m afraid to say that they have eloped with mine. Now mine are only young and foolish so I would have to say that yours, being older, have seduced mine – I put that down to bad scissor-rearing hmmph! If yours turn up please be so good as to make them return mine. They must let them know that their Mummy loves and misses them and has had to resort to the nail scissors. stef -Hounslow, England WIP – Sunflower on Blue needlepoint from Albany Hill - Barbara Baatz April Birthday Faerie for dd#2

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Maybe the rest of the family can be reminded not to use the embroidery scissors if the keeper has a nice big stitched NO! on each side of it? Or something like the card my dad used to have inside his hat–"Like hell it’s yours! Put it back!" Nan Evelyn

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A few years ago I went on the rampage about using my scissors. My family thought that because they were scissors they could be used for anything. My dh used my fabric scissors for cutting fiberglass. He decided it would make a good gag gift to buy me a few pairs. After his shopping expedition he never touched them again. He spent all of his mad money to purchase new scissors and was shocked at the cost of a good pair. I got a good laugh at his expense but boy was it worth it. He ended up putting 25 pairs of scissors in a box. I didn’t realize that there were that many types of scissors. Carolyn Smile even if you don’t feel like it, It brightens up the day.

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Maybe! Do you mean we could’ve gotten a new car out of the deal? Or maybe a new house!? (what else would keys hatch into….;) ) June – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – E-mail response not expected but E-mail back delete the ".uk" at the end

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(what else would keys hatch into….;) ) June

Locks? Then you could lock up your scissors! (Once you find them.) Sherry C

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