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    From john@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 10 21:44:45 2021
    if i can make a 70's bultaco run as a teen i can handle this...
    well chairs needed reupholstered, and the local fix it up shoppe wanted
    $175 per chair, how hard can it be? so wife went on down to local
    hobby/fabric store and brought back 200 bucks in fabric, foam and
    batting. so this weekend the wife, girls and i took apart chairs and
    watched online how to video and we made 7 chairs like new for the cost
    of having one done. i will share with you the first chair was harder
    than starting a 1984 cr500 in the winter, i got as many battle scars as
    that 81 yz465 gave me. staples broke on the way out wood splinters from
    40 year old chairs infest my knuckles like a brisk ride thru the briars
    behind old man chismars farm. so now i have a new camp fire story that
    doesn't involve handle bar harry.
    john
    domesticated & reformed 76 husky 360 rider
    (i ride a much more refined gasgas now)

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Sun Jan 10 22:49:53 2021
    On 01/10/2021 06:44 PM, john wrote:
    if i can make a 70's bultaco run as a teen i can handle this...
    well chairs needed reupholstered, and the local fix it up shoppe wanted
    $175 per chair, how hard can it be? so wife went on down to local hobby/fabric store and brought back 200 bucks in fabric, foam and
    batting. so this weekend the wife, girls and i took apart chairs and
    watched online how to video and we made 7 chairs like new for the cost
    of having one done. i will share with you the first chair was harder
    than starting a 1984 cr500 in the winter, i got as many battle scars as
    that 81 yz465 gave me. staples broke on the way out wood splinters from
    40 year old chairs infest my knuckles like a brisk ride thru the briars behind old man chismars farm. so now i have a new camp fire story that doesn't involve handle bar harry.

    Tell the truth, you loved it!


    --
    Cheers, Bev
    It only takes 2 men to tile a bathroom
    if you slice them thinly enough.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Mon Jan 11 09:04:53 2021
    On 1/11/2021 1:49 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 01/10/2021 06:44 PM, john wrote:
    if i can make a 70's bultaco run as a teen i can handle this...
    well chairs needed reupholstered, and the local fix it up shoppe wanted
    $175 per chair, how hard can it be? so wife went on down to local
    hobby/fabric store and brought back 200 bucks in fabric, foam and
    batting. so this weekend the wife, girls and i took apart chairs and
    watched online how to video and we made 7 chairs like new for the cost
    of having one done. i will share with you the first chair was harder
    than starting a 1984 cr500 in the winter, i got as many battle scars as
    that 81 yz465 gave me. staples broke on the way out wood splinters from
    40 year old chairs infest my knuckles like a brisk ride thru the briars
    behind old man chismars farm. so now i have a new camp fire story that
    doesn't involve handle bar harry.

    Tell the truth, you loved it!


    my wallet enjoyed it
    john
    it's not how much you make, it's how much you keep.

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  • From Michael Sturdevant@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 11 12:28:13 2021
    john brags:
    so this weekend the wife, girls and i took apart chairs and
    watched online how to video and we made 7 chairs like new for the cost
    of having one done.

    A new skill you can market! Family chair re-upholstery.com.


    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

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  • From Nadia Spears@21:1/5 to Michael Sturdevant on Wed Jan 13 11:49:07 2021
    On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 2:28:14 PM UTC-6, Michael Sturdevant wrote:
    john brags:
    so this weekend the wife, girls and i took apart chairs and
    watched online how to video and we made 7 chairs like new for the cost
    of having one done.
    A new skill you can market! Family chair re-upholstery.com.


    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.
    hi

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