Oh Boris ...

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I have long had a very disturbing thing for Boris Johnson. I rationalise it away by saying that he's a cyclist, so aside from his questionable use of his penis and occasionally nutty policies, he must be a decent chap underneath. [Poll #1480605]

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Hee! Easy for you to say, your feet fit into more shoes than mine! Some days it seems as though I am doomed to Birkenstocks for eternity ...

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Yes, I do respect his honesty. And he seems basically nice, which is more than can be said for many pollies.

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Oh yes, shoes that hurt should be sent away asap! Have you ever tried a swap party with similarly sized friends? I have a few close pals who have similar feet/clothing sizes and colourings to mine and anything that seemed like a good idea at first and was quickly revealed not to be can often be passed along to one of them.

But the good ones? Yes, keep them going as long as possible!

I need to have Mr Brammers clean out, I have ONE drawer out of nine. It's not natural!

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HEE! I wear out the outside of mine something shocking, so I know what you mean ;-) And yes, there is a real satisfaction to *fixing* things!

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That is a little odd ;-)

I walk through mine awfully, probably because I only have a few pairs that are really good for walking, and then I walk a lot (I can't drive, so it's the only option). Though I do know what you mean about the repairing intentions: I have a terrible problem with piles of things, too. Happily, I have the odd rainy weekend to deal with them (Two or three a year in these days of drought ...)

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You're the good kind of Oko-nut! And I know exactly what you mean. I think it speaks of respect for the people who made the things originally, too, that you value their work enough to want to keep it going. You're not alone! There are many of us!

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*Applauds*

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Yes, you do ;-)

I recently found myself ironing shirts for the charity bin, which I put down to the influence of people like you ;-)

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Sorry, were you talking? Can't think, contemplating shagging Bradley ...

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Blondie makes the rest of us look quite good by comparison, bless him!

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PENIS! (just for you. Also, cock!)

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YES! That was the major reason I decided I needed to be useful. Growing up on communes, I was SO resistant to the basket weaving side of the world, but as I was convinced that we were ever so likely to bomb ourselves back into the stone age, I decided I should probably be prepared.

And Boris, building cycle paths, saving film-makers, making terrible jokes in public ... I fear my shameful love is bound to continue ...

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Yes! When you find the good things, hold onto them. I live in hope that I will be able to find boots for the chunkily calved back in London. The ones they sell here are not really designed for women who have ever actually done anything with their legs.

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POCKETS! That's a genius plan. And yeah, by the time clothes get their first little rips, they've usually just reached that really comfy stage ...

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I always forget to put in at least one obvious answer ;-)

You know that there are lots of good basic books on mendind, especially sewing out there? Readers Digest has a few fabbo ones that I always see in second hand shops around the English-speaking world, or try a public library; it's certainly not a hard skill or I would not have been able to learn it!

And yes, I have some things that just get the boot; though to this day I live in hope of finding the pairs of some of my socks ;-)

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I think the tendency to Latin scares some girls off ;-)

And I wish my mum had taught me to darn: I learned when I was 29 from a friend. SUCH a useful skill!

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That sounds very sensible! Is it when the inner seam wears out, or do you do a cunning gored pattern?

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YES and YES! There are so few shops that I genuinely like the look of, and then they rarely have things sized for the short and duck-footed ;-)

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And wholly fair enough! One of my friends couldn't, either, which is VERY rude considering she is only 30 months younger than I am. At least you have actual youth ;-)

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YES! And I picture him murmuring Latin endearments ... he could probably vidi vici veni me if we didn't both have partners.

You know, Digby looks a bit like him, too ...

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I spin and knit, so some of them have many hours of effort in them ;-)

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Hand spun!

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OOH! I wish I had a tame leathersmith!

Yes, some things cannot be recovered, though I have had success with much-loved tops being given new collars and cuffs, but it's only worth it for a fabbo fabric or cut. More often I have taken things apart to use as patterns for new ones.

Skirts are most likely to be holed by misadventure, which is a good excuse to add decorative details to cover up the rents.

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That is AWESOME! Well done!

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Vulgar: that is EXACTLY the right word! Very nicely said.

And Boris seems to me like the sort of chap you would like to live near and have a nice friendship with, because it would just be too embarrassing to actually ever wake up with him, but having him mind your dog and ring you to ask if you could pop by to water his garden would be perfectly acceptable ;-)