Hilarious Conclusion to 2019

 Before, above and after below.  Keep reading for the story.

Greetings, dear readers.  Read on to find out just WHY you are so dear to me!

If you had holidays to celebrate recently, I hope they were dandy.  My Christmas was fantastic, in no small part because both of my daughters have brought fabulous new people into the family.  One daughter married in October, and her new husband is from a lovely family that has been very welcoming to me.  And he has two small nephews!  Yay, kids!  And my other daughter and her partner bought a house together and the partner has a small daughter. Whoop De Do!  And my niece moved nearby to finish up her degree at UNC on a full free ride.  Pretty impressive, amiright?  And she has two terrific teenagers.  So my holidays were full of parties and activities and family fun.

My chronic fatigue syndrome has been minimal since returning from that awesome vacation to Newfoundland that I keep threatening to tell you about.  I did quite well all the way up to almost the end before collapsing in a little pile of melted dragonpoodle.  I did miss out on a few parties at the end (sorry Patty!).  But I'm springing back and and optimistic about 2020.

But now let me tell you about Alex.  I don't know who Alex is or where he or she is from.  Day before yesterday I received this comment on an old blog post of mine titled Stripping the Paint from a Singer 27.

Alex  December 29, 2019 at 12:19 PM

I believe you are an ignorant American moron and probably the only one person on this planet to do such thing as to destroy that beautiful decals on this gorgeous sewing machine.

Although it appears that English is not Alex's first language, still he or she did a fine job of conveying their opinion.  (I'm using "their" as the gender neutral singular pronoun it deserves to become.)

However I am a bit confused about why Alex thought this machine had "beautiful decals".  I didn't post extensive before pictures of this machine but you can clearly see from this photo that the decals were pretty well trashed.

And what was my reaction to being called an "ignorant American moron"?  Did I weep and wail?  Did it send me into a deep depression?  Spoiler:  NO

I replied to Alex on the blog thusly.

DragonPoodle  December 29, 2019 at 2:10 PM

I have no idea how you meant this post to be interpreted but I am choosing to regard this comment as HILARIOUS! And I feel no compulsion to defend myself but in the interest of my readers let me assure you that this model is so common that I have been unable to even give them away.

 

That's quite true btw.   We're talking about a Singer 27 with no motor boss, meaning no hand crank or motor can be attached (at least not easily or simply) that can only be treadled.  I took a similar machine to the 2018 NC TOGA, an annual gathering and swap meet for the vintage-sewing-machine-addicts and nobody wanted the thing.

Anyhow, after thinking things over for a bit I found that I had even more to say to Alex.  So I said it online.

DragonPoodle  December 29, 2019 at 2:20 PM

And I'm considering adding "ignorant American moron" to my business cards, Oh, Alex, you brought me so much joy today! I will be laughing all day.

And I did.  And I'm still laughing today.

And this is why you, my dear readers, are so dear to me.  I started this blog in 2009 and this will be my 213st post.  Although my memory is notoriously unreliable (What did I have for breakfast?  Did I even have breakfast?) I have NO memory of a single unpleasant or aggressive or attacking post in all that time.  Maybe there was a minor snipe or two that I have blocked out.

But Alex, I will never forget you!  Too bad your comment was set to "no reply" so I could not email you directly with my response.  I will just have to hope that you look back at my blog to see what I had to say.

Alex, I hope you enjoy being laughed at.  Which is really the only reasonable reaction.

Want to see that repainted Singer 27?  Decals purchased on eBay.

I feel no guilt about stripping and repainting this machine.

Sincerely,
Cheryl, ignorant American moron