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RE: My new sewing machine - thanks to Freecycle !
Freecycle and freegle are great, aren't they? I've used them several times when I have been moving house. The nicest memory I have was when I offered a left-handed acoustic guitar ... a woman came and got it for her dad's birthday, he had wanted to play for years ... she wrote to me afterwards to say he had cried when he opened the present and was really enjoying learning how to play. I liked that personal connection, I knew my unwanted item was bringing pleasure to someone else.
That sewing machine looks a monster!
That's such a heartwarming experience, @shanibeer - I think that's the main thing : true appreciation that someone's given you something that actually has value for free.
I'm hoping to use the machine soon; I'm reading up on how to oil it and so on to make sure it's all working okay.
That's interesting, too, isn't it, investigating how it works? I was fascinated when we dissected my sister's sewing machine to see why it wasn't runnIng properly (one of the rubber cogs had disintegrated in the heat).
That's a good point, @shanibeer. I shall oil everything well and then give it a run :D
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