Ahh, the old Domestic Vibrator

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Domestic Vibrator Sewing Machine 1900-1920

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1. You really need to see today's XKCD ....

http://xkcd.com/

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2. How funny

Never seen that before. I am intrigued by how often a Sagittarius named Amelia drinks a soda.

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3. For reasons I don't understand, I'm considering moving to North Dakota.

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4. Hmmm,

guess there's not much else to do there....

[denbot]

5. I think that is a beautiful machine.

Not unlike my grandmother's foot powered Sear's sewing machine.

[trof]

11. Funny, I was just talking with Miz t. about this.

Mom had a foot treadle powered Singer.
I remember when she bought an electric motor attachment for it.
No more foot power.
PROGRESS!

[Chan790]

6. This cracked me up.

And I stared at it and said, “Wow. We’ve come a long way, I guess? I mean, I don’t even understand how this would work,” and the woman said, “Well, these are just the attachments to the vibrator, obviously” and I was like “Well, obviously” and then she clarified that they would have been used with older “Domestic Vibrator” and I admitted that I didn’t even know there were commercial models available and she looked at me strangely and then her partner cleared his throat and said “The Domestic Vibrator was a brand of sewing machine in the 1900′s” and the woman looked at her partner like, “Well, of course it was. Why are you even clarifying this?” And then I nodded like I’d known this all along.

And I was relieved.

And a little bit disappointed.

http://thebloggess.com/2014/02/someones-gonna-need-a-tetanus-shot/

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7. Yeah,

That's where I got the idea from. I adore Jenny.

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8. Pedal power.

My Grandmother had a machine similar to that one.

She loved to sew.

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9. ummmm......

..that's gotta hurt.....anyway you use it!

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10. This one from 1883.