Ok, remember when you were kid and your Mom wouldn't let you use the good scissors.

[texanwitch]

I have a good pair of scissors now and nobody uses them but me.

I am tried of buying scissors that disappear or get dull.

My good pair of scissors stayed hid, they cost a lot.

This is my rant.

Now I understand my Grandmother.

[WolverineDG]

1. under no circumstances should you ever EVER cut paper

with your mom's pinking shears.

Holy cow, was my mom pissed at my brother that day.....

dg

[texanwitch]

2. My Grandmother had pinking shear she used for cutting patterns.

You didn't touch them, she was not happy about that.

Something about pinking sears that attract children, I had my own pair.

[WolverineDG]

15. that's what mom used hers for

kept the fabric from unraveling before she could sew the seams. I remember it took her forever to find someone who could sharpen pinking shears, too.

dg

[texanwitch]

16. My Grandmother loved to sew .

She had her old foot powered Singer sewing machine.

[woo me with science]

3. Oh, I remember that!

The forbidden scissors. LOL that it wasn't just me.

[seabeyond]

4. ya... my oldest finally got tall enough to reach the highest cabinet

and those scissors have not been in there since

[texanwitch]

5. Kids and scissors, and scotch tape.

That is another thing I can't keep.

I go the the dollar store for tape now.

[seabeyond]

6. yup... he got hold of the scotch tape in the other high cabinet too

it is funny. but true, it reminds me of my mom yelling for the scissors or tape. i thought i was being so smart putting them in only one place, so i would alwyas have them

[texanwitch]

7. You will need to get your child their tape, and even then they will ask for yours.

I was always using scotch tape when I was a kid.

[seabeyond]

8. hey... that wll be an excellent christmas present next year.

i get them stupid gifts too. this year gave youngest an electrical pencil sharpener that is for the family and in kitchen. lol.

[texanwitch]

9. Your child would love it.

No such thing as to much tape.

[ashling]

13. or too much white library paste

tastey

[texanwitch]

14. A paste eater.

Every class had one or two.

Nothing in it that could hurt you.

[ashling]

17. Actually, I don't recall ever eating paste

but I did get a crayola stuck up my nose in first grade. :crazy:

[Lars39]

10. Wait til they use some rolls of masking tape to mark off a giant maze

Throughout the house.:D

[Phentex]

20. Mine got tape dispensers for xmas years ago...

they LOVED it! You would not believe they stuff they can tape!

And then they move on to duct tape. You may as well stock up now. :)

[Maine-ah]

11. jeebus..I should have bough stock in scotch tape

for how much my kid could go through!

and we have forbidden scissors, just like I did growing up, but many of them since my Mom was an amazing seamstress.
The other thing we have, is forbidden knives. Hubbie likes sharp things, and he cooks.

[texanwitch]

12. Sharp knives are a really nice to have.

My Grandfather had knives you didn't touch.

He could sharpen a knive so sharp, that is skill I wish I had.

[xchrom]

19. i have my grandpa's old -- very worn whetstone.

i can't ever get rid of it.

[NuclearDem]

18. Wikileaks cable: "We know where texanwitch keeps the good scissors"

:evilgrin:

[Phentex]

21. LOL! I have a cookie scoop hidden as well...

damn kids!

[dimbear]

22. You can buy really excellent scissors for next to nothing if they are dull.

That is because the art of sharpening them is practically extinct.

Here's how to do it. Get a fine hone (oilstone), available at any hardware store or most garage sales, and then manipulate it correctly. That's the whole trick.

Use plenty of oil.