Coffee Break: Necklace
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Chunky beaded necklaces are having a moment, and I love this pale blue necklace at Nordstrom… especially since it’s under $20.
Most colors are sold out, but this one is left — as well as a white version with rainbow spacers between the beads.
The necklace was $40, but is now marked to $16.
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- Theory – End of season sale is on with extra savings (new prices are marked)
can anyone recommend reasonably priced but well built kitchen stools? we need a neutral white, black, or a blue if possible.
Following. This has been harder than I anticipated, especially for anything with a back on it.
IKEA Rosentorp or Glenn if you mean bar height stools, or Domsten for a great retro lower backless stool.
My son has the Emma and Oliver counter-height stools from Target, and they are shockingly comfortable. I suspect you’re looking for something between Target and $800/stool, though. I remember from when I needed stools that there is just not much in that space. I ended up with something from Wayfair that I did not like very much.
ooh which kind? apparently Emma and Oliver is a brand.
Oh sorry, these: https://www.target.com/p/emma-and-oliver-set-of-2-kitchen-counter-height-stool-24-inch-leathersoft-barstool/-/A-82135325?preselect=82135324#lnk=sametab
“Leathersoft,” you’ll note, but obviously not actually leather. But still, comfy.
we bought custom stools from Canadel (we’re in Canada). They were sold through our Laz-boy. But I think they can be bought direct from the company too. Reasonably priced, well made, and colours and style can be customized.
https://canadel.com/products/stools/
I also have Canadel bar stools. I’m in the US and bought them from NC through FurnitureLand South. They are great!
Sometimes I see a person running with a tethered dog (like dog on leash that is tied to the person’s waist). This weekend, I saw someone running with two lab-sized dogs tied on. I guess you know your dogs, but they were all running on a sidewalk near another big dog being walked and the solo dog reacted badly to the running dogs. Who then reacted badly. I thought that the person was going to get pulled down and dragged and it was scary in the moment. Other than just get away from that sort of situation, is there anything to do? When I ran an errand that goes by the local running store a little later, it looked like a new pet-friendly running group has formed and added my street on its route, so I may see this all again next weekend.
I don’t think you have any responsibility as a bystander. The person who has tethered themselves to their dogs knows they’re taking a risk. If you reached out to try to help the person not fall, the dogs may feel they need to defend their owner. Just keep your distance.
I think the solo dog did that — saw two dogs running towards its person and was reacting. But it was a new fear unlocked to watch a person getting pulled.
I really dislike these leashes. The person tethered to the dog has zero control if the dog lunges at my dog.
I also think it’s really unfair to the animal. They don’t get to stop easily if they step on something or just get too tired. Only thing worse is when they are tethered to a bike.
Being able to stop and sniff is a huge necessity for dogs. Having to keep running by all those potentially interesting smells is not fair to them & not part of their nature.
Y’all are nuts. Unfair to the animal? Many dogs enjoy running. Unless the owner is a cruel psycho, they’re going to pay attention to the dog’s wellbeing and energy level. Consider the possibility that the dog has other opportunities to sniff and is not only taken out to run. What do you mean, he can’t stop easily? He’s not chained to a moving car and forced to keep up. If the dog steps on something, he’ll stop.
+1. This board never ceases to amaze.
Stay out of the mix. You are more likely to get yourself hurt than you are to help if you try to intervene.
When I used to run with my large (and highly trained) dog I preferred to connect the leash to my waist so I wasn’t pulling his neck with each swing of my arm. He was the opposite of reactive, though, and the area I ran in was very rural, without other dog walkers.
Anyone who is into chunky beaded necklaces should learn now to string beads on beadalon or similar wire! Easy and fun. Tons of you tube tutorials out there.
For me, I prefer pearls, so I learned to string pearls with knots & french wire and all of that. Extremely satisfying to be able to create just what I had in mind.
I thought you had to restring pearls on silk thread (and that you should restring annually). I thought it must be hard to get the knots tight and the clasps on, but maybe I should give it a try? Mine are in need of a restring (because I’ve had a string break before).
Pearls should be on silk.
I actually use serafil, which is a modern alternative to silk because it’s stronger and doesn’t stretch as much as silk. I buy mine from an Etsy shop called PatriciaSaabDesigns and she will show you how to do it. I know her from pearl events -yes, I attend pearl events! -and she’s the real thing. (No affiliation)
For other beads, like semiprecious stones (jade etc) I would absolutely use a wire like beadalon.
Not disagreeing, but this necklace reminds me of those candy necklaces that were always handed out at Halloween parties in the 70s. If you were lucky, you could get both the necklace and bracelet.
Yes, this is true. This was my Aunt’s hobby. My Aunt used to travel frequently throughout Asia and buy semi-precious stones and antique small stone and silver carvings. When she was home she would create beautiful and unique necklaces that she would string herself. Her (wealthy) friends started commenting on her creations, and wanted one. She eventually started a small business. All of the Husbands would come to her at holiday time and buy whatever my Aunt recommended, as she knew her friends’ tastes well. She did well, and enjoyed it!
it was interesting to me that it was first released without the disclosures. then apparently he liked the response it was getting and claimed credit for it.
Girl, I don’t watch ads for a reason. Try it sometime and enjoy the inner peace!
SPOILER thread for You Can See Everything.
Don’t keep reading if you don’t want to know.
Your thoughts? Innocent victim misused by the men around her, or sociopath?
Sociopath, and I say that as someone who witnessed firsthand the activity that led to her downfall. She was not a victim, not in the slightest.
I really think she and the vile Billy thought the doc would frame her in a favorable light. Hence his coke-fueled breakdown in the last 1/3 of the movie, when things weren’t going his way and the film wasn’t being released any time soon.
My thoughts flipflopped on this question several times during the movie itself, but I think now, given a few days’ reflection, that she and Billy are both sociopaths, and they quickly recognized the ways each other could be useful to each other. The movie shows us that she is being controlled by him, but skepticism is warranted because 1) it’s to her advantage, both her public image and her future legal liability, for people to feel sympathetically toward her and her mean controlling boyfriend, but also 2) Nathan Fielder is an artist who is telling us a story. There is no way to tell a story completely straight! Every edit is a narrative.
I don’t think she is a sociopath, more of your run of the mill criminal lacking a strong moral compass. I do think she utilizes her relationships with men to further her own goals, and “plays the victim” in order to make them feel heroic/powerful and manipulate them into solving problems for her. but like the david blaine analogy, she’s not actually just playing the victim – she’s willing to allow these men to genuinely victimize her in some ways. her history of toxic relationships & the effect she has on men was the most compelling part of the story for me, tbh
Yeah, agree with that she’s no more a sociopath than most people who are very successful in tech or business (which is to say, maybe a little). I don’t think she actually set out to scam anyone, she just didn’t know much about science but somehow decided that her vision would be enough to make her company a success because that’s what all the stories about successful companies focus on. Somehow she was able to charm enough idiots into investing in her that she got in way, way too deep and couldn’t even admit to herself that her idea couldn’t work and didn’t really care about what she did because she assumed it would eventually start working. So I guess I fall in the deluded rather than out and out sociopath camp, and am mostly mystified why anyone ever fell for an idea that had no scientific credibility, just a pretty face.