The GUILD 12-21-2002 Final Stretch to Christmas

[Endeavor]

Speaking of PETA/washed up celebs/fur - I was in tony Lake Forest, IL last week and everyone was wearing fur - to the grocery store, to the restaurant, everywhere. And I seriously doubt any of it was fake.

If you've ever met a mink, you would understand why I lose no sleep over them giving up the "shirt" on their backs for coats. Nasty little buggars, are they.

[Iowa Granny]

There used to be a mink farm across the road from where we live. If one of them got out of their cage while they were being fed, they'd head across the road and kill my cats.

The owner had to come wearing leather gloves up to his elbows for protection from them when he attempted to retreive them.

I have a trench coat lined in fur. It hasn't been cold enough for me to wear it. It is very heavy and puts a lot of pressure on my shoulders,,, which is the area I've had so much trouble with in my rehabilitation.

It is a good "funeral coat",, some of the coldest momments in my life have been spent at the cemetary for a burial.

[lodwick]

...some of the coldest momments in my life have been spent at the cemetary for a burial.

You are telling God's own truth there. When we went to NE Okie land for my dad's mother's service there was a blue norther with snow blowing in, and that stupid preacher did his entire summer-time service while we were freezing our patooties off. I wanted to throw him in the grave, drop the casket, and get back to the church for some coffee.

No telling how many folks died from the colds that they caught that day.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

It has been as cold as heck here and just got a black mink stroller. I wore it to breakfast yesterday morning, but my friend failed to tell me that we were meeting at a diner. I did look out of place, but I was totally warm.

The women in my village always wear their full length minks to the grocery store and I just love it.

[Utah Girl]

Here is a site for fudge. I've made his Fantasy Fudge, yum. I don't like peanut butter, but there are several recipes on this site. The site is great, this guy knows more about fudge than you ever wanted to know. There is also a simple recipe for divinity on the site. Have a Merry Christmas!

Skaarup's Fudge

[Utah Girl]

Full length mink coats? I'm so jealous, I love mink. But I have nowhere to wear it, and actually, not enough money to buy one either. Sigh.

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning, gang! It's white knuckle time. I'm brewing up a big pot of chilli. Anyone who wants to eat between now and Christmas Eve will be eating chilli, cold breakfast cerel or peanut butter. Much to do before Santa arrives at 3:00pm tomorrow.

[Timeout]

...a black mink stroller.

Ooooo, I'm so jealous! I have a lovely mink jacket which I mostly wear during the holidays. But, alas, it swallows me now that I've lost so much weight. Boo Hoo. Ill have to settle for my good sensible wool coat.

Does anyone know...can you "trade" a mink jacket?

[Iowa Granny]

I don't know about "trading",, but you could take your jacket to a good furrier, and have it cut down. Ask around. There is a Furrier in Cedar Rapids who advertises that they will "update or remake" your furs.

[Iowa Granny]

I have been drooling over a mink stroller in the window of a Dept. Store. It is a whiskey color, and I would have absolutely nowhere to wear it. There is nothing, except big diamonds, that make other women more jealous than a good mink. Reason enough for me to continue to wear a trench coat rather than the obvious. In my business, it just isn't a very good idea to do things that can annoy or make people jealous.

[mountaineer]

A few months ago I was driving through the nearby woods and saw a strange creature that chattered angrily at me as I went past. I asked my editor, who's an outdoorsy sort, what it was, and he said it probably was a mink. Had I known, I would have nabbed the critter, interrogated him as to the whereabouts of his kin, and collected enough of them to make a jacket, anyway. But, alas, it was not to be.

Now for the news (I bet Hillary! knows who this is, and has been holding the incident over his head, along with those 900 FBI files):

WHICH powerful Washington lawmaker is still dogged by an ancient rumor that as a rising young politico, he was arrested for having sex with another man in a public park? He was supposedly held by cops and then quietly released after some political power players pulled strings, and the arrest erased from police files Page Six

More later, but I have to get off the 'puter for now.

[lodwick]

This looks about right.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

When I went to GWB's Inuaguration I wore a long ranch mink coat. Everyone around me thought that it was over the top, but I was the only warm person around.

As a farmer you know that God made animals for us to use. And he made the mink with a nasty disposition so we could get extra joy from his hide.

[Iowa Granny]

You got the stone size a little small, but I appreciate the sentiment, anyway! >smirk<

The coat,,, is different than the one I am coveting, the coloring is just a tad bit darker, and the skins are not set on a curve.

It seems foolish to purchase a coat to be stored in a closet, without wearing. Perhaps I will get one, keep it in storage, and leave instructions to my family that I wish to be buried in it.

HLL: I understand the warmth factor. That is why I own the trench coat. When my neck gets really cold it takes weeks for it to thaw out, even with liberal applications of Hot Tub time.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Talk about heartbreaking. My mother got a white mink full length coat in Hong Kong. It's simply gorgeous.

I will inherit it, but little good it will do me. My mother is 4'11", and a size 4. I am 5'8" and far from a 4. I guess I can always use the pelts to make throw pillows.

[Iowa Granny]

Do not despair. Send the white mink to me. I have a very dear friend, the mink rancher's wife, who takes old furs and turns them into incredible stuffed animals. I've seen her teddy bears, they are Wonderful. However, she does an even cuter Rabbit, that is just the most remarkable thing I've ever seen.

When the day comes that you need the services of my freind, let me know.

[mountaineer]

We're right on topic and up-to-the-minute, as usual. Liz Smith reports today on a recent event honoring Rudy Giuliani:

Regardless, what was happening around Rudy was anything but dull. There was Vogue's chieftess, Anna Wintour; she wore a full-length fur coat while she was inside. (I already told you these coats have made a comeback!)

[lodwick]

Who the heck is the person alleged to have been playing in the park years ago? I hate teaser questions like those, but thanks for bringing it here.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I am with you. I want to know who that was in the park also.

And now for my rant of the day.,,,,, I have just been called a 'racist', because I work with the Celebration of American Life. It's a program set up by President Bush to bring more minorities into the party.

So some numbnut on another thread said that I am racist because I am working with minorities, and since I don't judge people by the color of their skin, it makes me even more of a racist.

FR needs an enema.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

It was only a matter of time.