Naming your sewing machine
12-12-2011, 01:30 AM
#15
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Location: North East England UK
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Of course I name machines, and cars. Doesn't everyone?
Bernina = Bernie the Bolt (You have to be of a certain age and from the UK to remember this - Bob Monkhouse... up a bit... left a bit... fire!).
Husqvarna Viking (a new to me machine) = Vera (kids named this one)
My mums old Harris machine = Harry (original!)
My granny's hand crank Frister and Rossman = Fraulein Fru-Fru (I have NO idea where this one came from...).
Cars: My son has a classic car - Wolseley 1500 in White: he calls it Snow White! My daughter is buying an old VW Beetle called Billy (previous owners called it that). My own Morris Minor is called Daisy.
My husband thinks we are certifiable. He is probably right.
Bernina = Bernie the Bolt (You have to be of a certain age and from the UK to remember this - Bob Monkhouse... up a bit... left a bit... fire!).
Husqvarna Viking (a new to me machine) = Vera (kids named this one)
My mums old Harris machine = Harry (original!)
My granny's hand crank Frister and Rossman = Fraulein Fru-Fru (I have NO idea where this one came from...).
Cars: My son has a classic car - Wolseley 1500 in White: he calls it Snow White! My daughter is buying an old VW Beetle called Billy (previous owners called it that). My own Morris Minor is called Daisy.
My husband thinks we are certifiable. He is probably right.
12-12-2011, 05:36 AM
#16
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,283
Not much into naming inanimate objects but did end up naming my 830 Bertha. We also named the pool vacumn thing that runs around the bottom of the pool Goofy because before we learned to regulate it there were some really goofy things it would do if water pressure was too high.
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12-12-2011, 06:31 AM
#17
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Location: Clay Springs AZ
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I still have fond memories of my daughters car Buford. He was a very beat up Datsun with rusted out holes in the floorboards. He ran forever.
He always passed emissions but I think they just felt sorry for my daughter.
I dont name my machines except when Im mad at them.
He always passed emissions but I think they just felt sorry for my daughter.
I dont name my machines except when Im mad at them.
12-12-2011, 06:38 AM
#18
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Only machine I have named is my Gammill long arm. She is Lucy...as in 'righty tighty, lefty loosey"> I had to adjust her tensions to suit me when I got her , gently used. I said that OVER and OVER and OVER...till the name stuck. She and I are great friends...NOW! lolol
12-14-2011, 06:19 PM
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YOur not alone-My have names just comes natural:
Big Mama, Babe, Esther & Opal (their twins)
then there is Matilda, Annabella,Sylvie and Sweet Pea
that is my machines. Oh, and I almost forgot poor old "Tank"
Dottie the Bug, is my suv, Big Red is the truck.
Big Mama, Babe, Esther & Opal (their twins)
then there is Matilda, Annabella,Sylvie and Sweet Pea
that is my machines. Oh, and I almost forgot poor old "Tank"
Dottie the Bug, is my suv, Big Red is the truck.
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