Passed by a Singer 401 A on the sidewalk...
 

...And I let it stay there!

I was terribly proud of myself. My tiny living space is already bursting at the seams with sewing machines, and I am already too distracted from my work by the urge to tinker on these lovely old stitchers. When I saw this old sewing machine out on the sidewalk, abandoned on moving day, of course I had to slow down and take a look. But, I carried on and left it there! For someone else! Not me! Yay!

This is a-major- advancement in the management of my newly-developed psychological condition called MachinusMustusRescuitus.

I was -so- proud of myself. Can't rescue 'em all, right?

Wasn't I strong? Wasn't I tough? Did I show amazing sensibility and restraint and generosity to my fellow beings who would then come along and find this beauty?

All of the above. Oh, and I was also on my bicycle. And laden with groceries. And twelve kilometres from home. And the machine was in a cabinet. And...

Maybe I don't get the accolades for self-control after all ;-)

-Cecilia

Congratulations on your restraint! Now where exactly did you leave it? LOL

I probably could have left the machine, but I would have been going through the cabinet drawers looking for attachments, screwdrivers, bobbins, a manual, etc. -- anything that I could have managed to stuff in the grocery sacks!

Brave one you are...lol! I am sort of getting that way too now if the machine seems to be way to much work and needed parts to buy I am passing on them.

Love the 401, I probably would have tried to get it even if I was walking.

Wow...You have more will power then I do.....I would have had to grab that baby....

Good for you I don't think the bike could have hauled another item. they are hard to pass up through ..

How hard was it to resist going back just to see if it was still there. :-)

Several years ago my son spotted a sewing machine in the pile of trash across the street from my house. I did rescue it. It was a 401G I learned so much from that machine... No we didn't have room for one covered in dog poop, dirt and garbage but we figured it out. As I was cleaning it I discovered what a cool well made machine I was looking at. No that machine doesn't look like much but I am so glad I rescued it. It now sews and doesn't occupy some land fill. Please post the location so someone can rescue that machine.