Husqvarna

It's around this time of year (ok, maybe long before this) that I start craving warmer weather. The snow's starting to melt around Toronto and I'm crossing my fingers that we've seen the last snowstorm.

GIVE ME SPRING ALREADY!!!! I've been browsing Beckett's Flickr pics and envying those in sunnier climes right now.

Meanwhile Jeff has launched the Canoe Lake Ice-Out Page for this year. I'm predicting Sun May 4th as the date when the ice goes out on the lake this year.

My friend Walter was looking at the photo I took of my new sewing machine, and he was curious about the "Huskystar" brand. Out of curiosity, he Googled it and discovered that the company is Husqvarna, which he says is best known for making items like:

Manly Tool Example 1:



Manly Tool Example 2:



NOT Manly Tool Example:



Also, he said that apparently Husqvarna has been making sewing machines since 1872, and that they originally started in 1689 as a weapons foundry, only getting into sewing machines when the rifle orders dried up.

From Walter: "So you can be proud to know that your precision sewing machine is made by a company with over 300 years of weapons/tools of destruction history."

Ah, it's good to have friends.

:-D



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