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For the longest time I assumed the Midwest was a purely descriptive term based on location and not one that was defined... Finding out Ohio was in the Midwest blew my mind.

At least in the UK which has a lot of common signage with the rest of Europe you normally just have a red circle sign (generally prohibitive orders) with the picture of a disallowed vehicle in. Or a blank interior for 'no vehicles'. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/traffic-signs

April (I'm going hard mode trying not to think of -a and -e ending names)

Nina

My krypronite... I got a cheese advent calendar with a bunch of teeny tiny jars of pickle... I have yet to find a use for them but i'm certain they will be useful.

At christmas a supermarket here had fancy pate in little tiny kilner jars, after christmas they all got reduced to like, pennies, so i bought a ton of them. Currently using them to make little chia seed desserts.

I tend to avoid baking and im being quite hard on myself in regards to a diet atm so not really keen on eating carbs and sugar...

When I do bake its normally a victoria sponge, i've made a few and not messed them up too badly so far.

Yeah, i decided against those as when buying cheap its at least hard to make a bad lump of metal vs a more intricate tool. The manual setters are at least cheap but I was having a look at the bigger lever machines and they are more reasonably priced than I had assumed so may invest in one soon.

Thank you! These were all done with manual setters, the little anvils and rods and a hefty rawhide hammer. I'd love to invest in one of those big lever presses, I live in terror of mashing a rivet or snap and not being able to remove it.

Thats really kind of you to say. I'd actually love to have a brand and store of my own as a side hustle one day, my artist friend has already agreed to swap me a logo for a choker! I'm really enjoying it still, so many things to learn.

Thank you! I started early in March so just under 2 months now. I make a lot of my own patterns too, but this was somebody else's pattern, once I get an idea of how the construction works I then like to draft my own so I'll likely work on my own pattern for them soon.

I'm working my way up to bigger items as I accumulate more tools, hardware and skills. I'd love to make a bag but I've mostly been using offcuts up until now which have been ideal for making bracelets and accessories.

I've been continuing my leatherworking and I made some glasses cases! They are pretty quick to make so feel quite nice to maybe make as gifts.

Good to know that trans people losing rights in the UK isn't a 'real issue' close to his own life and that it doesn't have any knock on effect for cis and trans women's safety. Thanks for making sure we are all aware of that fact.