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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2408576, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks!&nbsp; I&#039;ve wanted to try my hand at making men&#039;s ties.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;ll give it a whirl.&nbsp; If I am able to make some that don&#039;t look like a high school HomeEc project, I&#039;ll let you know <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the Art Institute but didn&#039;t visit it during this trip.&nbsp; Next time!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow!!&nbsp; That&#039;s harsh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two years ago when I went to ANA WFOM, I rented a car and drove to the Art Institute.&nbsp; Traffic was harrowing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Parking was weird.&nbsp; I went online and through some parking service prepaid for a rather expensive spot but it was only two blocks from the museum.&nbsp; Finding the building wasn&#039;t too difficult.&nbsp; It was a small-- no, tiny-- garage in the basement of an office building.&nbsp; I entered by holding my phone to a reader (bar coded receipt).&nbsp; The garage was just a single level, one circuit around a little island.&nbsp; Every single spot was filled and there were some &quot;stack in&quot; spots, also filled.&nbsp; Whaaaaat?!&nbsp; <i>I had paid to ensure a reserved spot!</i>&nbsp; There weren&#039;t any attendants around.&nbsp; I circled and circled (a lap taking only a few seconds).&nbsp; After a few minutes some guy appeared.&nbsp; He had no official badge or tags that I could see but he said he was the attendant.</p><p><br /></p><p>By then I was very anxious and confused.&nbsp; I showed him my receipt.&nbsp; He said to just leave the car with him and he&#039;d park it.</p><p><br /></p><p>With great reluctance I did.&nbsp; I felt stupid, imaging the scene later as I reported my stolen rental car:&nbsp; &quot;Yes, officer.&nbsp; I willingly gave the keys to a complete stranger with no visible signs of authority.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, when I returned the car was in the garage.&nbsp; Now getting out of the garage... that was even worse.&nbsp; My bar code didn&#039;t work.&nbsp; By then everyone was leaving and there was a line of cars behind me waiting to leave.&nbsp; They were furious, honking, yelling, etc, but I couldn&#039;t get the gate to open.&nbsp; Eventually a different attendant arrived and manually opened the exit gate.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t rent a car for CICF <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I had enough CrackEmOut fabric left to make one size large men&#039;s t-shirt.&nbsp; Yesterday I downloaded a pattern and sewed it up.&nbsp; It turned out pretty good.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m waiting on more fabric.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497413[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]497415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hem detail (just like a store-bought t-shirt with stretchable double-row seam:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]497416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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