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I didn't really want to comment on this thread because I'm so angry I thought I would just completely lose and and lash out but, I want to say to Midnight, I feel your pain. My family is a literal melting pot. My mother is a born-again Christian who was raised Catholic and married a Jew (my grandfather was in Auschwitz and lost his entire family). My Aunt on my fathers side is a green card holder. My Aunt on my mother's side is married to a Muslim man from Lebanon and his son, my cousin, is supposed to be getting married in Lebanon to a woman who lives in Lebanon later this year. I fear for all of them, every day. 
This person and his administration didn't even manage to go a week before he had
1) his staff just blatantly lie to the public
2) his people now calling those lies "alternative facts"
3) supported the Dakota Pipeline...because it's "good policy" not because he's invested in it
4) put a gag order on EPA and other agencies
4) the ban. the ban. the ban.
I don't know what to say about this. I know a lot of people are now regretting their choice (there's a twitter account devoted to retweeting peoples posted regrets) but how did they not see this coming? If someone came up to you and said "as soon as I get a weapon in my hand, I'm going to hurt you" and you went ahead and gave them a weapon, you can hardly be surprised when they hurt you. When someone shows you who they are, believe them. 
I marched in DC and I will continue to take whatever actions I can to stand up for myself, my family, my friends and even for those who, were the situation reversed, would not stand up for me. 
I love all you in the TDN community regardless of your political leanings. Sorry for the rant.

I can't do it anymore, I have to break my no politics rule for just a moment. Trump is president now, and I'm scared, appalled, and quite frankly on the verge of having a breakdown. Not that politics is the SOLE reason for that, but it's not helping. Like, at all. So I just wanted to get that all out here. I'm terrified and I don't know if everything is going to be ok.
 
It's fine if you don't agree with me or support Trump or whatever, but if we're going to get into a debate here, let's keep it civil, ok?

Looks like the site is going to be down for awhile.

Maybe it's scheduled maintenance. 

 

 

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.neopets.com/

 

 
It's not just you! http://www.neopets.com looks down from here.
 
 
Short URL at  isup.me
 
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Update: 3:16 AM Neopets Time
It's still down unfortunately.

 

It's not just you! http://www.neopets.com looks down from here.

 

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.neopets.com/

How do you guys manage to get anything at all from any of these?! What`s the trick, because I have only managed to grab about 4 items since Feb of last year!

Hey, it's back for me now! A little laggy but now the page is actually loading and I am not longer receiving the server error message from my browser. Guess it's just spotty today.  

Wow, what a difference!   Yesterday it had seemed a little slow.  Now after today's lag has finally disappeared, pages are loading much faster!  :happydance:
   :D

The lag was so bad I thought that the site was down, so I checked here: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.neopets.com/
 
It's not just you! http://www.neopets.com looks down from here.
 
Neopets isn't down but the lag is so bad with pages and games taking very long to load, that it appears to be down to the http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com site.

Decchild, right now I don't have any links to any yt sewing videos. I took home ec in 8th grade, but what helped me most was starting out with the easiest pattern and reading it thoroughly. I always have struggled when listening to oral instructions so for me, reading the instructions in the pattern, plus my referring to a Better Homes & Garden Sewing book helped immensely.
 
My first "project" was a very simple "A-line" skirt pattern and I used 100% plain cotton fabric, with no design on the fabric, just a medium-dark shade of blue which after wearing and washing the skirt a few times, faded nicely. :) The reason for plain colors is you don't have to worry about matching lines or patterns in the design when sewing seams and until you have completed several sewing projects, you'll want it to be as easy and uncomplicated as possible. Plain colors go with other colors in your wardrobe so there's that too.
 
Cotton also showed the least number of mistakes from my having to rip out & re-do some seams. On my first project, I was told that "everyone makes mistakes, it's how you learn" but that didn't make me feel better when making many mistakes back then. :D Still my first project was something I wore a lot for a long time. For whatever reason, clothes you make yourself last longer and seem to hold up better than store bought clothes.
 
Better Homes and Garden's Sewing Book is found in most public libraries. I liked their book the best. There might also be some How to Sew books from major pattern manufacturing companies in the libraries. In my opinion, it's best to begin with the very simplest and least expensive patterns. If you enjoy sewing, you'll get around to the more expensive designer patterns soon enough. Until then you'll do fine sticking with the least expensive and simplest patterns which, again in my opinion, more often resulted in the nicest looking clothes which didn't look home-made.
 
Disclosure: I worked in a fabric store for a few years, loved the fabrics and was easily distracted by the most expensive fabrics and patterns. However the nicest looking clothes I made always seemed to be when I used basic patterns and good moderately priced fabric.
 
One more thing, if you phone around, you might find local sewing machine or fabric stores which offer in-store lessons. For the longest time they gave free lessons to people who purchased a sewing machine and everyone else could take 3 free lessons and pay a small fee for everything after that. It never hurts to ask.
 
My concern with watching instructions on YT is that if the instructor is a private party, there's no way to know if they really know what they're talking about or if they have ever taught beginners how to sew. If it's a sponsored video, there's something about the advertising within a lesson which wouldn't seem right to me, and possibly they'd give misleading information. From years and years of my buying patterns, fabric and sewing equipment, I finally learned that advertising and misleading info is common while the costs and waste of time wild goose chases seeking out the best pattern, the best fabric and the best sewing machine, will always be carried by the customer.
 
It might just be easiest to go to the library and look in the How to Sew section for a book, THEN ask the librarian if they have a video. Don't waste too much time on looking for the right book or video because sewing is most fun when you jump in and begin.
 
Sorry this became book length. I edited out a lot but this is still too long. :) I need to practice what I preach and start sewing again.
 
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Charity, that's so cool! I've been wanting to learn to sew forever, since I'm short and need all my clothing tailored. (And I have a sewing machine at home). Do you have any recs on DIY/starting out such as yt vids or books?
 
 
I just checked Twitter... and I could hear the crickets chirping.
 
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I just signed on. It seems to be less laggy and my lookup code is back.
:)

Tracy, my sympathies to you over the loss of your dear dog. The real sadness and stress over your dog's illness, surgery, death and concerns afterwards would be difficult for anyone. Please be sure to take time for yourself to grieve and heal. Thoughts and prayers for you.

Neopets will be taken offline once again tonight started at 8:30 NST until sometime tomorrow (January 26th). The downtime comes after increased lag (and glitches) over the weekend.
 
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Update 4:31 AM NST: The site is now back online.

i hope they extend the NC Mall discount because i couldnt buy anything

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From my end, it looks like it isn't so much down as experiencing ridiculously heavy lag. I am getting through with some difficulty, but about half my pages lag out and the other half has a loading time upwards of a minute.

The entire site is being laggy. It's taking several minutes for a page to load. It was fine early this morning so hopefully the lag eases up. 5 minutes for a page load is painful to watch.

Can't get to the site at all right now. It comes up as a "this page cannot be displayed" screen. And I was right in the middle of updating my art page, ah well :p I'll give it an hour or so

Yeah, I'm having problems loading Sakhmet Solitaire. Not sure if it's laggy on all games and the sight though. I like to have it up in the background at work and take little mini breaks throughout the day.

Can't get Neo to load at all today. Nothing happens when I go there.

This time I am going to battle for my "home team" the Brute Squad.







Good luck to everyone no matter which faction you choose!



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This time I am going to battle for my "home team" the Brute Squad.







Good luck to everyone no matter which faction you choose!



:)

Neopets is back up for me!!! Is it back for anyone else?