tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post115941714568506415..comments2024-03-24T03:54:38.471-07:00Comments on Velma's World: "Atlanta's Yarn Thief Gets Jail Time"velmalikevelvethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159560892206485092006-09-29T13:14:00.000-07:002006-09-29T13:14:00.000-07:00that's like either 3,000 skeins of lion brand, or ...that's like either 3,000 skeins of lion brand, or 300 skeins of tilli tomas... <BR/><BR/>seems like the latter would be easier to smuggle out under your smock...velmalikevelvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159550878820867742006-09-29T10:27:00.000-07:002006-09-29T10:27:00.000-07:00$13,000.00 worth of yarn? Are you kidding me? I ...$13,000.00 worth of yarn? Are you kidding me? I probably shouldn't be laughing.Karehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13886897728815606194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159543289516930882006-09-29T08:21:00.000-07:002006-09-29T08:21:00.000-07:00like natasha and the dandy warhols would say:"whe...like <A HREF="http://beingnatashafialkov.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">natasha</A> and the dandy warhols would say:<BR/><BR/>"when it's good, it's fun, when it's bad, it's funny."velmalikevelvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159542545174953802006-09-29T08:09:00.000-07:002006-09-29T08:09:00.000-07:00it IS funny. and SAD. just like life.it IS funny. and SAD. just like life.velmalikevelvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159538321381503942006-09-29T06:58:00.000-07:002006-09-29T06:58:00.000-07:00I think when this story broke there actually was a...I think when this story broke there actually was a picture of her stash- a garage full of garbage bags full of yarn. Obviously she has a problem- I don't know that jail is the solution. I wonder if she knits- or if she just steals yarn.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295477639257516117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159494735850058942006-09-28T18:52:00.000-07:002006-09-28T18:52:00.000-07:00It would be funny, except she (and a yarn accompli...It would be funny, except she (and a yarn accomplice) STOLE $13,000 worth of yarn!!! And, that's just from one of the stores she "frequented". This was one busy grandma!frenchmadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174379925218053381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159491838220297072006-09-28T18:03:00.000-07:002006-09-28T18:03:00.000-07:00mike, you so GET me!mike, you so GET me!velmalikevelvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159489322117039112006-09-28T17:22:00.000-07:002006-09-28T17:22:00.000-07:00Shoplifting yarn when you're 70? You shock me Velm...Shoplifting yarn when you're 70? You shock me Velma! I had you pegged different:<BR/><BR/>The type to <I>mug</I> your fellow elder & knit-crazed colleague for the yarn she just lifted from the store...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159460154699833812006-09-28T09:15:00.000-07:002006-09-28T09:15:00.000-07:00yes!! let's eat cake! when we are 70, sophie will ...yes!! let's eat cake! when we are 70, sophie will be 31 (ohmygawd) and will bring us our cake, with lovely cocktails on the side. she'll sit at our knees, and ask us about what it was like when she was 3, and we'll tell her stories about when a cake only cost $16 at ramones...<BR/><BR/>should i tell eileen??<BR/><BR/>i will be your neighbor if i can put an airstream on your property, and be the crazy knitting-spinning lady with no cats but lots of boys calling on her... what will cole think, i wonder? and where are steen and audi in all this??? who cares...<BR/><BR/>...LET 'EM EAT CAKE!velmalikevelvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882058790803620655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116691.post-1159459470263777162006-09-28T09:04:00.000-07:002006-09-28T09:04:00.000-07:00we need to get her to photograph her stash...befor...we need to get her to photograph her stash...<BR/>before she goes to the big house, that is<BR/><BR/>I wonder what she has hiding in the spare room......<BR/>I wonder<BR/><BR/>When I am 70 I hope to be the old woman down the street with the thundering heard of mini doxies<BR/><BR/>I want to have birthday parties for them in the front yard, with cake, and catch glimpses of my neighbors... peering over to see whats going on...shaking their heads...<BR/><BR/>I want to have 70 cats, all lurking about happily<BR/><BR/>You can be my neighbor, if you like<BR/><BR/>the kids and I will invite you over for cakeRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210536638852500487noreply@blogger.com