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Follows without interaction will be blocked. I like sheep crafts, languages, history and star wars.

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@tarisgal42 @NickyZog @SteelCat Yuuup. But they wouldnt be told and now here we are.

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@thecindynoir He may have other qualities she values more. Maybe shes awful in her own ways and he puts up with and makes up for that so they work well together. Or maybe she's never seen an example of a relationship where the man isnt basically a child who will never grow up...

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@Mithradates23 @lingerie_addict @maysoonkhan If youve not seen these responses already...
https://t.co/mqZENueD8V

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There's a very important counterpoint to this, and that is that most if not all of that labour would be *unpaid*. There definitely were professional spinners and weavers in the Iron Age, but they would make speciality fabrics. Basic fabrics would be made at home, by *everyone*.

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@misdivided @lingerie_addict Right now I'm not even in the same country as the loom-in-potentia, it's something I'll be doing after I finally manage to emigrate.

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@misdivided @lingerie_addict I literally just have some bits of tree lurking in the garage that we cut down last week...

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@Mithradates23 @lingerie_addict @maysoonkhan The spinners on the reproduction got paid. And when I first saw this a while ago, I looked at the times given and the value stated and worked out they were paying people the equivalent of £40/hr to spin.

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@clayohr @lingerie_addict Remember everyone would have been doing it from when they were small children, and doing it all the time their hands weren't occupied. Its surprising how much i get spun at a reenactment event - I've spun enough that I can spin wool sewing thread it while walking.

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@lingerie_addict @maysoonkhan Even so still iffy. When I first saw this, I worked out that I get paid considerably less than they paid their spinners for my IT work. And spin much faster, unless they were including combing time (It didnt say that I could see)

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@Villtin Personally I think what it more highlights is that domestic labour is not valued (see prices of last pro shetland shawl knitter and time taken) and never really has been. Even the high-end tapestries and embroidery in fancy materials rich women did isnt seen as 'art' just 'craft'

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@UrsulaV It wouldnt have taken people then that long to spin or weave, spinning was mostly done while doing other things because it was portable, and they paid their spinners like £40/hr which is nuts, even if it wouldnt have been unpaid domestic work at the time.

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@Villtin I mean, I'm not denying that it would have taken a bloody long time (though not as long as it would take hobbyists) but the cash equivalent is twaddle.

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@Villtin I think I worked out from one article I saw they seemed to be paying the spinners about £40/hr, which is daft even if not for unpaid domestic work.

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@Villtin To be fair you havent had that much practice...

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@_kafeicreme @dootledood Rules are important... if they make sense. Any that dont will be ignored unless there are severe penalties for that.

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Oi @Villtin i know you dont always get IM notifications, maybe this you will. Go look at messages pls.

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Flying someone other than @Ryanair next time as I can't get out of work early and need to be there earlier than the flight the next day.
Very strange. And expensive. Most peeving.

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@cynicalcylon I think it was on before ET when I saw it.