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I got a tear in my dress shirt sleeve today, and I'm wonder if it's something that a tailor could repair. [more inside]
posted by Bulgaroktonos on Feb 21, 2013 - 7 answers

I keep getting a small, shallow tear at the top of my butt. How can I prevent it from reoccurring? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 9, 2013 - 24 answers

Small tears in the linings of wool coats and dress-pants. How can I go about mending these in a functional (but not necessarily pretty) fashion? [more inside]
posted by Bardolph on Aug 23, 2011 - 4 answers

Yesterday I was playing softball and after my first hit I was sprinting hard to beat out the throw to first when it felt like a knife went in the front of my upper thigh. What did I do to myself? [more inside]
posted by rocket88 on Jun 13, 2011 - 13 answers

When I read Cory Doctorow's "I, Row-Boat", a character (Olivaw) says that human beings "have to be born half-gestated because its head would be so big if it waited for a full term, it would tear its mother in half." I had not heard of this viewpoint before, and am wondering where Doctorow heard of this idea. I tried sending him an e-mail, but received no response.
posted by WCityMike on May 1, 2011 - 10 answers

Help me find a thorough sports doctor for my elite athletic hopes. I am a 28 year old male. I currently have a partially torn Hamstring, adhesions and scar tissue in my hamstrings (and buttocks). I also have a leg length discrepancy, my right leg is 1.4 CM shorter than my left leg ( .7cm in femur, .7cm in the tibia, confirmed by scanogram). I think the leg length discrepancy is slowing me down while running, and causing other injuries. [more inside]
posted by crawltopslow on Mar 28, 2011 - 7 answers

My pants keep ripping at the knee. Looking for prevention and repair ideas! [more inside]
posted by xo on Feb 5, 2011 - 7 answers

Our new couch has a tear along the seam of the seat. How can we fix this ourselves? [more inside]
posted by tip120 on Nov 11, 2010 - 5 answers

I've got a small (2-3 inch) tear in the cloth of the driver's seat of my car. Is there a "best practices" way to make sure this doesn't expand and require me to have the whole seat reupholstered? [more inside]
posted by Ufez Jones on Jun 25, 2010 - 12 answers

With Firefox 3 you could drag a tab from one FF window to the another with the tab bar closed. Is there any way to get 3.5 to do that? [more inside]
posted by aerotive on Oct 29, 2009 - 2 answers

Am I expecting too much from a pair of Puma sneakers? [more inside]
posted by blueberry on Oct 12, 2009 - 12 answers

So it appears I have a tear in my buttocks. Most likely NSFW details inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 24, 2009 - 14 answers

Retinal tears and detachments 101. Please tell me everything you know or have experienced from symptoms to treatment and aftercare. [more inside]
posted by loquacious on May 28, 2009 - 14 answers

Has anybody got any idea/strategies/proven methods to stop my orthotics tearing up the inside of my new shoes? [more inside]
posted by cholly on Jun 2, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm having problems being unable to cry and produce tears, and it's really getting annoying. Help me turn on the water. [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol on Apr 27, 2008 - 9 answers