Late Night Sewing

Alice stayed up very late last night sewing on a Nomex flight suit. Can't say I like the smell of those things. Too many laboratory-made chemicals on them.
It seems the search flying group Alice flies with has lots of changes in its uniform regulations. A patch OK last year is no longer OK next year. What a pain in the fingers and pocketbook, too, says Alice.
I just do not see the point of this search flying so many of her colleagues are doing this week for a pilot missing from Nevada. Honestly! Just ask us dogs to ESP the situation. But no, the people can't speak "dog" yet, so what's the use in that?