[lace-chat] Re: Boys Jeans Sizes!
On Nov 19, 2004, at 23:44, Joy Beeson wrote: Perhaps it would be better to ask for measurements of his trousers. *Definitely* the best idea... The fashion trends (at the waist, on the hips, half-way-down-the-butt) vary almost from locality to locality, and many teenagers want to stay "hip" - within their community. Even those who do not, tend to have pretty strong ideas about what they like (when my son was a teenager, he didn't care about the current fashion, but the waistband had to be "just so", as did the length of the inseam, as did the depth of the pockets - for goodness sake! - and the weight of the denim, and who knows what else...). Anything that didn't meet the requirements *precisely* got a "thanks, Mama", and was shoved to the back of the closet, with "it wasn't comfortable" offered as an explanation when I asked why I saw some of the pants in the laundry daily and some not at all. Since I did exactly the same thing as a teenager, I couldn't even blame him... :) --- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Boys Jeans Sizes!
At 01:40 PM 11/19/04 -0300, Ian & Chelle Long wrote: > Can anyone tell me what an Australian > "boys 14" is in American sizes please? American size numbers are completely random -- ask them to measure the boy, then measure the jeans before you buy them. Don't forget that clothes must be somewhat larger than the child, particularly if he intends to move or breathe while wearing them. Perhaps it would be better to ask for measurements of his trousers. -- Joy Beeson To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Foods in General
At 11:19 AM 11/18/04 +1100, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote: >I found that most of the foods in the United States were SO sweet - loaded >with sugar, - even Allbran, plain cornflakes, - and bread. - Try having a >vegemite sandwich on sweet bread Yuk! I grew up on it, and all that sugar in stuff that isn't supposed to be sweet turns my stomach. I had a long acrimony recently with a fellow who just couldn't believe I didn't like sugary chili! (Sugar is particularly nasty when combined with tomato.) Even toothpaste is sweetened, and I can't rinse the taste out of my mouth. I do a lot of my shopping at the health-food store. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's rainy with patches of fog and, at 60F, warm for so late in the fall. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] New Car
Having noted what everyone said, and sat in just about every smallish car on the market, I came back to the Ford Fusion. Finally test drove and ordered one today. DH agreed that it was the one that I got into and out of with the most ease and thought that I seemed most at ease driving that than anything else. So in about four weeks (had to give notice to the Building Society to withdraw the money) we should be collecting it. Just got to get the VW Polo running smoothly (if I can convince a mechanic that it isn't), then try to sell it. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Boys Jeans Sizes!
Gidday all, A strange question for you - here in Suriname we can buy very cheap good brand clothing that is imported from the US, including excellent quality denim jeans. I want to buy my 13 y.o. son clothes for Christmas, but as he lives in Australia and is growing at a huge rate of knots I need to make sure they fit when I take them over to him in January, because they won't be able to be exchanged. He tells me he is now a boys size 14 for trousers, but the sizes here are in numbers completely foreign to me. Can anyone tell me what an Australian "boys 14" is in American sizes please? TIA Michelle Long an Aussie living in Suriname feeling hungry after reading the talk about Cattern cakes Ian & Chelle Long +597 352505 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: ice-cream (lace-chat)
Helene wrote: It was beautiful, but I can get those metal containers anymore, they're all plastic now, and the inside stays where it is. Maybe I could try icecream cubes? No need for any magic containers, just pick up a chap plastic container that holds two litres from the grocery store, put the mixture in and forget about it. I did put it in my bunny face muffin tins once, that was an interesting challenge getting it out, I think if I put plastic wrap in first then the ice cream I might have more success. It takes more time to get the mixer out and then clean it than it takes to make this lovely rich stuff - yummy. Of course the big decision is always who gets to clean out the bowl, the DH or our enormous always looking for food old english sheepdog. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
