it does depend which shop you go in as to what size you are, which is why there is a suggestion to change how clothes are sized so that this doesn't happen.

 

 

 

 

I just can' be bothered trying on. I just return them. I'm just as overweight whatever the label says so it saying a amaller size doesn't encourage me at all.

 

I'm off to deal with parents for a little while now - 'I'll be back' doesn't that remind you of D?

Sat outside with my family...but I had withdrawal symptoms as I never got on yesterday :(

Oooppps that should have been on the 'what should you be doing thread' :lol:

Ever since we arrived my mother has been asking to go home :banghead:

 

I really don't know why I bother...please remind me in future!

When she got older my mother hated being away from her own bed and that meant I'd be shattered having to drive out and back in one day to go any decent distance, to stimulate her by taking her somewhere new, or we had to go on daily coach trips starting off really early in the morning and that was tough for a night owl like me. She was a lark and wanted to chat aall the way and I'd be on automatic pilot.

If I remind you Pam, will you take any notice. My Mum chats non stop as well. She gets hurt when I don't respond which can be awkward when you're driving.

it does depend which shop you go in as to what size you are, which is why there is a suggestion to change how clothes are sized so that this doesn't happen.

 

Wouldn't that cause chaos? Wouldn't manufacturers have to re set machines, make new patterns etc. As usual small businesses wouldn't be able to make the necessary changes and go to the wall.

It'd be easy if they just had to change the size label but with everyone having different proportions to their garments, it'd be chaos.

They could bring in dual size labels, printed with the new global size and the old local one on the same ticket. It worked for decimalisation here and for the euro in Europe.

 

 

It's just these things were all in one shop and all different filts. I don't think a label would help unless they do standardise. On top of that , the top gament cut out in a pile is always a different size than the one on the bottom. That is, unless they've changed methods of manufacture.

I'm off to bed with a book. Parents are both asleep now.

Night night. Enjoy your reading.

 

 

Night Meg, what are you reading? I'm re-reading Half Blood Prince, it's so long since I read it.

Is there much of a difference between the adult versions of the books and the original children's ones?

I think the only difference is the cover

 

That's disappointing because any time I've tried to read the first Harry Potter, I got bored and gave up.

 

Maybe I should have another go with the one after the Goblet of Fire. It's the new film isn't it. There are adverts all over and the name has gone straight through.

 

Anyway, does it maybe get into the action a bit quicker because it's assumed the reader is familiar with the characters?

I enjoyed all the books. The later books are more mature as they seem to be written for children who are older. The most recent are aimed at mid teens and the last at late teens. The audience grows up with the books.

Thanks megham. If they're more mature maybe I'd get through one and then read the rest of the series. I'll seeif Asda has a cheap paperback next time I'm in. If I enjoy it, I'll buy a hardback of the next one. I prefer hardbacks except when I'm travelling or reading in bed.

Even in the garden and definately, in the bath, a paperback is sometimes easier. I found the first HP book had an innocense that carried me through it. The innocense is lost as he goes through his life.