Amazing!
I never need that stuff until a few days after I finally throw it out.
Must be Murphy's Law or something, it's happened so many times.
Please tell me I'm not the only one!
I never need that stuff until a few days after I finally throw it out.
Must be Murphy's Law or something, it's happened so many times.
Please tell me I'm not the only one!
I always find stuff right after I give up looking and buy a new one. Latest example is my hacksaw, which I bought in college. I couldn't find it for weeks and gave up and bought a new one. I found the old one the next day, after using the new one (of course).
And that brings me to a rant. It seems like the designers of some products for the American market don't know just how big Americans are. I can only fit three fingers in the handle of my new cheap hacksaw. I also bought a cheap "muscle shirt" to wear while working on stuff (size 2XL because I know cheap stuff always runs small) and it fits everywhere but the neck. It absolutely chokes me. This is even after I lost two of my three chins after losing 70 lbs. Now how hard is it to figure out that a big guy doesn't have a 15 inch neck? It's absolutely preposterous. I guess I'd be a giant in China or Viet Nam.
And that brings me to a rant. It seems like the designers of some products for the American market don't know just how big Americans are. I can only fit three fingers in the handle of my new cheap hacksaw. I also bought a cheap "muscle shirt" to wear while working on stuff (size 2XL because I know cheap stuff always runs small) and it fits everywhere but the neck. It absolutely chokes me. This is even after I lost two of my three chins after losing 70 lbs. Now how hard is it to figure out that a big guy doesn't have a 15 inch neck? It's absolutely preposterous. I guess I'd be a giant in China or Viet Nam.
Even a small guy... a standard shirt for me has a 14.5" collar. Um... no.... 17" is minimum. 17.5" is a must for anything I'm going to wear a tie with, and 18" is desired for tees. Sure, many 3rd graders are taller than me, but I can't walk around being choked. I wouldn't consider myself 'fat' either. I still only have the one chin. 🙂
You would. Heck, I felt tall there... and I most assuredly am not.
I'm not tall. I'm 5'7" (was 5'8" before spinal stenosis). I have huge bones; big hands, big feet, big chest. I have a problem with shirts fitting me in the shoulder and wrist. Dress shirts 18" neck mandatory. Before I lost weight I couldn't even fit a dress shirt! I was thinking of wearing a mu-mu.
While I don't exactly have a built in stool as some men do, it is nice to have a Vietnamese wife. It means the top shelf of any closet or cupboard is exclusively mine. She's actually a giant among her kin folk at almost 5'5" but I can still hide my guy stuff above where she can see it.
So I'm at this party see, and this inebriated guy comes up to me and says:
I hear you're the king of music trivia.
I says, well I'm not bad, why, wanna try me?
Sure do, you know the Beatles?
Ya, not too bad, watcha got?
Well he lists off a few rather easy ones and then gets this evil look in his eye. I'm thinkin' uh-oh, he's got a doozy for me.
Can you name a Beatles song with the word 'enema' in it?
I looks at him and I says sure do.
Revolver album, side two.
Got To Get You Enema Life.
I hear you're the king of music trivia.
I says, well I'm not bad, why, wanna try me?
Sure do, you know the Beatles?
Ya, not too bad, watcha got?
Well he lists off a few rather easy ones and then gets this evil look in his eye. I'm thinkin' uh-oh, he's got a doozy for me.
Can you name a Beatles song with the word 'enema' in it?
I looks at him and I says sure do.
Revolver album, side two.
Got To Get You Enema Life.
Yes Mr. B. Tremendous difference. According to my calculations, which I had to do on the Abacus, as the power is out right now, I should have died in 1961.
Think about it. If this were true, you wouldn't have been able to babysit me all those years.
No baseball
No grown up talks
No campfires with s'mores
No teaching me about girls
Holy crap man, I am so glad this isn't true...
...now I'm kinda getting a little thirsty.
Back in a while.
Think about it. If this were true, you wouldn't have been able to babysit me all those years.
No baseball
No grown up talks
No campfires with s'mores
No teaching me about girls
Holy crap man, I am so glad this isn't true...
...now I'm kinda getting a little thirsty.
Back in a while.