KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! [link]
Man, I can't believe he was 88.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Jan 14, 2009 11:47:05 am PST #1288 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2009 11:47:43 am PST #1289 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just remembered that my parents are coming up for the inauguration. Just not all the way up. Just to FL. They want to be in the US for the moment.
Tom Scola - Jan 14, 2009 11:50:24 am PST #1290 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Stupid bachelor question: Can someone explain thread count to me? I'm going to BB&B after work in about a half hour for sheets.
Dana - Jan 14, 2009 11:51:48 am PST #1291 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's a point at which it doesn't make sense to keep going higher for thread count, because they achieve the thread count by actually splitting threads. At least, that's what I've been told.
I think you should just fondle the sheet samples they have and get what feels best to you.
aurelia - Jan 14, 2009 11:52:00 am PST #1292 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I believe that the simple answer is more threads per inch means smoother and softer... and more expensive.
Hil R. - Jan 14, 2009 11:52:54 am PST #1293 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Can someone explain thread count to me? I'm going to BB&B after work in about a half hour for sheets.
Thread count is the number of threads per inch. In general, higher thread count = smoother sheets. But there are other things, like what kind of thread is being used, that also matter. So get the highest thread count within your price range, generally, but also feel the sheets and see which feels best to you.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:28 am PST #1294 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think you should just fondle the sheet samples they have and get what feels best to you.
Or, what feels reasonable. I think sheets get softer over time anyway.
meara - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:40 am PST #1295 of 30000
Supposedly anything more than about 400 is actually bullshit, Tom. I think you should avoid polyester. That's about all I know...
Ooh, and bamboo is cool, these days.
Sparky1 - Jan 14, 2009 11:55:23 am PST #1296 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Don't rely too much on thread count, because they can fudge the numbers (eg, you want the thread count to refer to single ply, because one of the ways things get fudged is with double ply, etc.). Quality of the cotton is going to actually matter more, and you'll know if you like the feel of it.
sumi - Jan 14, 2009 11:56:05 am PST #1297 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I have a regional dialect question. I just saw Nikki Giovanni speaking and she talked about having grown up in Cincinatti but she pronounces it Cincinattah (uh?) is that a generational thing