Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Burrell - Nov 18, 2012 2:32:01 pm PST #1383 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Hey Kat, Franny just did another closet culling and we have another bag of lovely dresses. Mostly size 6, but there are some 4s and 5s in there as well. And I have some bags of cute trousers, boy sweaters, and I'm sure some cute dresses in 4-5 from an earlier culling. Are you interested?

My boy now outweighs his sister by almost 10 pounds, and they look the same height, but she's somehow longer than he is, so she's wearing size 8 & 10 while he's still in boys' 6s and 7s. Also when do boys' sizes start going up by 2s?


flea - Nov 18, 2012 2:42:43 pm PST #1384 of 30001
information libertarian

Boys goes 6, 6x, 7, 8, 10, just like girls. I just bought Casper 12 slim jeans, which are still too big in the waist, but she needs the length. She is the queen of high waters, just like I was. Sigh. (She doesn't care - yet.)


DavidS - Nov 18, 2012 2:54:52 pm PST #1385 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

In the last few months Emmett's morphed so that his pants are longer than his waist size. He's gotten so much leaner than he ever was before as he got into shape, that his 32W x 34L jeans are sagging off his ass. He really needs 30W X 34L right now.

And I think he's heading into another growth spurt because (a) his acne is acting up; (2) he's teenboy stinky; and (3) he's eating ALL THE FOOD.

Things I fed Emmett between 8:30 and Noon today: three scrambled eggs and two pieces of buttered toast; thick slice of cherry chocolate bread with butter; hot chocolate with a dollop of ice cream in it; a large smoothie; a quesadilla. Then he got himself a strawberry milkshake when we went out.


Burrell - Nov 18, 2012 2:59:20 pm PST #1386 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I figured Casper must be in 12s by now since Franny is in 10s. Crazy. And yeah, skinny kids seems happy to wear high waters. I think they are happy that the waist finally fits.


Tom Scola - Nov 18, 2012 3:01:22 pm PST #1387 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Be careful, David. Pretty soon, Emmett isn't going to fit in your apartment any more.


Stephanie - Nov 18, 2012 3:12:55 pm PST #1388 of 30001
Trust my rage

Ellie totally skipped size 6/6X. I suppose she went through it over the summer but she's now a 7 whose pants always have to be checked to make sure they don't fall off.

I will happily reimburse anyone who wants to do a TJs run for me!


-t - Nov 18, 2012 3:31:58 pm PST #1389 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Send me a list, Stephanie! More motivation to get to the store would be good for me.


DavidS - Nov 18, 2012 3:32:18 pm PST #1390 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Be careful, David. Pretty soon, Emmett isn't going to fit in your apartment any more.

He already doesn't! He sprawls on the couch and takes up the entire living room. In a household of four he manages to take up well more than half the living space. Even with his own room.


§ ita § - Nov 18, 2012 3:39:36 pm PST #1391 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita, can you try a lucky store?

I will have to, because I think it will take subject matter expertise to find the proper current equivalent for what we bought before. I mean, I have worked out what the style title was (Easy Rider something), but I can't work out which of the three current Easy Rider options it's closest to. Or if this Sofia with the intriguing higher back rise development.

Oh, the possibilities that await me.

I missed the mark on spicing these muffins, but the texture was really successful. Good discussion.

Now, what is dinner?


le nubian - Nov 18, 2012 3:45:58 pm PST #1392 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Check out the man-made bridge crabs use for their migration.

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