Let the wind blow high and the wind blow low

[venta]

At the weekend, I spent an entertaining while trundling round in the Next clearance store. It has a very jumble-sale atmosphere to it with clothes jammed any old how onto hangers and tables, but makes up for it by being really quite cheap. My star purchase was a pair of trousers for £3 - despite not being able to try them on, I succeeded in finding a pair that fits. The major disadvantage seems to be some very ill-designed pockets which, when I sit down, spit their contents all over the floor. Apart from that, I like them. However, they seem to be attracting criticism everywhere I go.


[Poll #417038]

It's ages since I've worn cords, and I'd completely forgotten about the "whhht, whhht" noise they make as you walk along. For some reason it reminds me of walking to the allotment with my parents when I was small - I guess I must have had a pair of knackered old cords for gardening in at the time, or something.

Incidentally, has anyone else been having a lot of problems recently with getting a "zero-sized reply" error message when posting a comment ? This is if posting via the web rather than your mail client; I think I've only seen it since I started using Firefox.

I was considering that it might be something to do with cookies - Firefox seems to go barking mad when it has a lot of cookies to deal with (and indeed seems to stop handling them at all when it gets up to 300). Has anyone got any advice on this issue anyway, regardless of whether it's relevant ? Yes, I'm trying to limit who can set cookies, but it still seems like a bit of a design flaw in Firefox to me.

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[beckyc.livejournal.com]

The trousers sound OK to me, and something I'd wear myself. And for 3 quid - well, if you decide you hate them then they can be outdoorsy trousers or painting trousers or something!

I got myself a satchel in the Next clearance store in Cheshire Oaks over Christmas. That has a design flaw as well. It has a loop through-and-back metal bits closer that isn't quite a buckle because there's no restraining spike to hold it in place. That would be OK in and of itself, apart from the fact that the not-quite-buckle and associated bit of cloth are attatched by poppers to the bag. So if you've got it unpoppered, you can end up losing the buckle bit because it slides open.

And a big boo hiss to Next for having trousers for giants. I found one pair that fitted me if I'm merely wearing heels (as apposed to wearing stilts) when I went to their main store in the Trafford centre, and they were in the petite section. And yet their nice black trousers were otherwise me-shaped and me-sized.

[venta.livejournal.com]

If you're not going to make trousers in a range of lengths, then making them long is better than making them short - if you'd really liked the trousers Next were selling, you could have bought them and shortened them/had the shortened.

Mango takes this to extremes, mind - I don't believe anyone is tall enough for their trousers.

[frax.livejournal.com]

Since I happily own maroon, pink, white and turquiose stripey cords I entirely approve of your choice.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

It has a very jumble-sale atmosphere to it with clothes jammed any old how onto hangers and tables, but makes up for it by being really quite cheap.

What, a bit like a jumble sale?

Has anyone got any advice on this issue anyway

There are very few sites that really need a permanent cookie, so in "tools -> options -> privacy -> cookies", set the "keep cookies" setting to "until I close Firefox". All your cookies will be deleted every time you shut the browser down, except for any exceptions. My exceptions list at work currently allows "bugs", "tasks" (these are work things), wikipedia and LJ to save cookies beyond the session. And nothing else.

it still seems like a bit of a design flaw in Firefox to me.

The kind of design flaw that the Firefox bugzilla would like to know about, I'd say. Maybe it already does, I can't be bothered to check.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I haven't specifically checked Firefox's bugzilla, but the web in general certainly knows about that - that's how I knew to write "300" up there rather than "a lot" :)

[diffrentcolours]

Not had the zero-sized reply error, m'afraid.

I've not had any trouble with Firefox and cookies, but then I only let three or four sites actually set them. And I think LiveJournal is the only one which gets to set them permanently, instead of until the browser is closed.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I clicked "sounds OK", but my real answer is: "Yay ! Coooool !"

As far as the "zero sized" thing goes - I use Firefox, but I only ever see this at work. I reckon it's work's weird and complex proxy setup that's responsible.

[eostar.livejournal.com]

3 quid for trousers that fit can't be bad :) Although I have to confess that personally the combination of corduroy and camouflage doesn't grab me. One or the other. And then probably camouflage :D

[wimble.livejournal.com]

"whhht, whhht"

And when they stop making that noise, the cord has worn off, and they're about to develop holes. So you're warned before you embarass yourself in public!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Well, I hadn't thought of it quite like that, but yes! Like those toothbrushes which change colour when they're wearing out.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

toothbrushes which change colour

I think you're using secutatrix's toothbrush.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Well, it's only fair. She's wearing my coat.

(I have a nasty feeling that this leather trenchcoat confusion is going to be on-going.)

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Sew your names into the back?

[wimble.livejournal.com]

More accurately, before your trousers embarass you in public.

I doubt there's anything we can really do to stop you embarassing yourself...

[venta.livejournal.com]

D'oh :(

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Or a doodlebug!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Exploding trousers.
Is that, conceptually, a Good Thing or a Bad Thing ?

Potentially fatal, sure, but everyone knows exploding things are cool.

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Well, if you will insist on buying those military seconds...

[venta.livejournal.com]

It's so annoying. Military seconds are defined to be 1/86400th of a day. And since the recent earthquake, they're not compliant any more (http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050112_earth_shape.html) :(

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Corduroy is the best stuff in the world, and I have it in my LJ interests list accordingly. Really, you can't go wrong.

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

Any corduroy, or just black corduroy?

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Oops, I read that wrong. I thought I was selecting 'Camouflage corduroy? Yaaaaaay!' which would be my true reaction. Sounds exactly the sort of thing I'd wear.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

"zero-sized reply"

Using Mozilla 1.6 I sometimes get "the document contained no data" when LJ is busy. This usually means that I have posted or commented successfully, though.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I see that occasionally as well; this is a different error (and invariably means the form has not been submitted successfully).

[dmh.livejournal.com]

A tip for the "whhht, whhht" sound: try imagining you're a cowboy who's spent the last week in the sadle. The "whhht" sound should go away, just like that!

[venta.livejournal.com]

... at the relatively small expense of looking like a complete fool :)

[dmh.livejournal.com]

But I bet no-one dares challenge you on it. Especially if you go out and get a poncho, too.

[erming.livejournal.com]

hmmm, low waisted tends to mean people will also be validating your pants as well as your trousers.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Nah, you haven't seen the length of my jumpers!

[erming.livejournal.com]

glad to hear it.

Visible undies are both distracting and tacky.