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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.

Date: 2005-01-12 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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!

Date: 2005-01-12 12:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2005-01-12 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] onebyone.livejournal.com
toothbrushes which change colour

I think you're using secutatrix's toothbrush.

Date: 2005-01-12 12:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.)

Date: 2005-01-12 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wimble.livejournal.com
Sew your names into the back?

Date: 2005-01-12 12:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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...

Date: 2005-01-12 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
D'oh :(

Date: 2005-01-12 01:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

Date: 2005-01-12 01:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phlebas.livejournal.com
Well, if you will insist on buying those military seconds...

Date: 2005-01-12 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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) :(

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