tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post625205602039018088..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "The Measure Of A Man"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-50715226461342312542014-10-16T13:48:09.159-07:002014-10-16T13:48:09.159-07:00I had forgotten all about Freedom Fries. A stupid ...I had forgotten all about Freedom Fries. A stupid idea about a misguided war from the idiots that want us to go back to the "good old days" when non-white, non-males knew their place.JEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-25342977345167532302014-10-16T07:12:12.716-07:002014-10-16T07:12:12.716-07:00The story is that as the Baby Boomers have gotten ...The story is that as the Baby Boomers have gotten older they have also gotten wider, and in order to flatter them manufacturers have been engaging in "size inflation". Women's clothing manufacturers have been doing this for years (Size 0, anyone?), but in the last ten years men's clothiers have begun doing it, too. I can tell you categorically, because I have both 5yo and 25yo pairs of jeans, that Levi's 501s are now approximately an inch bigger for the same waist size than they were in the 1980s. That is: a modern pair of 30/32s are roughly the same size as a vintage pair of 31/32s. Given that Levi's actually make jeans with waist sizes up to 60 (yes: see rmconnection.com if you do not believe me), this is clearly entirely *optional* on the part of the manufacturer. They just want to make people happy.<br /><br />There was actually a lawsuit about this some years ago, because the customer was in the habit of buying the old-style "rigid" untreated, unwashed Levis, the ones you put on and shrink while sitting in a full bathtub until they fit perfectly. There is no way to try this on effectively in the store, and with no warning of size inflation, he had bought the wrong size, and was TICKED.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-56743215919575288842014-10-16T06:01:28.211-07:002014-10-16T06:01:28.211-07:00Were those French named stores pronounced Tar-zhay...Were those French named stores pronounced Tar-zhay & Penn-ay? Insomnia can be so inspiring, at times, though this wasn't one of them. Alexander the Great may have taken a dip in many of those waters, but think of all the other "disciplinary" activities (as well as "biological") that also took place there and like me, you'll never go swimming, ever again. Even in your own over-treated pool.Zhen Zhou Pingnoreply@blogger.com