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Katydidit

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Personally, I hate women's fashion. Give me a man's pair of jeans with 4 pockets and a tee shirt and I'm a happy camper.

Women's jeans are:

Too tight. I need room to move, bend over, squat, etc. without wondering if they are going to split...and they have many times.

Pocketless or too small. I need pockets that will hold my wallet (right back pocket), cigarettes and lighter (right front pocket) and pocket knife (left front pocket). My left rear pocket is for miscellaneous stuff. I figure, if I can't get it in 4 pockets, then I don't need it.

Not very sturdy. I'm a rough and ready type of woman. I don't mind getting down and dirty and grubble in the mud. Women's jeans just don't fit the bill for me.

Don't fit my body style. I'm long waisted. My waist is down on my hips, not halfway up my torso.

The main problem I have with men's jeans is leg length. I have a 28 inseam, which is impossible to find in the stores. I either have to buy them online or buy a pair from a store and cut them off to suit my length. I'm not a seamstress, so no hemming. If they start to unravel, I just cut off the loose strings.

Women's tee shirts are:

Cut too low, wide neck, short sleeves that are too short and sometimes too tailored. Give me a man's pocket tee shirt any day.

When I get "dressed up" I wear (guess)...usually colored or indigo jeans with a coordinated color tee shirt, occasionally, button down or snaps with a color coordinated tee shirt underneath.

I've dressed like this since my mid 20s and now I'm an old fart and dress the same. No, I'm not trying to present a male personification. I just think men's clothes are more practical.

21-Mar-2021 02:12:58

Rooh
Jan
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I'd like to grumble about online shopping.

I have very mixed feelings about it though... the convenience factor is fantastic, who'd have thought a few decades ago we'd be able to click a button and have stuff arrive at our homes a day later?

But... it can be a frustrating experience too, particularly if there's something wrong with the item you bought.

I had something delivered on Thursday that arrived damaged.
For the last two days I've been emailing them trying to get it resolved.
The main problem is you never deal with the same person twice in most cases.

They asked me to send photos of the damage, which I did.
Then I got another email from a different person asking me to send photos.
I got frustrated and decided to try to use their webchat service.... which of course wasn't working on a Saturday.

Another email arrived offering me a partial refund (where I'd keep the item), a full refund, or a replacement. I chose option three and mailed them back.

Another email arrived asking for... you can probably guess :P
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21-Mar-2021 12:13:28 - Last edited on 22-Mar-2021 12:08:36 by Rooh

FiFi LaFeles

FiFi LaFeles

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Rooh said :


.....who'd have thought a few decades ago we'd be able to click a button and have stuff arrive at our hoes a day later?



:D :D :D

Oh My Word !!!


OK, best ever epic typo fail, probs will be deleted but I just HAD to do it.
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21-Mar-2021 13:51:09

FiFi LaFeles

FiFi LaFeles

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That aside, I'd definitely put online shopping on my list of Annoying Things.

I dislike it generally because I am very old fashioned and like to pick up, examine, try on and generally satisfy myself that an item is as it should be. Can't do that with online.

But then you get the failure of delivery or suddenly another 4 weeks is slapped on the ETA, or it's a Rooh situation of hair-ripping incompetence, or the item arrives but bears very little resemblance to that which was advertised .... or it's just cheap nastiness which was photographed to look great.

Can't wait until the shops re-open and I can buy stuff again.
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21-Mar-2021 13:56:02

Tuffty
Jan
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2003

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I had an issue yesterday with a driver of a minivan while I was on my motorbike.

I came to a round about from a 2 lane bypass and was in the right lane which was the right lane for me to carry on. Minivan came around the roundabout in the right lane too and I set off after he passed me. I kept in the right lane and he didn't and crossed over to the left lane just as he cleared the roundabout. I pipped and got side by side and he gave me the finger.

I pointed out he did the round about wrong and should have stayed in the right lane till it was clear the left was open for him to move into. He was lucky I know what I was doing.

A lot of drivers these days still have no idea in the UK how to use a round about. They just take so many chances and risk lives.

So in a nutshell if you are 1 of these muppets who can't use a round about then find out how too as it will save lives and keep your insurance low.

It was a good job I was in a good mood or I might have rearanged his drivers side wing mirror lol.
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21-Mar-2021 14:43:43

Megycal
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*high fives Fifi* A woman after my own heart :D I've often seen what looks like a nice item of clothing from a distance only to discover the fabric is horrible or the cut it dreadful once I've been able to examine it up close. You can't beat actually touching an item and trying it on.

My husband once ordered a cable and another item for his computer. A large box arrived and instead of computer stuff it contained a de-humidifier. O_o

21-Mar-2021 18:43:03

Katydidit

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I can't go shopping like I used to a few years ago. I have problems with my legs and can't stand very long, even with a cane, so I have to use a mobile scooter. The most annoying thing I come across is that the space between the racks aren't wide enough for a scooter. I have to park my scooter in the main aisle and use my cane to get around to look. If I'm lucky, I may get through one rack before my legs begin to give 'way.

If I find something I want to try on, well, forget it. The dressing room is usually waaaay over there and I can't get to it with my scooter, anyway.

I do a lot of online shopping. Sometimes, if I'm having a few bad days, I'll order a few groceries online, mostly can goods. One time, I ordered several cans of soup. One of the cans with a pop top lid sprung a leak. The pop top popped. There was soup all over the inside of the box. I filed a complaint, but there were too many hoops I had to jump through to get a refund or replacement. It just wasn't worth the $1.25 I spent for the soup.

22-Mar-2021 08:18:11

FiFi LaFeles

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^

Aye, Returns/Complaints Procedures definitely annoying.

I have a Disabled friend who always sends me a floral arrangement on my birthday (not via Interflora, who are shite) because of course she can't get to my house - I always visit her.

One year a big box arrived battered, stained, torn and wet and I peered in through one of the big holes as the delivery person handed it to me and refused to sign for it because the state of the packaging and I could clearly see the contents were mashed to hell.

So he took it away (very grumpily) and I let my friend know. A few days later it turned up again in a nice tidy box. I signed for it thinking the provider had sent a replacement ..... nope. They'd put a smashed to bits pot and mangled Orchid arrangement into a new box, is all.

Bastards.
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22-Mar-2021 09:19:10

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