The Bells Have Made Me Deaf

I blog you blog we blog they blog he blogs she blogs sitting by the sea blogs. The world and it’s granny blogs. All ferociously filling the internet with information it doesn’t need every day. I’ve been asking myself ‘what is the point?’ but as yet I haven’t answered myself so I can’t tell you what I said. I’ve become hooked on the pointlessness of it all just like all the other people out there who type their nonsense in the hope that it’ll develop into something worth while if only entertaining. I’m waiting for that lightbulb to come on, that unique idea that will make a blog of blogs, yes, a blog worth blogging in. Meantime, this is it.

I had a friend request on myspace yesterday from a local chap with a blog on blogspot. It was his list of links that led me to read a few other blogs and finally end up somewhere in the tool section at B&Q. The internet rabbit chase…. one click, and one more. Tangents, tangents chasing rabbits. It’s Alice in Wonderland. There is a centre of the universe (Ballywalter) and there is also a centre to the internet. The hub, the place to which you gravitate. Everyone orbiting their own centre.

I’ve been lost online this past week too in the maze that is LL Bean. I’ve gone back several times when I’m feeling brave to try and figure out their sizes compared to British sizes and come away flumoxed. They have Misses and Womans sizes which look to be at odds with each other. I am in conflict with being 43 and sized as a Misses rather than a Woman… but what is the difference? Is Woman the term now given to something outsized? I had trouble… so I looked at the non clothing range. Boots. I really like their boots but the size is weird again. I think I’m going to go for their Bean boots and closet them for next winter (if I can find a conversion table for feet). The sizing being confusing enough. They then state:

Bean Boot Fit Information
The fit of the Bean Boot is generous to allow for insulation in cold weather.
To wear with light or midweight socks:
If you wear a whole size, order one size down from your normal size. If you wear a half size, order one and a half sizes down.
Example: If you wear either a 9 or a 9½, please order a size 8.
To wear with heavyweight socks:
If you wear a whole size, order your normal size. If you wear a half size, order the next whole size down.
Example: If you wear either a 9 or a 9½, please order a size 9.

It’s Bean fun so far. hehe! I’ll get around to ordering this weekend come hell or high water. Probably some camouflage long johns to play safe. Those are bound to fit.

Nations divided by a common language and weights and measures! It’s the doing of the Babel language division. What would the world be like now if we had all spoken the same language and understood each other from the onset? Inihilation by the 2nd century or sooner? Harmony? What if the moon is cheese.

Posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 at 12:14 pm.
Tags: Daily Life.
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