Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:

We still live in a very sexist world.

Indeed.Try cutting your hair short, deepening your voice, wearing some
trousers and getting served in a drapers shop.

I walked out after half an hour..

I have my hair as short as possible - I don't have time for phaffing
with fancy hairstyles, and I wear trousers (or jeans) 99% of the time!

What's so difficult about understanding that *I* (not WE!) own
the house...and I buy my own cars!

Whats so difficult about understanding that the sewing machine,
fabric and so on are not exclusively female preserves.

I don't have a problem with that - I can't answer for sexist
shop assistants! BUT, I was considering having some new curtains
run up, if you're looking for a job... ;-)

Y'know, frnkly I would enjoy it, but in the whole family wife included,
we haven't a machine that will do the sort of thicknesses you get..so we
sub that out..and if you are in the Cambridgeshire area, I can
recommend..but cheap it isn't. Quality is first rate tho.