On 12/4/2015 11:22 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 12/4/2015 9:51 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 12/4/2015 9:13 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 12/4/2015 8:01 PM, rbowman wrote:

As you can tell from the website, I'm way out of my comfort zone there
so I
stock up. It's like going to Jo-Ann Fabric to find some naugahyde to
redo a
motorcycle saddle. women with scissors, knitting needles, and other
weapons of
mass destruction make me nervous.

Ha! I as there last week looking for some "stretchy fabric" to make
a cover for the center armrest in the car (easier to make a removable
cover
than to have to clean the damn thing regularly!). Always amusing to try
explaining what you're looking for to the sales clerks -- who are
used to WOMEN coming in with very specific requests:
"Can I help you, sir?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for something stretchy..."
"What do you mean, stretchy?"
"You know, kinda like the waist band on my underwear..."
"Then you want stretch band located in aisle 397"
"No, I don't want it to be narrow like that but, rather,
really *wide*!"
"How wide?"
"Like 15 or 18 inches" (i.e., along the length of the armrest)
"Oh, my!" (no doubt, she's wondering what I'm packing below the
waist!)
"Yeah, something that I can use to make an expanding sleeve, that I
could slip over something and have it HUG it TIGHT when I
let go"
(now she's REALLY starting to wonder about "it" and my
"waistband"!!)


She says, "Swim suit material??"

Spandex.


Well, sometimes people don't know what spandex is, so "swim suit"
material is more descriptive to them.

--
Maggie