You're dead right Dove. It's funny we thought it was perfectly normal to squeeze ourselves into constricting garments all the time - does anyone remember 'waspies'? (elastic belts to narrow your waist). I can remember my mother and grandmother's boned corsets with hooks right down the back. I suppose though women have been doing it throughout the centuries - now it's Spandex!
I don't get those spandex straight jacket things. The fat has to go somewhere. If it doesn't poke out the top like a well-risen Yorkshire pudding, it must be squashing your internal organs. It amuses me to see ageing male actors past and present unable to bend over or take a deep breath because of their corsetry which I am sure is only used to relieve back problems😉
I remember Mrs E in our village ... the school nurse told her that Marjorie should lose some weight ... Mrs E had led a very quiet village life and had some ‘old fashioned’ ideas. She said, “I don’t hold with all this dieting ... stands to reason the weight has to go somewhere ... with gravity being what it is, she’ll just get fat ankles.” 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh no, our washing machine has stopped working. Did one load ok this morning but the next one, zilch. It sounds as though the pump is trying to work but the water's not coming in, so the machine is turning itself off after a few minutes. OH is trying to fix it -any ideas please? We've checked the filters/hose inlet and they seem to be okay.
Possibly something stuck in the pump impeller. If that isn't turning properly, despite it being used to get water out, can stop water being allowed in.
Oh no, our washing machine has stopped working. Did one load ok this morning but the next one, zilch. It sounds as though the pump is trying to work but the water's not coming in, so the machine is turning itself off after a few minutes. OH is trying to fix it -any ideas please? We've checked the filters/hose inlet and they seem to be okay.
I don't call that curmudgeonly, I call that a genuine misfortune, so you're quite entitled to moan and groan.
@Lyn. He was the first that sprung to mind and also Roger Moore. Dale Winton corset and embalming fluid. The chap with the blue hair in Dynasty looked well trussed up too
Thanks for suggestions folks, fingers crossed, OH seems to have fixed it, he thinks it may well be something in the pump thingy - I've just remembered I washed my gardening trousers last week but don't think I'll tell him!
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(elastic belts to narrow your waist). I can remember my mother and grandmother's boned corsets with hooks right down the back. I suppose though women have been doing it throughout the centuries - now it's Spandex!
It amuses me to see ageing male actors past and present unable to bend over or take a deep breath because of their corsetry which I am sure is only used to relieve back problems😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't call that curmudgeonly, I call that a genuine misfortune, so you're quite entitled to moan and groan.