Letters to the Editor
Alice_N
Published Letters: 2
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more absurdity
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was recently required to return to the check-in counter to check a two-foot-long foam baseball (T-ball) bat that I was bringing as a gift for my four-year-old niece. However, I was allowed to carry on two large wine glasses with six-inch glass stems. I was told that baseball bats are on the list of forbidden items.
I'd rather a modicum of thinking went into the security process. I would have had trouble killing a mouse with the bat, but could have done a bit of damage with broken wine glass stems.
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clothing size standards
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]From Wikipedia:
"US standard clothing sizes were developed from statistical data in the 1940s-1950s. They are similar in concept to the EN 13402 European clothing size standard.
"However, as a result of various cultural pressures, most notably vanity sizing, North American clothing sizes have drifted substantially away from this standard over time, and now have very little connection to it. Instead, they now follow the more loosely defined standards known as US catalog sizes. These are on average 6 sizes larger than the original standard. So, for example, a size 12 on the old standard would today be described as a size 6, while a size 6 on the old scale would be what is today known as size zero."
As this drift continues to happen, will we have to invent negative sizes?