Interesting Links for 09-01-2012

[andrewducker]

• Will shareholders crack down on executive pay? (No, probably not)
  (tags: business pay uk )
• Why clothes look so much better on celebrities than they do on you.
  (tags: fashion clothes )
• EA Invokes First Amendment Protection for Video Games in Trademark Dispute with Helicopter Maker
  (tags: trademark videogames freespeech usa )
• The evil plot behind Star Wars: The Old Republic
  (tags: starwars funny comic )
• A short piece on genes and intelligence
  (tags: genes Intelligence )
• Children are not as swayed by language as adults are
  Works for me - it took decades for me to realise that certain common phrases were actually descriptive, rather than semi-random sounds used as a reference.
  (tags: language children )
• Plunging A330 fixed by turning it off and on again.
  (tags: planes software technology )

Comments

[naath.livejournal.com]

Indeed. My experience is that if you are whatever is currently deemed a size 10, 12 or 14 you can have clothes that roughly fit. If you aren't well LOL, you better like dressing like a 14 year old or a sack of potatoes. (And the current notion of what a size 10 is 6-10 inches larger than it was 20 years ago; at least in most high street shops).

(having been both a size 6 and a size 16... yeah, I hate clothes shops a WHOLE LOT; I especially hate their lieing size charts)

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

I elljayed about an outfit I was wearing one day, when I realised I was wearing a size 10 (very flared) skirt, a size 16 camisole, a gent's small sweater, a gents' large hat, childrens' size 4 shoes, a (vintage) size 20 jacket, and plus size tights.

[naath.livejournal.com]

Heh. Or maybe "Halp, clothes sizes are impossible".

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

Waht really peeves me is when sizes are inconsistent within the same store. I do like the quality and colour ranges in Uniqlo, especially for smartish work tops, but have come out of their January sales with tops in every size form small to xlarge.

And bras? God what a hell bra shopping is.