Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for May 06, 2017

I bet Yao Ming or Shawn Bradley would like those pants; both men are 2.29 metres tall

My husband does his own. He sews better than I do.

Tony asked yesterday’s question, about 2 hours ago

Was it a trap (see 5/5)?

I do have a question for you, Tony – maybe you recognize it: Are you new?

Since we discussed all that yesterday, I think the “rest” of the gang and myself should take a day off.

Thought that last line should have been “Ahem, are you new here?”

Nice one, X!

Meanwhile…..

Most guys of boomer age and above, and a lot of younger ones, in my experience, walk into a store, open a catalogue, or now, go online…

and buy pants in their size.

Sometimes their mis-remembered size, or the same size they’ve “always” worn….

with the inseam length they were embarrassed enough to have had measured already once back in 1976,

and they’ll never do that again.

“Would you like to try those on, sir?”

“Nah, I’m good.”

“Did you get 100% cotton ones, Honey?”

“How would I know?”

The bag or parcel goes in the closet…

6 weeks later the new jeans get pulled out to get worn for a wedding….

“It’s OK, Hon, I’m wearing the new ones.”

And the length is supposed to be perfect.

As you get older you shrink a few inches, so get a new measurement

Since my husband hates shopping, I buy his clothes. He doesn’t need hemming.

I once asked Hubby what size trousers he wore, and then bought him two pair for Christmas. Since I’d gotten the info ‘straight from the horses mouth’, so to speak, I didn’t keep the receipt.

When he tried them on, they were too small.

“Well, I didn’t know you were going to buy me some!”

“Do you think I asked just to have something to say?”

Yeesh. I must love him; I didn’t kill him.

@Tony:

If it was a trap, I didn’t fall into it. But right now, I’d better fall into line and ask today’s…

Second “Daddy’s Home” Question:

Are your pants too long?

The waistline tends to drop an inch or so. Or maybe it’s the pants.

I used to be a perfect 32 × 32. Now I’m a 34 × 31.

Three times today, I have commented on this site, but after I leave and then come back again, my comment is missing. Why?

@ Doug Taylor: Tried again. See above comment. This time it stuck! All I ever said was that I am a woman and I do know about shrinkage. I have shrunk one inch. It has to be my back, not my legs that have shrunk because though I buy my pants long, they end up short after washing.

Lord, save me from males who say “the” wife. My husband has been taught that if he ever refers to me that way in my hearing he’ll have the sorest rump in town. Imagine a woman referring to her husband as “the” husband.

Sfreader… I can tell you why it sometimes happens to me …

I do it myself, accidentally, and it took me ages to realise my silly mistake.

Before the site changes of a few months ago, the font in the comment box, where we enter our text, was very different from that of the posted comments.

Plus, there was always a clearly framed area around the space.

But since then, we type in what looks to me like the posted font…

And if you click or touch outside the box, the frame disappears.

Now, a posted comment will have your user name on it, in bold, plus a line in lgrey caps that says how long ago you posted.

But I usually post late at night, and when I’m tired, I think I sometimes re-read my comment,

which almost but not quite already matches the others on the page,

Close the page, and buh-bye comment.

Gone forever.

Well, Firefox, but no other browser I know of, can occasionally get it back,

from the recently closed windows menu, but only if I haven’t opened more than one or two other pages …

But I seldom realise in time.