h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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My husband is 6’6” I have lost count of the shirts I have had to return because the sleeves are too short or tight or the shirt doesn’t even go to his waist or allow him to move without coming untucked

It works the other way as well. Hubby has tried on shirts that aren't meant to be worn with a tie, like collarless shirts. The chest size has been fine but there's no way they'd do up at the neck. I know that it doesn't matter from one point of view, but it looks wrong when the top button is a couple of inches from the buttonhole and obviously can't get any closer.

Or if you are short & plump like my Mum, everything bought for bust size is far too long.

"Who thought, 'the only way to sell shirts is by measuring the neck. Nothing else, just the neck. No-one will ever need to know how long someone's arms are, their stomach size, shoulder width, body length etc as long as they can wear a tie…'"

Who indeed...?! Good point - in the 2000s I used to wear shirts like tents so I could wear a tie and breathe at the same time... There is a bit more choice for workwear these days - 'slim fit', etc - but I also have a number of weekend shirts that fit everywhere except at the collar...

Sleeves are another thing indeed - I particularly dislike when they are too tight for me to bend my elbow or even vaguely flex my bicep to lift something...

I have short body length so jackets are always too long and belts are in the wrong place on belted coats, bath robes, etc. I don't use the belt loops if I can avoid it, but it's not always an option.

Off the subject of clothes, my current Petty Hate is searching for something on the web and getting answers that aren't exactly what I asked for. The latest example is that I asked about not feeling hungry. I got results that told me about loss of appetite. There's nothing wrong with my appetite. Given my weight problems the opposite is true. It's just that my brain isn't getting the chemical signals that I need to have something to eat. Can I find anything about this situation? Can I heck!

Might be worth Askh2g2 - I'm not quite sure I understand what your question is yet, but it sounds intriguing...

That's search engines for you - second guessing what you really meant to ask. I've found the same when posing medical type queries - brings up pages all about one specific problem rather than 'it could be one of the following'.

Try duckduckgo. It doesn't track you at all and won't curate your search results.

Thanks for the tip, BG. I tried duckduckgo and actually got some results about not feeling hungry, rather than just results about loss of appetite. Some answers were the same, but I did get some information about why my body doesn't seem to be sending the appropriate signals.

Today's PH - lack of notices of road blocked ahead. Or inappropriately placed.
I know there may be other priorities but out this evening - main road blocked by jackknifed lorry over an hour ago, but no warning until joined the queue of traffic a few hundred yards away. Man walking down the road to tell us to turn round.
On other occasions (planned roadworks) there's a notice miles ahead with no indication where the road is closed. Only those in the know are brave enough to proceed!

This is a really Petty Hate: my lack of will power and inability to stick with something. My lack of will power has led to a large holdall (27 x 17 X 15 inches) full of "wool". I don't usually have trouble sticking to a single project, but I recently "discovered" crochet and there are lots of lovely projects on Ravelry and Pinterest. There are some nice ones for knitting as well. Add to that a number of books of knitting and crochet patterns and I'm so spoiled for choice that I don't know what to do with myself.

I currently have a cardigan, a top, two shawls, three "gargoyles" and a granny square blanket awaiting completion! Some would say that this is the crafting equivalent of having half a dozen books on the go at the same time, but the effort required to complete a wool craft project makes it feel worse.

Maybe wait till summer, in case lockdown is here to stay. By then you may really want to have something to do, and it is still enough time to finish your projects before it is winter and you need those things.

Or decide which will take least time to finish, do that one first & so on. There's always the risk of course that'll you add a new project to the heap...

I have most of the pieces for two of the gargoyles, so it should be quite easy to finish those. They're also the things that need to be finished first. There's no time constraint on any of the other items. One of the shawls is very straightforward, so you'd think I'd finish that quickly, too. Unfortunately I've made a mistake that means I have to unpick two rows of two hundred stitches, something that I can't face right now.

At the moment I'm working on the granny square blanket. I'm not even halfway through it, but it's easy to do.

Oh, that's a PH of mine - having to unpick knitting. I'm doing a cardigan, while watching TV. I hate realising I made a mistake a few rows back that has to be undone & made good. Or part way through shaping, finding out you've made some error.

Maybe it helps to also rewind the TV programme to where you made the fault and pretend nothing happened?

Rewind time...but then I might do it all over again - an eternal loop.

I have a half-finished crocheted sleeping bag for a new-born that I started for my eldest son, who is now 38. I found it again recently and well in time to finish it for the birth of HIS second son. But I havent been able to find the pattern . I'm hoping to find it in time for some future winter baby. Probably a great-grandchild.