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Saturday, November 08, 2014

Measure twice

We went to the local furniture store and bought a bedside table and mirror for the spare room. Worried that GF would mount the mirror askew, GF followed the old adage about measuring twice. This done, the mirror was fixed without incident. And it's level.

So why the the title of this post?

We then went to put the sheets on the bed. We bought them for a King-sized bed. The label clearly says they should be 150x200 cm.... but they don't fit. GF was intrigued, so measured the sheet. It was clearly too small - only 130x182cm. Frustrating when we had bought the new bedding specifically for the bed (and checked the measurements in advance).

We are expecting the Silver Vixen's brother this afternoon. So we should have some fun.

1 comment:

Patrick Cox said...

Sounds like one to bring to the attention of Trading Standards and the manufacturer/supplier. Someone has pulled a fast one there!