On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:51:19 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
wrote:
:>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:28:26 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
:>> wrote:
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:>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:42 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
:>> :>> wrote:
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:>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:54:32 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
:>> :>> :>> wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:26:43 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:36:50 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:41:20 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:22:46 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:26:49 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Sarah Czepiel wrote:
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:15:16 +1300, Greg Procter <***@ihug.co.nz>
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>- Do US bed makers make double beds
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:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> What couple would sleep on a double bed, groggy? Is that all the bed
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> you can afford?
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :><sigh>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>New Zealanders aren't into triple beds, Sarah -
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> What are Nu Zoolanders "into", groggy?
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>When I was in the furniture shop the other weekend, the main choice
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>seemed to be between "Queen" and "King" sized beds.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> We here in the US prefer those two choices as well.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Here in New Zealand those are sub-categories of "double" as the design
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>intention is that they are for two people.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>You had apparently eliminated "double" from your choices.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> We have double beds here in the US but I'm hard pressed to remember
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> the last time I saw one in a mattress or bedding store. Most married
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> couples prefer either a Queen or King sized bed and hotels offer Queen
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> and King size beds for guests.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>Duhh Sarah, "King" and "Queen" beds are double bed sizes.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>> King and Queen sized beds are not double bed sizes here, groggy.
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> :>Err, how many people do you expect can sleep in them at one time, Sarah?
:>> :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> :>> The same number as you, one or two. What do you find confusing?
:>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>That makes them "double beds".
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> "double" is an actual size of beds and bedding in the US, groggy.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>Sure, but in English speaking countries it's the number of people the
:>> :>> :>manufacturers expected would sleep in it.
:>> :>>
:>> :>> And by having it as an actual size changes that how?
:>> :>
:>> :>This may seem strange to you, but (in New Zealand) beds are subdivided
:>> :>into those intended for one person (single) and those intended for two
:>> :>people (double).
:>> :>Once the customer decides which of those two categories he/she fits
:>> :>into, then he/she has to decide which particular size variation he/she
:>> :>wants; standard, queen, king ...
:>>
:>> Same here, I gave you the link above.
:>
:>
:>You just don't get it, do you - if something is obviously stupid, a link
:>proving it's accepted or stupid isn't worth viewing.
The link agrees with both my point and yours which are the same,
groggy.
Thanks for admitting you never looked just the same....
:>> :>> :>> :>They come in:
:>> :>> :>> :>- "standard".
:>> :>> :>> :>- "Queen".
:>> :>> :>> :>- "King".
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> We have : http://interiordec.about.com/cs/beds/l/blbedsizes.htm
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> Double
:>> :>> :>> Queen
:>> :>> :>> King
:>> :>> :>> California King
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>Are you sure that's not "double California queen" or "fat arsed yank"?
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>- "Ken-scum size".
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> Ken weighs less than you do, Greg.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>That seems unlikely - according to customary wisdom he's half as much
:>> :>> :>again as I am.
:>> :>>
:>> :>> Customary wisdom has never been associated with you.
:>> :>>
:>> :>> :>Add to that he's a foot shorter than me and that I'm a foot shorter than
:>> :>> :>I was pre-accident ...
:>> :>>
:>> :>> Ken is 5'10" tall. That would make you 3'5" tall now.
:>> :>Actually, it would make me 7'10" and 530lb.
:>>
:>> Actually it would make you 6'10" and a fatfuck! You weigh 300lbs
:>> more than Ken.
:>
:>Neither your summation nor my joke is correct - I'm considerably taller
:>than Ken-scum and considerably lighter.
You can lie all you'd like groggy but until we see photographic
evidence.....