Light snow

[jhetley]

Continuing with our "Spring White Sale" theme here...

(Strange, how the stores still call them "white sales" when the vast majority of sheets, pillow cases, towels, etc. have turned the various hues of the rainbow.)

Most of the rain has now oozed out from under the snowbanks and frozen to the adjoining surfaces, with a light dusting of new snow on top to disguise the locations of glazed patches on the roads and sidewalks of our fair town. Wife may yet request chauffeur services out to the nature center... I went out in the tail end of yesterday's rain and cleared the icebergs from the end of our driveway, remnants of a final pass by the plow truck. Also cleared the storm drain upstream of our curb cut, cutting down on the amount of flow that _could_ freeze in our braking/turning zone. That drain opened with a mighty whoosh and glug, like clearing a blocked sink drain. Our upstream neighbor should thank me -- that also removed a lake from _his_ driveway entry.

Need to get to work on the latest remodeling (remuddling?) project.

Comments

[wolfette]

(Strange, how the stores still call them "white sales" when the vast majority of sheets, pillow cases, towels, etc. have turned the various hues of the rainbow.)

They also insist on calling them "linens", when no linen is used - cotton, polyester, cotton-polyester, nylon, etc - no linen.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"They also insist on calling them "linens", when no linen is used - cotton, polyester, cotton-polyester, nylon, etc - no linen."

Which is not a bad thing. We inherited some ancestral linen. Modern fabrics are friendlier. Wife refused to have anything to do with the heavy linen tablecloth, for example.

[wolfette]

when it comes to bedlinen I disagree. Linen bedsheets may wrinkle, but they will absorb 5 x as much perspiration before they feel "clammy". Nylon or polyester sheets will cause sweating and because they don't absorb moisture, may cause skin irritations and rashes. (as well as stinky bedrooms)

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Wife found the linen sheets to be stiff, even after several washings. Don't know if that is age, or what. But unpleasant to handle, and the wrinkles turned into edges. Not comfy. She went back to cotton/polyester blend stuff.

Plus, our ancestors hadn't invented "fitted" sheets.

[wolfette]

too heavy a grade of linen, rather than age, I'd say. You want fine thread but a high thread count to get the best sheet linen.

You can get linen sheets from - of all places - Russia, but unless you have a Russian contact getting them to you, you pay through the nose for them in expensive "boutique" stores. IME, the antique linen sheets Great Great Aunt Jane used, that we used to sleep on when we visited her, were beautifully soft. Kind of stiff when first washed and ironed, but you sort of "worked" them before you put them on the bed and they became soft and comfy.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I think there also was an element of "Life's too (expletive) short to spend it ironing sheets!" involved in her decision. I can't argue. Don't know about your new-fangled Commie sheets, but these required ironing.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

500 thread count 100% cotton sateen sheets from Bed Bath & Beyond with 20% off coupons. Wamsutta brand.

Alaric has decided they are the most comfortable sheets ever and therefore I wash them and put them right back on the bed. The 280 thread count sheets aren't good enough anymore. :-)