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I got my last swimming costume from the internet.
Having scoured three very hot sportswear shops with very badly organised sections, I decided I felt like too much of a freak and would rather take care of my needs anonymously.
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07-12-2011, 09:08 AM
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Hello kitty duct tape?!? Really??? Either im just gullible or wow. Just wow.
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07-12-2011, 10:17 AM
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07-12-2011, 11:20 AM
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I hear them call the tide
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Swimming costume discussions are mildly amusing me today.
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07-12-2011, 11:29 AM
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polaroid of perfection
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And the chances are, if they did, they would again only cater for the standard sizes, having limited space and looking for the maximum sales per retail area.
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07-12-2011, 11:35 AM
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I know it's just a difference in the words we use, but it makes me chuckle. A lot like when someone comments on the professional football team's new 'costumes.' (And I mean American football, the big bulky guys in uniform, not the other kind where the little guys traipse around and they actually do wear cute little costumes.) 
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I hear them call the tide
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So, the ill-fitting items are safely back in the store, although I nearly had to get out the EMT shears to release myself from the "compression sports bra" that turned out to be two sizes smaller than what the tag said. While I was in the mongo-plex returning stuff, I decided to check out a couple of other stores ... Dicks Sporting Goods also does not sell workout wear for people who actually need it, although I did get a very nice firestriker, backpacking chair, a spork, and some drybags. I had to approach two Customer Associates in the BestBuy looking for an mp3 player whose name does not start with a lower case i. They had two, they cost nearly as much as the iEquivalent, with less data storage, and so I walked out without getting anything. However, based on this experience, I may be getting closer to buying one of those iThings.
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07-12-2011, 03:27 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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Wolf, try a local non-chain sportswear shop. Or wally world.
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07-12-2011, 05:58 PM
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ok so how about making a swimming costume out of hello kitty duct tape?
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07-13-2011, 06:32 AM
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07-18-2011, 02:22 PM
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sold my old wedding ring for enough for dinner and a movie
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07-18-2011, 02:25 PM
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The Germans have it right. Their word for jewelry is Schmuck.
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07-18-2011, 03:16 PM
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still says videotape
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I thought they called it maize... or farfegnugen. One of those.
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