Hi, Christine, this maybe it. I normally do not pay over $300 for a jacket
unless it's a Gortex which is qualifies as survival gear around here!
Usually my woolies are a size bigger anyway for layering. I just wanted to
brag. It did feel good! I am a size 12. I think the regular rowing and
walking just shrunk me in the last year. Maybe the saunas helped! Jeanne
1:59 PM 1/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I'll tell you a secret I have discovered over the years. If you buy
>expensive clothes, you can take a smaller size. I'm serious. When I was
>working, I bought a few really expensive outfits and they were a size or
>two smaller than I normally take. I guess they figure if you are paying an
>outrageous price for something, they may as well give you something to feel
>good about as a bonus. LOL.
>Christine
>
>
>At 02:03 PM 07/01/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>How did you manage to go from a 16 to a 10. In recent years all my
>>size changes have gone the other way.
>>Liz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>---james kissinger <jkissing@uvic.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah, others who hate the mall experience! We hit the malls for about
>>4 hours
>>> before Christmas. Then I have been shopping for us for the January
>>sales. I
>>> got a new duffle and dress boots at 70% off! My old coat was size 16
>>and
>>> the new size 10. Picked up new shoes and shirts for James. He
>>doesn't just
>>> hate to shop, he doesn't. So I am happy as a bug! Hehhehheh, Jeanne
>>>
>>> >Hi, Liz: I hate to shop, too. That's why I do it so seldom. I wait
>>> until after Christmas, and then I hit the store and buy everything
>>on sale
>>> in about an hour. I did that tonight. I didn't try anything on and
>>I hope
>>> it fits. I really didn't particularly want anything, but I did need
>>a few
>>> new clothes -- people at work are beginning to feel sorry for me, I'm
>>> afraid. Guess what? I'm back to my normal weight judging from the
>>way
>>> things fit when I got home. It's time to put on the brakes now. It
>>was
>>> fun while it lasted though -- a six month pig out! LOL I did get a
>>really
>>> nice chenille top, though. It's a lovely shade of blue and comes
>>almost to
>>> my knees. I'm quite short and stubby. I like it, though. Feel great
>>> tonight. I'm going to go watch TV pretty soon now with my children --
>>> Norman, Guido, and Button. Love, Kathy
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Elizabeth Patterson <eapat@ewa.net>
>>> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
>>> > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 4:03 PM
>>> > Subject: [MOL] Kathy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Well, I hope you found some good stuff on sale. I hate to shop
>>so bad
>>> I really don't go very often.
>>> > Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Liz: Then you are surrounded!! LOL Your Harvard brother is
>>> probably a lot like Steve, whom I happen to adore, in spite of his
>>> stuffiness. I worked at a law firm in Lake Oswego for many years
>>with three
>>> young attorneys just out of the DA's office in Clackamas County.
>>They were
>>> all graduates of the University of Oregon. They spoiled me. I had
>>begun to
>>> think that all attorneys were as down to earth and unaffected as
>>they were.
>>> They were my best friends. Then I came back to Idaho and was in for a
>>> shock. Enter Steve Thomas, fresh from Manhattan, the little brat! In
>>his
>>> defense, though, he is brilliant and if you care to take the time,
>>there is
>>> a personality and a sense of humor hidden beneath all the forced
>>dignity.
>>> He's approaching 45 now (I can't believe it), and his hair is snow
>>white.
>>> Makes me kind of sad.
>>> >
>>> > Well, I have a little extra money -- not much, but some --
>>and I'm
>>> going to hike down to a sale during my lunch hour. I don't even know
>>where
>>> to start, I need so many things. Self-control is needed here. Love,
>>Kathy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 11:01 AM
>>> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>> > Subject: RE: [MOL] Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><smaller
>>> >Kathy,
>>> >
>>> > Not at all. One of my best friends is a legal assistant. You
>>> remind me
>>> > of her. I also have two brothers who are attorneys. One of
>>them,
>>> > particularly, takes himself pretty seriously and choses the
>>more
>>> > obscure language when a choice is available. I might add,
>>he is
>>> the one
>>> > who attended Harvard. My other attorney brother attended the
>>> University
>>> > of Oregon. He works in negotiations and he is lots more
>>down to
>>> earth.
>>> >
>>> > Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <excerpt>P.S. I hope I didn't come across as a know-it-all. I
>>> > certainly don't!! It's just the weird world I work in. It
>>does things
>>> > to people! LOL Kathy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>></excerpt></smaller></color><smaller><excerpt><paraindent><param>left</param
>>> ><smaller>-----Original
>>> > Message-----
>>> >
>>> > <bold>From: </bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>> >
>>> > <bold>Sent: </bold>Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:46 AM
>>> >
>>> > <bold>To: </bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>> >
>>> > <bold>Subject: </bold>RE: [MOL] Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>></smaller><<fontfamily><<param>Arial<</param><<color><<param>0000,0000,FFFF<
>>> </param><<smaller>HI
>>> >
>>> > Kathy,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Although I feel correct punctuation is important because it
>>can make
>>> >
>>> > written language clear, if I had to chose between a doctor
>>who really
>>> >
>>> > understood the medical aspect clearly and one who could
>>punctuate his
>>> >
>>> > report of it clearly, I would chose the doctor who really
>>understood
>>> >
>>> > his field. As for attornys, even with correct punctuation,
>>much of
>>> > what
>>> >
>>> > they write is incomprehensible (legalese). On the other
>>hand, I have
>>> >
>>> > had many students with beautiful penmanship who wrote well
>>> punctuated,
>>> >
>>> > grammatically correct papers which said nothing of
>>consequence, were
>>> >
>>> > illogically organized and were full of fallacies. Good
>>writing
>>> > involves
>>> >
>>> > writing something worth being said.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Sorry, I am on my soapbox.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <<excerpt>Liz: Good for you. Content really is the most
>>important
>>> >
>>> > thing, isn't it? However, I have been unfortunate enough in
>>my career
>>> >
>>> > to have worked for no less than four Harvard graduates
>>(English
>>> >
>>> > majors), and one Rhodes Scholar. These attorneys were
>>sticklers on
>>> >
>>> > punctuation! They taught me well, even though I was
>>contemplating
>>> >
>>> > homicide a good deal of the time. As I understand it,
>>Lillian, the
>>> >
>>> > punctuation goes outside the parentheses, just as the
>>punctuation
>>> goes
>>> >
>>> > inside quotes, i.e., "He is a jerk," or "I've attached his
>>mustache
>>> >
>>> > hereto as Exhibit 'A'." Does this add to your confusion? It
>>does to
>>> >
>>> > mine; in fact, I don't even want to THINK about it!! LOL
>>Love, Kathy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>><</excerpt><</smaller><</color><<smaller><<excerpt><<paraindent><<param>left
>>> <</param><<smaller>-----Original
>>> >
>>> > Message-----
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <<bold>From: <</bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <<bold>Sent: <</bold>Tuesday, December 29, 1998 11:25 PM
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <<bold>To: <</bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <<bold>Subject: <</bold>Re: [MOL] Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > <</smaller>I guess I am one of those teachers who is more
>>concerned
>>> > with
>>> >
>>> > content than
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > with punctuation. And I alway critized those folks. There
>>are some
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > punctuation areas that are really hard to figure.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Liz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >I would want to do it that way as well. That is where my
>>dilemma
>>> > lies.
>>> >
>>> > Can
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >you put a double period?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >I just read Liz's other post. Even if the sentence in
>>parentheses
>>> was
>>>
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