The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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I suppose I just see it as trading one vanity for another; surely we all do this.
She didn't mention back pain, so that's why I didn't site it specifically in my original reply. She is a model, so things like that can effect her job. Larger breasts usually need thicker straps to support them, and fashion, be it haute coulture or Old Navy, seems to favor strappy tops and bathing suits that don't offer the support some people need. Things like that can limit the jobs you get booked for and as I mentioned above, the longevity of her career. She was able to use them to get her foot in the door (boobs in the door?), but she may be thinking about how long she can run with it. Using your sex-appeal as a career is kinda a short-lived deal: you keep getting older, and they always want someone young and "sexy". The more versatility you can offer, the longer you'll have a career.
But this is also the life she chose. In some ways, it's like being a professional athlete; for most who enter into it, very few are able to make it last a life-time. Learn to adapt and always have a back-up plan.
But this is also the life she chose. In some ways, it's like being a professional athlete; for most who enter into it, very few are able to make it last a life-time. Learn to adapt and always have a back-up plan.
GasBandit
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I can understand the comment both from a functional perspective and a fashion perspective. There are times when my boobs just get in my way. Like when I exercise. I don't "double bag" them like @Celt Z because wearing two sports bras is very uncomfortable for me. There are some yoga poses I can't do properly because of my chest. There is chafing involved with running and heat rash under my boobs has been a horrible reality. Leaning over the bathtub to bathe my children when they were babies was uncomfortable. Don't get me started on seat belt positioning.
There are some clothes that look better with cleavage. There are some, like button up shirts, that are impossible when you have a large chest. I had a tuxedo shirt as part of a work uniform once. It looked best on me when I tucked it in tight because I had a small waist compared to my chest and behind. One night when I was in a high roller area of the casino I sneezed, the button in the middle of my chest gave way and flew behind my computer into the port where the CRT was sunk into my desk. I had no jacket. No safety pins. I couldn't get a paperclip to work properly. I had to explain myself to the pit manager, who told me I couldn't leave to adjust myself, so I had to get someone to bring me a safety pin. It was embarrassing (although now I laugh about it a lot). Also, my bathing suit fits me great except in my chest where I have to try to shove them into a position where they won't fall out or be tucked under the useless shelf bra.
Then there is a cost of bras. To get a properly fitting bra in my size I'm looking at $40 at the cheapest, even for a good sports bra. Good luck finding something cute and sexy. I can't shop at Victoria's Secret. They don't carry my size. My prettiest, best-fitting bra was a nursing bra I had when Lily was a baby. I got it on clearance for $45.
Everything Wasabi and Celt have said. Especially seat belts, bra prices, excercising and bouncing issues (having heavy bags of fat slamming down every time you jog or run hurts dammit), finding functional sports bras. There are a number of machines I cannot use properly at the gym because of my chest. And I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who has issues bending over the tub (in my case to clean it).
Also, didn't we just have a similar conversation over in Kag's Cosplay thread?
Also, didn't we just have a similar conversation over in Kag's Cosplay thread?
I find this actually quite interesting; it's a functional nightmare for many girls I know. One, who's had shoulder surgery, now has one shoulder that is lower than the other (by about an inch; you don't notice until you look and then its obvious), is basically doomed to forever have her bra strap slipping off the lower shoulder, or uncomfortably tight on the 'normal' shoulder.
These problems are things I never have to think about, and yet, their prevalence makes me surprised there aren't some more solutions
No, I am not now thanks to motherhood and putting on weight. But I was a 36-D when I blew out my shirt button.
No, it's none of your business, but I also don't really care that much. It's just boobs.
I think that was my exact bra size in grade 9. (It might have been 36-D, but it was a while ago.)
That said, different people have different tolerances for that amount of weight hanging off their chest. There was another girl in my grade who was similarly endowed, but considerably shorter than me (like, 6" shorter), who got a reduction in grade 11 and was thrilled to be free of the encumbrance.
I think that was my exact bra size in grade 9. (It might have been 36-D, but it was a while ago.)
That said, different people have different tolerances for that amount of weight hanging off their chest. There was another girl in my grade who was similarly endowed, but considerably shorter than me (like, 6" shorter), who got a reduction in grade 11 and was thrilled to be free of the encumbrance.
Dave will be so crushed to hear that
All I can think of that Baywatch one is "ouch ouch ouch!"
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Like Dirona, I started high school around that cup size, so I can say once you hit the D's and up, it can become a problem. It's not all fun(bags) and games.
Cajungal
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My bra size makes them sound large, but they're really just proportional. You hear something like 34DD, you could be talking about a tiny girl with insane curves or a heavy person on whom they look pretty regular. I gotta say, since I slacked off on the yoga, they do feel heavier. I think I need to exercise my back more.
Yeah I never realised bra size was proportional until I think last summer in a conversation with a friend.
When I was in semi good shape my figure was like Joan's. Now...maybe if Joan got run over by a steam roller then was reinflated. :/
GasBandit
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I hear you. I used to be Jack Black in Shallow Hal. Now I'm Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda.
At least it's not Jack Black in High Fidelity. Barry could have used a bath from the way he looked. Blech.
I'm confused about the bra strap falling off. My wife's bras all have straps that can be adjusted independently of each other, I know because I've had to help her adjust them. I know that sports bras would be no adjustment, but a regular bra?
You didn't happen to get them from someone named Brodie did you?
I dunno. I didn't ask. She just said it was a pain in the ass.
figmentPez
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Depending on the brand, they could easily have enough cross-contimination to cause allergic reactions. All depends on where the ingredients were sourced, what else was manufactured in the same facility, etc. Gluten-free is a pretty big claim to someone who has celiac, where what's in the ingredients on the label isn't necessarily the whole story. That's assuming the glucose syrup used to make them wasn't made from wheat to begin with.
The lactose is more puzzling, but I dunno.
More surprised they didn't say "fat-free" as well.
Just checked, this is probably because coconut oil is an ingredient.
No idea why they would do a number on your fingers. Nothing in the ingredient list looks like a precursor to anything particularly odiferous, unless this is somehow related to "the Rubbermaid reaction."
(Could not find anything official about this on the 'net, but if you store sugar in a Rubbermaid or other semi-rigid plastic container, it will get the stinks galore for no discernible reason)
--Patrick
GasBandit
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They did, but I'm already used to that marketing gimmick.
fade
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Welp. Thanks for completely destroying the mental picture I had of you. I figured you for in shape. Not super-fit, but fit.I hear you. I used to be Jack Black in Shallow Hal. Now I'm Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda.
GasBandit
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I used to be, not even all that many years ago - I was around 230 in 2007 or so. The last couple years have been rough. Stressful. Been eating worse and excercising hardly at all.
Ah to be 28 again. I have a feeling getting the weight back off is going to be a lot harder than it was to put it on, and these days my give-a-shit reservoir is almost always bone dry.
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I am SO glad I don't have my mother's nose, she was freaking out today because of a really bad smell that was driving her crazy. Turns out it was it was the trash can that was making the smell. Said smell was EX-tremely faint yet was enough to drive her mad. I'm a little worried, according to her my grandfather had the same nostril extremities so there's a chance it may be hereditary.
I'm not sure if there's scientific evidence of it, and I'm too lazy to google, but I've always heard that women have a stronger sense of smell than men.
I know that with Eriol and me that's certainly the case. Be it burning anything or garbage or laundry or perfumes, I will notice it first every time.
figmentPez
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GasBandit
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They caught a teenager peeing in a reservoir, so they're dumping 38 million gallons of water out. I hate to tell you guys what the fish are doing in your reservoir...
Worse yet, this is the second time in 3 years that Portland has drained a reservoir because someone peed in it. Sure is a good thing they don't leave those open to the air, so birds can swim in them, and (gasp) crap in them. Morons.
Why in the world would you store treated water in an open air system? This just confuses the crap out of me. I've done work on water treatment systems for smaller water companies and all of them pump the water out of the ground, treat it and then store it in either large ground storage tanks or elevated storage tanks. Nothing can get into the system unless the whole thing is broken.