Making Sense of Women's Clothing Sizes

Sizes are random numbers.

Starlett, that gown is gorgeous.  Thank you, I saw it in the window and couldn't resist.

Think women's clothing sizes don't make sense?

It's not you.  It's the industry, vox.com reports.

For a fascinating video on why we have such confusion:  https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/893976169921495040/video/1 (If audio doesn't play, stop and restart video.)

Photo: Pinterest.

Special: For a video of Carol Burnett's famous and hilarious spoof of Gone With the Wind, including the new dress she saw in the window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZavCkl9mY

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Game Changer: The New Tesla Model 3.

Smile: Up and At 'em for Your New Week

Fun...

Wow, are you lucky! Here's the rarely seen biker-surfer hanging 20,

Fun videos to start your new week:

-- Subaru: Sweet Caroline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBGGZfGzRRE

-- Subaru: No Clothes: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Ost/subaru-no-clothes-song-by-caroline-williams

-- Subaru: Dog Tested: Puppy: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AOmE/subaru-dog-tested-puppy

-- Subaru: Grew Up in the Back Seat: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7oJe/subaru-forester-grew-up-in-the-
backseat

-- Dos Equis: Spicing Things Up: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wYdn/dos-equis-the-most-interesting-man-spices-things-up

Photos: Giphy, Pinterest.

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Musical Moments: Mendelssohn, A MidSummer Night's Dream

An old favorite...

A study in motion.

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

Today's selection is an old favorite, Mendelssohn's classic, Overture to a MidSummer Night's Dream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIcImOYivDA

Photos: Pinterest.

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Smile: Up and At 'em for Your New Week.

Darien Ends Active Summer Real Estate Week

Weekly update...

Summer in the mountains.

Darien ended an active summer residential real estate week today.

Results, according to the Darien MLS, were:

-- Six new listings of property for sale;

-- Six price changes;

-- Eight accepted offers; 

-- No properties going under contract, and

-- 11 closings.

For more:

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Musical Moments: Mendelssohn, A MidSummer Night's Dream.

New Air Force One: Boeings Destined For Russia?

Flying White House...

Marine One landing near Air Force One.

The US Air Force is for now abandoning the idea of building new aircraft to become Air Force One from scratch due to concerns over costs, cnn.com reports.

Instead they are considering reconfiguring a pair of jumbo Boeing 747-8 planes originally built for a defunct Russian airline that went bankrupt in 2015, according to a US official and another source close to the discussions.

The Russian airline never received the planes, according to two people familiar with the jets. They were flight tested but never delivered and instead the planes sat in storage. The source says at this point the "US Air Force believes it may be cheaper to convert these existing planes than build new ones." 

For more, including a cnn video: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/01/politics/us-air-force-one-bankrupt-russian-airline/index.html

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The Latest Darien Real Estate Update.

Want to be Happy? Order Takeout, Hire a Maid

New study...

Mr. Bates talking with Anna, Lady Mary's maid on Downton Abbey.

It’s a question central to daily life: Do you spend money to save time or spend time to save money? Well, if happiness is the goal, you might consider opening that wallet, Niraj Chokshi reports on nytimes.com.

That’s the takeaway of a study, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, whose findings suggest that spending money to save time may reduce stress about the limited time in the day, thereby improving happiness, Chokshi wrote.

For more:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/science/study-happy-save-money-time.html

Gwen, a housemaid on Downton Abbey.

Photos: Giphy, Pinterest.

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New Air Force One: Boeings Destined For Russia?

Chilling: Inside a Titan ICBM Launch Site

Titan: A Strategic Air Command mainstay...

The first launch of a Titan I ICBM in 1961,

One of my first active duty assignments was with the Air Force's first Titan ICBM unit in Denver, Colo.

For an intriguing cnet article and slide show about the Titan and its underground launch sites: https://www.cnet.com/pictures/up-close-and-personal-with-a-giant-titan-nuclear-missile/?ftag=ACQ-07-10aah7j&vndid=up-close-and-personal-with-a-giant-titan-nuclear-missile&kwp_0=464480&kwp_4=1726898&kwp_1=739087

A decommissioned Titan II in its silo at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.

Photos: Tumblr.

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Want to be Happy? Order Takeout, Hire a Maid.