Re: OT - where to buy string?

Jenny M Benson wrote:
In message <6cp4p0F3gp7tuU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, a l l y <ally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Buy things when you see them, not when you need them, and you can't go wrong.

My sister is a great believer in this - particularly with regard to clothes. She is constantly trying to get my mother to follow her example, but with a total lack of success. Mother just says "but I don't *need* a ... at the moment" and my sister says "But you'll lever find one again when you do need it." Time and again sis is proved right but Mother gets more and more set in her ways with advancing years!


I certainly apply the rule to purple clothes in my size. They are rare enough :)

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Jane
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