Re: OT - where to buy string?

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:12:54 +0100, Kim Andrews <bykimbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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 think I have some doubts about this. When one uses something that was
bought "just in case", one goes "aha... see!" But what about all the
things that were bought and never used... they just sit in a cupboard
somewhere not triggering the equivalent "oops" moment, don't they?

True, but IME you get a "bingo" moment just often enough to make you go on
thinking that buying on spec is a good idea.

--
Jo
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