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From: vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Pet peeve: shoe and sock sizes
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 02:37:52 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 11 02:37:52 1985
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OK so lots of you are going to think I'm nuts but here goes anyway ...

This is my first posting in net.flame .  I have held this gripe in me
for years.  Everyone I've ever complained to about this has thought I
was nuts.  Maybe I am.  It's not going to stop me from posting this
gripe to the world (even though it may apply only to the U.S.A.).

My gripe is about ... you won't believe this ...

	[ *** SHOE and SOCK SIZES ***]

How do you people know what size socks or shoes to buy?  What does
"size 8" mean?  Has it ever been written down anywhere???  Why is
there a size for shoes and a size for socks?  Do your feet change
size between the time they're naked to when they have socks on to
the time the have socks and shoes on??  Why is there a shoe size
for males and females and for male children and female children
and for babies.  Is it written down somewhere what the different
sizes mean?  As far as I know the answer is NO!  And no one does
a god damn thing about it except laugh at those of us who complain!

Why can't it just be the dimensions of your feet?

My foot size should be 25 by 9 centimeters or 9.8 by 3.6 inches.

OK, OK, OK, I know so maybe it's true that babies, children,
men and women all have different foot shapes.  That's still
no excuse for being without a standard measuring scale.  As far as
I know it's up to each manufacturer what size he wants
to call any particular shoe.  I've even heard of shoe manufacturers
changing their shoe size scales to make buyers of their shoe
believe that their feet have become smaller!  Aren't there any
laws on this?

It bugs the sh*t out of me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marnix A. van Ammers

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