tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post6947759681976315459..comments2023-10-07T03:31:20.223-04:00Comments on Gratz Industries: What pants size are you? No, really.Gratz Industrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857642568906965743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post-9917900350336790712010-09-08T22:44:53.236-04:002010-09-08T22:44:53.236-04:00It's ludicrous. I pulled out a bunch of old cl...It's ludicrous. I pulled out a bunch of old clothes that I'd saved from 20 years ago (hard to ditch a classic kilt, for example) and was shocked at the difference in size labeling. One skirt labeled Size 12 was more like today's Size 6.Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673726727402668186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post-64819747627004131952010-09-08T07:56:20.698-04:002010-09-08T07:56:20.698-04:00Oh, yeah - Tech Boy just forwarded me this link, a...Oh, yeah - Tech Boy just forwarded me this link, and he is pretty peeved. Women have gotten used to having their minds screwed with -- but it's disconcerting not to know your "actual" size. The last paragraph is what got me - <i>"A recent report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that men with larger waists were twice at risk of death compared with their smaller-waist peers. Men whose waists measured 47 inches or larger were twice as likely to die. Yet, most men only know their waist size by their pants — so if those pants are up to five inches smaller than the reality, some men may be wrongly dismissing health dangers."</i>tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com