Buying through this banner helps support the forum!
Page 136 of 266 FirstFirst ... 3686126131132133134135136137138139140141146186236 ... LastLast
Results 2,026 to 2,040 of 3988

Thread: Anyone for Coffee? (no boys allowed)

  1. #2026
    Wandering Child Annamariah's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Helsinki, Finland
    Posts
    1,397
    My washing machine has a "handwash cycle", I use it to wash my bras which are supposed to be handwashed, and it has worked just fine, no garments destroyed yet
    Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
    Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera

  2. #2027
    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Tweet @ScherLitNet
    Posts
    23,903
    Quote Originally Posted by Annamariah View Post
    My washing machine has a "handwash cycle", I use it to wash my bras which are supposed to be handwashed, and it has worked just fine, no garments destroyed yet
    Mine too and it seems to be working so far but don't forget to turn it inside out!

    If your machine does not have that setting, maybe you can put your blouse into a pillow case and wash it like that in the gentle cycle. The pillow case protects the beads and such.

    I use the pillow case to clean my trainers in the washing machine too!
    ~
    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
    ~


  3. #2028
    Ditsy Pixie Niamh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Marino, Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    14,243
    Blog Entries
    118
    my sister put a handwash beaded top into the washing machine and washed it on the hand wash setting. The top was almost beadless when it came out.
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats

    "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
    Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer


    my poems-please comment Forum Rules

  4. #2029
    Lady of Smilies Nightshade's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Now that would be telling it, wouldnt it?
    Posts
    13,715
    Blog Entries
    144
    Ive always found handwashing to work well my only problem with it is things take foreverr and a day to dry becuase I just havent the knack for wringing clothes outr properly.

    Oh and Annamariah if the bras are underwired maybe you shoulkd use a pillocase or brabag, my bra broke in the washingmachine and the wire perferated the drum and broke the whole washing machine... lets just say my mum was not a happy bunny that day.
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:

    Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em

    |Litnet Challange status = 5/260
    |currently reading

  5. #2030
    Super papayahed's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Michigan
    Posts
    17,056
    hmmm my washing machine is a cheapy that came with the apartment. The first time I washed my bras I put it on what I thought was the gentle cycle and my bras came out a tangled twisted mess.
    Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


  6. #2031
    Ditsy Pixie Niamh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Marino, Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    14,243
    Blog Entries
    118
    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    hmmm my washing machine is a cheapy that came with the apartment. The first time I washed my bras I put it on what I thought was the gentle cycle and my bras came out a tangled twisted mess.
    yikes! talking about having to spend money whe you originally didnt need to!
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats

    "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
    Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer


    my poems-please comment Forum Rules

  7. #2032
    Wandering Child Annamariah's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Helsinki, Finland
    Posts
    1,397
    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    Oh and Annamariah if the bras are underwired maybe you shoulkd use a pillocase or brabag, my bra broke in the washingmachine and the wire perferated the drum and broke the whole washing machine... lets just say my mum was not a happy bunny that day.
    I do use a "washing bag" or whatever it is called in English... I think it should decrease the risk pretty much
    Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
    Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera

  8. #2033
    solid motherhubbard's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Posts
    3,574
    Blog Entries
    157
    Bra-llelujah! http://www.alamodelingerie.com/Detail.bok?no=185

    Have any of you worn one of these? I’m wearing one now and I may never take it off. It’s fantastic!

  9. #2034
    A human form Divine Poetess's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    somewhere amongst thoughts
    Posts
    1,091
    ^^ It`s not the type I like, but I agree with the color being fascinating it`s deceiving


    I don`t think I have ever heard of the handwash setting. How is it like? llol is it a hard Q?
    I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death. - Robert Fulghum
    Je Chante Une Chanson Sombre
    The Lady of Mine - Opinion please
    A tragedy crept to the name Bathory

  10. #2035
    Lady of Smilies Nightshade's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Now that would be telling it, wouldnt it?
    Posts
    13,715
    Blog Entries
    144
    The problem is the colour... I cant really tell .
    But I have ISSUES that Im not going to bore people with other than to comment Im fairly sure that most bras are either designed by men with no common sense what so ever or people with breasts so small that they never realise that the main point of a bra is support not how aestheticly pleasing they are to the eye... Last year I was wondering around a bra shop and saw that some brightspark thought you could have H cup bra with tiny ribbon straps, now think about that logically for a minute, and I actually know a case of this happening with a brand new bra wit a girl in the larger sizes, that is NOT going to work either you end up with cuts on your shoulders from the straps.... or and this is what happened to the poor person ... you bend over the bra snaps and you end up with half your bra falling out in public.... mortification.

    On other bra related matters.... apparantly underwire bras can badly damage breasts in early teens... apparntly you supposed to buy them flexi bras... or nonwired, which for some reason are almost impossible to buy nowadays in the really small sizes.
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:

    Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em

    |Litnet Challange status = 5/260
    |currently reading

  11. #2036
    deus ex machina Shalot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Down in the Valley
    Posts
    7,125
    Blog Entries
    106
    Oh, I have so many complaints about bras that I don't even know where to start.

    In the first place, there's not much selection when you get on up there in size. The selections available may or may not be comfortable or they may not go with your clothes. Try finding a strapless in anything beyond a DD. Or a T back. Or a smooth cup for wearing under T-shirts. And why do they have those flimsy straps on bigger bras? They cause permanent grooves to form in the shoulders. And why are the padded straps so ugly? And you're pretty much stuck wearing underwire.

    And what if you did want something in a color other than beige or black or white? Try finding a cute bra in a large size. If you find one, it's probably VERY expensive. And where do companies get off charging $60 for a bra that's going to fall apart anyway???

    Did you know that the life span of a bra is supposed to be 3-6 months? (this was actually my job once upon a time). Why would you pay $60 bucks for something that's going to last 3 months? But the more bras you have the longer they last, especially if you don't wear the same one everyday. The sweat and body oils break a bra down (that's what they told me in bra training class ). To make a bra last longer, you're supposed to either hand wash it or put it in the washing machine in a pillowcase or a lingerie bag. This keeps the bra from getting all twisted up in the spinner. It also protects the underwire. If you put your bra in the washing machine by itself you'll warp the underwire and it will dig into your skin and cut you.


    And Sports Bras...try finding one that fits anyone who is not a member of the itty bitty t**** committee. Enell - $60. Recommended by Oprah. but you have to special order it and the sizes run weird. It works better than the other options out there, if you have the patience to wait for it. And you can't try it on before purchase... If you can't find a sports bra, you just gotta where two or three to go jogging in.
    "...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?

  12. #2037
    Super papayahed's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Michigan
    Posts
    17,056
    I agree with Shal. I dispise underwires but the non-underwires just don't feel like they have as much support.
    Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


  13. #2038
    Lady of Smilies Nightshade's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Now that would be telling it, wouldnt it?
    Posts
    13,715
    Blog Entries
    144
    Quote Originally Posted by Shalot View Post
    Oh, I have so many complaints about bras that I don't even know where to start.
    my point exactly!
    In the first place, there's not much selection when you get on up there in size. The selections available may or may not be comfortable or they may not go with your clothes. Try finding a strapless in anything beyond a DD. Or a T back. Or a smooth cup for wearing under T-shirts.
    Actually I have seen them but they dont work the bra just gives way under the wieght... the problem with them is t are just the same design bigger
    And why do they have those flimsy straps on bigger bras? They cause permanent grooves to form in the shoulders.And why are the padded straps so ugly?
    Exactly exactly!
    And you're pretty much stuck wearing underwire.
    uh hvent had the problem then again they dont really make that many bras in sizes biigger than a DD or say the most an E , I once went to the specialist lingre shop we have in town and the people ther told me there was no such thing as a size bigger than a DD... eh what? But I have seen Fs with padded cups...why?
    And what if you did want something in a color other than beige or black or white? Try finding a cute bra in a large size. If you find one, it's probably VERY expensive. And where do companies get off charging $60 for a bra that's going to fall apart anyway???

    Did you know that the life span of a bra is supposed to be 3-6 months? (this was actually my job once upon a time). Why would you pay $60 bucks for something that's going to last 3 months? But the more bras you have the longer they last, especially if you don't wear the same one everyday. The sweat and body oils break a bra down (that's what they told me in bra training class ). To make a bra last longer, you're supposed to either hand wash it or put it in the washing machine in a pillowcase or a lingerie bag. This keeps the bra from getting all twisted up in the spinner. It also protects the underwire. If you put your bra in the washing machine by itself you'll warp the underwire and it will dig into your skin and cut you.
    And Sports Bras...try finding one that fits anyone who is not a member of the itty bitty t**** committee. Enell - $60. Recommended by Oprah. but you have to special order it and the sizes run weird. It works better than the other options out there, if you have the patience to wait for it. And you can't try it on before purchase... If you can't find a sports bra, you just gotta where two or three to go jogging in.[/QUOTE]
    Well humm that might explain a lot... Ive never heard thaparicular phrase shal...
    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    I agree with Shal. I dispise underwires but the non-underwires just don't feel like they have as much support.
    Hummm have you tried ...I think Doreen bras nonwired and plenty of support problem is you end up with permenant scars on your waist and hips f you wear them all the time. Mind you I havent been able to find that particular model as were of bra with the long waist for a couple of years...

    You know what, obviously making bras is the way to make lots of money, never mind uni maybe I should start making nice bras in larger sizes for a living
    Last edited by Nightshade; 09-13-2008 at 01:40 AM.
    My mission in life is to make YOU smile
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    "The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:

    Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em

    |Litnet Challange status = 5/260
    |currently reading

  14. #2039
    Super papayahed's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Michigan
    Posts
    17,056
    what really bugs me are the women that wear the bras that don't fit right, is there anything worse then the bra muffin top?? What's worse is when you happen to look down and realize YOU are sporting the bra muffin top.
    Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


  15. #2040
    solid motherhubbard's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Posts
    3,574
    Blog Entries
    157
    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard View Post
    Bra-llelujah! http://www.alamodelingerie.com/Detail.bok?no=185

    Have any of you worn one of these? I’m wearing one now and I may never take it off. It’s fantastic!
    Well, after all day in this thing I can say that it really is comfortable all day long. But I have to add that it offers ZERO support. I think it's a good around the house bra but not if I'm doing chores.

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 74
    Last Post: 11-21-2012, 09:37 PM
  2. Jo's Boys
    By Jennifer in forum Jo's Boys
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 06-24-2012, 07:16 AM
  3. Theme of fear in Golding's Lord of the Flies
    By Dreamer in forum General Literature
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 05-20-2008, 11:33 PM
  4. Replies: 2
    Last Post: 07-27-2006, 12:57 PM
  5. Books about little boys killing each other
    By i_be_jimi in forum General Literature
    Replies: 36
    Last Post: 06-29-2006, 12:41 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •