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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 29, 2021, 10:20:02 am ---I've seen cloth masks for sale in only two stores so far. One was Target, which had only two sizes. Neither fit (I tried them both).
... Until now, I've had only one cloth mask that fit, and that was luck. It was included as a surprise in the package for something I bought on eBay.
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Hunh. I've never had a problem with that. Either I have a more common face shape or my standards for fit aren't as high as yours.
One day last summer I was meeting a friend for lunch in the park of a cute little day-trip lakeside town with lots of boutiques. I asked a group of people from the area on Facebook where I might buy a mask in this town, and I got a bunch of suggestions, then realized all the addresses were on the same few blocks of the town's main street.
I literally went door to door looking at the collections until I found a couple I liked, both tie-dyed but in very different colors and patterns. My standard wasn't fit, but cuteness.
The ear-holders are stretchy, the bands the top and the bottom are stretchy. They wouldn't work for an ICU nurse, obviously, but for casual grocery-store trips they seem fine. Although the one I've worn most often (the cuter one) has shrunk somewhat in the wash and actually now doesn't fit as well, as it tends to ride up my chin.
Time for another boutique run, I guess.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 29, 2021, 10:03:52 pm ---Hunh. I've never had a problem with that. Either I have a more common face shape or my standards for fit aren't as high as yours.
I literally went door to door looking at the collections until I found a couple I liked, both tie-dyed but in very different colors and patterns. My standard wasn't fit, but cuteness.
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My standard for fit is that it stays in place if I move my mouth.
The larger size from Target wouldn't stay up because it was too large, and I couldn't do anything with the strings to tighten it. The smaller size was so tight that it would pop out of place if I opened my mouth.
It helps if the mask has a strip of metal embedded in the top that you can adjust to fit tight to the bridge of your nose.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 29, 2021, 10:55:07 pm ---My standard for fit is that it stays in place if I move my mouth.
The larger size from Target wouldn't stay up because it was too large, and I couldn't do anything with the strings to tighten it. The smaller size was so tight that it would pop out of place if I opened my mouth.
It helps if the mask has a strip of metal embedded in the top that you can adjust to fit tight to the bridge of your nose.
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The metal strip does look like it would help. But I think the stretchy ear loops may work better than strings. I've conducted long interviews wearing mine, so obviously moving my mouth a lot, and never had a problem.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!
The calm before the storm is here. We have bright blue skies.
However, starting Sunday night, about midnight, we're supposed to get a snowstorm.
Of course, no one can agree on what's going to happen. We have a few predictions that say start Sunday, done by Monday mid-morning, and have 4 to 6 inches. Others say start Sunday, done by Tuesday, mid-morning, and we may have 8 to 12 inches of snow.
I guess we can only wait and see.
Thankfully, I was paid yesterday, and had scheduled a grocery pick-up, so I'm stocked, and the car has a full take of gas, if needed.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Sason on January 29, 2021, 04:14:49 pm ---You can rush all you want, but still the shower curtain will be at your place while I'll be in Antarctis, known for it's lack of scary shower curtains.
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I think you misunderstood my joke, or I wasn't clear. You said:
--- Quote from: Sason on January 26, 2021, 04:35:06 pm ---*considers emigrating to Antarctis*
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I replied with:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 28, 2021, 09:30:35 pm ---Hmmm, perhaps when I order them, I'll ask for a rush delivery.
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The implication was I wanted it to arrive quickly, to cause you to move further away quicker. ;) :-*
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