(If there was ever a post to be labeled \u201ctoo much information\u201d, it would be this one.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have a Menards (\u201cSave Big Money at Menards!\u201d) a few miles away, but there\u2019s no quick route there and we usually go to Lowe\u2019s if we need some home improvement supplies. When we do go to Menards, I try to get the most random collection of purchases as possible – while still only buying things that I need. That condition adds to the challenge – otherwise, it would be just a waste of money for a lark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a recent trip, my list included carpet rectangles for the stairs (to help the dogs have better traction), a couple of bundles of firewood, chicken noodle soup, pop tarts, dry erase markers, sidewalk salt, and dog treats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It didn\u2019t feel quite<\/em> random enough and I stopped by the clothing section to see if they had any neat hats.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can always use a new hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of a hat, I found that they had men\u2019s underwear for sale – and at a pretty good price too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I had a couple of pairs at home that had worn out and thought this would be a good – and novel – replacement.\u00a0 Sidewalk salt, pop tarts, and underwear?\u00a0 Delightfully<\/em> random.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I picked up a package of briefs, black and navy, size large (36-38). I\u2019m at the lower end of that range, as will become clear in a bit, but didn\u2019t want them too tight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I headed to the checkout, got no reaction from the clerk who\u2019s likely seen every combination of goods known to man, and I was on my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I got home and unpacked my car, I tossed the new underwear in the wash. The worn out underwear got tossed in the trash. (I suppose I could have used those for rags, but they were really worn though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n And when the new briefs came up in rotation I noticed the fit was a little odd. They seemed very tall for briefs and though they fit my waist pretty well, the leg holes seemed a bit\u2026loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wore them for a bit and then moved in apparently the wrong direction and I\u2026well\u2026 fell out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or at least part of me did, through the leg holes. The parts that the underwear is specifically intended to keep contained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I was by myself and quickly put things back where they belonged. I thought it was an anomaly, but it kept happening. And it got worse as the fabric of the leg holes relaxed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pretty soon, it was if I wasn\u2019t wearing any underwear for all the good they did me. And it wasn\u2019t just that one defective pair – it was all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I suppose they could still work to sleep in or for deeply lazy days when it\u2019s okay to \u201clet it all hang out\u201d, but as day-to-day underwear they were a failure.\u00a0 I should have gotten a smaller size or – to follow through on a really crazy idea – don\u2019t buy underwear at the same place you can buy fireplace tools, floor tile, or fluorescent tube lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesson learned, I guess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Excuse me while I\u2026adjust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (If there was ever a post to be labeled \u201ctoo much information\u201d, it would be this one.) We have a Menards (\u201cSave Big Money at Menards!\u201d) a few miles away, but there\u2019s no quick route there and we usually go to Lowe\u2019s if we need some home improvement supplies. When we do go to Menards, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2973,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/2973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}