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<p>Great post Chris B. The higher end sheets last heaps longer and don't pill as quickly either. God forbid the missus finds out about Italian sheets being top drawer... 'we' don't buy anything less than 500/count Egyptian sheets these days. One must keep up with the Fa'atau's in Porirua after all!! </p>
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"True-love"?<br><br>Hooroo are you serious mate? You need to take a few more 'harden the fuck up, I'm a complete bogan (current favourite epithet)' pills.<br><br>You'll be telling us your secrets about the penis beaker next.
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<p>Farmers had 600 thread Egyptian cotton percale king size sheet sets for $120/set weekend before last. I bought two sets</p>
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<p>Weekend before I got a hideous high quality king size summer weight eiderdown marked down from $200 - $40 at the North Harbour Business Assoc 1 day sale</p>
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<p>Doesn't matter that its hideous as I'm using it as the inner for a King size Tivaevae duvet cover I bought in Raro</p>
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<p>Total outlay $580 for the sort of luxury you would get in a 5*+ hotel.</p>
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<p>Farmers had 600 thread Egyptian cotton percale king size sheet sets for $120/set weekend before last. I bought two sets</p>
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<p>Weekend before I got a hideous high quality king size summer weight eiderdown marked down from $200 - $40 at the North Harbour Business Assoc 1 day sale</p>
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<p>Doesn't matter that its hideous as I'm using it as the inner for a King size Tivaevae duvet cover I bought in Raro</p>
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<p>Total outlay $580 for the sort of luxury you would get in a 5*+ hotel.</p>
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<p>I am a domestic god! :whistle:</p>
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<p>I got a 600 thread Egyptian cotton sateen sheet set from Farmers last week at half price and am planning to hit the boxing day sales (which I've never done before) for more. </p> -
<p>you guys are massive homos</p>
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<p>you guys are massive homos</p>
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<p>Au contraire. I wish I'd known this stuff in my 20s - I had some massively shagable flatmates whom I'm sure could have been lured to try the difference between the sheets. :)</p> -
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<p>Au contraire. I wish I'd known this stuff in my 20s - I had some massively shagable flatmates whom I'm sure could have been lured to try the difference between the sheets. :)</p>
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<p>and you obviously need to be naked to really appreciate the difference....</p> -
<p>I had a missus at uni who liked to sleep in satin sheets. Have you ever tried rooting in satin sheets? it's fucking hard to get a decent grip. Wear the footy boots to bed to get a decent leg drive. </p>
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<p>I presume that's what the Moody Blues were on about? "Nights in white satin, never reaching the end"?</p>
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<p>In hot climates, apparently linen sheets are step up from Egyptian cotton - cooler, but significantly more expensive. In cold climates, similarly, silk sheets - but also more expensive. Doubtless thread counts etc are also valid for these.</p> -
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.yazoom.co.nz/brandedgoods/sheetset484884?utm_source=YZ+Northland&utm_campaign=4ed257fe46-Northland+2014-12-06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d44937e107-4ed257fe46-16608197'>http://www.yazoom.co.nz/brandedgoods/sheetset484884?utm_source=YZ+Northland&utm_campaign=4ed257fe46-Northland+2014-12-06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d44937e107-4ed257fe46-16608197</a></p>
<p> </p>$89 for a 1000 thread count Royal Hotel queen size cotton blend sheet set, or $99 for king size (worth up to $219) -
<p>It's in some triangle with a bunch of aliens!</p>
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<p>Au contraire. I wish I'd known this stuff in my 20s - I had some massively shagable flatmates whom I'm sure could have been lured to try the difference between the sheets. :)</p>
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<p>Wouldn't have made a fucking difference once they'd encountered your leftover icing crust in various spots.</p>
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<p>The QI elves have a weekly podcast called "<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Such_Thing_As_A_Fish'>No such thing as a fish</a>" which essentially QI fodder that doesn't make it to the small screen. </p>
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<p>As the intro of the podcast explains, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Underwater Life states that fish is really just an umbrella term to describe an aquatic vertebrate that isnt a mammal, turtle or anything else. When one looks at the genetic makeup of what we call fish, and try to compare them to one another, they tend to be vastly different (for example, a Salmon is more closely related to a Camel than it is to a hagfish). Apparently there is no such thing as a sardine or tree either. </p>
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<p>Anyhoo, if you like QI, I highly recommend this podcast. It was Apples best new podcast for 2014 and currently has 530k subscribers.</p> -
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<p>you guys are massive homos</p>
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<p>I can't tell if that is an insult or a compliment from you, Mr Sailor Boy!</p> -
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<p>I had a missus at uni who liked to sleep in satin sheets. Have you ever tried rooting in satin sheets? it's fucking hard to get a decent grip. Wear the footy boots to bed to get a decent leg drive. </p>
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<p>Very limiting on the positions that you can actually do as well, doesnt take long before one of you is back at the headboard. I wonder if the staff at the hotel we found them a run a luminol torch over the rest of their furniture and take the hint.</p> -
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<p>it hurts alot when you hit your thumb with a hammer, and then almost as much again when you have to jam a needle through the nail to relieve the pressure...</p>
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<p>I learnt this last year when putting up a shed, I dont however believe I learnt a lesson, nor this time as I suspect I might do it again one day! </p>
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<p>Use a small drill bit and if you can heat it up a bit first, the ones that really suck are your finger tips when you smash them and the mince inside comes out. It normally takes a hit with a sledge hammer to do that though, you end up with a dead patch where there's no feel afterwards too.</p>
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<p>Dont do it like this,</p>
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