My tweets

[ailbhe]

• Sat, 12:33: RT @chiller: Saddening that on #InternationalWomensDay much of the campaigning is about violence done by men. And on #InternationalMensDay,…
• Sat, 12:34: RT @kevstanley66: Great thread about the problems with #ChildrenInNeed. https://t.co/w7RTZeRPab
• Sat, 12:55: I have been reading about American bed sizes and now I want to see some big beds.
• Sat, 13:14: RT @readifood: https://t.co/9zbaHJGmcX
• Sat, 19:54: RT @SeanMcElwee: im pissed that only new yorkers rich enough to buy hamilton tickets can boo mike pence in person. every person should have…
• Sat, 19:58: RT @EmilyGorcenski: Don't worry about the fake news, problem, y'all. There are a bunch of angry young men who take ethics in journalism VER…
• Sat, 19:58: RT @SarahCrossan: Santa: Your room needs to be tidier if I'm going to leave a present this year 4 yr old: Yeah, that was the builders. The…
• Sat, 19:59: RT @SophieWarnes: This piece about parallels between Berlusconi and Trump is interesting and may be helpful in how to tackle Trump - https:…
• Sat, 20:01: RT @pointlesslettrs: A story in four parts https://t.co/9M85K9o4JQ
• Sat, 23:51: RT @darth: my favorite scene in hamilton is where the president elect has to pay $25 million for defrauding 6,000 college students

• Sat, 23:52: RT @nathan_oxley: Recreate Brexit by having a family vote on whether to move house, and if it's evenly split, smash everything in your hous…
• Sat, 23:55: RT @Hepworthclare: The Tories just quietly privatised an NHS organisation employing 90,000 people https://t.co/IsZlQ2f591
• Sat, 23:57: RT @XplodingUnicorn: 4-year-old: Mom said I can eat all the M&Ms. Me: That doesn’t sound like her. 4: She also said you shouldn’t ask her…
• Sun, 00:03: Massive rain. Medium fireworks, somewhere in the town centre. Er.
• Sun, 09:25: RT @corisel: 1. Children will not learn how to be part of the community of we refuse to allow them in the community
• Sun, 09:26: RT @ndrew_lawrence: For everyone losing their shit over Pence being booed at a play: Obama was heckled by a member of congress during the…
• Sun, 10:02: RT @cox_tom: "Are you sure you want to exit Netflix?" "Yes. I said so." "Stay. The world is cold and hard." "No." "You have now hurt Netfli…
• Sun, 10:02: I really hate the word "elective." https://t.co/QZOo7VqTkR

Comments

[baratron.livejournal.com]

The husband and I have a British superking bed, 180 cm wide (or nominally 6 foot) and 200 cm long. It's the size of two singles, and about right for two people who like to spread out. You could fit three adults in it, or two adults plus a large dog, or two adults plus some small children, but it would be a tight fit.

The boyfriend decided to go one better and bought an American king-size bed. Wikipedia claims it's 76" × 80" (193 cm × 203 cm). An extra 13 cm shouldn't make that much difference, but his bed is actually enormous. Definitely big enough for three adults. The two of us plus the friend who helped put the bed together all lay in it together to talk to the husband on Skype, and there was so much space that we didn't even touch.

However, the sheets for the American king-size bed are ridiculously ungainly. So huge that he has no choice but to take them to the laundrette, since you can barely fit one of them at a time into his silly American top-loading washing machine. Whereas we can wash 2 sheets or a sheet plus a duvet cover in our British front-loading washing machine.

There also exists something called a Texas king, which is apparently 80" × 98" (203 cm × 249 cm). Average height people could turn the bed around and lie in it sideways, and therefore fit four adults into the bed.

[ailbhe]

We take bedding to the laundrette because we're not coping with the workload these days but we *can* wash all the bedding at home if we have the energy.

I can't really imagine a duvet that large though.