http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/12/07/details-are-what-make-it/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/2009/12/07/details-are-what-make-it/#comment-680 Hatty Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:34:39 +0000 http://www.kitchencountereconomics.com/?p=872#comment-680 OK, I am with you all the way there. Maybe because I was brought up in the north of England and now live in Istanbul where it snows feet deep every winter (yes, yes, I was astonished too first time I saw it) but to me unless it comes below the knee, it is NOT a coat - it's a jacket. And what use is a jacket when it's cold? A coat is as long as is practical (ie so long as you don't trip over it it's good) and as warm as possible! And it does NOT flap open when you walk. What the heck is the point of that? It's like throwing all your doors and windows open every five minutes in the winter! OK, I am with you all the way there. Maybe because I was brought up in the north of England and now live in Istanbul where it snows feet deep every winter (yes, yes, I was astonished too first time I saw it) but to me unless it comes below the knee, it is NOT a coat – it’s a jacket. And what use is a jacket when it’s cold? A coat is as long as is practical (ie so long as you don’t trip over it it’s good) and as warm as possible! And it does NOT flap open when you walk. What the heck is the point of that? It’s like throwing all your doors and windows open every five minutes in the winter!

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